Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book. This was a wonderful mystery! I will be looking for more books by this author. I enjoyed this one alot and will definitely recommend. Not my favorite style of writing but I enjoyed the characters and plot.

I really enjoyed this one butttt the ending was a bit disappointing. It was mostly buildup with a very quick conclusion. There were some red herrings and it was fun to see if I could tell who the stalker was, but the reveal was a let down, I did find myself thinking about the characters when not reading. Overall, a thoroughly enjoyable read.

This was definitely a 5 star read for me. I was so caught up in the action that I continued to turn the pages until way past bedtime. I enjoyed the characters and the descriptions of Honor’s neurodivergence.
I enjoyed the collision of the story lines toward the end and could not even think to look away. Five full stars!!!!

Joshilyn Jackson’s mysteries are always good so I was excited to read her newest, With My Little Eye.

Meribel Mills is an aging actress and a single mother. When threatening letters from a stalker escalate, she moves across the country with her daughter in the hope of escaping him. Named for his use of scented markers in his threatening letters, Marker Man is not giving up that easily.

Honor, the daughter, was a beautifully written character who is on the spectrum. The mother/daughter bond and the lengths a mother will go to protect were believable. Honor’s interaction with neighbors and friends added a heartwarming element to the story. An engaging read that kept me guessing the identity of the stalker. The final reveal came a little out of nowhere but the conclusion is exciting.

A little romance, a little mystery and a quick read. Thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for the opportunity to review this title before its release.

Thank you kindly to NetGalley and William-Morrow Books for the eARC!

I loved Jackson’s prose throughout this novel! Her writing style is always intriguing.

The prologue kicked things off in a super engaging way, but the early change over to the stalker’s POV threw me for a minute and then the pacing felt off from there on. Definitely an enjoyable read, but felt like it was missing something too…

𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑴𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑬𝒚𝒆 hits shelves April 25, 2023.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Thank you NetGalley and William Morrow.
Actress Meribel Mills achieved her fame as a teen actor - now at mid-life, her roles are becoming limited. Meribel leaves Los Angeles for her native Atlanta due to a stalker. A stalker who sends her disturbing letters using fruit scented markers. He broke into her home and the letters are becoming more disturbing - it was time to run. Who is Meribel's stalker? The neighbor? Her now ex-boyfriend? Her ex-husband? A stranger? 

I've been all over the place with this novel, from enjoying it to rolling my eyes. Meribel gave me heartburn due to her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Cam. She's being stalked yet develops these relationships with men whose backgrounds she has no knowledge of. She's attempting to escape a stalker yet takes an acting job. The reader is given little information/background on Maribel's stalker and why he chose her. Daughter Honor was absolutely delightful, probably the best character in the novel, with her side stories being some of the most entertaining. 
Overall, an enjoyable read if you can put aside some of the implausibility. Plenty of twists and turns - and several potential candidates for the stalker - kept it at a 3 star read for me.

There was a lot I liked about this book- both Meribel and her daughter were fleshed out and compelling characters. Stalking stories are fascinating- especially ones where the object of the obsession flees.

What turned this from a 5 star for me to a 3 star was inconsistent characterization with a villain character. The issue I had was when we head-hopped into their mind for the first time they were pathetic and normal. But the next time they were clearly evil and abnormal. It would make more sense if someone saw them doing the drawing, noticed the similarities to the ex, and thought it was pathetic. Coming directly from their head though, it made them later seem like an entirely different person who was only a villain because the author decided they should be one.

Meribel had to move across the country because of a stalker.

She thought she had lost him, but he kept sending letters to her old address and then left a basket on the doorstep of her new apartment.

How could he have found her? She was being so careful.

WITH MY LITTLE EYE definitely kept the stalker's identity a secret as I kept reading to try to find out what was going on.

I do have to say I was not anxious to get back to the book or really interested in the confusing story line, but I kept reading because I wanted to know who the stalker was.

The ending was very suspenseful but not enough to raise my rating.

Even the revelation of the stalker wasn't that riveting and came out of nowhere.

I actually was disappointed because I always enjoy Ms. Jackson's books. 2/5

This book was given to me by the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book. This was a wonderful mystery! I will be looking for more books by this author. The essence of motherhood, a mother that will stop at nothing to protect her kid.

I'm bummed, as I was looking forward to this one. Usually, her books are a win for me - but this one didn't connect. I struggled to get through this. Was it Mirabel, was it the pace, or something else? I can't put my finger on why I didn't love it, but this wasn't for me. However, I greatly appreciate the copy and the chance to read it!

**Received an ARC from Netgalley**

I finished this book a few days ago, and I've been putting off writing a review because it was so disappointing. I usually get sucked into Joshilyn Jackson's books and her complicated characters, but this was just so...not that.

I wasn't a fan of Meribel, and that pains me to say. I usually roll my eyes when people talk about unlikable characters, but I just couldn't make myself care about what was happening to her. I was not a fan of how it seemed every man in her life was in love with her because I didn't see what was so great about her. And if I had to read one more time about her "actor's superpower" I was going to scream. And she was so proud of it that she had even mentioned it in multiple interviews with the press????

I did finish this book as fast as I could just so I could be put out of my misery.

3.5 rounded up,

Actress Merribel Mills moved across the country leaving her life, friends and boyfriend behind to escape a stalker. But did she leave everything behind for nothing? She feels eyes on her in their new city and desperately wants to keep her daughter safe. Who can she trust? Mysterious characters will have you second guessing everyone and curious to know who is for the good and who is deceptive. Quick read, clean language, mystery and romance, no vivid sexual descriptions.

Honestly, this book srarted out really slow to me, to the point where I was trying to decide whether I wanted to keep reading it. Then, around 45% on my Kindle it all seemed to come together and started to get interesting. I still have to say it was not my favorite. There were several choices of bad guy here, and I did not guess the one that it turned out to be. Once we knew who it was, the end of the book came very quickly. Too quickly, really. I was surprised that the ending did not resolve some of the issues that had happened, not only with the main character but also with her daughter and her friends.

This was not my favorite Joshilyn Jackson novel. Honor kept me entertained but I grew tired of Mirabel quickly. I did want to find out who her stalker was but I really needed an epilogue or something more out of the ending. There were some twists along the way that kept it interesting and the momentum going. Overall it was an okay read and I can't pinpoint exactly what didn't work for me but it felt like it was lacking something.

Kindly received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Meribel Mills packs up and leaves LA to move to Atlanta to take on a new acting job. She's really leaving, with her daughter, to try and start o er away from a stalker who has been sending her notes written in marker. She dubbed him the "Marker Man" and hopes to be safe and away from the terror of his notes.
But she isn't and the notes continue and she feels his presence all the time.
The story is good in premise but gets s little lost in the side stories with her daughter and friends.
It had its chilling moments but also, some not so interesting and definitely not attention keeping passages.
Character development was on the mark but storyline a little tedious at times.

A good story line but confusing at times. Lots of mini stories in one book.

Would be nice if the chapters had the names of the character so we knew who the chapter narrator was.

Oh my goodness this book was creepy and insane, but in the absolute best way possible! I was hooked until the end!

Whew! This one was a page turner that kept me up until 2am!

The twists in this one came at me out of nowhere and I literally leaned back away from my book and said “what the hell just happened?!?”

I love that so many of Joshilyn Jackson’s books take place in the South, this one is all in Atlanta.

The characters in the book are interesting, Meribel’s daughter Honor is my favorite!

This was a great thriller!

Thank you to #netgalley for this ARC of #withmylittleeye

2.5 stars rounded to 3, and I feel that is VERY generous!

I was not a fan of With My Little Eye at all! Synopsis sounded very interesting and seemed like it had great potential. I do not see how Maribel thought she could just pack up and move cross country to take a job and it not be announced, and Marker Man miss that announcement? The story was all over the place, drug on (in some places) more than it needed to and left to many unanswered questions. The whole situation with Cooper was unnecessary fluff that was not needed and did not add to the story. I would have like to seen more explanation behind Marker Man. His chapters were quick and did nothing for his story line. The ending was ridiculous once Marker Man did finally manage to get Maribel. I feel like more explanation would have been nice to wrap everything up. Again, even the Cooper fluff left more questions. What happened with that situation? Did they find out what happened? What happened with Max? His girlfriend? Did Maribel and Cam finally get back together? Did she continue the job she came to Atlanta for?

Thanks to Netgally, William Morrow, and Joshilyn Jackson for this review in exchange for an honest review.

Look for With My Little Eye April 25, 2023

Meribel Mills is an actress receiving creepy letters from a man, also known as "The Marker Man", since he writes these letters with a fruit scented marker. She is scared for herself and her adopted autistic daughter, Honor. Meribel decides to move from California to Georgia in hopes to escape him, but once she's in Georgia the letters don't stop coming. She feels she is always being watched, who is this Marker man and what does he want?

I found the concept of WITH MY LITTLE EYE intriguing. It was a bit slow to start, but I felt compelled to still read as I needed to know who this stalker was. I can't imagine this happening to myself if I were a single mom. How scary!! Overall, I did enjoy this book but I would have loved an epilogue.

Many thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for my ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This review will be shared to my Instagram (@coffee.break.book.reviews) in the near future.