Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced e-book copy. I have read a few Joshlyn Jackson books, and this one was just as great as the others.

OMG this book!! There was so much going on, I did not want to put it down. It kept getting better and better with every shocking secret it was revealed. The ending was super unexpected and everything was in its perfect place. Well done!! I'm glad Joshilyn Jackson has a twisted mind to come up with such a great novel.

I'm definitely recommending this book to my friends!
Thanks Joshilyn Jackson, HarperCollins, and NetGalley for this amazing ARC

Not as good as some of the author’s others, but better than her last one. I liked the characters, and liked some of the surprises. A bit far-fetched in some areas, but overall pretty good. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

With My Little Eye by Joshilyn Jackson
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Meribel has a stalker that is sending her creepy fanmail. She uproots her and her daughters life in LA and moves to Atlanta, hoping to escape “marker man” as they have dubbed him.
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What I liked:
-I loved Honor. She was a fantastic character and I really enjoyed the representation of her being on the spectrum. She had a lot of great moments in this book and she pushed herself to be brave several times. I think she was arguably the bravest person in this story.
-I thought the cast of characters was great overall. Lots of people, lots of secrets, lots of suspicions.
-Lots of surprises in the last 30% of the book!
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4.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫Excellent thriller that kept me guessing and turning the pages to see what happens!

My first Joshilyn Jackson book. I thought it started off so good! It was exciting, fast-paced, and gripping! Our actress, Meribel, has a stalker and moves across country, back home oddly enough, to get away from him. She broke up with a man in California. She has a daughter who has autism. An ex-husband she hasn't seen in two decades and fled from unceremoniously. There's a lot going on. I was invested for most of the book but could not swallow two parts about the ending. I was annoyed more than anything by the last quarter of the book. If she'd kept going with one of them, I think I would've been onboard. But the other one was just, ugh. Too many red herrings is just...not necessary.

Honestly I did not love this one. I have liked this author in the past and this one was ok. The writing was good but the plot moved too slow for me and I did not feel engaged the whole time.

Enjoyed it. I was all set to give the book 4 stars (rounded up from 3.5 stars), but that ending just got me. It was so abrupt and there's so many unanswered questions. How did the stalker choose Meribel? His stalking has been going on for a year. Why didn't Cam's cameras catch anything in LA? The reader doesn't know anything about him, not even his name. We know he's crazy and delusional. Did the police figure out what really happened to Cooper? We all know Honor wouldn't be able to keep it a secret or lie. Cooper's backstory was the most shocking part of the book. I never expected that. Meribel is so paranoid about safety, but instantly trusts Cooper. I really wished there was an epilogue. What happened to the crustless quiche, that Cooper brought over to Meribel for dinner? It just gets forgotten. Meribel makes so many horrible choices. Her reaction around Cam is more like a hormone filled sixteen year old. I kept waiting for Marker Man to make his move and actually do something instead of sending those disgusting scented letters. Why didn't the Atlanta police take the letters more serious? He was threatening to kill/dismember/harm Meribel? I really felt like Cooper's story ended up being more interesting than Marker Man. Even though what was happening in the camper were serious and scary, I amused by all of Meribel's Scooby Gang descriptions.

Overall, I recommend the book, it wasn't my favorite by the author but I enjoyed it. The book kept me in suspense into the very end. I never guessed who Marker Man would end up being and still can't tell you. In the end, I loved Cam. I was suspicious of him from the start. I really loved Sheila and Honor together. They were an unlikely pair, but they somehow complimented each other. Sheila and Honor were exactly who Xena needed. Sheila can thank Xena for saving her life. I look forward to reading more books by the author.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from William Morrow through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Thank you to NetGalley, the Publishers, and Joshilyn Jackson for allowing me an ARC of this book! I thoroughly enjoyed this book and kept me on the edge to see who Marker Man was. I enjoyed the characters, but do wish there was an epilogue! I was between 4-5 stars, there was some eye rolling instances or 😐 faces, but there was backstory/facts left out that would’ve made it a solid 5! Overall though, highly recommend!

With My Little Eye is a 2023 thriller/suspense/mystery release from Joshilyn Jackson, a new author to me. I found the book on NetGalley and was lucky enough to receive an early copy; it hit my reading queue this week, which is generally about 6 weeks before publication. Set in Atlanta, the book follows a somewhat popular actress who has a young daughter and has recently left Hollywood to escape her stalker. I highlight these two facts because they are key components of the story, which overall had a lot of potential but for me didn't deliver well. Meri dumped Cam when she left LA and developed a new friendship with a potential love interest on the East Coast. Add to that Marker Man, her stalker, who finds her in Atlanta. Clearly he's connected to one of these two men, or thru her daughter, an autistic twelve-year-old who is depicted extraordinarily well. The first half of the book flew by, setting up the story and giving us a bunch of drama. By the middle, the POV begins to change more, and we hear from different characters including the stalker. Unfortunately, there are no chapter titles or headers to denote who is speaking... and as you change chapters, it's super easy to get confused once your head is still in that of the prior character which leads you to believe the new character might be the same person. When the stalker is talking, you think it's one person but then it becomes someone else... ultimately, there is extremely poor structure to the book which made a complete mess of the story. Definitely had lots of promise but was executed intentionally in a confusing manner which made for a difficult read as opposed to a "OMG, I must find out who this stalker is." In the end, the reveal was boring and had very little to do with the main story. The book ends with a second plotline coming forward and it has absolutely no follow-up to explain what happens to the characters we've gotten to know. Had the writing not been good and the premise intriguing, I would have given this two stars, sadly... I'll try another book by the author but this was on the disappointing side for me.

I always love anything by Joshilyn Jackson, but this is definitely one of my very favorites! It pulled me in from page one, and didn't stop 'til the last page. It is so rare for a book these days to grab and hold my interest like that, so I was definitely impressed.

I've read every book Joshilyn Jackson has ever written and always pre-order her next, so I was super pleased to get my (virtual) hands on her new book even earlier thanks to an advance copy from Netgalley... and no surprise, I devoured it in one day on vacation. With her last 2 books, she has gone more into what I (lovingly) term "thriller-lite", this great combination of twists and some suspense along with excellent, sympathetic main characters who feel real and fleshed-out. I particularly love that the characters are mothers, so there is a lot to relate to and also to think about, how far a mother/parent might go to protect their secrets if it means protecting their child, and things like that. This new one stars an actress, Meribel Mills, who is an adoptive mother to a pre-teen with autism, and this relationship felt so real and lovely and really centered the book - which I appreciated, because in general it went much more into thriller territory, which to me involves some ick things that I don't always like reading about the psychology of. Such as: Meribel has a very creepy stalker and relocates with her daughter from LA to Atlanta to try to escape him, but of course he tracks her down and the story ensues. It's interesting to me to read about it from her perspective, but then adding in his perspective? It's kind of ick. In the end, there's some pretty standard thriller-feeling things with the stalker's words/actions along the way and the breathless final scenes related to him, but the character development and just this warmth that I felt toward them turned it from something I might feel meh, passed the day by the pool fine, to really enjoying (though admittedly not 5 stars like her last one for me, given that more standard thriller feel). I did appreciate some of the other twists related to the cast of side characters that felt a little more unique/unexpected, and it definitely was unputdownable with the twists and the action. This will be a great one to put on your summer reading list!

Intriguing fast paced thriller. The ending really flew by and kept me on edge of my seat. There was a lot of various stories within a story happening in this book that kept me engaged and curious how the story would unfold. Meribel Mills is an actress that starts receiving very cryptic letters from a stalker. She decides her best option is to move back home to Georgia for her and her daughters safety. Hoping the stalker will not be able to find her there. She has this ultra sensitive sense that can feel her stalker watching her. For a while things seem normal again but while at a coffee shop in her building the feeling comes back and she knows her stalker is back. She has a past relationship with her bodyguard, Cam and he comes back into the picture too. This storyline reminded me of the movie Bodyguard! Meribel also makes friends with a neighbor, Cooper. There’s a lot of characters and not sure who is good and bad. The ending was quick and so fast paced. Many thanks to William Morrow and NetGalley for the digital review copy of this novel. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.

3.5 stars, a thriller following a tv star, her life raising her autistic daughter, the drama of being stalked by a violent man and the people they meet along the way. While the last part of this book gripped me, the beginning and set up on the novel was not as intriguing, it felt slow to connect and the stalker felt fairly random. All of the characters stories coming together towards the end had me hooked and very interested in what was going to happen. Overall I enjoyed reading this early release copy! Thank you for the opportunity!

I really love Joshilyn's writing style but this book didn't hit the mark for me. It felt like there were too many story lines, and Cooper's story line could have been it's own book! I also wish there would have been an epilogue to see how Honor was doing months or years later with everything that happened.

4.5 STARS!

Meribel Mills is an actress that is getting disturbing fan mail from a stalker. She is a single mom to a 13 year old girl, Honor, who is on the spectrum. Meribel starts getting disturbing fan mail letters that are fruit-scented markers with hand drawn pictures of her. Although the police insist that stalkers hardly every escalate to violence, Meribel has played the dead girl one to many times on TV to risk becoming her in real life. She decides to move from LA to Atlanta to get away from the stalker. But, eventually the letters continue to come to her new home and the stalker follows her out to Atlanta.

The author did a great job with characterizing Honor as an autistic child. I felt I was brought into Honor's world with her description of a young girl on the spectrum.

This Psychological Thriller, Mystery creepy novel had me on the edge of my seat. Once the story got going it was hard to put down. Some surprises at the end of the book. The ending was fast-paced and tense. The only thing I didn't like was the ending was to abrupt. I wish there was an epilogue to finish it up.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Actress Meribel Mills has been receiving creepy letters for a year from a stalker she names The Marker Man. Unfortunately the police in L.A. have been unable to find the man. She hopes that by taking an acting job in Atlanta, she will be able to distance herself from her stalker.
As she and her daughter Honor settle in, the letters catch up with her and also the feeling of being watched. Will her stalker be identified and caught before he catches her?
Honor is autistic - I enjoyed reading the way she coped with life in general and her developing friendships with her neighbor Sheila and the homeless girl she calls Princess Xena.
Interesting information revealed about her neighbor Cooper who Meribel is friendly with.
I would have appreciated another chapter as the ending was abrupt.
3 1/2 stars rounded to four.
#WithMyLittleEye #NetGalley

This was a fast-paced story with multiple characters.
The main character is an older actress. She is worried about aging-out of her career.
She has an autistic daughter, who interior conversations were fascinating.
Meribel is being stalked. The stalker is nasty (aren't they all?).
There are multiple men from her past and present who are candidates for the stalker.
That's all I'm going to say about the plot.
I thought it was well-written. I liked the way the author filled in the characters' backstop.
I enjoyed this book. It kept me turning the pages. I give it 4-1/2 stars.

Meribel Mills moves her and her daughter across county after being stalked by a man she calls “Marker Man” as the letters depicting Meribel cut in pieces, are always drawn in fruity smelling markers. Soon after moving to another state, Meribel begins receiving Marker Man’s letters again and Meribel feels as though she is being watched. Could Marker Man be her ex-husband James, or could he be her ex-lover Cam following her after their breakup. Meribel is determined to find out and keep her and her autistic adopted daughter safe no matter what it takes. This book has many layers and keeps you guessing.

I honestly had trouble even getting into this one. The characters annoyed me. I think part of it is that I don't care for the psychological thrillers that are so popular right now. I did not finish this book. I see that the author has a lot of good reviews on other books and I may try one of those. I am not leaving a review elsewhere since I did not finish the book based on my own personal reasons. I do appreciate the opportunity and it is rare for me to not finish a book.

✨Book Review✨
With My Little Eye by Joshilyn Jackson
Pub Date 4/25/23
3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you @netgalley for my eARC copy of this read for my honest review

Aww I really wanted to love this one as I have enjoyed others by the author like Mother May I. The description of the book is what pulled me in.

I love me a good stalker read. But this one was just okay for me.

I felt like the story dragged on a bit. It was very descriptive in ways that didn’t really bring much to the plot and then the ending is just there. quickly done in a few pages. And then just ends like ‘oh that’s it’. I wanted more.

I do always enjoy the titles the author chooses as they are names of childhood games. So that is always fun to see. I enjoyed Honor the most out of this read. Her parts were the most entertaining.

I would still like to read more from Joshilyn this one just wasn’t a favorite.