Pomare was raised on a horse farm in rural New Zealand where he lived until he was eighteen before deciding to travel. Many thanks to #NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. They say you can never escape from a cult and you’ll never escape from the effect this book will have on you. I can’t really say much more without spoilers, but be assured this book will keep you up at night, sometimes in a good way and sometimes because you will be too scared to go to sleep. But what is Freya really afraid of?įreya and Amy’s lives are connected but we don’t know how or why until quite a way into the book.
Freya’s ex is called Wayne (the boys’ father) and he seems to have a part in all this. We know that something bad happened to Freya’s first son Aspen, which meant that she ‘lost’ him, but it takes a while till we find out exactly what. They must all be fair haired and blue-eyed – in fact there are hints that their hair is dyed white if it’s too dark.įreya lives in the middle of nowhere, with her young son Billy and a big scary dog called Rocky, who is trained to attack strangers who threaten their safety.
Adrienne needs 12 children for her ‘family’ to be complete. They are the ‘mother’ and ‘father’ to ten children, of which Amy is the eldest, until they take another child they call Asha. The cult is run by Adrienne – Protect the Queen – and Adam, who gets up to some really weird stuff. Beatings, hunger, torture – these are all part of her everyday life. Amy has never known anything else outside the world of the cult in which she lives. There are two main protagonists – teenager Amy who lives in The Clearing, and Freya, mother of Aspen and Billy. What a great story! It’s creepy and terrifying – there were times when I was actually scared to read on.
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