Are You Watching? by Vincent Ralph

Are You Watching?

by Vincent Ralph

From New York Times bestselling author Vincent Ralph comes a page-turning thriller for the social media age, perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and One Of Us Is Lying.

Ten years ago, Jess's mother was murdered by the Magpie Man.

She was the first of his victims, but not the last.

Now Jess is the star of a YouTube reality series and she's using it to catch the killer once and for all.

The whole world is watching her every move.

And so is the Magpie Man.

Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2021

Shortlisted for the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2021

Reviewed by Nessa Luna on

3 of 5 stars

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Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, this has not changed my opinion in any way.

The premise of this book was very promising - a girl using a youtube reality series to try and find her mother's killer. But for me, personally, I think it didn't really deliver. I really enjoyed the first half of the book and I actually stayed up way too late reading through the majority of this book, but the way the book ended brought my rating down to a 3,5 star instead of a full 4 star.

I wasn't a huge fan of Jess as a main character and I didn't really like her friends either. She didn't grow on me until later on in the book, but then towards the end, she did some things that made me sigh out loud multiple times.

All-in-all I thought it was an interesting book, but the ending kind of 'ruined' it for me (I guess, idk that's not really the right word).

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