Thank you MB Communications & Amazon Publishing, #partner, for the advanced copy of Follow Me in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my own collection.
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Publishing
Published: April 1, 2025
Summary:
Heathers meets The Stepford Wives in this creepy and frighteningly funny dark thriller about a woman who will do anything to find her missing sister. Even pretend to be one of them.
After her twin sister, Chiara, goes missing at a mom-fluencer weekend, Adrienne Shaw will find her no matter what it takes. They may have been on the outs, but no one comes for her sister and gets away with it.
It’s been a year, the authorities have no answers, and her brother-in-law is useless in the matter. It’s time for Adrienne to take the case into her own hands. Following in Chiara’s last footsteps, Adrienne goes undercover, infiltrating the same influencer retreat as the last thing she wants to an Instamommy.
The remote ranch in Northern California is certainly welcoming—in a cult-adjacent kind of way. A charismatic leader, communal crafts, fixed smiles—and a lot of dead eyes.
Going on gut instinct and chasing a wild theory—that Chiara came here and never left—Adrienne is determined to uncover the truth before the too-perfect-to-believe women figure out who Adrienne really a threat to be eliminated.
My thoughts:
This was a wildly entertaining, funny read with a bit of a dark side to it. At first I thought I wasn’t the target audience for it, not being a mom and I almost put it down, but I kept at it and am glad I did. It seems stories about the influencer world are the “it” thing now and this one takes us deep into the word of momfluencers.
Is it a bit over the top – yes. But is it also an entertaining and addicting read – yes. While I didn’t necessarily love the characters, I did find the social commentary about the influencer world to be on point and I loved the way the author portrayed the sisterly bond. I’ll always pick up a book about sisters…I have two and love reading the way authors portray sister relationships and this one felt real.
This is a debut novel and as first novels go, this was a good one. I’ll definitely keep an eye out for what Quinn writes next!
Audio thoughts:
This is the type of book I love to listen to – one I can binge in one or two sittings. The narrator, Brittany Pressley, is one of my favorites, and she did a fantastic job bringing this story to life.
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