Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Year: 2024
Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the gifted audiobook!
After Zoe’s debut novel about a stalker doesn’t become a best seller, she’s plagued by writer’s block. She reconnects with Zach, a former weekend hookup, who’s now a famous Hollywood star. Zoe looks to Zach’s glamours life for inspiration for her second novel. The media scrutiny of dating a star becomes intense and then alarming. A stalker, obsessed with Zach, has set their sights on Zoe and begins recreating terrifying scenes from her novel. When does the price for fame become too much?
This starts off as a slow burner, but then revs up to lots of suspense as Zoe realizes someone is literally bringing scenes from her book to life. Is one of Zach’s fans crazed enough to try to scare Zoe off from dating him? Is she in real danger?
I liked a lot of things about this book especially it being about an author and its Hollywood setting. I thought Zoe’s character started off very
woe-is-me, but she was stuck in a dead end job and her dream of being a writer was slipping away. She rallied for me though as the story progressed and the danger increased. I knew Zach was hinky from the jump and not just because he wanted to keep his relationship with Zoe on the down low. There were lots of twists and turns as Zoe tries to figure out who her stalker is. I honestly didn’t see some of them coming. I enjoyed Billie Fulford-Brown’s narration. She did a great job conveying Zoe’s emotion and vulnerability. With a listening time of just over 10 hours, I had no trouble flying through this thriller. This a a great choice for readers looking for deadly thrills amid the glitz of Hollywood. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
QOTD: Do you think fame can corrupt people, or does it just reveal their true nature?
I think it more often than not reveals true nature.
About the Author
Pip Drysdale is an author, musician, and actor. She grew up in Africa, Canada, and Australia, became an adult in New York and London, and lives on a steady diet of coffee, dreams, and literature. All four of her previous novels—The Sunday Girl, The Strangers We Know, The Paris Affair, and The Next Girl—have been bestsellers in Australia.
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