This review is shared as part of the Virtual Book Tour hosted by Palamedes PR running 25 – 31 October 2025. Follow along with the Book Tour Schedule
Thank you Theresa Cheung, Collective Ink, Palamedes PR and Zooloo’s Book Tours for including me on this book tour and providing an advanced paperback copy of this debut novel.
About the Book
What if the line between your waking life and your darkest dreams disappeared forever?
Alice Sinclair, a driven psychology professor, is about to find out. When thousands of people begin experiencing terrifying, vivid nightmares … all centered around her, Alice’s quiet academic life is shattered.
Haunted by the question of why she’s become the subject of these shared dreams, Alice embarks on a desperate search for answers, uncovering a chilling secret: someone – or something – hungry for global power has discovered a way to manipulate consciousness itself. The world is fast becoming a playground for those in control of the dreaming mind.
In a heart-stopping race against time, Alice must navigate a treacherous web of deception, where nothing – and no one – can be trusted, not even herself.
NightBorn by Theresa Cheung
published 30 September 2025 by Collective Ink
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About the Author
Theresa Cheung is a modern mystic and Sunday Times bestselling dreams, spiritual and paranormal author.
Since leaving King’s College, Cambridge University with a degree in Theology and English she has written numerous bestselling books and encyclopaedias which have been translated into dozens of different languages.
She has appeared regularly on ITV This Morning as their dreams and spiritual expert as well as BBC Radio 2 with Claudia Winkleman, BBC Radio 4 Beyond Belief, BBC Radio 5 Live Sounds podcast Different with Nicky Campbell, Capital Radio with Ronan Kemp, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, Gaia TV with Regina Meredith as well as appearances on Channel 4, ITV GMB, Today extra, Good Day Chicago, KTLA, This Morning Virginia, among others.
She has appeared on celebrity podcasts such as Megan Trainer’s Workin On It, Top 100 podcasts such as Sean Mike Kelly’s Digital Social Hour and written many features or been quoted in publications such as Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, InStyle, Heat, Refinery 29. Her mission and her passion is to make spirituality and the paranormal more credible, engaging and mainstream. Find out more at linktr.ee/theresacheung
My review
An intelligent, imaginative debut that took me far outside my usual reading lane – and I’m genuinely glad it did.
NightBorn immediately caught my attention with its premise, and once I started reading, I found myself surprisingly drawn in. This isn’t my typical genre, but the blend of psychology, dreams, and thriller elements created something quite unique. Theresa Cheung’s deep knowledge of dreams and consciousness shines through in a way that feels both accessible and thought-provoking, and it adds a layer of authenticity that sets this story apart.
I especially enjoyed how the novel blurs the line between reality and the dream world. The idea of shared nightmares and manipulated consciousness is chilling precisely because it feels just plausible enough. The book also raises some unsettling questions about power, influence, and how easily the mind can be steered… questions that lingered with me long after I’d finished.
Alice Sinclair is a compelling protagonist, and following her through this maze of secrets, intuition, and self-doubt kept me fully engaged. I really appreciated the mix of introspection in the first half and the escalating action in the second. And while opinions differ on the ending, I actually liked how it leaves you questioning everything. It fits the story’s themes perfectly.
Although this isn’t a genre I read often I still found NightBorn to be a gripping, original, and impressively crafted debut. I’m genuinely pleased I picked it up, and I can absolutely see why readers who enjoy dream theory, Jungian psychology, or mind-bending thrillers will be raving about it.
A fascinating concept, a strong protagonist, and an undercurrent of unease that keeps you turning pages—NightBorn is definitely worth a read.
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