"The Call of Cassandra Rose is a well-written psychological thriller covering dark themes. A twisty plot that kept me guessing."
The Call of Cassandra Rose is a thought-provoking psychological thriller, focusing on a woman's traumatic past and her subsequent healing process. This book weaves a complex tapestry from tangled threads, and is filled with darkness and despair. Annabelle, the main character, frustrated me with her unreliability, yet I found myself rooting for her as she struggled with self-esteem and paranoia. She seemed to have it all on the surface, yet inside she was falling apart. This thriller is well-written, covering dark themes, such as self-harm, trust issues and manipulation, as well as the potential dangers of hypnosis and the complexities of the human mind. It's well-written, with emotive and visual descriptions, and I found myself racing through it as I desperately wanted to find out how it ended. A twisty plot that kept me guessing.
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Annabelle seems to have it all. The perfect house, a successful husband, a darling son. But Annabelle is troubled.
Trapped in an unhappy marriage, failing at motherhood, and at odds with her new privileged lifestyle, Annabelle begins to self-harm, a habit resurrected from her traumatic past.
When she meets the alluring and charismatic hypnotherapist Cassandra Rose, she is offered a way out.
Through hypnosis, Annabelle is encouraged to unearth her painful repressed memories and face her childhood demons. But as the boundaries between her hypnotic trance and reality begin to dissolve, Annabelle becomes increasingly vulnerable to much darker forces.
Filled with twists and suspense, The Call of Cassandra Rose is a chilling thriller that examines how trauma shapes our lives and asks whether we can ever really escape our pasts.
The Call of Cassandra Rose features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Crime and Mystery, Fiction
The Call of Cassandra Rose is available in Paperback
The Call of Cassandra Rose was written by Sophia Spiers and published by Lume Books
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