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Narrated by: Mark Sanderlin, Various Narrators, Yinka Ladeinde, Amara Jasper, Krystal Hammond, Amanda Stribling, Deanna Anthony, Jesse Villinsky, Kelli Tager, Joe Hempel, Charlotte Moore-Lambert
Release Date: June 4, 2024
Published by: Quirk Books
Read from: June 18-21, 2024
Stand-alone
Source: Library’s Libby
Content Warning: Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Body shaming, Kidnapping, Grief
For Readers Interested In: Social Media, Influencers, Thrillers, Mysteries, AdultA razor-sharp debut about what happens when one of the first child stars of the social media age grows up . . . and goes missing.
Hazel Davis is drifting: she’s stalled in her career, living in a city she hates, and less successful than her younger sister @evelyn, a lifestyle influencer. Evie came of age on the family YouTube channel after a viral video when she was five. Ten years older and spotlight-averse, Hazel managed to dodge the family business—so although she can barely afford her apartment, at least she made her own way.
Evie is eighteen now, with a multimillion-dollar career, but Hazel is still protective of her little sister and skeptical of the way everyone seems to want a piece of her: Evie’s followers, her YouTuber boyfriend and influencer frenemies, and their opportunistic mother. So when Evie disappears one day during an unsettling live stream that cuts out midsentence, Hazel is horrified to have her worst instincts proven right.
As theories about Evie’s disappearance tear through the internet, inspiring hashtags, Reddit threads, and podcast episodes, Hazel throws herself into the darkest parts of her sister’s world to untangle the truth. After all, Hazel knows Evie better than anyone else . . . doesn’t she?
*MY THOUGHTS*
This was an unusual book. Several times I was questioning what the hell was going on. And then I got to the end and now I don’t know what to think.
The main thing that stood out about this was the characters. Literally all of them were terrible. The mom was an asshole and she I’m not gon lie she freaked me the hell out lmao All those boxes? Absolutely not. The podcast? Again, NO. And then there was the sister. She really tried to act all high and mighty but still did the exact same thing. Evelyn seemed like the only sane one to get tf outta there, but the ending determined that was a lie lol just like I said in my initial reaction on Goodreads, the whole family was just one big yikes.
The thriller part of this took a bit of a nose dive tho. It started good, but then it just got weird. And then once the questions started gettting answered it got weirder and then boring. The ending was good, but it was quite literally the end. And y’all know how I feel about things that end that way.
I did enjoy the social media aspect of this tho. Some mommy influencers that read this might be a little mad lol But I’m here for it. This is a side they have undoubtedly never even thought of. So maybe they might make them thing differently later on.
This was a weird little ol book. But it was so accurate that I can’t say I didn’t like it? Idk how i really feel about this lol I did wish some things were different, like a better ending, but again, that’s subjective I know. But just like I asked about the other thriller I just read the other day, CAN WE STOP ENDING BOOKS LIKE THIS?
Overall, I give this
