Recent Release Review: While He Sleeps by Medusa Stone

Reviewed by Jen

TITLE:  While He Sleeps

SERIES: Bloody Desires

AUTHOR: Medusa Stone

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 476 pages

RELEASE DATE: October 15, 2025

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Elijah
When I first came to him, my nightmares were already tearing me apart.
Scenes of murder—vivid, brutal, and terrifyingly real.
Some from the news. Some that hadn’t happened yet.
Different victims. Same faceless killer.
Silas Cross was the only person who hadn’t called me crazy.
My therapist. My anchor. The one man I trusted in a world that had never been kind.
But the more I opened up, the more I craved him—the safety of his voice, the heat in his eyes—even as the visions sharpened, and something darker began to stir beneath the surface.
I didn’t know if Silas would save me from it…
Or become the very thing I feared.

Silas
When Elijah walked into my office, I saw something rare—
Raw fear. Delicious innocence touched by something darker.
My first instinct was to protect him.
Then he started telling me about the murders.
Crimes I knew too well.
And every new detail he revealed brought him closer to a truth I couldn’t afford to let him reach.
Our connection was dangerous. Our obsession, inevitable.
But if Elijah saw too much…
If he uncovered the face behind the blood…
Then I’d have no choice but to stop him.
One way or another.

Trigger
This series is rated R and not recommended for readers under 18. All books contain explicit content, scenes of violence, dub-con, past trauma, and very graphic material.

While He Sleeps is a twisted, high-heat ride through obsession, secrets, and blurred lines between predator and protector. It features a brilliant and ruthless forensic psychiatrist with a god complex, a traumatized boy with blood-stained nightmares, and a dangerous attraction that could destroy them both.

REVIEW:

I wasn’t real sure what I was going to get with this story and it takes a good bit of the story for it to all really make sense. Basically, Silas is a doctor who specializes in helping child trauma victims. He is frequently called in by the police to help with their cases. But it goes so much deeper than that. On the side, he also has a side gig going where he and two others maintain a kill list to take out the abusers who continue to escape justice.

Kane is the main member who does the actual killing while Silas plays the part of clean-up, from the crime scene to the alibis. One other stays in the background and does all the leg work as they prepare for each kill by gathering evidence and mapping out behavior patterns, etc. Here is where things get a bit darker and more convoluted. Kane was a patient of Silas and one he has groomed or helped find an outlet for his anger and trauma issues. Kane is a bit of a loose cannon, and Silas seems to manage him pretty well for the most part.

That all changes when Elijah comes back into the picture. He was another of Silas’ patients whose past abuse still haunts him. He has visions/dreams of the killings and believes he has them to help catch the killer(s). He is barely functioning due to these issues and the meds don’t seem to be helping him much anymore.

Then there is the added factor of Dr. X or Dr. Xander who seems to want to help Elijah as well. But, he has a past with Silas as well. As I said, it takes a good while for the pieces to all come together. Things really start to ramp up when Kane feels threatened by Elijah taking Silas’ affections and attention. Silas is walking a tightrope between the two that he can’t seem to get off of. Kane is the dark, and Elijah is the light. I had my suspicions fairly early on, and they all play out in the end, but this is a bit of a wild ride to get there. In the end, things straighten out and a new family is formed with friends who helped Elijah along the way. This is definitely a dark and violent story, but I loved the psychological side and look forward to reading more from this author in the future.

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