All Eyes on Her by L.E. Flynn

This will be the first review of another two-fer.  I'm being terrible at getting these posted.  My allergies are a mess right now too.  

Also, this reviews refers to the Advanced Reading Copy edition, but the book is now on sale. 

I LOVED this book.  You know I am not a fan usually of the alternating viewpoints, but for this whodunnit, it's necessary for the reader (in essence part of the judge and jury via the media) to get all the information.

Imagine One of Us Is Lying, Cruel Intentions, and "The Lady or the Tiger?" mixed together.  

Tabby Cousins, 17, and her boyfriend Mark Forrester, 20, go hiking in the woods.  Mark doesn't make it out.  Tabby will, arriving home hours later after becoming disoriented.  She says Mark fell off an overlook.  His body will be found in the river below.  

So, did he fall?  Did he jump?  Or was he pushed?

The story is told through various viewpoints of Mark and Tabby's friends, family, and classmates.  The media has convicted Tabby, who is known to have a temper and was jealous of star-athlete Mark's new "friends" away at college.  You, the reader (again, as someone consuming media reports and social media posts) have to make the decision.

This is actually a fascinating lesson on digital media literacy.

I do not want to spoil too much, but I will say the ending left me pretty shook.  I could not put this down until I finished it.

Hopefully we can get the published book in an order soon!

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