Joshilyn Jackson is always a go-to author for me. Her books are always a little fun, and a little dark. Though I read this one, I absolutely love listening to her books on audio as she is an outstanding narrator ... I almost prefer to listen to her books.

That being said, this was typical Jackson fun. Some interesting characters, a mystery I didn't predict (sort of) and a good level of suspense. Maybe one extra storyline which wasn't entirely necessary but overall another hit by Jackson. She's so entertaining you can forgive the occasional misstep.

Unfortunately I didn’t like this one at all. The characters were boring, I couldn’t Invest in this story at all. I placed it down multiple times begging myself to DNF but I ended up pulling through, no idea why I did that to myself.

This was an odd book & I’m struggling with my thoughts on it. In short overall I liked it. Like if I was talking to a fellow suspense book loving friend I’d say that “short story this book was pretty good but I wouldn’t make a point to go out & read it right now”. Sorry.

There are things about it that I think just didn’t work for ME, so I may be unfairly rating this based on my reasons for a lower rating?
•I did like the idea of the storyline, which is the main character Meribel has a stalker which prompts her to decide to leave state with her daughter Honor to get away from him, but of course he’s able to quickly find her.
•I’ve now read two of Jackson’s books & I like her writing. In my opinion I think she did a good job differentiating the characters, how they spoke in their pov.
•I thought that her having an autistic daughter & the reader experience her pov was a creative spin & interesting to me since I do not know a lot about autism. Honor was one of my favorite characters💖 The only thing I didn’t love specifically about Honor’s pov is she talked a lot of Greek mythology & Dungeons & Dragons which I have zero interest in.

There are quite a few points of view in this. Meribel, her daughter, a homeless gal, a few different male characters that are linked to Meribel. The multiple pov’s was fine, it didn’t make it confusing to follow if anything it was interesting getting perspective kind of full circle.

What I didn’t like. I feel like the book was very drawn out & then the ending was rushed & I felt things were kind of unresolved. It was finished in the sense of the word but there was so much that could’ve been added to make it more satisfying. It has a good ending as far as what a reader would like to happen but I didn’t like the ending as far as how abrupt it was. Also, maybe I totally missed something but I can’t tell you why the title is titled With My Little Eye🤷‍♀️

I appreciate the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review, many thanks to NetGalley & the publisher William Morrow.

Note.. yes I’d read another book by Joshilyn Jackson. I think she’s a very talented author this just wasn’t a book that I’d necessarily recommend or that stands out.

3-1/2 ⭐️ rounded down

This book was underwhelming. I have enjoyed other Joshilyn Jackson books, so my expectations were high. The overall storyline was intriguing - a stalker. But once you learn who the stalker is, it goes downhill (and it takes awhile to get there). There is also a secondary "bad guy" introduced and that storyline is left without being buttoned up. These opinions are only my own, but I will not recommend this book.

With My Little Eye by Joshilyn Jackson had so many good things going for it. The unknown stalker. The ex-husband. The dishy neighbor. Maribel herself. And my favorite character, Honor. Honor, Maribel’s adopted daughter, is a well developed character and we see many sides of her. Her life has been uprooted. She’s moved across the country. Her mom is freaked out about the stalker. The new neighbors are friendly?,or are they?, I definitely liked Honor. Maribel, in comparison, seemed flat and one dimensional.
The plot is intriguing and the moves along fairly well, but chapter headings would have helped. The story bogged down for a while, but the last third was well done. I really wanted to know who was the “Marker Man” and as a result, I finished the book.

I honestly thought this would have been a 4/5 read, but no, for me, it’s a solid 3.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this novel. All opinions in this review are my own.

DNF @ 26% 3/22/23 - just could not get into the plot; the description makes it seem so promising but the execution was just boring. Nothing happened in the first quarter except her moving to Georgia and her stalking potentially following her. The chapters were confusing as to who was narrating. I just didn’t care to finish unfortunately.

This thriller is about a Meribel, an actress and her daughter, Honor. They move from California to Georgia to escape her stalker, although he finds her and follows her there. There are plenty of questionable characters who could be guilty but I was bored with the parts that went in to these sketchy characters backstories. Parts really dragged for me, where I was waiting for something to happen.

With My Little Eye by Joshilyn Jackson is the suspense-filled tale of Meribel Mills, a former sitcom celebrity being stalked by “Marker Man” who sends her threatening letters using scented markers. She and Honor, her twelve-year-old daughter who has autism, escape LA for Atlanta. Could the stalker be her ex-husband, her new boyfriend, or her helpful neighbor? Jackson’s first foray into suspense produces anxiety-inducing moments and it swet characters.

Joshilyn Jackson is an author who I check out without reading any reviews or cover blurbs - I just know I will love her books. This one has tension and trauma and just-keep-turning-pages suspense. I have already been recommending this title to others.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Never Have I Ever comes the hair-raising story of a mother who moves herself and her daughter across the country to lose a dangerous stalker—only to discover that it will take more than distance to escape him.

It started with the letters…

For actress Meribel Mills, disturbing fan mail is part of the price of fame. So when she starts getting creepy letters written in fruit-scented marker she is mostly unphased and diligently files them along with her other messages from unhinged fans. After all, she’s a single mom approaching forty, not the kind of hot young celeb who sparks dangerous obsessions. But there’s something different about Marker Man…

My thoughts:
I struggled to get into this book. I waited for the moment that kicked in that made me want to read more but I never got to that point. I honestly didn't care for Meribel at all maybe that's why I had trouble reading it. This is not my first book by the author so I know I love her other books. This one just wasn't for me.

I received a copy of this book from William Morrow and Netgalley in return for an unbiased review.

Who moves across the country to escape a stalker??

Meribel does!

She is an actress and the so called Marker Man is the stalker. He keeps sending her disturbing letters and she is always feeling "watched". Everything about this one felt forced, the dialogue was often a

wkward and the characters actions didn't ring true, they seemed childish and just silly!

Without chapter titles, the pov was often a bit confusing for me. I wasn't intrigued at all, at any point. This is sad because this author has been a favorite of mine.

This book was not for me and I only finished it because it was an advanced copy. Hopefully, the author's next will be back on track.

This is just my opinion, check out other reviews that have higher ratings if you enjoy a stalker story!

Meribel moves back home to GA to flee a stalker that’s a bit too close to dismembering her. She’s got a daughter, and an acting career to think of, after all.

I only made it to 30%…this was my first Joshilyn Jackson and I just felt like the character development wasn’t there. Everyone loves Meribel, but why? Because she adopted an autistic child? Because she’s famous? I really wasn’t getting a whole lot more than that.

I also hate when it goes into the man’s view and they all seem to have such vulgar language going on in their brains. Like that’s what makes the difference between a man and a woman, that they’re vulgar.

Did I love this book? No. Did I hate this book? No. This was just an alright read for me. And the ending left me with so many questions.

It was a slow start, but about half way thru it picked up the pace, and I found myself turning the pages so fast to see what happened next. But, then it slowed down again and I felt like the big reveal of the “marker man” was very anti-climatic.

Again, it was an okay read. The stalker story line gave me all the ICK, which I loved. I just wish the ending would have played out better.

This will be released in April.

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When I’m looking for a popcorn thriller with an easy storyline and lots of drama I always turn to author Joshilyn Jackson! I find her books to be quick, easy, and fun- which is needed sometimes after reading a lot of heavy and dark thrillers.

𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑀𝑦 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝐸𝑦𝑒 is Jackson’s newest thriller and fun it was! The plot focuses on a dangerous stalker obsessed with our main character Meribel- who is not only a well known actress but a mom.

There are a ton of characters packed in this story, lots of POVs involved, and many sketchy characters. This was a typical Joshilyn Jackson thriller- a little predictable but still a fun story!

⭐️⭐️⭐️

SYNOPSIS: “ For actress Meribel Mills, disturbing fan mail is part of the price of fame. So when she starts getting creepy letters written in fruit-scented marker she is mostly unphased and diligently files them along with her other messages from unhinged fans. After all, she’s a single mom approaching forty, not the kind of hot young celeb who sparks dangerous obsessions. But there’s something different about Marker Man…

He’s been in her home…

Meribel’s sheets smell of unfamiliar cologne, and objects have gone missing around the house. Plus, the letters have become more perverse, with drawings of a naked Meribel tied up or chopped into pieces. While the police insist that stalkers hardly ever escalate to violence, Meribel has played the dead girl one too many times on TV to risk becoming her in real life. She and her daughter move from Los Angeles to Atlanta for a fresh start—but no distance is great enough.

He’s watching her…

Years of being in front of a camera have given Meribel a superpower—she can feel eyes on her, a creeping sensation like bees inside her skin. And someone definitely has her in their sights. Could Marker Man have followed her all the way across the country?”

Thank you to William Morrow for letting me read this one early. This book publishes on April 25.

This was a perfect little thriller mystery. Multiple POVs, interesting storylines, and it kept me guessing almost the whole time. I enjoyed this one and it was super entertaining. WITH MY LITTLE EYE is my first read by Joshilyn Jackson and I'm excited to snag more!

This book was just okay for me. It reminded me very much of Mary Higgins Clark's classic books - two or three suspects, chapters from the criminal's POV, a few shocking twists. It was very different from past Joshilyn Jackson books I've read. Maybe I've read too many MHC books, but this one fell flat for me.

Meribel Mills is a former teen star, trying to get back into acting. She's been receiving creepy stalker letters from a man she and her daughter are calling "The Marker Man" and when Meribel is offered an opportunity in Atlanta, they move, hoping to revitalize Meribel's career and escape the Marker Man. But when the letters start up again, Meribel is worried that the Marker Man has followed them, or worse, is someone she already knows.

This book had a lot going on. A good base story, but the side stories just confused things and I don't feel like they were paid off. Joshilyn Jackson is one of my favorite writers, but this one just didn't hit the spot for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for providing me an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Available April 25, 2023.

This book sounded so promising, but ended up being a bit of a disappointment and slightly annoying. Not much happened that really grabbed my attention until halfway through the book. Until that point it was repetitive thoughts and dialogue from the main character and not much was happening. The repetitiveness continued but the story did pick up pace around the halfway mark and some interesting things happened, but there was never anything truly surprising. The main character was annoying most of the time and the big reveal needed some kind of backstory. And for as drawn out as this story was the ending was quite abrupt.

I have read other books by Joshilyn Jackson and enjoyed them. This one, however, was very hard for me to get through. It felt political, I didn’t like the characters and the plot was slow. I would not recommend this one.

Ugh. I mostly liked this one, but I wasn't at all close to loving it. I thought that the description sounded intriguing and the celebrity stalker plot-line definitely drew me in. However, I really did not like how this book changed point of view. Now, I normally find it interesting when we hear from different characters and actually like that experience. What I didn't like about the alternating points of view was that 1) the chapters were not identified, so even though it wasn't too hard to find out who was speaking, it was confusing the first time the point of view changed about halfway through, and 2) that these points of view were not told from the same grammatical standpoint. Meribel's chapters were in first person, Honor's chapters were third person, the stalker's was in first person: I just did not like this and thought that it make the book seem choppy. The ending was also incredibly disappointing. It's very abrupt, and Jackson does not wrap up the story at all. I was left feeling confused and dissatisfied by the end, because we spent the entire novel trying to figure out who was doing this to Meribel, and then a total wrench is thrown in at the end. Ultimately, this needed an epilogue or another chapter to tie everything together.

Now, I did not think that this book was bad. I liked reading it and I thought that Jackson had an incredible idea for this story, but I think that it could have been executed better for the reasons above.

Thanks NetGalley and William Morrow for this ARC!