Review: A Powerful and Thought Provoking Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2014
I was lucky enough to be given an arc of this book in return for an honest review.I'll be honest, this is not my usual type of book but the premise sounded intriguing so I thought I'd give it a go - more usually I'm a fan of horror and romance and this has some sci-fi elements to it. From the first page, however,I was hooked, Kathy has cancer and she is undergoing the usual (painful) treatments until she meets Janie who offers her the means of a 'miracle' cure. Although Kathy is sceptical she is also desperate - the key she takes from Janie is the key to a healing pod kept withinthe confines of an abandoned church. Only one person is to use it a time and when their sessions in the pod have come to an end and they are cured, they must select another person to hand the key over to. Janie is 'cured' and Kathy certainly feels better after the first session - but she has several more to go and the task is to keep the pod safe and undiscovered until then - not an easy task when you're married to the uber curious Jimmy! The story keeps you hooked from start to finish and, because it's told in the first person, you really identify with Kathy, her hopes, her fears and the damn unfairness of it all. She clutches on to the idea of a miracle cure because she has nothing to lose but  - the question is - does the pod really have the power to heal or does it just offer a placebo effect. Also, is the pod even a human invention? Far fetched? Not the way Hinsley writes it - its all very down to earth and believable. The ending I won't spoil for you but lets just say that for me it was perfect but not only that, it was powerful.