Promising synopsis but not quite there

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I loved the cover of this and the synopsis piqued my interest. However I found it slow going, and I was tempted to give up which I hate doing.

Olivia, formerly Arden, has created a new life to get away from being known as the girl who survived, and to be safe she must remember and keep to her lies, preventing anyone from knowing her past. But there was a continual repetition of Olivia reminding herself of this which I found unnecessary.

The sleepwalking element I found clumsy and just didn't ring true to me. We were introduced to various characters, all at one time or another become involved in Olivia's story, none of them particularly likeable except for Detective Rigby. The story did get better and there were unexpected twists especially the last one.