With the opening dream scene where her husband is choking to the jaw dropping ending, this book was compulsively readable. When Anabelle Reynolds wakes up from this disturbing dream and discusses it with her neurologist husband, he explains to her that there is no proof that dreams are prophetic. -she is probably stressed and this is her mind's way of releasing it. However, when her dreams begin to come true (not in a good way),
she becomes anxious.
Annabelle is a social media marketing specialist living and loving her perfect life with 2 daughters, a successful career and a devoted but controlling husband, life is good. she turns down an offer to take her boss's position when her boss retires because she doesn't want to spend a lot of time away from the family, The focus shifts to the 14yr old daughter who is texting a boy from Chicago (the family lives in a small Connecticut coastal town), and trying to be more independent of the family, when she does a DNA test and finds a surprising result which she keeps secret.
This book had wonderful believable characters. I liked the dream sequences which were written in italics to differentiate from the story text, The authors also let us in on the characters thought processes and interspersed chapters by The Wife, and Anabelle's past (before she was married).
The plot was well woven and twisted and I did not see the twist coming. WOW! I could not put this book down!
Clear your calendar and devour this psychological mystery.
I received an ARAC of this book from NetGalley and Random House publishers and am leaving my own opinions.

4.5 - 5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ok, I loved this one!

I’ve only read about three other books by this talented duo, but I’ve quickly become a huge fan after reading Don’t Open Your Eyes!

If you’re looking for a suspenseful, twisty - really twisty - book that is totally bingeable - look no further. Grab your popcorn and pick this one up! I couldn’t put it down.

Lots to love in this thriller: Alternating POVs - including a mystery “wife” who is rather dark and possessive, before and current timelines, family secrets, deception and a surprise ending!

This pulled me in from the start. Expect to suspend some disbelief in order to really love it!

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House - Ballantine my advanced copy to read and review.

I am a fan of Liv Constantine from the Last Mrs. Parrish days. I did not personally love The Next Mrs. Parrish as much but I am right back there with Don't Open Your Eyes.

This book had me wanting to spend time everyday reading it. I was gripped by the characters and the story line. Annabelle begins having disturbing dreams and some of them are coming to pass in her real life.

Is she in danger? Are her daughters in danger? There were quite a few twists in this thriller, some small and some major but it kept me on my toes and I really enjoyed reading it! I think Constantine does the multiple character point of view writing style very well so I enjoy it from her. There is also a "Before" timeline which I thought added great context but it is a lot to keep track of.

Overall I would recommend this book to readers! It is the perfect read for a beach day or just relaxing.

This was an excellent book by Liv Constantine. I have many of her books on my “to Read” shelf, but this was the first of hers I have read. I’ll defiantly be reading more written by Liv.
This was a fast paced family drama with some mystery thrown in. There were many twists and turns I did not see coming. I gasped out loud a few times.
I did not love the “dreams” but it didn’t detract from the enjoyment of the book.
There was only one character that was annoying and only at the end of the book. All the other characters were well developed and likable.
I received this galley from NetGalley.

Thank you @prhaudio for a copy of Don't Open Your Eyes. This is a story of Annabelle that has a perfect marriage with 2 adorable kids and her life of suddenly turned upside down when her dreams starts coming true.

As she tries to protect her daughter from one of her dreams, she starts questioning things and everything is not as perfect as it seems.

The story is told in past and present and multiple POV narrated by Valerie Rose Lohman, Alex McKenna, and Christine Lakin. The story was easy to follow with the distinctive voices.

I did find the story a little slow in the first half and like her other books, all of the action happens last 30% of the book.

Thank you for allowing me to read this book as an ARC.
Wow, what an amazing roller coaster ride! I could not put this book down. Absolutely fantastic and so unpredictable! In true Liv Constantine fashion, this book did not disappoint and I highly recommend it to everyone who loves a great mystery and suspenseful ride!
While the dreams of the protagonist seem unbelievable, they sure made for a great twist in the story. A 5 🌟 book for sure!

I really enjoyed this book! It kept my attention the whole time. Liv is one of my favorite authors and I’m pretty sure I’ve read all her books. This one did not disappoint. Highly recommend.

Incredibly twisty!!

Annabell is a high powered social media exec in a marketing firm, has two daughters and is happily married to a doctor. They live a comfortable life, but when her daughter Scarlett begins texting with a boy named Ben, she begins to question things her parents have always told her about their family. Especially when Anabell starts having dreams and premonitions that predict events that happen in the future to her family. When they begin to come true, she fears something is terribly wrong.

When Annabell has a dream that Scarlett is in danger for her life, she does everything she can to protect her daughter. But what she doesn't know is that her secrets from the past will come back to life.

Told in dual timelines from the past and present, the story follows Annabel in college as she meets her now husband, and then Annabel and James as they are parents navigating life and dealing with reprecussions from the past.

Thank you for the ARC Copy of Don't Open Your Eyes. I am a huge fan of Liv's books so I was excited to read this one. It was very fast paced and had a lot of great twists, drama, secrets and more. It was a book you couldnt put down that's for sure. You Get two POV's , one being with a character that shares her past and the present as well as one other character , a daughter.

Def a great psychological thriller that I think many people will enjoy!

I always look forward to Liv Constantine books. I know I can expect a twisty thriller and Don't Open Your Eyes didn't disappoint!

This story is about Annabelle, a social media marketer. She has 2 daughters, Olivia and Scarlett, and is married to James, a doctor. Life seems perfect, but then Annabelle begins having dreams that are like premonitions, because they come true. This causes her to start questioning her life choices. She begins to believe that her oldest daughter might be in trouble and her husband might not be all he seems. The story is told from the POV of Annabelle, Scarlett, her oldest daughter, and then another POV tilted The Wife. During Annabelle's POV, we go back and forth between the present and "before".

I enjoyed the story very much. I appreciated the short chapters, they kept the pace of the story moving along and the tension building. While I did figure out a thing or two during reading, there were several twists towards the end that I didn't see coming. I was very happy with the ending.
All in all, I highly recommend this book. Another great read from the writing duo of Liv Constantine! Can't wait for the next one!

Thanks to NetGalley and Bantam books for the ARC of this book.

I absolutely love the sister duo that makes Liv Constantine and their new book, "Don't Open Your Eyes" grabbed me from the first sentence!!! Great read!

I Thought I Was The Only One. It is no secret that my book reviews are in part confessionals, that is my entire schtick as a reviewer and literally the basis of my brand name. So here's one I don't talk about often, but which those who have known me since I was a kid are aware of - it actually caused a bit of drama a couple of times back then: The dream sequences that happen in this book? The ones that our lead character feels are so vivid and real, that they really could be glimpses into the future?

I've lived with those same types of dreams off and on for over forty years now. And no, it isn't deja vu. It is pretty well exactly as Constantine describes here - so real and visceral that you *know* you've lived those very events before.

Except unlike our lead character - or in some ways perhaps exactly like her - I learned early on, from a couple of blunders that caused the drama I referenced above, to not (obviously) act on the dreams, but instead to prepare myself for the outcomes they warned me of so that I could at least be prepared if or when they happened.

So for me in particular, that part of this book was *phenomenal*. It was easily relatable to one of those aspects of my life that I virtually *never* talk about anymore, because as our lead character in the book learns, people - even those closest to you - rapidly begin to think you're crazy when you so openly talk about it. (Which is one reason I'm not going into any real details about my own experiences, and indeed I can actively state that these types of dreams don't happen nearly as often anymore as they did when I was younger. My overall life is also *dramatically* different than it was, and I suspect this plays a role.)

But that aspect is only roughly half this tale, the setup. And while a phenomenal setup, it *is* a rather slow one. It takes time for those less accustomed to these types of dreams to wrap your head around what is going on with this character, and Constantine gives you that kind of time. She needs to, because the later stages, where the action picks up and indeed becomes rather breathtaking, *need* you to understand that part of this character and believe it as much as she does.

Thus, when the action picks up, the dreams become less a part of the active story and more a part of what is informing the action sequences as they play out. At this point, it becomes a far more typical thriller, one of the exact type Constantine is known for and excels at, and it shows brilliantly here.

Overall truly a great thriller that shows a side of life that most likely aren't as familiar with, and does so in a way that rings true to at least my own experiences with similar experiences in real life.

Very much recommended.

2.5 ⭐️rounded up
Other than the main character having some sort of psychic dreams, nothing much happens in the first 80%. The last 20% was a series of ridiculous events. It felt overly dramatic, like a soap opera in book form. Some twists and turns but mostly predictable.

I’ve never read a Liv Constantine book that did not leave my mouth agape at the ending. What kind of trauma did these writing sisters experience because TWISTED doesn’t begin to describe the way they think.

I don’t want to spoil the experience for anyone, so I’ll leave this review vague. Annabelle is having horrible nightmares. When those nightmares start predicting the future, Annabelle realizes she has a big problem. A really big, bad stuff is coming problem. She has no idea how bad it’s about to get.

As with all Liv Constantine books it’s best to go into DON’T OPEN YOUR EYES with as little background as possible and let the story develop around you. Multiple POV and dual timelines come together in an entirely unexpected way to leave the reader stunned as twist after twist brings this book to a powerful conclusion.

You’ll zip through this book making it a perfect summer thriller.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine for the advance copy. All opinions are my own.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
That Twist Left Me Speechless!

Wow—Don't Open Your Eyes completely pulled me in. I thought I knew where the story was going, but Liv Constantine totally flipped the script on me. The twist came out of nowhere, and I literally had to stop reading for a second just to take it all in. I did not see that coming!

I loved how the tension built up little by little. The characters felt real, and I kept second-guessing everyone—which made the big reveal even more shocking. This book reminded me why I love thrillers so much. If you enjoy fast-paced reads that mess with your head in the best way, you’ll definitely want to pick this one up. I’ll be thinking about it for a while!

Annabelle Reynolds is being plagued by nightmares. But are they nightmares or premonitions? When her dreams start becoming real events, Annabelle is compelled to try to prevent the scenarios from her night visions from coming true. What would you do if you dreamt something you feared would hurt someone you know? Would you try to intercede? As Annabelle says at the end of the book, "If you're meant to drown, it won't do any good to move to the desert.".

I loved The Last Mrs. Parrish, so I had high expectations for this one, but I think the title set my expectations up for a different type of story. The book had a slow beginning, and I was waiting for the real suspense to kick in, which it did during the last 20% of the book. I thought I was reading a book written by the dual authors Valerie and Lynne Constantine, but according to the About the Author, this was written by Lynne, so I don't know if that made the difference.

Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group for an advance reader's copy.

Thoughts 🧠
I’m always a fan of Liv Constantine’s writing, and this one was another excellent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️read! Their books are consistently thrilling, suspenseful, and fast-paced—I’m hooked from the first chapter and can’t stop until I reach the final twist!

Summary 📝
If your dreams started predicting the future, what would you do? Try to change the outcome? Let fate unfold? Or wake up and forget it ever happened?

That’s exactly the nightmare Annabelle finds herself in. Her dreams start coming true days later, and she becomes understandably obsessed with protecting her family—especially her two daughters. But when she turns to her neurologist husband for help, he dismisses her concerns and recommends therapy. She’s left feeling isolated…until a new man appears in her dreams. A man who listens. A man who makes her feel safe. A man who soon becomes her next client 🤯

Meanwhile, her 15-year-old daughter Scarlett is keeping a dangerous secret of her own—and Annabelle and her husband are sitting on a pretty explosive one too.

Can Annabelle’s dreams guide her through the web of lies? Or will the truth disappear like a dream at dawn?

Thank You🙏🏼
Huge thanks to NetGalley, sisters Lynne and Valerie Constantine (writing as Liv Constantine), and Random House Publishing – Ballantine for the advanced copy!

Don’t Open Your Eyes is a fast, paced thriller that will keep you turning pages late into the night. It follows a woman who wakes up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there, and from that moment on, nothing in her life is as it seems.

The story is full of secrets, shocking twists, and characters you’re not sure you can trust. Liv Constantine does a great job keeping you guessing—just when you think you know what’s going on, something new is revealed. Like all their books, this was another winner for me!

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC! I automatically had to read this book knowing how amazing Liv Constantine’s “the last Mrs Parrish and the next Mrs Parrish” are, and I am so glad I read this!

I loved the short chapters, different POV, and knowing one or more of the characters were a sociopath, made this book unputdownable!

Absolutely loved the story and Annabelle! She had the perfect family, perfect job and dreams that kept the pages turning! I read this book in one sitting! Absolute must read, run, don’t walk to start reading it