Great psychological thrillers are more than just fun reads, they can be mind-bending and incredible journeys! The most trying jobs are the ones that test you not only physically but mentally, as Aria soon learns, when she discovers the monsters under her patients’ beds aren’t all fiction. If you decide to read this book, be prepared to take a trip down the metaphorical rabbit hole. I love how the beginning of the novel sets up the rest of the story so well, and once you really start getting into the book, the twist and turns never stop coming. When a story keeps you on that rollercoaster, sometimes you get an ending that’s just meh…not in this book! ( )

This is a psychological thriller that gave me the creeps. Bring it on. I loved it! A good thriller like it is like finding a great scary movie. The action is just right and written in such a way that you can feel the goosebumps forming on your arms as your reading. The characters are so well-written that they just fit right in to the story perfectly. Excellent tale for those that love thrillers and chills. I love it. ( )

"We should be warned to never trust, or trust all and take the risk. It's never safe, whether with a stranger or not. They should tell us that. Someone should warn us."

Have you ever read a book, that when you reach the end and close the cover, it just.......stays with you? That no matter what you have going on in your day, it's always sniggling at the back of your mind? Well, this book is the epitome of that for me. Not only could I not put it down, but once I finished, it was still there - invading my thoughts, calling out to me to pick it up and read it again, and again, and again.

The plot is twisted and dark and by the end, you'll question everything you just read. The Epilogue will blow you away!

One of the characters describes the black on the canvas as the chaos around us, and somewhere in there is our light, the person we truly are or want to be, if we choose to see it. I wonder sometimes if we have all stopped looking.

Our main character, Aria, has struggled with the suicide of a patient as well as the divorce from her husband, necessitating a leave of absence. Thinking it's now time to get back to work, Aria agrees to consult with police on a murder case, and soon finds herself in the cross-hairs of a sensual cult and its mysterious leader, Max. She goes down a path of betrayal, darkness, and obsession. What she discovers will shake her to her core.

The mysterious question left for Aria of "Who do you think you are?" is something I think we all ask ourselves from time to time. What defines us? Do we change depending on with whom we are interacting? Is there really a "true self"? How many masks do we wear?

This was a brilliant thriller and one I won't soon forget! If you love dark, twisted, mind-splintering, psychological thrillers, this one needs to be on the top of your list! ( )