I am a huge fan of Kelley Armstrong. As usual for her, this book is well written and keeps you guessing. I enjoyed it, but I got overwhelmed by the number of characters and backstories, the switching between characters. The advance copy I got was not well formatted, and I know that interfered with the ability to follow the dialog and character switch.

It wasn't my favorite of her novels, but I did like it and am appreciative of the advance copy.

Wow, this book really kept me guessing until the end. This is a great YA thriller that kept me interested until the final page. The whole premise of the book is like nothing I’ve read before. Pretty early on you know that something strange is going on. The characters are behaving oddly and having flashes of images that they can’t explain. The way the plot unfolded was very interesting and even when I thought I had figured it out, I had not. Would definitely recommend.

This was a surprisingly fun read. I'll admit - when it started, I thought What is happening? Oh geez, I don't think this is for me but the more I read, the more into it was I was. This isn't my typical genre, but I enjoyed the ride.

So lets be clear - if you're thinking of picking this up because you've loved one of Kelley Armstrong's other books/series (for me - it's A Stitch in Time), you should know that woman writes a TON of books and that this one probably isn't like the other one you loved. That being said, she knows how to keep things interesting and keep you guessing until the very end.

I almost gave this one 4 stars just because it was so creative, but I think it's better off as a 3-star just because I don't have the same love for it as I do for my 4-star books. I will definitely keep picking up this author though.

Kelley Armstrong knocks it out of the park again with her new thriller, Someone is Always Watching, that is sure to enthrall both teen and adult readers alike. From its ominous title to the twisty developments within its pages, this book keeps you turning the pages to the very end.
The core group of young characters are compelling and sympathetic as they wade through discovery after discovery of their pasts and how the adults around them have been keeping them in the dark. The book examines motivations - both benign and sinister - and the relationships that bind us.
Readers may get a sense of déjà vu if they have read any of the books in Armstrong's Darkest Powers series, which also centres around young people discovering secrets about their pasts kept from them by sinister adults. This theme does seem to be developing into one of Armstrong's favourites. However, this novel remains firmly in the realm of real life and not the supernatural as in the previous series.
Regardless, #SomeoneIsAlwaysWatching is a well-written, fast-paced, thrill ride of a book that is well worth a read. As with all of her YA books, it not once talks down to the target audience, and remains complex and yet easy to read. Thank you to #NetGalley for the ARC.

Pretty good, definitely one of the best YA thrillers I've read in a while. Bold, entertaining, twisted, it's all there. The characters were a highlight to me. I'll happily read more from this author in the future.

I really liked this one! I flew through it in one sitting. Blythe et all were interesting characters, and the plot took something so common (a mental breakdown - but why?) and explores it and its aftermath so well. However, the clues are a bit heavy-handed - though this is a young adult novel, so I can't hold that against the author too much. Overall a quick, interesting read!

This fast pace book will quench the thirst of any teen mystery fan. This book keeps you guessing until the very end and the plot is intriguing. Give this to any fan of a Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. Ms. Armstrong is a very strong writer and the characters are written that you, the reader quickly wants to know what happened to them. It is nice to see her writing YA again and can be introduced to a new audience. Those adults that like her Rocklin series or her Rip in Time series.

I received an ARC ebook from NetGalley and the publisher, Penguin Random House Canada in exchange for an honest review.

This book is perfect for fans of A Good Girls Guide to Murder. Not only are the characters fueled with teen angst and drama, they are also living through horrific flashbacks and current traumas. This sci-fi, psychological thriller is a real page turner. Fast paced, easy to read and will have you questioning your ideas of right and wrong.

Thank you to Penguin Random House Canada and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest opinion. *Tip: I know a lot of people were complaining about the digital galley copy being hard to read. I discovered that by reading it on my kindle, instead of my phone, it was a lot easier 🙂*

Do you want to do something bad? One phrase was all it took to bring good girl Blythe and bad boy Tucker together. Of course, they’re just the best of friends though, right? Joining their friend group is Gabrielle who right from the start of the book is acting erratic and is incredibly paranoid-especially of the cameras in every hall and classroom of the school. Both girls are experiencing migraines that cause them to carry around more aspirin than any one person should needs. In a sort of manic episode, Gabrielle murders the VP of their school and Blythe is just outside the door, hearing the scuffle. When she bursts in, Gabrielle attacks her too, but neither remember anything after the fact. Blythe begins seeing things-will she figure out what’s happening to her before it’s too late?

An old friend group, split up by an act of violence find themselves intertwined once more.
Told from multiple points of view, this story takes us on quite a journey. Between lies, secrets and deceits, who can you trust if you can’t even trust yourself?

I absolutely loved this! Fast paced, easy to read, an easy to understand and interesting plot that was both exciting and kept you guessing til the end! I expected purely a thriller, but I wasn’t disappointed with the sci-fi-esque elements thrown in! Highly recommend picking this one up!

3.75/5 stars! I have loved Kelley Armstrong's work since her Darkest Power trilogy. I was really excited to get my hands on this book. This creepy YA thriller is for fans of "One of Us is Lying," and "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder." I really appreciated the premise and the majority of the follow-through. However, it fell into the realm of unbelievable by about the halfway point. If you like thriller books where you can suspend reality, you'll enjoy the fast-paced trajectory from that point. If you find yourself frustrated by that twist, you might not enjoy this.

I received an advance review copy for free through NetGalley, and I am leaving this review voluntarily

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC of this book to read in exchange for an honest review. I love a psychological thrillers so I was really interested in this one. To be honest, I got about 30% in and I just was not super invested in the story. I really wanted to finish but I just found myself lacking the motivation to finish. I might give it another shot in the future as I hate not finishing a book, but right now I won't be finishing.

Someone Is Always Watching, is one of those novels that makes you second guess yourself, from the very first page. Not only are the characters fueled with teen angst and drama, they are also living through horrific flashbacks and current traumas.

It sounds heavy, and some of it is. But it is written in a way that gives the reader time to process the ugly before moving onto the next heavy subject or reveal. Armstrong has done exceptionally well in this regard.

From page 1 I had a soft spot for Tucker. Who doesn't love a bad boy, being good for his love interest. Not to mention he is hilarious, smart and a bookworm. A winning combination.

This sci-fi, psychological thriller is a real page turner. Filled with technologies and ideas that scarily don't seem too far from being something in our reality. Fast paced, easy to read and will have you questioning your ideas of right and wrong.

Thankyou to NetGalley for sending me a review copy of this title. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I adore Kelley Armstrong and was really looking forward to reading this book. However due to the format of the ARC, I’m unable to change the front size making it impossible for me to read a due to my vision.

I’m sure this book is fabulous as I have never read a Kelley Armstrong book I didn’t love. Sadly I will wait for this book in print or in a different digit version to read it

Thank you Netgalley for the Arc!

I liked the book but I’m not in love with the book. The way the font and paragraphs were spaced out in the arc made it so hard to read. I had trouble following along with to story. But the story was entertaining but it seemed familiar to Kelley Armstrong's other books, The Darkest Powers series. But overall I did enjoy the book.

A story of teens with troubling pasts that have been used for experiments to see if you can restart and remake a human. An interesting story and premise.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Where do I begin? The book started out strong, but my value of it steadily decreased as I read. Half the book is spoiled in the synopsis and everything is built up to be so much more suspenseful than it actually is so that when push comes to shove, there's little to no emotional impact. The characters are interesting but the author doesn't do much with them, so they end up falling flat. The sheer amount of telling and not showing in this book frustrated me to no end, especially at key points in the plot. The psychological issues in this book were barely touched upon and remained shallow throughout, which disappointed me. There are also very few stakes: the climax of this book did not have any real tension and the resolution at the ending was almost laughable. I came away from this book feeling frustrated and disappointed.

A complaint of mine that doesn't have anything to do with the book itself: the formatting of the galley was very poorly done, making it difficult to read. Pieces of dialogue would be in the same lines instead of in separate paragraphs, so I had to look for quotation marks and periods every single time there was a dialogue exchange. There were virtually no spaces between paragraphs either, so my reading experience was greatly diminished.

My actual rating of this book would be more like one star, but giving a book a one-star rating before it releases doesn't sit well with me, so I'm rounding it up to two. I admire what this book was trying to do; unfortunately, it was not executed well.

Disclaimer: I received an e-ARC of this book. I chose to review it and this in no way impacts my opinion of it.

Let us pretend for just a moment that I am not completely obsessed with Kelley Armstrong and all of her work. That this is the first of her novels I’ve ever read. If this was the first Armstrong novel I read, I would be running out to purchase every novel she ever wrote. I could not put this book down. Within literal pages, I was hooked. By 13% I wanted to call in sick to work so I could continue reading and finish the novel in one sitting. Armstrong has such a way of weaving stories that ensnares me and holds me hostage until the very last page.

When this story begins, we follow Blythe as she struggles through a day at her private STEM school, a perk offered by her parents research lab employers. Then her friend Gabrielle has a mental breakdown and attacks the high school VP. Upon waking up Blythe learns she’s suffering from memory loss due to hitting her head. But then the cracks start to appear in her memories that will change everything.

“Do you want to do something bad?” Absolutely I do. This novel had the right amount of eerie mystery that I love. While some may solve the mystery faster than the characters live it, it was still an incredible journey to go on. The plot was fast paced and captivating, keeping you turning pages until there are none left.

If you enjoy thrilling mysteries and captivating novels, this is one you won’t want to miss. Kelley Armstrong hits yet another home run with Someone is Always Watching.

Ahh I FLEW through this book and had so much fun, start to finish.

SOMEONE IS ALWAYS WATCHING read like Stephen King’s THE INSTITUTE (one of my favorites) meets ONE OF US IS LYING. This book had me from the prologue, which was such a perfect opening. There were a lot of characters, but each of them were incredibly layered—no stereotypes or cardboard cut-outs here. I particularly loved Tanya and Blythe, but I ADORED Tucker from the very first page. This book had some of the bffs-to-lovers I’ve ever read—Tucker’s relationship with Blythe was so endearing and slow-burn, so well-written all the way through. The story is meticulously crafted, with seeds planted from the beginning that grow and flourish into plot twists.

Hey Kelley and Tundra Books, can I start a petition for an epilogue? I need more!

Eternal gratitude to Netgalley and Tundra for blessing me with this fantastic read.

-A

This is exactly my kind of thriller. Focused on the psychology and relationships, without being too slow. A mystery to figure out, without a surplus of impossible red herrings.

This book follows Blythe, a teenage girls that loves following the rules. Blythe witnesses her friend have a mental breakdown and attack a teacher. The next day, she's met with memory loss and gaslighting at every turn.
Blythe and her band of (dysfunctional) friends investigate, but surprises lurk at every turn. It seems like everyone has a skeleton in their closet, no one is fully trustworthy, and every relationship is one reveal away from toppling.
For Blythe, she's in situations where it might be worth it to break the rules, if it means getting to the bottom of this web.

In the beginning, I loved this book because of the characters. Blythe and her best friend have recently had a mysterious falling out, and I was curious to see what it was. As the plot unfolded, it hooked me and kept me in its clutches until the very end. This book weaved together the relationships and the thrilling attacks perfectly.

This book deals poignantly with themes of what shapes a person (their memories, how others treat them).

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Thanks to Netgalley and Tundra books for a copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.

Someone is Always Watching had me really hooked right from the start and I read it in one sitting because I literally couldn't put it down! A truly strong thriller that brought a lot to the table and makes me want to check out the authors other books!