I adored this fantastic mix of fast paced horror, fantasy and thriller set amongst the addicts of New York City. Rain is a recovering drug addict who has been in recovery for a couple of years, however, she has many skeletons in her closet which as the novel progresses play a bigger part in the story. On the way to a job interview a kind old lady lends her her glasses which when she uses sees really weird and trippy stuff, once arriving at the interview she realises she is a day late and somehow has lost 24 hours. Of course her addict friends, who play a big part in the novel think she has been using, far from it! And that's the opening to what was an incredibly well paced fantasy horror novel which has so many great ideas in it it was hard to keep up. The book gets crazier as it goes along, but in the hands of an author as talented and experienced at writing genre fiction as Jonathan Maberry it never misses a beat up until its terrific conclusion. Oh, and I forgot to mention the 'baddie' Dr Nine, is one of the finest I've come across in years. Totally FANTASTIC.

by Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author)
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Lou Jacobs's review
Dec 14, 2017 · edit

it was amazing

Enter a world where magic is real. And the difficulties of dealing with Guilt and Grief are all pervasive .... This is nothing like the Joe Ledger books .. but rather , a unique, supernatural chiller tour de force. The "Cracked World Society": a group of 4 addicts fight for sobriety. All with memories of loss and pain and failure and descent into addiction. "Rain" (Lorraine) Thomas is are main protagonist and is a "hot mess" She circles the drain of life for seven years with multiple types of addiction ... racked with the guilt of giving away her baby at birth at age sixteen. The father leaves for Iraq, unknowing of the pregnancy and quickly dies in an inferno of flames in a Humvee accident.
Disowned by her family she struggles the last three years to maintain sobriety with the support of her three friends from narcotics anonymous.
She goes to sleep one night in anticipation of a much needed job interview on Friday. However, when she arrives for the interview, she discovers that she has missed it and "lost all of Friday" Her subsequent days spin out of control ... she continues to loose chunks of time .... and begins to confront the supernatural beings of her "dreams" leaking into her conscious life. While embarking on a journey to find answers realizes her friends are experiencing similar dreams and distortions of reality. She is aided by the appearance of "Monk" Addison ... a tough guy investigator .... a psychic bounty hunter who helps her unravel the mysteries and incongruencies
Maberry has weaved a complex, riveting tale that is relentless and probing... with a band of unforgettable characters. As an aside ... I would love to read more about "Monk" Addison.
I would like to thank Netgalley for providing me with an ARC of this tantalizing novel in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to preview Glimpse by Jonathan Mayberry.
Rain is a recovering drug addict living in New York City. She has been clean for a few years, but still fights her demons each day. She doesn't have much going for her except a small apartment, a neighbor "with benefits", and a cat she loves, and a dead boyfriend..
Rain wakes one morning to go on an interview for a job. Her day doesn't start too well - as she waits for her shower water to get hot, she swears someone is in the shower - her cat is hiding under the bed - and she is stricken with fear. No one is there.
As she makes her way to her interview, she meets an old woman who gives Rain a pair of reading glasses. Rain starts to see things; a small boy running. Things start to go out of control for Rain quickly - she gets to her interview and she's a day late. She is missing time and she starts to get really scared.
She is confused and then she meets a strange man who reminds her of her nightmares - is he the monster she created or is he real and is he going to kill her.
Scary and fast paced. Good book.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free digital ARC of this book. This book is true to its title description. The reader won't be disappointed when reading this book.

Rain Thomas, an addict three years clean and sober, she’s struggling to hold on to her sobriety and her sanity, haunted by the ghost of the infant she gave up for adoption and the child’s father, who died in Iraq. To say her hold on sanity is tenuous is putting it mildly. Then she finds a pair of glasses with a crack in the lens. Through the lens she sees things that seem real, yet cannot be. She sees a child being chased by a man she’s only seen in drug induced hallucinations, a child who looks a lot like her dead boyfriend. Rain begins losing time and wonders if she has lost her mind, or if she’s finally seeing the world as it really is. Can she save the boy she believes is her own son, or is she finally losing her battle with insanity? As twisted and surreal a book as I have ever read, Mayberry is relentless with the shocks and twists in this story.