Fifteen years ago, Lizzie and Bex were the best of friends in college. When Bex moves on without Lizzie, Lizzie is left confused as to what she had done to hurt their friendship.

Bex, known as Rebeeca Sommers, to her millions of Instagram followers, is doing pretty well for herself as she shares her wholesome life on the farm with her 5 children and handsome husband, Gray. Lizzie, who watches Bex’s success as one of those followers, struggles as a journalist looking for a big break.

Lizzie is surprised when, out of the blue, Bex reaches out to her long-ago friend with an opportunity to join her at the coveted Influever conference – MOMBOMB, offering her the opportunity to put her journalism skills to work with an exclusive interview with Bex. For Lizzie, it is a chance to put her skills on the map and one she can not say no to.

The cutthroat world of social media is not for everyone, and Lizzie finds herself surrounded by the biggest names of the net, and quickly, in the midst of a murder scene with one key person missing – Bex.

As psychological thrillers go, this was a good read. I liked the synopsis set around the world of influencers ( something I still think about how I woudl explain this world to my long-gone Great Grandmother. “Yes, Grandma, people talk on this from everything from skin care to hiking to farming and baking bread to favorite books, and thousands of people all over the world tune in to watch. No, Grandma, they do not need to be milking the cows or making dinner – there are faster ways to do these things now.”

Anyhoo – while the book was not earthshattering, I have to talk about this, it was good, I liked the social media twist. I think that what I am finding from probably re-reading too many of this style of thrillers is that you know the twist will also have a twist, and this one was no exception. Fairly quick and easy to listen to.

Rated: 3 out of 5
Read Author Before: No
Read Author Again: maybe

Themes: Social Media, Influencers, Crime, Reality

Book Club Worthy – As a book club read, I think it would be interesting to discuss the strange world of influencers and why this is a thing. Why do people tune into their screens to watch someone or learn something, and then continue to watch these same people (not going to lie – I do it too)