This was an interesting book. I haven't read anything else like it. The description hooked me right away as something that sounded very believable - with someone stalking someone else through their social media postings. It is creepy to think this happens in real life and people are so obsessed with posting so much of their lives online.

Kathleen Barber did a great job of building suspense throughout the book and keeping me guessing with every page but the big reveal didn't pack enough punch for me. Overall, it was a solid read that kept me interested.

Anyone using Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, etc. will take a step back and consider carefully what they are posting after reading this book. It is dead-on relative to all social media users.

Audrey's entire life revolves around social media and she has built her career on it. She has over a million followers and has obtianed a job at the Smithsonian handling the social media for an upcoming art exhibit. But unknown to Audrey, she has a stalker who has been following her social media for years and is now in the same city.

Tension builds stronger as the story moves on - a good pace. The characters are well-drawn and I enjoyed them. I didn't know for sure who Audrey's stalker was until the end because she has several guys interested in her with her sparkling personality. I enjoyed the book and think many others will too.

Thanks to Kathleen Barber and Gallery Books through Netgalley for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

Wow, this was both thrilling and terrifying. In a world where sharing all aspects of life is no big deal to some people, this novel shines a bright light on awareness of what you share. Told in three different point's of view, this story is a thriller with a great mystery and some really unlikable characters. Audrey is a social media influencer who has recently changed jobs and has moved to Washington, DC. When she arrives in DC she reconnects with her old bestie from college, Cat, and her exboyfriend, Nick. Cat is an additional narrator, focusing on how it feels to have Audrey back in her life and her struggles with love. The third voice in this story is "HIM", the character who has been stalking Audrey online and IRL. His story shows the reader into his mind and how he has found ways to follow Audrey from the internet to the real world. Overall, this was a great read but I really found myself disliking these characters for various reasons. My dislike for them didn't change the overall thrill, in fact, it made me want to keep reading to see how things were going to unravel in their lives. Thank you netgalley for this arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

I have counted the seconds and hours to get my hand on this book. The premise of this book boasts obsession and having an online presence that makes it easy to be followed. People post so much of their lives that it makes it easy to follow them.

The books focuses on a three person point of view narrative. They are the main character Audrey, her friend Cat, and her stalker named Him. Each characters has a distinctive voice and as you read you feel as if you easedropping into their conversation.

A man named Him knows everything about his target Audrey because her life unfolds before him. Audrey posts everything online. As a influencer she boasts about her thousands of followers yet she feels alone. HIM can't get enough of watching her every move online. He wants to be with her in real life. He will do anything to make her his.

Her friend Cat is very awkward but worships the ground that Audrey walks on and can't wait to spend time with her, but what happens when Cat begins to unravel and notices that she is too consumed with Audrey and can't focus on her work anymore?

You will be pulled in at first read. Once you start all semblance of time won't matter. I became obsessed with the fluid writing and characters. NetGalley, I adore you. Thank you and the publisher for allowing me to read this book. I am overjoyed with tingles of happiness. I was sad it ended. The ending did feel rushed and I believe there will be another book in the series because certain things were left out and a certain person got away with it all. You can't leave me hanging here!

Follow Me is a psychological thriller full of twists and turns and kept me captivated until the end. I loved that the storyline was based around social media and the idea that nothing is ever as shiny or perfect as it may appear online.

This page-turner is shared in alternating chapters between the main character Audrey, her best friend Cat and a third narrator who is only known by the reader as "him." I thought this was such a clever way to have the story unfold and I loved that it kept me guessing.

Audrey isn't very likable and I think that is the author's point. She may have over 2 million followers online, but she lives for the posts and likes while her "real life" is quite dull and lonely. Her best friend Cat is the complete opposite and I enjoyed the polarization between these two characters that ended up adding a lot of dimension to this storyline.

Follow Me was creepy but light enough for a weekend or beach read which was exactly what I was looking for.

Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books for an advanced copy.

This book was an interesting read. It follows Audrey, an influencer, who moves to D.C. for her dream job working in social media for the Smithsonian.

My major problem with the book was I did not really like Audrey, and I found the fact everyone she met to be a "suspect" or suspicious to be a bit draining. That said, I did really enjoy the fact that obsession with social media does invite a commentary that may not be enjoyed and dangers to those who share too much.

Overall, I'd like to read another book by this author, and hope I'd find it more enjoyable because the writing was good and the idea was interesting.

Thanks to the author, publisher, and www.Netgalley.com, for my ARC.

This was a twisty and enjoyable read and one that I couldn’t put down. I look forward to Apple’s take on it.
Many thanks to Gallery Pocket Books and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

Follow Me is a cautionary tale for all social media users. How much is too much when posting personal things on any social media platform? Is what we are posting too personal and can lead to some unwanted attention, or even unwanted actions? These are some the questions that came to my mind while reading this psychological thriller.

Audrey is an Instagram star with over a million followers. She is also an attention seeker that posts everything and anything that she does or does not do during her daily life. What she does not realizes is that by doing so she unintentionally invited some very unstable individual into her life. This individual becomes her “personal stalker” who will stop at nothing in order to get closer to her. What follows is a line of very creepy and unsettling “incident” that quickly escalate into a very dangerous and scary situation.

This was a well-paced and quite captivating story with a thought provoking plot, and I am looking forward to reading more books written by this author.

Thank you Netgalley, Gallery Books, and the author for providing me with an ARC copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

So I definitely don’t get freaked out easily, but this book did the trick. Follow Me had me covering my computers webcams and wanting to throw my phone in the trash to live off the grid. I can’t compare it to You as I have never read it, but it feels similar to the TV show. I read this in mere hours and cannot recommend it enough.

I absolutely loved the series "You" on Netflix so when they said fans of the show would love this book I said count me in. That being said I was disappointed. Let me explain.

Audrey Miller is a young influencer on Instagram with tons of followers and a seemingly perfect life. She decides to change cities and coincidentally moves closer to the stalker. Now that she's local, he can amp his cyber stalking up to the next level.

She's not likeable at all. If there was even a tiny shred of her life or personality that people could relate to or empathize with then this book would have been a lot better. At one point I wanted to reach in the book and strangle her myself. At the very least tell her to shut up.

Her glamorous life is a sham. She stages photos just to get the most likes, which I'm sure all of the influencers on Instagram do. She never, ever can just enjoy the moment. She's always looking for the next "perfect shot" and she ends up missing so much. Her stalker, for example.

She also uses people. Her sorority sister who she starts living with due to her stalker? She doesn't even really like the other woman. She tolerates her and uses her for a place to live and to make connections in a new city.

The ex-boyfriend? She uses him for sex and security when she is scared and delights in torturing him when she starts dating again. Then she wonders why he blows up at her.

The identity of the stalker was pretty clear from about the half way point of the book, the last few chapters were rushed and unsurprising, and the ending tied everything up in a neat bow but was really disappointing.

What I took away from this book is that perfection on Instagram is hardly, if ever, real. Also, people should maybe post less on social media and enjoy the moment more.

Many thanks to Gallery Books, Pocket Books, and Netgalley.com for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Follow Me by Kathleen Barber kept me turning pages until the end. Influencer Audrey Miller arrives in Washington DC prepared to start the job of her dreams and move into an apartment she's only seen in pictures. It's in the basement, with a lock that doesn't always work and a bedroom window that opens onto a narrow alley. She's also moved closer to the stalker she doesn't yet realize is watching her online and off.



The book alternates between Audrey and Cat, her best friend from college. The two women couldn't be more different. While Audrey shares everything with the world, Cat shuns social media and has made a success of the life she keeps private. There's also a third narrator, "Him." I spent the entire book wondering if he was one of the males in Audrey's life or someone else entirely. This is exactly the kind of domestic thriller that I love to read.

Follow Me by Kathleen Barber was a quick, creepy read that kept me interested to the end. Follow Me is the story of a young woman who shares every detail of her life on social media. She is internet-famous and has landed a great job, but she also has earned herself a stalker. Barber paced this book well and the ending was satisfying. I feel like the thrill factor could’ve been amped up though. This book was creepy, but not disturbing like it could’ve been. Was I blown away by this book? No. Was it entertaining and worth the read? Yes. Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books for giving me early access to this book.

This is the perfect beach read. It’s fast, light, and unputdownable. I really enjoyed how it keeps you guessing who “Him” is and as the book goes on there are more and more options. I thought that was a very clever way to unravel the story. And there are some good twists. The book is creepy, but yet “chick-lity” enough not to get too dark. It shines a light at the very current state of Instagram and influencers and how dangerous it could be. Although it’s a very light read, it definitely leaves you thinking.

"Everyone wants new followers…until they follow you home."

The story follows Audrey an instagramer with thousands of viewers as she moves from the big apple to DC. Audrey has used instagram to share all aspects of her life and continues to do so through her move a new city for a new job. Along the way she picks up a stalker and the story unfolds to a who dun it. The author does a good job of keeping the story fast pased, fun, and entertaining with a few herrings that allowed for guessing until the end. The stalker is no Joe Goldberg but I do believe fans of the popular "You" would enjoy this one. The story alternates between Audrey, her stalker as "him", and her childhood friend Cat that lives in DC. The alternate voices worked well as insights into Audrey and the persona she shows online vs the reality.

This was good pallet cleanser between some of my other recent reads. Was it an extremely enthralling, edge of your seat story? No, but was good for what it is. A light fun mystery thriller that is perfect for a beach/vacation read or quick weekend snuggle up and hide from winter book. Great for fans of You or B.A. Paris.

Thank you to Kathleen Barber, Gallery, Pocket Books, and NetGalley for giving me this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Audrey is an Instagram influencer with a big following. Her main career, though, is in art and art history so when she receives a job offer associated with the Smithsonian, she opts to move from New York City to Washington D.C.

Besides having other connections in D.C. including an old college roommate, and an ex-boyfriend, she has an unknown stalker, a sometimes stalker at the museum, and a weird guy (grandson of her landlady) who comes and goes as he pleases into Audrey's new apartment.

This book was hard to put down as I learned more about people who influence others and their legion of followers and spies. Lots of twists and turns in a contemporary setting with enough museum history to keep the story moving made it a great read.

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review and I'm glad to have been able to read an advance copy of Follow Me.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I give this book 4 stars. The author kept me intrigued the entire book. I absolutely devoured it. I found myself craving more from each view point (there were 3 throughout the book). The ending makes me hopeful that there might a sequel in the works!

Kathleen Barber kept dropping subtle (and some not so subtle) hints throughout the whole book but I just didn't want to see it! Even after the big reveals, I still found myself hoping it wasn't true! Absolutely loved the way she was able to portray each character.

The only reason I give it 4 stars instead of 5 is because of the ending. I was more than a little upset with how she decided to end it. It felt like everything was going back to square 1. So I hope there is a sequel in the works so the characters can actually learn from their mistakes.

This was a good little thriller. It makes you think really long and hard about social media and influencers and people who put their every move out there for the world to see - and the dangers it opens them up to. The story itself was very intriguing. There were a lot of possible people who were the culprit, which had me guessing, but it became pretty clear who the stalker was by the 70% mark. There was a great little twist in the very end.

First, thank you Netgalley for a copy for a fair and honest review.
Wow what a crazy ride , beware of strangers and beware of friends. I have always found stories about obsessed stalkers fascinating, and this one did a great job.

3.5. A novel told in two timelines (2015 & 2051) about technology, the internet, and social media addiction and the effect on the lives of two friends. It takes the reality of the social media of today to an extreme degree in the future where some entire lives are lived on line with the world watching. Eventually, a major terrorist disaster called the Spill takes everything offline for a time and then starts exposing everyone’s secrets. The characters use each other mercilessly for fame. They aren’t particularly likeable but definitely hold your attention. The ending is pretty far out there . . . the president builds a wall around Atlantic City and deports illegal immigrants to it? Still, overall, an intriguing premise of what the future might hold.

There was so much that was familiar about this book and then I remembered I'd read it before when I read You by Caroline Kepnes. The characters were unlikeable, the premise formulaic.