Book Review - Sleepless by Louise Mumford

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Title: Sleepless

Author: Louise Mumford

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: HQ Digital

Publication Date: 10th December 2020

Rating: 5 Stars

Don’t close your eyes. Don’t fall asleep. Don’t let them in.

Thea is an insomniac; she hasn’t slept more than three hours a night for years.

So when an ad for a sleep trial that promises to change her life pops up on her phone, Thea knows this is her last chance at finding any kind of normal life.

Soon Thea’s sleeping for longer than she has in a decade, and awakes feeling transformed. So much so that at first she’s willing to overlook the oddities of the trial – the lack of any phone signal; the way she can’t leave her bedroom without permission; the fact that all her personal possessions are locked away, even her shoes.

But it soon becomes clear that the trial doesn’t just want to help Thea sleep. It wants to control her sleep…

An unputdownable, gripping psychological thriller for fans of The One, Behind Her Eyes and Girl A!

Wow, how on earth is that a debut, it's fantabulous! 

I was hooked rather early on and when I sat down to read more at around the half way point, well 90 mins later and I finished it and nothing would have been able to attract my attention. 

I'd been worried that this may make me jumpy and sleepless, but I slept well last night and hopefully it won't affect me tonight as the technology featured in this book is mindblowing.  If it exists, or should that be when it is created, it will he utterly terrifying, nightmare inducing, and in the wrong hands could be catastrophic. 

It is such an unique storyline, which got under my skin and when I wasn't reading, I was thinking about what was going on in the story. Its unlike the majority of what I've read before which is a good thing. 

There is absolutely nothing I can say that will do this book justice, it is hard to know who to trust, and that ending well makes me wonder.... and as a result I'll be highly curious to see what Louise Mumford's next book is about. 

It's very clear though that a large amount of research into sleep was done, as it all sounded incredibly clever 

What is for sure is this is a very addictive book, it will unsettle you, make you question various things, and ultimately not let you go until you have reached the very last page. 

Thank you to HQ Digital and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.