Publisher: Gallery, Pocket Books, Gallery Books
I absolutely loved the series "You" on Netflix so when they said fans of the show would love this book I said count me in. That being said I was disappointed. Let me explain.
Audrey Miller is a young influencer on Instagram with tons of followers and a seemingly perfect life. She decides to change cities and coincidentally moves closer to the stalker. Now that she's local, he can amp his cyber stalking up to the next level.
She's not likeable at all. If there was even a tiny shred of her life or personality that people could relate to or empathize with then this book would have been a lot better. At one point I wanted to reach in the book and strangle her myself. At the very least tell her to shut up.
Her glamorous life is a sham. She stages photos just to get the most likes, which I'm sure all of the influencers on Instagram do. She never, ever can just enjoy the moment. She's always looking for the next "perfect shot" and she ends up missing so much. Her stalker, for example.
She also uses people. Her sorority sister who she starts living with due to her stalker? She doesn't even really like the other woman. She tolerates her and uses her for a place to live and to make connections in a new city.
The ex-boyfriend? She uses him for sex and security when she is scared and delights in torturing him when she starts dating again. Then she wonders why he blows up at her.
The identity of the stalker was pretty clear from about the half way point of the book, the last few chapters were rushed and unsurprising, and the ending tied everything up in a neat bow but was really disappointing.
What I took away from this book is that perfection on Instagram is hardly, if ever, real. Also, people should maybe post less on social media and enjoy the moment more.
Many thanks to Gallery Books, Pocket Books, and Netgalley.com for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
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