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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Review: Someone is Always Watching by Kelley Armstrong

Author: Kelley Armstrong
Publisher: Tundra Books
Publication Date: April 2023

Blythe and her friends—Gabrielle, and brother and sister Tucker and Tanya—have always been a tight friend group, attending a local high school and falling in and out of love with each other. But an act of violence has caused a rift between Blythe and Tucker . . . and unexpected bursts of aggression and disturbing nightmares have started to become more frequent in their lives.

The strange happenings culminate in a shocking event at school: Gabrielle is found covered in blood in front of their deceased principal, with no memory of what happened.

Cracks in their friendship, as well as in their own memories, start appearing, threatening to expose long-forgotten secrets which could change the group’s lives forever. How can Blythe and her friends trust each other when they can’t even trust their own memories?

Someone is Always Watching is a YA mystery involving Blythe and her classmates.  Strange things have been having at their elite private school.  Gabrielle thinks they are being watched, but by whom? Blythe has been having memory issues, but the adults tell her everything is fine.  What is really going on?

I thought this was a fairly solid mystery.  I really had no idea what the reveal would be ahead of time.  I enjoyed discovering everything along with Blythe and her friends.  I spent most of the book wondering if they were reliable narrators or not.  The story really makes you think about the power of the mind and memories.  The teen characters weren't annoying.  Honestly, the adults were the annoying ones in this book.  I would recommend this one.  It's worth a read.




1 comment:

shelleyrae @ book'd out said...

I’d be tempted just because of the cover. Thanks for sharing your thoughts