I have read and enjoy so many books by this offer. This one did not seem like her typical writing. I found the story to be far-fetched that times and a little ridiculous. Although I will keep reading like this author, this was not one of my favorites.

Going into this, I was not sure I would enjoy this storyline because I'm not a huge fan of reality TV elements, but I was so pleasantly surprised! This was a top notch locked-room thriller mixed with a high-stakes game... all set on "reality TV." The Best Friend. The Confidant. The Senator. The Boyfriend. The Executive. Five contestants come together to compete for 10 million dollars... but how were they chosen? And why? No one can be trusted in this game where someone is out for blood! I was enthralled. It gave me Goblet of Fire from Harry Potter vibes. It reminded me of psychological studies I read in college. Worth the read!

In a reality competition TV show, 5 people are invited to play for $10 million dollars. Each has their own reason for competing but all get more than they signed up for. I loved how the author wrote the competitions by taking them much farther than you would see on TV today. A story that will keep you guessing and wondering just how far the contestants will go.

Heather is one of my favorite authors! I always have to get her books as soon as they come out. I could not even finish this one. Maybe I need to go back to this one another time. I just could not relate to this one.

Thank you to HTP Books for letting me read EVERYONE IS WATCHING. This one is out now!

I really enjoyed this book! The characters were well developed and it really kept me on my toes. This is my second Gudenkauf book and it definitely won't be my last! I highly recommend this one!

Heather Gudenkauf is one of my absolute favorite authors. I am so excited when I see she has a new book out. This book seemed very different from her other novels. Five people are chosen to be on a reality show called One Lucky Winner in which the last person on the show wins ten million dollars. But America is waiting to vote people out. As the contests begin, they get more real and more dangerous, but you have to do them to stay in the game. All five contestants question why they were chosen to participate and they question if ten million dollars is worth what they are asked to do. But when it comes down to it, everyone has a reason they need that money. I raced through the book just waiting to figure out who was behind the game and why each contestant was chosen to be there. I recommend this engaging, fast paced book that will have you hanging on and turning pages until that end!

I absolutely loved this. I thought it was well written and to the point. It felt like I was actually watching the reality show as I read! Once the game got going, the story moved FAST. I read like 75% in one sitting. I couldn't put it down!

This book can only be described as ridiculous- which is fitting as that is the only way to really describe nearly all of reality TV, In that regard, that makes this book quite the success. I enjoyed it!

Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing | Park Row for my eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC of Everyone is Watching by Heather Gudenkauf.

When five people are brought together for a high stakes reality show to win ten million dollars, no one really knows what to expect. But it becomes clear soon that this isn't just an entertaining game show, and they could all be in real danger.

I mean, who wouldn't want to watch a reality show like this, if it weren't so ethically dubious. I did enjoy this, but I had a hard time keeping everyone straight. There may have been a bit TOO much going on, but otherwise this was a fun summer read.

I was hooked to this one so fast I got through 40% of the book in my first sitting. I love the reality/game show big brother and I’m sure that contributed to my immediate investment in this story!

Five contestants are invited to participate in a reality/game show for the opportunity to win 10 million dollars. We get multiple points of view throughout, as well as flashbacks. This being a thriller/suspense novel, you can imagine things aren’t as they seem, people aren’t who they seem, and things get pretty wild.

This story was fast paced and will keep you interested throughout its entirety. Was it realistic? Not even a little bit. The characters were all pretty unlikeable and not the brightest bulbs in the box. Both of these being things I usually I do not like in a book, but for some reason in this one it all just worked! I enjoyed the ending and the way things wrapped up. Also the audiobook narration was fantastic!

I found this to be far fetched and couldn’t really enjoy it at times. I didn’t find any of the characters to be interesting either. I was let down by this as I’ve loved other books by this author.

Twisty and provocative, definitely atmospheric. Not my favorite by this author, but still one I couldn’t put down.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me an advance reader copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.

Ever since the Weight of Silence, I have been a fan of Gudenkauf! Their latest had all the elements of a perfect thriller; a twist on a popular pop culture trend (reality TV), some despicable characters, the perfect mix of revenge & the right amount of intrigue to keep you turning the pages at a fevered pace! Recommending to most of my readers this year!!!!

Description
A mysterious high-stakes game proves life-threatening in this twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest

The Best Friend. The Confidant. The Senator. The Boyfriend. The Executive.

Five contestants have been chosen to compete for ten million dollars on the game show One Lucky Winner. The catch? None of them knows what (or who) to expect, and it will be live streamed all over the world. Completely secluded in an estate in Northern California, with strict instructions not to leave the property and zero contact with the outside world, the competitors start to feel a little too isolated.

When long-kept secrets begin to rise to the surface, the contestants realize this is no longer just a reality show—someone is out for blood. And the game can’t end until the world knows who the contestants really are…

Honestly, this was disappointing. I have loved Gudenkauf's books in the past, but this one just fell flat for me. I didn't feel like it was that suspenseful or thrilling, either. It was pretty clear all along who the culprit was, and while this had the potential to be a John Marrs level thriller, it just ultimately didn't go anywhere.

Everyone Is Watching by Heather Gudenkauf was a wild ride! I am one that doesn't regularly watch reality tv or game shows like Squid Game or Survivor, but this books storyline falls under that kind of category and I am here for it!

Five "random" people are chosen to compete on a gameshow called One Lucky Winner. This show will be livestreamed but the watcher will never know when the new episodes will air. They will get an alert that the show is going live. And the prize? A whopping ten million dollars! The catch is that none of the contestants knows what to expect, cell phones are not allowed, and they don't know who is really behind the scenes planning the various physical and mental challenges they will be put through. The viewers can vote at the end of each episode to see who should be sent home and the players are only known online by nicknames: The Best Friend. The Confidant. The Senator. The Boyfriend. The Executive. Along with Fern, the assistant who has been promoted to host of the show, the contestants are secluded to a beautiful estate and begin to undergo various challenges, are given clues and guides that might help them win, but might give up some personal secrets in the meantime.

Ten million dollars is a LOT of money, and would be hard to resist! As we meet each character, we get a glimpse into their lives and why they might want the money (and their backstories that reveal some secrets they want hidden). We also find out that some of the characters know each other from their past, and there is a specific reason all of them have been brought in to play this game.

This was a great thriller by Gudenkauf, but not as good (in my opinion) as The Overnight Guest was. I definitely recommend this one to fans of The Overnight Guest and of reality shows, competitions, backstabbing, secrets, twists, and revenge.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts.

Heather Gudenkauf is always a thriller must read, love her writing and stories. Highly recommend!! I don't like to say much on thriller reviews, going in blind is always best.

4 stars

Well, that was fun. This story is a fast-paced combination of thriller, reality TV, and well-scripted drama. I enjoyed the over-the-top situations, and I was particularly satisfied when a specific character met a fitting fate after spending much of his life sexually assaulting women. There were a couple of other loose ends I would have liked to see resolved a bit more neatly, but otherwise, it was a good (and fun!) one.

I always look forward to reading books by author Heather Gudenkauf. Everyone Is Watching, her newest book, was no exception. As I began to read Everyone Is Watching, I realized that this was a diversion from Heather Gudenkauf’s typical books. It portrayed her usual feelings of suspense and tension but between the setting, the characters and the premise that was established early on I knew that I was in for something very different. Everyone Is Watching was very clever and gripping at the same time. I had a hard time putting this one down.

Five random people received invitations to participate in a reality show called One Lucky Winner where the grand prize was to be ten million dollars. What if anything gave these five potential contenders the opportunity to compete for the unexpected but welcomed prize of ten million dollars? As each of the five contestants arrived at the magnificent estate, Bella Luce, in Northern California where the reality show was to be filmed, they were dubbed with the titles of The Best Friend, The Confident, The Senator, The Boyfriend and The Executive. Each contestant had their own personal reason for accepting the invitation to compete for the ten million dollars prize money. Through competitions and challenges, each winner collected “Super Clues”. There were also “ Game Changers” that the contestants gathered during each competition. Winning and securing the Super Clues and the Game Changers could tip the outcome of the competition in the direction of the contestant that accumulated the most. The object was to try and win as many competitions and challenges as possible. After each competition, a contestant was voted off by the audience that was following the reality show on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter or TikTok. As soon as a contestant was voted off, their deepest and darkest secrets were revealed to the millions that had chosen to follow the show. What secrets would be revealed? Would one contestant prevail over the others to win the ultimate prize of ten million dollars?

I really enjoyed reading Everyone Is Watching by Heather Gudenkauf. It was not what I expected but in a good way. I had not guessed the ending and was quite surprised by it. This was a clever concept that Heather Gudenkauf brought to fruition in a way that was believable and quite suspenseful. The pace was perfect and the characters were interesting and well developed. There were lots of secrets that all the contestants were harboring. I liked how the secrets were revealed as Heather Gudenkauf explored the contestants’ pasts in alternating chapters. I highly recommend Everyone Is Watching by Heather Gudenkauf if you enjoy suspenseful thrillers.

Thank you to Park Row for allowing me to read Everyone Is Watching by Heather Gudenkauf through Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased and honest review.

Not the typical Heather Gudenkauf book. It wasn’t set in Iowa, although it still had an Iowa connection. It seemed a little far fetched, but still entertaining. I did enjoy the game show competition. I felt the ending was abrupt though. It felt rushed to get the book done.

Goodness gracious. I love every single Heather Gudenkauf book I read, but Everyone Is Watching was something else! This has such a unique plot and storyline, and I couldn't get enough of all the action and the twists and turns as the story progresses. I loved that each chapter was titled by each contestant's label on the show (as well as The Assistant for Fern) and how Gudenkauf wove the past into the present storyline to give us an idea of how certain characters tied together and what they had done. I didn't find anyone very likable, and some of these people are downright D-I-R-T-Y. To me that made the games they had to play even more interesting, and I can't say I'm sorry for the things that happened to most of them.

Brittany Pressley rocked my world with her narration of the audiobook, and I loved her for every single viewpoint. She makes it feel as though each character is special even though she is but one person narrating many, and she is one of like two narrators I am ok with narrating an entire audiobook that has multiple POVs. Everyone Is Watching does deal with some sensitive subject matters so I would recommend checking triggers prior to going in, but overall, it is just straight up shocking and suspenseful. I think this would be really fun as a miniseries on TV, and I know I would watch it if it ever got optioned for anything onscreen. Gudenkauf is a crafty author, and if you love binge reads, originality, and watching unlikable characters go down in flames, Everyone Is Watching is the book for you!