I'm Following You- blog Tour

 

Author: Emily Shiner
Publisher: Inkubator Books
Publishing Date: 11th December 2022

Many thanks to the publishing team and ZOOLOOs BT for my digital copy and a spot on the tour.

Blurb 

Amanda has the perfect life. But someone wants to end it.

 

Amanda loves her life. She’s a highly respected doctor, and she lives in a beautiful home in the best neighborhood in town.

 

But her perfect life begins to crumble when she notices a woman in a red car following her. Then this mysterious person begins an increasingly disturbing campaign – stalking Amanda, even invading her home and office.

 

Amanda is terrified and feels as if she is under siege. As far as she knows she has no enemies. So who is this strange woman? And what does she want?

 

As the interloper’s behavior becomes more and more threatening, the conflict between the two women moves inexorably towards a fateful confrontation.

 

When dangerous secrets and shocking lies are revealed, there’s no turning back. One of them will pay the ultimate price.

 

I’m Following You – the gripping psychological thriller from the best-selling author of The Secret Wife and Her Perfect Life.

My thoughts

“Anyone who hasn’t spent much time in a library recently is missing out; if you aren’t there, you have no idea how magical a place it really is.”

Written from the POV of Amanda and Collette, chapters alternate between them mainly but we hear from Amanda from Chapter 5 onwards.  I found this really interesting as we get to learn more about them and follow them through this journey and their day to day lives. 

You have such empathy for Collette and you feel the grief that she is going through loosing her sister Arabella. She is so determined to find out who the driver was and she will not rest until she uncovers the real truth. I liked the progress of Collettes' character, we join her in yoga, grief support group and the general murmurs that go on in her mind when she is contemplating her next move. 

Collette forms a support from Jackson in the group who seemingly helps her and they 'bond' over grief and he helps Collette seek justice and revenge from the person who caused her sisters death. We learn Jackson  has lost his wife to cancer. We get to hear more from him towards the end that provides some extra twists. 

Amanda's world slowly starts to unfold and she slowly starts to fear she isn't safe anywhere nor at work where she feels someone has been intruding around to being followed. The smell of Jasmine seems to trigger her too which makes her feel uneasy and queasy. This sets a domino effect as Amanda goes on a mission to find out who is behind all this and what do they actually want. But we learn that Amanda has also suffered a loss and events unfold come to a climactic conclusion. 

The ending!!!! OH MY!!!!! I was not expecting it all!! Took me by surprise and it was brilliant.. 

It was a fast paced book that was punchy to read. 

This Quote came early in the book but stuck with me throughout and after...“I’m drowning now, or that’s what my therapist tells me, and that’s why I’m here.”