In this twisty, mind-bending thriller from the bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes, Emma Averell worries that her crippling insomnia is a sign that she’s slowly going insane—like the mother she’s worked so hard to leave in her past.
Emma Averell loves her life—her high-powered legal career, her two beautiful children, and her wonderful stay-at-home husband—but it wasn’t always so perfect. When she was just five years old, Emma and her older sister went into foster care because of a horrific incident with their mother. Her sister can remember a time when their mother was loving and “normal,” but Emma can only remember her as one thing—a monster. And that monster emerged right around their mother’s fortieth birthday, the same age Emma is approaching now.
Emma desperately wants to keep her successful life separate from her past, so she has always hidden her childhood trauma. But then she’s unable to sleep, and now losing time during the day, also one of the first symptoms her mother showed. Is the madness in her blood, just as her mother predicted? Could she end up hurting her family in her foggy, frenetic state? Or is she truly beginning to lose her mind?
The Review
Sarah Pinborough can either be a hit or a miss with me and even when they’re a hit I can see why others may not enjoy them.
This one specifically was a lot of fun. In this book, we’re following Emma who is suffering from insomnia.
As the book progresses whatever she is dealing with starts to show itself in interesting ways making the book extremely bingeable and easy to get invested in.
The writing is fluid and easy to digest. Whenever you decide to pick this up be ready to finish it in one sitting as I read it over one afternoon.
The chapters are written with building anticipation inviting you to just read one more chapter and I love those kinds of books and experiences.
This one is out now.
INSOMNIA…⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
