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?
Well, I wasn't expecting that twist!
This starts out as a fairly standard if intriguing, thriller - in fact, I picked it up and put it down a couple of times not really sure if it was gripping me. I'm so glad I decided to keep trying, though - once it took off it really took off and I was turning pages as quickly as I could to find out what happened next.
As the story went on I found that I was getting increasingly paranoid myself - not quite to the level poor Emma reaches, but enough to make me worry! It's so well written and creepy.
I did guess whodunnit, but I doubted myself several times before we discovered it in story.
And that twist! I'm not saying anything here, but it was amazing. I can't wait to be able to discuss it with people.
Fab read. Definitely look out for this one.
(I am curious what happened to Emma's great aunt though!)
Insomnia publishes on the 31st of March, 2022 in the UK (top image) and on the 12th of April, 2022 in the US (lower image). I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.
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