Sleepless
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, andawakes 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!
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Louise was born and lives in South Wales. From a young age she loved books and dancing, but hated having to go to sleep, convinced that she might miss out on something interesting happening in the world whilst she dozed – much to her mother’s frustration! Insomnia has been a part of her life ever since.
She studied English Literature at university and graduated with first class honours. As a teacher she tried to pass on her love of reading to her students (and discovered that the secret to successful teaching is… stickers! She is aware that that is, essentially, bribery.)
In the summer of 2019 Louise experienced a once-in-a-lifetime moment: she was discovered as a new writer by her publisher at the Primadonna Festival. Everything has been a bit of a whirlwind since then.
Louise lives in Cardiff with her husband and spends her time trying to get down on paper all the marvellous and frightening things that happen in her head.
Her debut thriller, SLEEPLESS, will be published by HQ on 11th Dec 2020.
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Sleepless
By
Louise Mumford
Review
By
Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews
First, I want to thank Louise Mumford, HQ, NetGalley and Rachel’s Random Resources for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review.
Louise Mumford’s Sleepless is one book that I know many will relate to. I know that I saw a lot of myself in Thea’s shoes. This book addresses Insomnia and other sleep disorders. Myself, the main character Thea and the author Louise Mumford all suffer from this sleep disorder.
This book is dedicated to Jason as this book would have never happened without him. Louise also wants to dedicate this book for her Mom and those nights playing hangman in the living room as a child when she could not sleep.
Louise really did her homework on researching what the brain does while we sleep. I found the information very informative, educational and extremely interesting. I was impressed that she put this information into the book to educate her readers.
WOW!! The opening of this book was a huge wake up call for what could really happen with lack of sleep. It was a great way to introduce the book and how in need of sleep Thea really needed.
There were a lot of comical moments in this where I could not stop laughing. Mostly between Thea and her mother! I don’t know many mothers would talk about orgies and blow jobs to their daughters! Not mine that is for sure!!
Having had a sleep study myself I laughed at the part where the fire alarm started blaring! It is hard to finally fall asleep but once you do and the fire alarm goes off-not good!
Thea seeks help in the Morpheus Sleep School to help her get to the root of her sleep problems. However, it is not what she thought she signed up for!! It was a wild ride!
Sleepless is extremely fast paced, action packed, interesting cast of characters, informative, educational, thrilling and suspenseful.
Unfortunately, there were some typos in the book that I received.
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