Monday, June 8, 2026

6.8.2026 - The Break-Up Retreat

 The Break-Up Retreat by Camilla Sten

Many thanks to NetGalley, St Martin's Press | Minotaur Books, and Macmillan Audio for granting my wish and gifting me both a digital and audio ARC of the latest thriller by Camilla Sten, with the audiobook wonderfully narrated by Peyton Mader.  All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4 stars!

Himlafall Clinic, located deep in the Swedish woods, and run by the esteemed Dr. Hastings, uses revolutionary therapy techniques to heal your heartbreak.  But journalist Isobel Anderssen has heard rumors too - sometimes people are never heard from again.  She checks in with a false story and hidden phone ready to expose Dr. Hastings and bring closure to the families of those missing.  But nothing goes according to plan.

Creepy woods?  Check.  Locked room mystery?  Check.  Cult-like happenings?  Check.  Plus, who doesn't have some heart ache that needs healing?  So of course I enjoyed getting lost in Sten's latest book.  It was tense, atmospheric, and kept me wondering, although I also wondered sometimes about Isobel's decision making.  There were quite a few characters but I didn't have trouble keeping them straight, and I thought the audiobook narration was done very well.  

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