Our main character, Anna Alcott, is an actress in her late thirties. Her biological clock is ticking, and it is time to have a baby. She is starting her IVF journey, and she is earnest about it, but just at the beginning of this road, she forgot appointments. Was she so stressed that she forgot? She finds out someone messed up with her calendar, which is why this mess happened. Maybe this was the stalker that she got? All the suspicions were put into that one person who could wish Anna ill. It looks like someone doesn’t want her to be a mom. She feels someone is watching her, following her. And when she finally gets pregnant, someone breaks into her and her husband’s house and steals the ultrasound picture of her baby. She freaks out, and who would not? Everyone around her says that hormones are making her think about the things that did not happen, and she is too sensitive. Her friend offers them her house so she can rest in peace and care for herself and the baby. But this is only making a more sinister turn.
Despite all she did to protect her baby, the doctor says she lost the baby. And this is creepy because she doesn’t believe him. She can still feel the baby moving inside her, so how could she lose it? That’s when I started to think, is something wrong with her? Is it some weird paranoia? Is it all going on in her head? Maybe no one is there waiting to harm her or her unborn child(if there is any). Anna starts to have bizarre, violent visions, and her cravings are getting gruesome.
She starts to wonder if she is getting crazy. How will she make it to the end of pregnancy? Who wants to get rid of her baby, and why? Is somehow her stalker involved? Or is her doctor behind this? She can’t trust anyone, not even her husband. No one believes her when she says that something is wrong.
Then it gets weirder, but to learn more, you must read this book.
The 400 pages were amazing, and I really enjoyed the twisted game in Anna’s head. Until the end, I was not sure what was going to happen or what the ending would be.
Go and get yourself a copy.
4/5