Watching You Shannon Greenland
Published by: Entangled Publishing
Publication date: July 2nd 2018
Genres: Thriller, Young Adult
Viola’s always been that girl from thatfamily, so a scholarship to a prestigious private school in Florida was supposed to be her ticket out of poverty and into a brand-new life. But Viola’s secrets have followed her. Her relationship with the intelligent and gorgeous Riel should have been the salvation she needed—he understands her troubled past better than anyone. But then weird things start to happen.
Frightening messages.
Missing personal items.
The unsettling feeling that she’s being watched.
Viola’s never been one to give her trust easily, but she’ll need to trust in Riel if she’s going to survive her stalker. Because she’s not fighting for a new life anymore—she’s fighting to stay alive.
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This is my second Shannon
Greenland/SE Green book and I think I pretty much agree with what I wrote in
the review of Ultimate Sacrifice. I like this author’s stories. The plot and
storyline is fantastic! I feel like I get pulled into the story. Plus, the
story is great and different. However, for me, it’s missing finer details. I
didn’t really feel a connection to Viola. I think there was so much that could
have been done with her and it was skipped over. There were times that it felt
like she was in fact her high school age, other times she seemed older, and
even then, still there were times she seemed younger than her 18 years. It just
didn’t feel consistent. Luckily, I used to be a teenage girl and I know my
maturity level may bounce around a bit. I also don’t feel like this exactly
takes on the suspense genre. It’s a stretch and I honestly wish it had more
suspense in it. I definitely got the young adult romance out of this but, I
wish there was some more suspense added in.
So after all that how did I
rate Watching You 4 stars? Honestly, I still enjoyed the story. Sure, there
were some things that bugged me, some things that didn’t seem to mesh together
but the story itself was good. Ms. Greenland really captures what it’s like to
be a young teenager falling in love/lust or however you want to classify those
teenage feelings. I wish so much that the stalker storyline was more than an
addition to a storyline. That is what kept me reading. I had to know who was
watching whom. So in that respect, Ms. Greenland created a story that I couldn’t
stop reading.
I received an ARC of this book with the hope that I would leave an Unbiased Opinion. I was not required to leave a review, positive or otherwise, and my opinions are just that... my opinions.
Author Bio:
Shannon Greenland is the award winning author of several novels including the teen spy series, THE SPECIALISTS, and the YA romances, THE SUMMER MY LIFE BEGAN and SHADOW OF A GIRL. She also writes thrillers under S. E. Green and lives off the coast of Florida with her very grouchy dog.
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