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To tweet or not to tweet . . . what a deadly question.
When Briana loses out on a starring role in the school's production of Hamlet, she reluctantly agrees to be the drama department's "social media director" and starts tweeting half-hearted updates. She barely has any followers, so when someone hacks her twitter account, Briana can't muster the energy to stop it. After all, tweets like "Something's rotten in the state of Denmark . . . and a body's rotting in the theater" are obviously a joke.
But then a body IS discovered in the Briana's rival. Suddenly, what seemed like a prank turns deadly serious. To everyone's horror, the grisly tweets continue . . . and the body count starts to rise.
There's no other explanation; someone is live-tweeting murders on campus.
With the school in chaos and the police unable to find the culprit, it's up to Briana to unmask the psycho-tweeter before the carnage reaches Shakespearian proportions . . . or she becomes the next victim.
When Briana loses out on a starring role in the school's production of Hamlet, she reluctantly agrees to be the drama department's "social media director" and starts tweeting half-hearted updates. She barely has any followers, so when someone hacks her twitter account, Briana can't muster the energy to stop it. After all, tweets like "Something's rotten in the state of Denmark . . . and a body's rotting in the theater" are obviously a joke.
But then a body IS discovered in the Briana's rival. Suddenly, what seemed like a prank turns deadly serious. To everyone's horror, the grisly tweets continue . . . and the body count starts to rise.
There's no other explanation; someone is live-tweeting murders on campus.
With the school in chaos and the police unable to find the culprit, it's up to Briana to unmask the psycho-tweeter before the carnage reaches Shakespearian proportions . . . or she becomes the next victim.
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First published June 24, 2014
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November 4, 2023
Desperate to shine, Briana understands that she must first emerge from her mother’s shadow. In an apparently counterintuitive move, she chooses to attend the very same prestigious boarding school where her mother was once the brightest star on stage. Driven by the need to prove to her mother, and more importantly to herself; one can most certainly be a fine, talented actor while deftly avoiding drama in real life, she was able to push reservations aside, as the move is not without apprehension.
McHale remains void of friends, and even acquaintances are hard to come by when tension is palpable between the McHale students and those unfortunate souls that live in the surrounding town, attending the public school. It wasn’t only the imagined class disparity that kept the teens apart; but an unsolved murder of a student that attended McHale along with Briana’s mom many years ago held the wedge firmly in place.
Focusing solely on the goal of being Ophelia, Briana morphs into “Bree”, takes to Twitter, and is quickly accepted into an exclusive McHale theatre clique. But what goes up; must come down. In no time at all, the friendly glances warranted by popularity become accusatory side-long stares. Accidents begin to happen in the theatre, students meet untimely and freaky demises. A new Twitter user, “Hamlet’s Ghost” begins to taunt, and point the finger at Bree. Life has new meaning. More important than a role in a play, far outweighing the ridiculous pipe-dream of popularity, Bree’s focus is abruptly shifted to the critical tasks of staying alive and revealing the truth.
Ms. Davies spins a chilling story with a meaty mystery, spot-on teen-age representation, down to the sparring dialogue; with a few sly mentions of Phish and the Grateful Dead for those of us that are not exactly “Young” Adults. She artfully combines the angst of high-school with real-life, adult issues; thus allowing the characters opportunities for self-reflection and growth. As Bree learns more about her fellow students, faculty, and the townsfolk; she reveals more about herself and what kind of person she really wants to be; while discovering surprising parallels with the mother that once seemed her polar opposite. This is a book that I can happily recommend to any Middle-Grade, YA and Not-So-Young Adult reader; as it is simply a well-written, entertaining story.
This review was written for Buried Under Books Blog.
McHale remains void of friends, and even acquaintances are hard to come by when tension is palpable between the McHale students and those unfortunate souls that live in the surrounding town, attending the public school. It wasn’t only the imagined class disparity that kept the teens apart; but an unsolved murder of a student that attended McHale along with Briana’s mom many years ago held the wedge firmly in place.
Focusing solely on the goal of being Ophelia, Briana morphs into “Bree”, takes to Twitter, and is quickly accepted into an exclusive McHale theatre clique. But what goes up; must come down. In no time at all, the friendly glances warranted by popularity become accusatory side-long stares. Accidents begin to happen in the theatre, students meet untimely and freaky demises. A new Twitter user, “Hamlet’s Ghost” begins to taunt, and point the finger at Bree. Life has new meaning. More important than a role in a play, far outweighing the ridiculous pipe-dream of popularity, Bree’s focus is abruptly shifted to the critical tasks of staying alive and revealing the truth.
Ms. Davies spins a chilling story with a meaty mystery, spot-on teen-age representation, down to the sparring dialogue; with a few sly mentions of Phish and the Grateful Dead for those of us that are not exactly “Young” Adults. She artfully combines the angst of high-school with real-life, adult issues; thus allowing the characters opportunities for self-reflection and growth. As Bree learns more about her fellow students, faculty, and the townsfolk; she reveals more about herself and what kind of person she really wants to be; while discovering surprising parallels with the mother that once seemed her polar opposite. This is a book that I can happily recommend to any Middle-Grade, YA and Not-So-Young Adult reader; as it is simply a well-written, entertaining story.
This review was written for Buried Under Books Blog.
July 9, 2014
Wow, I'm going to feel absolutely horrible putting this review out there, but the whole process of reading this was irritating. The greatest issue came from the disparity between the summary of the book and the actual book itself. So, I'm going to point out those issues first. My response is in bold.
Anyways, the book sucked. I hated it, thank god it was as short as it was.
Anyways, the book sucked. I hated it, thank god it was as short as it was.
January 10, 2016
{Thank you Point and Netgalley for providing this in return for an honest review}
I am so torn about how I feel about this book because while I enjoyed reading it, there were numerous problems throughout which really annoyed me. I have really been trying to get into reading horror/mystery books in YA after I stumbled upon some amazing adult ones, but what I am finding is that there are hardly any good YA horror novels available or at least I have not found them yet. I was really hoping this book would live up to the expectations I created in my head after reading the intriguing synopsis, but unfortunately, I was left unsatisfied by the end of the book.
First humongous problem with this book is that it is so inconsistent with its facts. The synopsis does give a good feel about what the book is about, however, it adds a bunch of stuff that is not in the book or untrue. Briana’s account is not hacked at any point in the novel, the Tweet mentioned is never used in the book, Briana’s rival’s body is not found in the theater, and her rival (which I use the term loosely) is not the first murdered. I mean, that is over half the synopsis that is wrong, which is really disappointing. As well as the synopsis being incorrect, there are some situations in the book that need editing. At one point in the book all the lights are turned off at the school (which makes no sense because it serves no purpose), but then Briana and her friend turn on a light in a room literally a few pages later. Then at the end of that same chapter, Davies mentions that the power is still off at the school. I feel like that would be an easy mistake to be caught because it was so blatantly obvious. Also, I have to mention, what is up with this book cover? It has nothing to do with the plot and it makes readers think that there are evil children in it.
However, I did enjoy reading this book. The writing was okay and the pacing of the book kept me guessing what was going to happen. I liked that this book involved technology from today because I feel like it would feel more relevant to teens; however, in several years this book will be dated because of it. I also really enjoyed the plot of this book because the mystery was interesting. I did have trouble guessing who the killer was because I initially thought I knew who it was and kept with that hypothesis until the end to find out I was wrong. I think it was confusing adding the aspect of a girl who had been murdered several years earlier. I really thought that I was going to like where that was headed, but unfortunately, it did not go the direction I was anticipating. I felt like that murder was just thrown in for no particular reason and did not add anything to the story at all.
The characters were alright, but I still felt like there was a lack of character development. I did like Briana’s character and I could relate to her wanting to fit in, but I did think she made some really irrational decisions, especially at the end of this book. I did like the character of Zack, but I wish there would have been more about him. He seemed like a funny character, but was not involved that much until the end. Briana’s “friends” at the school were okay, but I still felt like they did not add that much to the book. I mean, I know that they had to be in there, but I wish they were more developed and unique. I did not care if the characters died and although I was curious about whom the killer was, I was not really rooting for Briana to catch them.
The romance in this book really lacked. I don’t know exactly where Davies was going with it, but it seemed all over the place. When you thought there might be a genuine connection between characters, it all of a sudden blind sides you and switches to something else and not in a good way. I was not sure if I was supposed to be rooting for these characters to be in a relationship or hating them.
I can’t say much about the ending because I don’t want to give away spoilers, but it was so abrupt. The rational that determined who the killer was and the actions taken afterward were so crazy and strange to me. I did like that there was an epilogue so the book did not just end with no wrap up, but I also thought that the pairings at the end of the book was pushed and that Davies wanted to wrap everything up so it would be a happy ending.
Overall, I did enjoy reading this book, but the ending left me unsatisfied. I didn’t really have too many problems with the book until I realized the synopsis was incredible incorrect and gave readers the wrong impression of aspects in this book. I do think that readers on the younger side, say yearly teens, would enjoy this book, but if you are any age over 15, then I would skip it and look for a better mystery novel.
I am so torn about how I feel about this book because while I enjoyed reading it, there were numerous problems throughout which really annoyed me. I have really been trying to get into reading horror/mystery books in YA after I stumbled upon some amazing adult ones, but what I am finding is that there are hardly any good YA horror novels available or at least I have not found them yet. I was really hoping this book would live up to the expectations I created in my head after reading the intriguing synopsis, but unfortunately, I was left unsatisfied by the end of the book.
First humongous problem with this book is that it is so inconsistent with its facts. The synopsis does give a good feel about what the book is about, however, it adds a bunch of stuff that is not in the book or untrue. Briana’s account is not hacked at any point in the novel, the Tweet mentioned is never used in the book, Briana’s rival’s body is not found in the theater, and her rival (which I use the term loosely) is not the first murdered. I mean, that is over half the synopsis that is wrong, which is really disappointing. As well as the synopsis being incorrect, there are some situations in the book that need editing. At one point in the book all the lights are turned off at the school (which makes no sense because it serves no purpose), but then Briana and her friend turn on a light in a room literally a few pages later. Then at the end of that same chapter, Davies mentions that the power is still off at the school. I feel like that would be an easy mistake to be caught because it was so blatantly obvious. Also, I have to mention, what is up with this book cover? It has nothing to do with the plot and it makes readers think that there are evil children in it.
However, I did enjoy reading this book. The writing was okay and the pacing of the book kept me guessing what was going to happen. I liked that this book involved technology from today because I feel like it would feel more relevant to teens; however, in several years this book will be dated because of it. I also really enjoyed the plot of this book because the mystery was interesting. I did have trouble guessing who the killer was because I initially thought I knew who it was and kept with that hypothesis until the end to find out I was wrong. I think it was confusing adding the aspect of a girl who had been murdered several years earlier. I really thought that I was going to like where that was headed, but unfortunately, it did not go the direction I was anticipating. I felt like that murder was just thrown in for no particular reason and did not add anything to the story at all.
The characters were alright, but I still felt like there was a lack of character development. I did like Briana’s character and I could relate to her wanting to fit in, but I did think she made some really irrational decisions, especially at the end of this book. I did like the character of Zack, but I wish there would have been more about him. He seemed like a funny character, but was not involved that much until the end. Briana’s “friends” at the school were okay, but I still felt like they did not add that much to the book. I mean, I know that they had to be in there, but I wish they were more developed and unique. I did not care if the characters died and although I was curious about whom the killer was, I was not really rooting for Briana to catch them.
The romance in this book really lacked. I don’t know exactly where Davies was going with it, but it seemed all over the place. When you thought there might be a genuine connection between characters, it all of a sudden blind sides you and switches to something else and not in a good way. I was not sure if I was supposed to be rooting for these characters to be in a relationship or hating them.
I can’t say much about the ending because I don’t want to give away spoilers, but it was so abrupt. The rational that determined who the killer was and the actions taken afterward were so crazy and strange to me. I did like that there was an epilogue so the book did not just end with no wrap up, but I also thought that the pairings at the end of the book was pushed and that Davies wanted to wrap everything up so it would be a happy ending.
Overall, I did enjoy reading this book, but the ending left me unsatisfied. I didn’t really have too many problems with the book until I realized the synopsis was incredible incorrect and gave readers the wrong impression of aspects in this book. I do think that readers on the younger side, say yearly teens, would enjoy this book, but if you are any age over 15, then I would skip it and look for a better mystery novel.
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March 9, 2025
I loved the first half, and then the last half kinda fell flat. I feel like it wrapped up too quickly. Like you find out who did it, then BAM, it's over.
But I did LOVEEEEEE the first half, sooooo 4.25⭐️
But I did LOVEEEEEE the first half, sooooo 4.25⭐️
July 9, 2014
Where as most of the other students at school have gone to MacHale, a boarding school in Maine that focuses on the arts and her mother's old stomping ground, since they were freshman, Bree is new and doesn't really fit in with the rest of her classmates.The book takes place over winter break, when students come back to school after the holidays to put together a play. The school is putting on Hamlet, and Bree really wants the part of Ophelia. Upon arriving at auditions, she learns that the former theater director suddenly passed away and the new director doesn't seem very friendly. On top of that, a strange Twitter account, @HamletsGhost, has been tweeting at her. Bree gives auditions everything she has, but unfortunately it is not enough. Not only does she not get the part of Ophelia, she doesn't get even the smallest part. The new director, Mr. O'Dell, explains to her that he would like her to be the Social Media Director and live tweet the entire play, from rehearsal to the performance. But when @HamletsGhost begins to tweet very accurate details about incidents that start to occur shortly after the tweets show up in her newsfeed. Because Bree is the Social Media Director, her classmates start to think that she is the one behind all of the murders that @HamletsGhost is predicting.
I felt that overall, this book was written very poorly. The story line was all over the place and a lot of things occurred that didn't really help to further the plot. Bree dyes her hair three times in the book, and really, the first time is the only time that makes sense. The other times I felt were unnecessary. I also felt like the story was very jumpy. Do we trust this person? Or do we not trust this person? Is he our friend? Are we afraid of this person? It just didn't make sense. I also felt like the author was trying to make Bree's love life a part of the story, when it really didn't need to be. I thought it was fine that she had a crush on Eric in the beginning, but it makes you think that Eric has similar feelings for her, but then all of a sudden he likes someone else. There was also a large back story about a girl that Bree's mother went to school with that disappeared. I understand that this was put in the story to give it that spooky vibe, but it didn't flow with the other murders that occurred. Also, was Bree's former director murdered? Or did he die from old age? I just didn't feel like the plot was well thought out, or well written. It's not one that I would recommend to someone.
Literary Merit: Mediocre
Characterization: Mediocre
Recommendation: Recommend as Optional Purchase
Level: High School
I felt that overall, this book was written very poorly. The story line was all over the place and a lot of things occurred that didn't really help to further the plot. Bree dyes her hair three times in the book, and really, the first time is the only time that makes sense. The other times I felt were unnecessary. I also felt like the story was very jumpy. Do we trust this person? Or do we not trust this person? Is he our friend? Are we afraid of this person? It just didn't make sense. I also felt like the author was trying to make Bree's love life a part of the story, when it really didn't need to be. I thought it was fine that she had a crush on Eric in the beginning, but it makes you think that Eric has similar feelings for her, but then all of a sudden he likes someone else. There was also a large back story about a girl that Bree's mother went to school with that disappeared. I understand that this was put in the story to give it that spooky vibe, but it didn't flow with the other murders that occurred. Also, was Bree's former director murdered? Or did he die from old age? I just didn't feel like the plot was well thought out, or well written. It's not one that I would recommend to someone.
Literary Merit: Mediocre
Characterization: Mediocre
Recommendation: Recommend as Optional Purchase
Level: High School
January 31, 2016
Thank you to Scholastic Australia for providing me with a copy of this in exchange for an honest review
Find this review and more on my blog The Rest Is Still Unwritten!
Followers by Anna Davis is marketed as a scary and mysterious murder mystery with Shakespearean elements woven into its pages but does unfortunately not translate well onto paper in this quick read that holds promise but ultimately falls flat.
I’m not going to beat around the bush here; Followers is, for the most part, a disappointment. While it benefits from being a short, quick read, the premise promised so much, including a really exciting murder tale. However the actual novel holds very little of this considering it’s almost halfway through the novel before anything nefarious even starts happening.
Told through the eyes of Briana Beland, a student who loses out on a coveted role in her school’s production of Hamlet and instead finds herself thrust into the shadows of the stars, Followers sees Briana faced with some mystery when students start dying and the school population suspect Briana of being the culprit when the mysterious "Hamlet’s Ghost" starts tweeting about the murders.
I’m being quite generous in my description of this novel, as while all these events do happen, they seem to get lost amongst the petty drama and social issues in this novel. Davis focuses too much on the lead up to the murders and the petty teen drama that encompasses McHale than the actual murders and mystery that surround them. More than half a novel on this stuff gets tiresome as we wait for something entertaining to happen and I found it difficult to concentrate when I wasn’t very interested in her characters’ lives.
Unfortunately for me, I found main character Bree to be quite pathetic and vain throughout the novel. Bree wants to be a star and while she has potential and some talent, seems to get too caught up in the nonsense at McHale with "friends" who turn on her without a second thought. Personally, the book could have benefited from a heroine that wasn’t quite so worried about what other people thought—someone more likable. Granted Bree does eventually grow a little bit, but not before you as the reader find her tiresome. Basically I found her too self-centered and a bit dense.
The ending was too predictable for my liking and seemed farfetched. Everything concluded too quickly and I found too many aspects seemed unbelievable. There was no police involvement in the deaths on campus and yet Bree stumbles over the identity of the killer as easy as pie. Someone had evidently gone to great lengths to commit murder, not just now, but decades in the past and a teenager stumbles upon their identity without any difficulty—yeah; not buying it!
Overall Followers was a great concept that could have been written a lot better. Anna Davis needed to have given the story a bit more depth and believability to have given it any chance…..
Find this review and more on my blog The Rest Is Still Unwritten!
Followers by Anna Davis is marketed as a scary and mysterious murder mystery with Shakespearean elements woven into its pages but does unfortunately not translate well onto paper in this quick read that holds promise but ultimately falls flat.
I’m not going to beat around the bush here; Followers is, for the most part, a disappointment. While it benefits from being a short, quick read, the premise promised so much, including a really exciting murder tale. However the actual novel holds very little of this considering it’s almost halfway through the novel before anything nefarious even starts happening.
Told through the eyes of Briana Beland, a student who loses out on a coveted role in her school’s production of Hamlet and instead finds herself thrust into the shadows of the stars, Followers sees Briana faced with some mystery when students start dying and the school population suspect Briana of being the culprit when the mysterious "Hamlet’s Ghost" starts tweeting about the murders.
I’m being quite generous in my description of this novel, as while all these events do happen, they seem to get lost amongst the petty drama and social issues in this novel. Davis focuses too much on the lead up to the murders and the petty teen drama that encompasses McHale than the actual murders and mystery that surround them. More than half a novel on this stuff gets tiresome as we wait for something entertaining to happen and I found it difficult to concentrate when I wasn’t very interested in her characters’ lives.
Unfortunately for me, I found main character Bree to be quite pathetic and vain throughout the novel. Bree wants to be a star and while she has potential and some talent, seems to get too caught up in the nonsense at McHale with "friends" who turn on her without a second thought. Personally, the book could have benefited from a heroine that wasn’t quite so worried about what other people thought—someone more likable. Granted Bree does eventually grow a little bit, but not before you as the reader find her tiresome. Basically I found her too self-centered and a bit dense.
The ending was too predictable for my liking and seemed farfetched. Everything concluded too quickly and I found too many aspects seemed unbelievable. There was no police involvement in the deaths on campus and yet Bree stumbles over the identity of the killer as easy as pie. Someone had evidently gone to great lengths to commit murder, not just now, but decades in the past and a teenager stumbles upon their identity without any difficulty—yeah; not buying it!
Overall Followers was a great concept that could have been written a lot better. Anna Davis needed to have given the story a bit more depth and believability to have given it any chance…..
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 17, 2015
This was a fairly quick and easy read but it really should have been twice as long, with a lot more suspense and creepy shit. We know Briana doesn't get the part, yet 100 pages are dedicated to the build-up to the auditions and the announcement of the cast list. It's another 20 pages before Briana is made Social Media Director. The death of Briana's rival doesn't happen until page 152. Of 216. The actual "action" doesn't start happening until you're 70% of the way through the book. That's ridiculous - we KNOW that everything that happens before that point is going to happen because we are told all that by the blurb! (Not that the blurb is terribly accurate in all things: the tweet mentioned in it isn't ever made and Briana's Twitter account is never hacked. I don't know who wrote that blurb but they obviously didn't read the book.)
The writing itself is not necessarily horrible but it just takes far too long for anything to happen. Plus, there are a lot of stupid little inconsistencies that should have been weeded out during the editing process, but they weren't, and the ending is rushed and nonsensical despite the fact that I had the murderer pegged pretty much the whole time. You need more than five pages to properly orchestrate a denouement.
All in all, this is not worth it. Which is so unfortunate because it had such an awesome premise.
The writing itself is not necessarily horrible but it just takes far too long for anything to happen. Plus, there are a lot of stupid little inconsistencies that should have been weeded out during the editing process, but they weren't, and the ending is rushed and nonsensical despite the fact that I had the murderer pegged pretty much the whole time. You need more than five pages to properly orchestrate a denouement.
All in all, this is not worth it. Which is so unfortunate because it had such an awesome premise.
November 1, 2016
The book Followers was hard to follow because of all of the random events that the author added in don't give you anything that you need to understand the story and if at all the random events just make the book confusing. the main character Bree Beland-a more antisocial because she is more an outcast until her roommate makes friends with the "popular" guys at school and starts to become friends with them so in some way she is becoming less antisocial. The main conflict is Bree has he Twitter hacked and and the person who hacked her Twitter is the Murderer because they are giving clues to what is going to happen. The plot of the story is you trying to figure out who is the murderer. To prove my opinion Bree goes on dates with Eric (one of the guys) and what she is doing while there not trying to figure out who the killer and you forget most of the clues so when they go back to the story you forgot the clues. I would recommend this book to people who like horror or people who have time to read.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 1, 2016
I'm pretty certain Anna Davies' inability to write an interesting, cohesive thriller killed the Point Horror relaunch! This is TERRIBLE.
Here are some questions:
Final question:
How did such a stupid, vague, slow-paced, non-sensical pile of sh*t ever get published in the first place????
Here are some questions:
Final question:
How did such a stupid, vague, slow-paced, non-sensical pile of sh*t ever get published in the first place????
February 25, 2014
The ending is a little "whoops, Scholastic only gave me 200 pages, I'd better wrap this up" and the romance that comes out of nowhere for the epilogue is just plain cheesy. Overall it's a quick thrill, but it will be dated as soon as teens move on from Twitter to the next thing.
January 11, 2024
this book sucked ass
July 19, 2018
I think this book gets a bad rap. It was a quick easy read. It wasn't perfect but it was enjoyable
May 29, 2014
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Briana has just finished her first semester as a transfer student to a private school in Maine and it hasn't gone well. Her mother has fond memories of being a social butterfly at MacHale, but Briana just can't seem to catch a break.
When she decides to stay around for winter term and audition for Hamlet, she hopes to really shine and maybe even become the popular girl she's always dreamed of being. If she can be Ophelia, she can join the theatre kids and really get a social life that she can be proud of (and maybe shut her mother up).
However, when the director dies suddenly, the school decides to open the auditions to both MacHale students and the "townies" of Forsyth. Suddenly, Briana has more competition than she can manage and she's left without a part.
To make her feel better, the director makes her the social media director and tells her to tweet the entire rehearsal process. While not enthusiastic about it, Briana gives it a try only to find that someone is beating her to the news. In fact, that person is tweeting events before they even happen... including murder.
Final thoughts: Ugh. So annoying. Red herrings were dropped everywhere. There's a recently discovered body of a girl who went missing twenty years before so there's the threat of a ghost story. Red herring. Bree's mother claims to have been a famous student at the school, but the only picture Bree finds has her mom in the back row while the soon-to-be-murdered student is performing, so is mom a murderer trying to force her daughter into the spotlight? Nope. Red herring. There's a constant whodunit vibe, but nothing comes of it. Everyone seems so uncaring about the deaths of people in the beginning. Ms. Davies, please note that no one casts an understudy for a minor part, which Ophelia really is in the grand scheme of things, and then doesn't cast understudies for the 4-5 other parts that are really more important. Ophelia needs an understudy/matinee actress, but Hamlet, the main guy, the one in EVERY SINGLE SCENE, doesn't need some sort of back-up? Ummm... Nope. There's also the annoying book jacket information, which is wrong. No one hacks her account... ever. The death referred to on the jacket is actually the third, not the first. The tweet quoted isn't in the book. Grr... The ending is poorly done, sudden, and not very good. It's really predictable even though it keeps trying to surprise the reader. Not worth the time.
Briana has just finished her first semester as a transfer student to a private school in Maine and it hasn't gone well. Her mother has fond memories of being a social butterfly at MacHale, but Briana just can't seem to catch a break.
When she decides to stay around for winter term and audition for Hamlet, she hopes to really shine and maybe even become the popular girl she's always dreamed of being. If she can be Ophelia, she can join the theatre kids and really get a social life that she can be proud of (and maybe shut her mother up).
However, when the director dies suddenly, the school decides to open the auditions to both MacHale students and the "townies" of Forsyth. Suddenly, Briana has more competition than she can manage and she's left without a part.
To make her feel better, the director makes her the social media director and tells her to tweet the entire rehearsal process. While not enthusiastic about it, Briana gives it a try only to find that someone is beating her to the news. In fact, that person is tweeting events before they even happen... including murder.
Final thoughts: Ugh. So annoying. Red herrings were dropped everywhere. There's a recently discovered body of a girl who went missing twenty years before so there's the threat of a ghost story. Red herring. Bree's mother claims to have been a famous student at the school, but the only picture Bree finds has her mom in the back row while the soon-to-be-murdered student is performing, so is mom a murderer trying to force her daughter into the spotlight? Nope. Red herring. There's a constant whodunit vibe, but nothing comes of it. Everyone seems so uncaring about the deaths of people in the beginning. Ms. Davies, please note that no one casts an understudy for a minor part, which Ophelia really is in the grand scheme of things, and then doesn't cast understudies for the 4-5 other parts that are really more important. Ophelia needs an understudy/matinee actress, but Hamlet, the main guy, the one in EVERY SINGLE SCENE, doesn't need some sort of back-up? Ummm... Nope. There's also the annoying book jacket information, which is wrong. No one hacks her account... ever. The death referred to on the jacket is actually the third, not the first. The tweet quoted isn't in the book. Grr... The ending is poorly done, sudden, and not very good. It's really predictable even though it keeps trying to surprise the reader. Not worth the time.
May 21, 2017
FOLLOWERS actually has a full point lower rating than DEFRIENDED on Goodreads, however, I think this is the better of two books. At least FOLLOWERS has actual tension and the author doesn’t act like the readers like dolts when it comes to technology. Although she is rather insistent that her characters can’t live without their phones, which I found a little annoying. And I’m not sure what the creepy ten-year-olds with yellow eyes have anything to do with anything. I guess yellow eyes are mentioned once, but that’s it.
This book, I think, was a little more reminiscent of the older Point Horror books. It’s kind of campy, kind of kooky, people die in weird ways. It’s more of what I would expect of an old school reboot. It’s harkening back to those older YA horror novels. But it’s still trying pretty hard to fit into the current technological climate. It does a far better job of it than DEFRIENDED did, but it still kind of misses the mark with how Twitter is used. The entire premise focuses on this one account called Hamlet’s Ghost that’s seemingly following Bree around and her only followers seem to be her schoolmates. On Twitter. Like Twitter is a silo for only school people to know about. No.
The a ha moment at the end of the book seemed a little out of nowhere despite its subtle build-up. It’s just that one moment when Bree put all the pieces together, after everything, seemed kind of hackneyed. I wasn’t thrilled with it. There’s also not a whole lot of character development going on and a lot of suspension of disbelief that I have to go through in order to get on board with the plot. Like Forsythe students being allowed to come in and audition for a play at a private school. Yeah, no. Totally contrived. There is no outreach in something like that. Parents are paying for their children to go to this performing arts school yet they’re okay with their opportunities being shanghaied by locals who get it for free? Yeah, that school would have a lot of angry parents to contend with on that one. Not to mention one student dying under mysterious circumstances would shut down the school, let alone two, let alone continuing with a stupid play.
So yeah, while it’s a better book than DEFRIENDED, FOLLOWERS still has its own hurdles to get over. It just gets more points with me because it actually had some semblance of tension in the story. I can appreciate that.
3
This book, I think, was a little more reminiscent of the older Point Horror books. It’s kind of campy, kind of kooky, people die in weird ways. It’s more of what I would expect of an old school reboot. It’s harkening back to those older YA horror novels. But it’s still trying pretty hard to fit into the current technological climate. It does a far better job of it than DEFRIENDED did, but it still kind of misses the mark with how Twitter is used. The entire premise focuses on this one account called Hamlet’s Ghost that’s seemingly following Bree around and her only followers seem to be her schoolmates. On Twitter. Like Twitter is a silo for only school people to know about. No.
The a ha moment at the end of the book seemed a little out of nowhere despite its subtle build-up. It’s just that one moment when Bree put all the pieces together, after everything, seemed kind of hackneyed. I wasn’t thrilled with it. There’s also not a whole lot of character development going on and a lot of suspension of disbelief that I have to go through in order to get on board with the plot. Like Forsythe students being allowed to come in and audition for a play at a private school. Yeah, no. Totally contrived. There is no outreach in something like that. Parents are paying for their children to go to this performing arts school yet they’re okay with their opportunities being shanghaied by locals who get it for free? Yeah, that school would have a lot of angry parents to contend with on that one. Not to mention one student dying under mysterious circumstances would shut down the school, let alone two, let alone continuing with a stupid play.
So yeah, while it’s a better book than DEFRIENDED, FOLLOWERS still has its own hurdles to get over. It just gets more points with me because it actually had some semblance of tension in the story. I can appreciate that.
3
August 12, 2016
Provided by the Publisher via NetGalley
This book got potential and that's all I can say about it. It started out really nice. In fact, it was so interesting that I almost finished it in one sitting. Almost. However, the second half of the book was very disappointing.
I liked the characters of this book a lot. At least at first. The various personalities made them real and exciting to read. Later on, though, they became kind of stiff, bland and extremely boring. Briana, AKA @alleyesonbree (her Twitter handle), got more annoying as the story progressed. I didn't like the way she handled things happening to her and other people around her.
The writing, on the other hand, was really confusing. Not that it made the book difficult to understand or anything, but the way the story was told made things seemed more complicated that they really were. I didn't enjoy the fact that the author made characters who I barely knew seem so important to the story by the ending of the book. Take Zach as an example. He barely appeared more 5 times throughout the book and somehow by the end, his role became quite important.
I really enjoy reading mystery books, trying to guess whodunits before the authors reveal the truths. Well, this mystery in this book was rather depressing. I was so disappointed with the rushing ending. It seemed like the author just didn't care anymore, just got it over with. I didn't even know it came to the end if I didn't see the word Epilogue.
My thanks to Scholastic Press for this galley.
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August 7, 2019
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Followers, by Anna Davies (out June 24th 2014), is a novel targeted at middle grade students who are looking to be spooked within the pages of a thriller and boy, will this deliver it to them! I think that it will surely be a hit and strike all the right marks with its use of social media and the light glimpses of horror. Theatrical students, in particular, will eat it up — especially if they’re looking for a light scare and a bit of mystery!
I’d like to, first, clarify my rating: I’ve given it a 3/5 stars because I think there could have been more to it in terms of details, however for its genre and target audience it is the perfect novel to read during the summer months. I can certainly see it becoming a hit amongst middle school students and they will surely appreciate this tale.
Followers manages to mix in the theater world with mystery, death and the modern technology that is familiar to today’s youth. Twitter is the most prominent social media platform in the novel. But, the best part of it is that in spite of how modern it is, it still feels like a good old story one would have heard in their childhood. It’s familiar. It’s modern. It’s fun. And there are many twists in it that will keep a younger reader on the edge of their seat.
Followers, by Anna Davies (out June 24th 2014), is a novel targeted at middle grade students who are looking to be spooked within the pages of a thriller and boy, will this deliver it to them! I think that it will surely be a hit and strike all the right marks with its use of social media and the light glimpses of horror. Theatrical students, in particular, will eat it up — especially if they’re looking for a light scare and a bit of mystery!
I’d like to, first, clarify my rating: I’ve given it a 3/5 stars because I think there could have been more to it in terms of details, however for its genre and target audience it is the perfect novel to read during the summer months. I can certainly see it becoming a hit amongst middle school students and they will surely appreciate this tale.
Followers manages to mix in the theater world with mystery, death and the modern technology that is familiar to today’s youth. Twitter is the most prominent social media platform in the novel. But, the best part of it is that in spite of how modern it is, it still feels like a good old story one would have heard in their childhood. It’s familiar. It’s modern. It’s fun. And there are many twists in it that will keep a younger reader on the edge of their seat.
March 6, 2015
In this book there is a thrilling murder case going on but the cover of the book seems to add a lot more tension then the book actually has. At the begging of the book you meet a girl named Briana that is going to a arts boarding school. She is shy and conserved until she goes into to her dorm and realizes everyone is already there. So she actually breaks out of her shell. Soon she is trying out for a part at the school play when the other school is brought in because of the new play director Mr. Odell. The only reason this man is here is because the other director just died out of the blue. And through out the rest of the book tension is turning and Briana does not get the part. But the part that she wanted goes to the guy she likes ex girlfriend Skye. Meanwhile the guy she likes and her are getting father and farther apart. Well into practices she gets the part as a twitter account manger of the play. A new twitter account was made and seems to e stalking her. Soon people are dying and it looks to be like she did it... To find out what is happening at the arts boarding school you will need to read the thrilling mystery murder case Followers. If you like the thrill, romance, teen, or even action you need to read the book Followers. This is a personal recommendation.
July 12, 2015
That left like a million unanswered questions.
Why did she push him off the balcony?
Why were the police ok with that?
How did she wins up with a guy she had arrested (wrongfully I might add)?
Why did she hit said guy with a hunk of wood if he was just sitting there?
It's ridiculous. Everything was so jumbled and annoying. I would have never been so ok with everyone accusing me of murder and then being friendly the next day when it's proved I was actually innocent. And the ending was so bizarre. Nothing was solved and it wasn't even clear why the guy was killing in the first place. And only two people died which isn't a lot for a murder mystery plot. It could have been but there wasn't a lot of lead up so it wasn't exactly a huge 'oh my gosh!' moment when someone ended up dying.
This book had potential but then threw it off a balcony, much like the murderer was thrown (I still don't get how that came about and how she got away with it).
Why did she push him off the balcony?
Why were the police ok with that?
How did she wins up with a guy she had arrested (wrongfully I might add)?
Why did she hit said guy with a hunk of wood if he was just sitting there?
It's ridiculous. Everything was so jumbled and annoying. I would have never been so ok with everyone accusing me of murder and then being friendly the next day when it's proved I was actually innocent. And the ending was so bizarre. Nothing was solved and it wasn't even clear why the guy was killing in the first place. And only two people died which isn't a lot for a murder mystery plot. It could have been but there wasn't a lot of lead up so it wasn't exactly a huge 'oh my gosh!' moment when someone ended up dying.
This book had potential but then threw it off a balcony, much like the murderer was thrown (I still don't get how that came about and how she got away with it).
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 23, 2015
I've been trying to get into this one but so far nothing about it is grabbing me. And, with so many books waiting in this wings, it is time to let it go. Another one where the writing, characters, and story-line are not appealing to me.
August 15, 2014
2 stars
This just... was... no.
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This just... was... no.
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March 2, 2018
Jordan C.
Title: Followers
Pages: 216
Author: Anna Davies
Publisher: Point
Genre: Mystery
ISBN 978-0-545-51196-4
Price $9.99 USD
In the book, “Followers,” Briana, who is the main character, is new to MacHale, a private school, and just started in Winterm, with less students than it normally has.. She has just decided to try acting again after she quit for a few years ago. Her theater teacher dies from “old age” just a few days into the new school. The school hires a new theater teacher to take his place. Then, the school decides to join their theater program with the public school, called Forsyth. But, things start to get weird. People keep disappearing. Briana auditions for the star role in “Hamlet”, which is Ophelia, but doesn’t get the part and she believes that she should have got it. People start dying and everyone thinks it is Briana, because they think she owns the account (Hamlet’s Ghost) that is tweeting about the way they died.
I loved this book
✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
I loved this book because it was about a topic that is realistic and could happen anywhere. The book is also unpredictable and you are sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to see what is going to happen next. I was guessing who Hamlet's Ghost was until the very last page. The author used suspense in the book very well and that is one of the reasons I loved the book so much. The deaths were blamed on terrible accidents that happened, instead of looking for someone that was to blame. No one suspected a person to do something that terrible to them in their small town. I rated it five stars because the book has a good plot and it has many characters that have big parts in the story. The book is also about problems with modern day technology, like Twitter.
I would recommend this to people who like mystery books. When you read the novel, you are not sure what is going to happen and who did it. I would also recommend this book to people who like fiction books about realistic topics that could happen anywhere. It is about a person who live tweets murders they commit, and that could happen anywhere at anytime. I would recommend this to older kids and adults, because it is about someone who tries to murder everyone that is in the play, “Hamlet”, by Shakespeare, and tries to blame it on someone else or makes it look like it was an accident. I would also recommend this book to someone who likes dark books, because it is about people dying and the race to find the culprit. People who like horror books, as well, might like it because they don’t know who they can trust.
If you liked …
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➔___Dark Carnival: An Anthology of Horror_________________
➔___The Walking Dark_________________
...then you might like this book, too!
Title: Followers
Pages: 216
Author: Anna Davies
Publisher: Point
Genre: Mystery
ISBN 978-0-545-51196-4
Price $9.99 USD
In the book, “Followers,” Briana, who is the main character, is new to MacHale, a private school, and just started in Winterm, with less students than it normally has.. She has just decided to try acting again after she quit for a few years ago. Her theater teacher dies from “old age” just a few days into the new school. The school hires a new theater teacher to take his place. Then, the school decides to join their theater program with the public school, called Forsyth. But, things start to get weird. People keep disappearing. Briana auditions for the star role in “Hamlet”, which is Ophelia, but doesn’t get the part and she believes that she should have got it. People start dying and everyone thinks it is Briana, because they think she owns the account (Hamlet’s Ghost) that is tweeting about the way they died.
I loved this book
✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
I loved this book because it was about a topic that is realistic and could happen anywhere. The book is also unpredictable and you are sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to see what is going to happen next. I was guessing who Hamlet's Ghost was until the very last page. The author used suspense in the book very well and that is one of the reasons I loved the book so much. The deaths were blamed on terrible accidents that happened, instead of looking for someone that was to blame. No one suspected a person to do something that terrible to them in their small town. I rated it five stars because the book has a good plot and it has many characters that have big parts in the story. The book is also about problems with modern day technology, like Twitter.
I would recommend this to people who like mystery books. When you read the novel, you are not sure what is going to happen and who did it. I would also recommend this book to people who like fiction books about realistic topics that could happen anywhere. It is about a person who live tweets murders they commit, and that could happen anywhere at anytime. I would recommend this to older kids and adults, because it is about someone who tries to murder everyone that is in the play, “Hamlet”, by Shakespeare, and tries to blame it on someone else or makes it look like it was an accident. I would also recommend this book to someone who likes dark books, because it is about people dying and the race to find the culprit. People who like horror books, as well, might like it because they don’t know who they can trust.
If you liked …
➔___Wickedpedia_________________
➔___Dark Carnival: An Anthology of Horror_________________
➔___The Walking Dark_________________
...then you might like this book, too!
May 11, 2017
When I first saw this book on a shelf in my friend's house, I was immediately interested. Ecstatic, even. From what I read on the blurb and the small commentary that my friend gave me, I thought it would be a thrilling, creepy and awesome book built around the equally awesome base idea. But what I read was disappointing, to say the least.
Now, I don't mean to say the whole book was disappointing, just... most of it.
I think the main reason for my disinterest in this book is probably in how unrealistic it is. For one, when dies, the rest of the school acts like they couldn't care less! There isn't even five minutes of sadness or panic before the whole school just goes on with their daily life like nothing happened at all, some of them even acting annoyed at for letting herself die. Like... what??
As well as this, I don't think I ever read anything about police ever getting involved. I think that some authorities would inspect the scene, because even if the police didn't think that it could be the work of a serial killer (I believe that's the right term? I don't know the exact period of time the murders occurred over, so it might technically not be a serial killer), I'm sure that somebody would want to at least check the safety of the school. I mean, multiple people have died there in the past, what, term? Come on!
I think the point of how unrealistic, and therefore uninteresting, this book is can spread over and cover a lot of other flaws in the book- they all draw back to 'unrealistic' ideas. Apart from that, the book simply wasn't scary. At all. The ending was easily guessable, and the whole situation could have easily been evaded from the beginning of the book- It's really, super easy to track phone locations!
-Tsundoku OUT
Now, I don't mean to say the whole book was disappointing, just... most of it.
I think the main reason for my disinterest in this book is probably in how unrealistic it is. For one, when dies, the rest of the school acts like they couldn't care less! There isn't even five minutes of sadness or panic before the whole school just goes on with their daily life like nothing happened at all, some of them even acting annoyed at for letting herself die. Like... what??
As well as this, I don't think I ever read anything about police ever getting involved. I think that some authorities would inspect the scene, because even if the police didn't think that it could be the work of a serial killer (I believe that's the right term? I don't know the exact period of time the murders occurred over, so it might technically not be a serial killer), I'm sure that somebody would want to at least check the safety of the school. I mean, multiple people have died there in the past, what, term? Come on!
I think the point of how unrealistic, and therefore uninteresting, this book is can spread over and cover a lot of other flaws in the book- they all draw back to 'unrealistic' ideas. Apart from that, the book simply wasn't scary. At all. The ending was easily guessable, and the whole situation could have easily been evaded from the beginning of the book- It's really, super easy to track phone locations!
-Tsundoku OUT
November 17, 2024
When Briana loses out on starring in "Hamlet," she agrees to to be the social media manager for to tweet updates about the show. Then a mysterious Twitter account appears and starts tweeting vague predictions about the show. Then...mysterious "accidents" begin to happen to students on campus. Can Briana figure out who's behind the Twitter account before more bodies pile up? 🗡
The summary for the book states that Briana's account was hacked (spoiler: it's not hacked)
Another part of the summary states bodies are being discovered (spoiler: they're not all "discovered" except for 1)
I read this years ago (another book I kept for whatever reason...) and decided to re-read...good lord.
What I liked:
• The mystery aspect behind who could be doing the killings.
.....that's it 😅
What I didn't like:
• How whiny and Briana is. I just didn't like her at all.
• How flat some of the characters are; no one stuck out to me.
• Nothing happens until over 100 pages in, I was BORED.
• The fact the summary doesn't match up with the story annoyed me.
• There are sooooo many scenes that I felt didn't need happen because it didn't help progress the story at all.
• The ending left me slightly confused...
I think the cover originally caught my eye and that's why I grabbed it...
I have to give it 2 stars, this book didn't do it for me and I love murder mysteries.
The summary for the book states that Briana's account was hacked (spoiler: it's not hacked)
Another part of the summary states bodies are being discovered (spoiler: they're not all "discovered" except for 1)
I read this years ago (another book I kept for whatever reason...) and decided to re-read...good lord.
What I liked:
• The mystery aspect behind who could be doing the killings.
.....that's it 😅
What I didn't like:
• How whiny and Briana is. I just didn't like her at all.
• How flat some of the characters are; no one stuck out to me.
• Nothing happens until over 100 pages in, I was BORED.
• The fact the summary doesn't match up with the story annoyed me.
• There are sooooo many scenes that I felt didn't need happen because it didn't help progress the story at all.
• The ending left me slightly confused...
I think the cover originally caught my eye and that's why I grabbed it...
I have to give it 2 stars, this book didn't do it for me and I love murder mysteries.
January 30, 2025
I'm not sure how I feel about this book. When I first finished it, my thought was just "Well that was crap." But it wasn't crap. The writing was pretty good and I enjoyed how the technology component was incorporated. However, it was not what I was anticipating based on the synopsis on the back of the book.
The first thing that's mentioned in the synopsis is that Briana doesn't get the part in the play. Cool. But I was over 100 pages in and they hadn't even released the casting list.
Aside from the synopsis being wrong, my other complaint was that I felt like I was missing scenes. At one point Bree brings up a confrontation with Skye. When she things about it, it seems to happen right before O'Dell called her Ophelia the first time. However, no confrontation exists in the book.
My final problem was the ending. It felt very rushed and this is one time where I wished the epilogue didn't exist. It doesn't add anything except to give the book a happy ending.
The characters were pretty good, though a few lacked depth, and the pacing was great. I enjoyed reading the book until the last 10 pages.
The first thing that's mentioned in the synopsis is that Briana doesn't get the part in the play. Cool. But I was over 100 pages in and they hadn't even released the casting list.
Aside from the synopsis being wrong, my other complaint was that I felt like I was missing scenes. At one point Bree brings up a confrontation with Skye. When she things about it, it seems to happen right before O'Dell called her Ophelia the first time. However, no confrontation exists in the book.
My final problem was the ending. It felt very rushed and this is one time where I wished the epilogue didn't exist. It doesn't add anything except to give the book a happy ending.
The characters were pretty good, though a few lacked depth, and the pacing was great. I enjoyed reading the book until the last 10 pages.
September 30, 2023
I knew this one would let me down. Characters kept jumping to the *weirdest* conclusions, and tossing out comments that didn't seem to relate to *anything* that had just been said . . . I wonder if Davies edited out the things that would have made these things make sense, then forgot to edit the responses/conclusions *to* these things that were no longer there . . .
I'm probably giving her too much credit. Anna Davies is a bad writer, y'all.
And the motive for these murders? Who knows? The killer ends up in a mental institution (fuck-you-very-much), so I guess the motive was cRaZy for crazy's sake?
Ergh. Everyone is stupid, doesn't know how Twitter works, and has not-normal-human reactions to things. And the word "emanating" or "emanated" is used so many times that I was beginning to suspect Davies had just learned it and wanted to show off her brand new shiny vocabulary word.
Still not as bad as Identity Theft, though.
I'm probably giving her too much credit. Anna Davies is a bad writer, y'all.
And the motive for these murders? Who knows? The killer ends up in a mental institution (fuck-you-very-much), so I guess the motive was cRaZy for crazy's sake?
Ergh. Everyone is stupid, doesn't know how Twitter works, and has not-normal-human reactions to things. And the word "emanating" or "emanated" is used so many times that I was beginning to suspect Davies had just learned it and wanted to show off her brand new shiny vocabulary word.
Still not as bad as Identity Theft, though.
May 28, 2020
This is only saved from a one star rating because I liked the premise of a serial killer at an arts school (and during Hamlet, no less!)
So first things first is that this book is about half the length it should be. Characters are thrown at the reader with little time to understand who they are or why they matter. At least 2 of Bree's relationships remain completely unresolved (both her mother, who annoys Bree and then promptly leaves, and Willow, who Bree herself remarks that it seemed like she forgave her too quickly), and her final "love interest" is laughable, having only been confusedly alluded to in passing very early in the story.
The strangest part of this whole book is that the blurb on the back cover gives away major events that occur 3/4 of the way through the book. There's essentially nothing to be gained from reading this that can't be gleaned from reading the back.
So first things first is that this book is about half the length it should be. Characters are thrown at the reader with little time to understand who they are or why they matter. At least 2 of Bree's relationships remain completely unresolved (both her mother, who annoys Bree and then promptly leaves, and Willow, who Bree herself remarks that it seemed like she forgave her too quickly), and her final "love interest" is laughable, having only been confusedly alluded to in passing very early in the story.
The strangest part of this whole book is that the blurb on the back cover gives away major events that occur 3/4 of the way through the book. There's essentially nothing to be gained from reading this that can't be gleaned from reading the back.
June 21, 2025
I was well past the middle of the book, and I was worried that the climax was not there yet - and then suddenly
November 21, 2017
I really wanted to like this book. But it just completely missed the mark for me. Firstly, it gave me SUPER intense 'Friend Request' (the movie) vibes, and not in a good way. Labelling this book as horror is really being quite generous. Secondly, I have no idea what the plot/storyline of this was meant to be. While it had really good potential, I think it got a bit lost in trying to incorporate the subplots of her mother/Eric and his romances with all the girls/the stuff with Zach??/Tristan and his attitude. Everything was being forced down your throat, but somehow there was a lack of action too. I added one star for the fact that the main character tweets everything, though - it's hilarious. Not sure why, but it just is.
December 16, 2018
It was pretty good, but (kind of a spoiler alert) you kept thinking there was an important character but then they would be killed off, so in the end there was only one main character that lived through the whole book. Also, the ending was such a let down, I kept waiting for something thrilling and I got it in the second to end chapter. Still, the epilogue was so unnecessary and I wished it wasn't even there. In the end, it was pretty decent.
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