Couldn't stop reading this! Read in one sitting because it was so enjoyable! And that ending, yes yes yes! Thank you netgalley for the free arc in exchange for an honest review!

Frozen butterflies by Simona Grossi.
Susan, loner, insomniac, teaches psychology in Los Angeles. One night she meets Nick, a blogger, who has recently found a journal on the bus. The author, a graphic novelist, has filled the journal with drawings and stories about his lost love. But there is something that seems wrong. While trying to unravel the story in the journal and looking for its author, Susan starts writing her own story, slowly realizing that what she sees and experiences might not exactly be real.
This was a very enjoyable read. I just couldn't put it down. Loved Susan's character. 4*.

Wow! ......Wow!............Wow!..........I couldn't write this review right away because I had to absorb and think what I had read. This is the type of book you can actually discuss with someone.
When I first started this book I honesty thought this was going to be a dark and depressing book. I was proven wrong. Why? Because of the way this author, Simone GrossI has with words which can hook you where you just can't release.

The way it ended was brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! This book is not for light reading. This may not be for everyone. I recommend this to anyone who want to have an intellectual discussion of this book. I'm amazed how Simone Grossi was able to write this novel. Mind blowing!!
I received this incredible ARC from Net Galley and Smithy Publishing in exchange for my honest review. Thank you!

I was given this book from https://www.smithpublicity.com/ for an honest review.

When I first started this novel I was like “Blah, I hate broken up sentences.” I hate books with too many periods when you can make one whole complete sentence. But it ended up being a fast paced, couldn’t put down read.

Susan, who is an insomniac, gets all “ Women in the Window” spying on her neighbor curious as to where she goes every single night at the same time. This ends up with Susan meeting Nick. Nicks a writer and is looking for his next piece. Susan discovers Nick found an artful journal on the bus and tells him this would be an amazing story; write snippets so they could find the owner. With just that Susan is in Nicks life.

This book is a psychological drama that touches base on mental health issues. It’s very dark and approaches life in aspects of art, obsessions, insecurities and the darker nuances of life.

Once you sink into this story, you’re captivated and just can’t stop reading. You want to know the lives of these two characters and all the things that intertwined them.

Thank you to Smith Publicity for the free copy!

Wow....what a beautifully written book! I couldn't stop reading it because I was so drawn into it. It was interesting to watch the main character Susan evolve from a reclusive insomniac to a conflicted writer and mother. As she's writing her first book of fiction, she develops new relationships and learns about love, friendships, loss and most of all herself.

This story is for sure not your usual read as it's something that can be considered aimless or boring read but when you sink into the story you will be held captive of the unusual style writing of this author.
Susan is a complicated character and the narrator here. he sometimes seemed like a person cut from the other story, but that allowed to put that "something" there. Every character develops the story in a different way and made me feel so different emotions.
The way the story was written for sure will not be for everyone, but added something fresh to my reading calendar.