Did you ever pick up a book recommended by a friend reluctantly out of a sense of obligation only to discover yourself LOVING it? That was my experience with Jesse Q. Sutanto's You Will Never Be Me.
"I roll my eyes with a laugh, but inside I'm glowing with pleasure. Because I've poured so much effort into making sure our house is, indeed, Pinterest worthy. Every choice I made in home decoration was through the eye of a phone camera."
Co narrators Meredith and Aspen are momfluencers, social media influencers specializing in home and family content. How they decorate their homes and clothe their children, what they cook, how they raise their kids--every decision is made with creating (or faking) the perfect posts that will capture the most followers. In their high stakes world participants live and die by numbers.
When Meredith who is on top of her game meets Aspen who is floundering she takes her under her wing. During this intense mentorship they become best friends and confidents. Aspen is a single parent. Meredith has a husband who doesn't understand her. They come to rely more and more on each other...
...until they don't. When Aspen's numbers surpass Meredith's the fights start--fights that will end with a total separation. Meredith has become a stalker, covertly following Aspen in real life. After all she made Aspen who therefore owes her. One day she manages to sneak into Aspen's home and steal one of her children's iPad.
"I have access to everything. Her drafts. Her scheduled posts. Her DMs. And I know then, clear as lightning, that the universe has decided to give me this one. Because I've taken the back seat long enough. I've been in her shadow long enough...
Things are about to change."
They certainly change for Aspen. All of a sudden she's missing appointments, losing followers and sponsors, being ghosted by key influencers--losing her grip on the life she's so carefully curated.
But Aspen is no fool. And her revenge will be epic.
If you have a taste for chillers with a whole lot of twists and turns you can't do better than You Will Never Be Me.
On a purrrsonal note, it's the last UMaine Red Cross blood drive of the school year. Of course I'm running canteen today and tomorrow. So far so good. So many people are telling me how awesome I was in the Drag Show. I'm still on cloud nine from performing. This year the audience was able to tip the performers. I got $94!!!
A great big shout out goes out to all our donors and volunteers and the nurses and my bestie, Lisa, who is running the show.
Jules Hathaway
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