Follow Me Back (Follow Me Back, #1)

by A. V. Geiger

"Follow Me Back is the perfect mix of fandom with just the right amount of suspense. An enthralling page turner from beginning to end." —ANNA TODD, New York Times bestselling author of the After series
There's a fine line between fandom…and obsession.
Tessa Hart's world feels very small. Confined to her bedroom with agoraphobia, her one escape is the online fandom for pop sensation Eric Thorn. When he tweets to his fans, it's like his speaking directly to her…
Eric Thorn is frightened by his obsessive fans. They take their devotion way too far. It doesn't help that his PR team keeps posting to encourage their fantasies.
When a fellow pop star is murdered at the hands of a fan, Eric knows he has to do something to shatter his online image fast—like take down one of his top Twitter followers. But Eric's plan to troll @TessaHeartsEric unexpectedly evolves into an online relationship deeper than either could have imagined. And when the two arrange to meet IRL, what should have made for the world's best episode of Catfish takes a deadly turn…
Told through tweets, direct messages, and police transcripts, this thriller for the online generation will keep you guessing right up to the shocking end.
Follow Me Back Series:
Follow Me Back (Book 1)
Tell Me No Lies (Book 2)

• ISBN10: 1492645230
• ISBN13: 9781492645238
• Publish Date: 6 June 2017
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Sourcebooks Fire
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 368
• Language: English

Reviews

[alisoninbookland]

What the what!? You can’t leave me hanging with that twist.

[lindsey]

Probably closer to 3.5 stars.

[Sam@WLABB]

Social media is enjoyed by many, but following a traumatic event, it becomes Tessa's only connection to the world outside her bedroom. She developed an online friendship with someone she believes is a fellow Eric Thorn fan, but who is actually the real Eric Thorn.

I enjoyed Follow Me Back. Among the reasons why:

Eric and Tessa
Both were so wounded for very different reasons, and I really wanted them to work through their issues. Tessa had experiences something that was quite horrible, and resulted in her developing agoraphobia. This "event" was slowly revealed to us, and it was quite a long wait to find out what led her to lock herself away from the world. It was a painful wait, but I thought the reveal was times quite well.

Eric was a YouTube sensation, who became a pop superstar. He felt as though he was being exploited by his label, and his fame was related to his appearance and not to his talent. He had grown very disillusioned with his fame, and also fearful of his extreme fans after the murder of a fellow pop star. I felt a lot of sympathy for him and Tessa, and although Eric chose fame, I still understood that he gave up a lot to attain and keep that fame.

The romance
The romance was very sweet. It grew from a tweeted taunt, and grew to be so much more. I know Eric was hiding his real identity, but he still was able to reveal his true self to Tessa.

The mixed format
I am a sucker for a mixed format book. The DMs and tweets didn't have that big an impact for me, but the police transcripts did. This story starts "after", but not at the end, and the snippets were used quite wisely to set up each portion of the flashback. I thought they also did a great job of bringing me back to the mystery that was woven into the story, which I needed, because I kept getting lost in the romance.

The ending
That ending came out of nowhere for me. I totally did not expect that! It definitely did its job setting me up for book 2, but be prepared, it's a cliffy.

Overall: A sweet romance with a dash of psychological thriller set in our media driven world.

**I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced copy of this book. Quotes are from an ARC and may change upon publication.

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