Synopsis:
Sixteen-year-old Ashlee, is balancing life between managing her own mental illness and living with drug addicted parents. Recently diagnosed with Cotard’s Syndrome, Ashlee lives in a world of delusions and out-of-body experiences that allow her to view the world with a clarity that just might verge on enlightenment. When her world starts to fall apart, she reaches out to a stranger, Mike, who she believes to be a distant relative. Mike, a grown man struggling with his own traumatized life and looking to be left alone, must decide if helping a delusional teenage girl is a rabbit hole he’s ready to go down.

My thoughts:
The idea of this book is quite interesting, but unfortunately it just wasn’t a good book-fit for me. I liked the character of Ashlee and reading about her perspectives on life and reality, but I wasn’t as interested in Mike and all his back stories of trauma (which was a good portion of this book). There were a lot of disturbing scenes that will make you question how people can be so damaging and malicious to another human being.

💕You might like this book if:
🔹 you like books that explore the effects of trauma and drug abuse
🔹 you like characters that make you feel on edge
🔹 you are ok with some disturbing scenes / topics

2.5 / 5 stars

I enjoyed this one. I stayed engaged, and enjoyed the main character. The author created an interesting premise and carried out nicely.

Thanks very much for the free copy for review!!

this was a really well done thriller novel, it worked overall with everything that I was hoping for. Jeff Beamish does a great job in creating realistic people and I enjoyed the way they were written. I enjoyed the concept and I thought it did it respectfully.