10 Minutes Before Sleeping by Tanya R. Taylor
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I borrowed this book on kindle unlimited and right from the beginning found it to be a little odd for my liking. I found it quite jumpy, I was uncomfortable with the amount of prejudice portrayed, and I couldn’t understand why somebody would take in a baby left on the doorstep if they were just going to be abusive. I found it unrealistic that because the child was undocumented no neighbors stepped in to help and no one in the government ever figured it out or checked on her, even when she attended a school, which generally requires a birth certificate and many other things.

It is unsettling the relationship that takes place in this book with Eva and Pierre and the other things that transpire within that relationship which honestly is just another example of her being abused. There was nothing romantic about this relationship at all. Add in the fact that a supposed adult man still calls his mother mommy I didn’t find it very believable. There are several time jumps which makes it hard to connect to the story. At one point Eva is 15 1/2 and then the next chapter she is suddenly 18. That’s not even the biggest time jump.

The unbelievable story that she has with Max given his job title and all the other odd things I literally have no idea how this book has so many 4 and 5 stars. I always try to find some positive in a story or the authors writing style but this was impossible. I just found the entire story to unfortunately be bizarre and not what was advertised as emotional and powerful. I’m not giving up though, I am going to give another one of her books a try.

As you can see from other reviews some people really enjoyed this story so it very well could be just a personal experience. I’d recommend giving it a read and determining for yourself what you think.

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