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Author: Miranda Rijks

Publisher: Inkubator Books

Publishing Date: 24th July 2022

Many thanks to the publishing team and ZooLoos booktours for my digital copy and a spot on the tour

Blurb 

Daisy can’t sleep. But the cure is her worst nightmare.

 

Daisy hasn’t had a good night’s sleep in years. Her chronic insomnia has gotten so bad, it’s affecting her job as a journalist. So she’s delighted when she’s asked to review a new, luxurious sleep clinic - this could be the answer to her prayers. 

 

At first, everything about the clinic seems perfect - the stunning seaside location, the beautiful rooms, the exquisite cuisine. 

 

Clinic owner and chief therapist, Amity, is sure she can cure Daisy’s insomnia by uncovering its root cause. But to do that, she’ll use hypnosis to probe deep into Daisy’s past. And that’s not good – because Daisy has a terrible secret. 

 

As Amity digs into her mind, Daisy feels more and more vulnerable. She begins to think there is something off about the clinic. Is her insomnia making her paranoid or does Amity have her own sinister agenda? 

 

Fearing the past has finally caught up with her, Daisy wonders if she should just leave. But that’s not so easy – because this clinic, which was supposed to offer rest and safety, is the most terrifying place she’s ever been…

My Thoughts

The first chapter alone was intense as we learn about an attack but we don't learn who the victim or perpetrator is but it gets you on the edge of the seat and hooked. 

Daisy always dreamed big and wanted to become a big journalist but life was sidelined and she now works for a magazine.  aInsomnia has crippled her life but personally  with husband Hayden and their children and professionally so at this point will try anything to help her sleep and feel better. SO she is offered an opportunity for an unbiased review of a spa clinic and is excited for going to the spa for dual agenda that it could personally benefit her and her insomnia and get a piece written for the magazine. 

Once at the spa she has conflicting feelings about handing over her equipment because then she really is cutting herself off from the rest of the world but Amity is so reassuring that she feels safe to do so. 

There was always an underlying current of tension and eeriness throughout the book for me. Like you know something significant is going to happen but you don't know when.  Once she starts to orientate herself to her environment everything seems off but you have to question is this actually happening and in real time or is there mis-construction due to Daisy being exhausted and so overtired. 

The POV was from both Daisy and Amity in alternating chapters. And as we delve further into the book we realise that both have connections and their stories eventually merge together for the final few chapters. 

I was absorbed into the storyline, and it grabbed my attention from page one.