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Notice Me: A See Me Prequel
After losing his best friend, Zane arrives at West Bridge with grief still lodged in his chest and a heightened awareness he never asked for. From the outside, life keeps moving. Inside, everything feels quieter. Sharper. He starts noticing the things others don’t.
The silences.
The jokes that land wrong.
The moments everyone else laughs through.
And then there’s Seren.
She is beautiful, untouchable, and deeply alone. Surrounded by people who want her, but no one who truly sees her. From the edges of the room, Zane watches her slip further beneath the surface, recognizing a pattern he’s seen before. One that doesn’t end well when it’s ignored.
Told entirely from Zane’s point of view, Notice Me is a slow-burn, trauma-informed love story about grief, quiet devotion, and the cost of paying attention. It explores what it means to notice someone when it matters most, and the weight of choosing not to look away.
This novel is a prequel to the viral sensation See Me and adds new emotional depth to the series, revealing what was happening in the background long before Seren ever told her story. For readers who believed Seren when she said she was fine. For the ones who wondered who was watching. For anyone who understands that safety isn’t the same as being okay.
Notice Me is part of the See Me series by Tella Alvarez, a collection known for its honest portrayal of mental health, grief, and being seen when it matters most.
This story contains depictions of grief, substance use, and suicidal ideation. Reader discretion is advised.
The silences.
The jokes that land wrong.
The moments everyone else laughs through.
And then there’s Seren.
She is beautiful, untouchable, and deeply alone. Surrounded by people who want her, but no one who truly sees her. From the edges of the room, Zane watches her slip further beneath the surface, recognizing a pattern he’s seen before. One that doesn’t end well when it’s ignored.
Told entirely from Zane’s point of view, Notice Me is a slow-burn, trauma-informed love story about grief, quiet devotion, and the cost of paying attention. It explores what it means to notice someone when it matters most, and the weight of choosing not to look away.
This novel is a prequel to the viral sensation See Me and adds new emotional depth to the series, revealing what was happening in the background long before Seren ever told her story. For readers who believed Seren when she said she was fine. For the ones who wondered who was watching. For anyone who understands that safety isn’t the same as being okay.
Notice Me is part of the See Me series by Tella Alvarez, a collection known for its honest portrayal of mental health, grief, and being seen when it matters most.
This story contains depictions of grief, substance use, and suicidal ideation. Reader discretion is advised.
177 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 28, 2026
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July 12, 2026
big fan of this universe, it’s just lovely
July 26, 2026
‘𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆.’
such a raw description of grief.
getting to understand zane’s feelings, and how he handles his grief. to see how he sees Seren and to get his point of view was so impactful.
‘𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑑𝑒. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦, 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝, 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜. 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒. 𝑂𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙. 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡. 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟, 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑒. 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑚’𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑜.’
such a raw description of grief.
getting to understand zane’s feelings, and how he handles his grief. to see how he sees Seren and to get his point of view was so impactful.
‘𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑑𝑒. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦, 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝, 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜. 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒. 𝑂𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙. 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡. 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟, 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑒. 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑚’𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑜.’
August 28, 2026
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 STARS
I thought I was emotionally prepared for Notice Me, but I absolutely was NOT. 😭❤️ After reading See Me, getting Zane’s POV made this story hit on an entirely different level.
Zane Briggs completely stole my heart. Seeing everything through his eyes—the things he noticed, the pain he carried, and the way his feelings for Seren developed—made me understand him in a way I didn’t know I needed. He wasn’t just the guy who fell for Seren; he was the person who truly noticed her when she was trying so hard to disappear.
And Seren… my heart broke for her all over again. 💔 Knowing what she was going through while seeing Zane slowly realize that something was wrong was incredibly emotional. Their connection felt genuine, complicated, and beautifully imperfect.
I loved getting the pieces of their story that we didn’t get to see in See Me. There were so many moments that made me stop and think, Oh my God… THIS is what was happening from Zane’s side.
Tella Alvarez has such a powerful way of writing broken characters without making their trauma their entire identity. This story isn’t about someone magically being “fixed” by love. It’s about being seen, being heard, and finding someone who makes you feel like you’re worth fighting for.
Zane and Seren will forever have a piece of my heart. ❤️
If you loved See Me, you absolutely NEED to read Notice Me. It adds so much depth to Zane and Seren’s story and made me fall in love with them all over again.
Emotional. Heartbreaking. Beautiful. And completely worth the tears. 😭❤️
I thought I was emotionally prepared for Notice Me, but I absolutely was NOT. 😭❤️ After reading See Me, getting Zane’s POV made this story hit on an entirely different level.
Zane Briggs completely stole my heart. Seeing everything through his eyes—the things he noticed, the pain he carried, and the way his feelings for Seren developed—made me understand him in a way I didn’t know I needed. He wasn’t just the guy who fell for Seren; he was the person who truly noticed her when she was trying so hard to disappear.
And Seren… my heart broke for her all over again. 💔 Knowing what she was going through while seeing Zane slowly realize that something was wrong was incredibly emotional. Their connection felt genuine, complicated, and beautifully imperfect.
I loved getting the pieces of their story that we didn’t get to see in See Me. There were so many moments that made me stop and think, Oh my God… THIS is what was happening from Zane’s side.
Tella Alvarez has such a powerful way of writing broken characters without making their trauma their entire identity. This story isn’t about someone magically being “fixed” by love. It’s about being seen, being heard, and finding someone who makes you feel like you’re worth fighting for.
Zane and Seren will forever have a piece of my heart. ❤️
If you loved See Me, you absolutely NEED to read Notice Me. It adds so much depth to Zane and Seren’s story and made me fall in love with them all over again.
Emotional. Heartbreaking. Beautiful. And completely worth the tears. 😭❤️
July 5, 2026
tella alvarez deserves flowers because every book i've read from her is 5/5. i'm so grateful there's more of the see me series specifically from zane's pov. it was heartbreaking to learning about his grief. zane was a gentlemen, very perceptive and protective. i've shared my favorite quotes below.
Like he was checking on something he felt responsible for but didn’t claim ownership of. When someone brushed too close to her or said something that made her shoulders tense, Cain noticed. He didn’t intervene. He didn’t need to. He just adjusted the music, softened a beat here, shifted the rhythm there, like he was building a buffer around her without making it obvious.
The way her shoulder lifted, brushing against the place he’d touched, not dramatic enough to be obvious. Like she was erasing it before it had time to stain.
The water was already moving. And no one seemed to notice where it was headed.
I knew grief didn’t work like math. That you couldn’t trace it backward and find the exact moment that would have changed everything. But knowing that didn’t help.
Seren moved, and everyone else adjusted around her.
And that was the part I clung to. Knowing implied closeness and what I felt didn’t fit into that. It was just observation. Curiosity mixed with caution. Anyone would notice her. Anyone would get caught watching. That didn’t mean anything.
“It’s like that story… you know, the one with the stone and the sword. No one can pull it out, but they all keep trying.” He laughed, but it was dry.
The rest of them looked entertained, poorly hiding their smiles, like they’d just witnessed something amusing instead of something quietly brutal.
no matter how many people wanted her attention, no one ever seemed to ask what it cost her to give it.
They didn’t see her as a person. They saw her as an opportunity. A fantasy. A story to tell their friends on Monday. And when she pulled away, when she said no, they called it heartbreak. Once you noticed something like that about a person, you couldn’t really unnotice it.
She was always being looked at. And it was killing her.
Grief doesn’t soften you. It calcifies you, and then carves you into a different shape, whether you want it to, or not.
Her grief felt old.
I didn’t know how to stand beside something so fragile without crushing it under my own weight.
Like he was checking on something he felt responsible for but didn’t claim ownership of. When someone brushed too close to her or said something that made her shoulders tense, Cain noticed. He didn’t intervene. He didn’t need to. He just adjusted the music, softened a beat here, shifted the rhythm there, like he was building a buffer around her without making it obvious.
The way her shoulder lifted, brushing against the place he’d touched, not dramatic enough to be obvious. Like she was erasing it before it had time to stain.
The water was already moving. And no one seemed to notice where it was headed.
I knew grief didn’t work like math. That you couldn’t trace it backward and find the exact moment that would have changed everything. But knowing that didn’t help.
Seren moved, and everyone else adjusted around her.
And that was the part I clung to. Knowing implied closeness and what I felt didn’t fit into that. It was just observation. Curiosity mixed with caution. Anyone would notice her. Anyone would get caught watching. That didn’t mean anything.
“It’s like that story… you know, the one with the stone and the sword. No one can pull it out, but they all keep trying.” He laughed, but it was dry.
The rest of them looked entertained, poorly hiding their smiles, like they’d just witnessed something amusing instead of something quietly brutal.
no matter how many people wanted her attention, no one ever seemed to ask what it cost her to give it.
They didn’t see her as a person. They saw her as an opportunity. A fantasy. A story to tell their friends on Monday. And when she pulled away, when she said no, they called it heartbreak. Once you noticed something like that about a person, you couldn’t really unnotice it.
She was always being looked at. And it was killing her.
Grief doesn’t soften you. It calcifies you, and then carves you into a different shape, whether you want it to, or not.
Her grief felt old.
I didn’t know how to stand beside something so fragile without crushing it under my own weight.
July 23, 2026
I didn't think this series could possibly get any better, and deeper after reading Remember Me, but of course Tella proved me wrong.
Getting to understand what Zane was feeling during this was so so so important.
I will never stop recommending these books. Literally no notes every single time.
Getting to understand what Zane was feeling during this was so so so important.
I will never stop recommending these books. Literally no notes every single time.
June 25, 2026
This was amazing to see Zane from the other end and even though it’s short it changes the way I see see me and Seren and how special this whole universe is
July 26, 2026
I love Zane and this book made me sob
September 10, 2026
This helped me understand Zane a little better and where it all started. I thoroughly enjoyed it and appreciate how well written his response to grief was
August 18, 2026
This extra novella with Zane's backstory and more of his POVs we didn't get in See Me is perfecttttt!
(read after See Me)
(read after See Me)
August 16, 2026
wow this brought so much more depth to both seren and zane’s stories. was it a little bit long for a prequel (sometimes just repeated things we already knew)? probably but it was a well-written look into zane’s pov nonetheless. i loved zane and seren together and this novella made their beginning/their past make more sense.
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