Almond is forced into the spotlight when she was just a perfectly filtered her mum has been documenting their family through social media since before she was born. I think this book did a really good job of looking into what that must be like - the nostalgic happiness of being able to rewatch good days from your past, easily accessible on YouTube, but then also having people watching and laughing at videos of your recently divorced parents arguing, right in front of you. In an age where content is (said to be) king, fear of missing out drives scrolling, and so many of our young people are targeted by the current crop of celebrity influencers, this novel offers the reader the opportunity to rethink their views on the lives being portrayed.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. As she struggles to find her footing again, the viral vileness of the internet and anonymity threatens to tear her apart once and for all. Almond’s relationship with her mother, Eve, is both compelling and complex, showcasing the intricate dynamics that can exist within an influencer family. If only she could see that she has a real-life, too, full of friends and family who love her, and that it could save her.Fortunately, Amara Sage seems like a very promising author, and I will definitely keep an eye on her new books in the future. I really liked how brutally honest this book was and the ‘…and they all lived happily ever after’ ending didn’t feel very… realistic 👀 That being said, I guess the author couldn’t make the ending too bleak because this is a YA novel after all. When the darkest side of the internet begins to haunt her, Almond feels like she’s going to lose everything .

million followers is all she knows and the longest conversation she has with her mum is about follower count and does this photo look okay for this campaign. There is a lot to really enjoy in this story and there is great energy to the writing, as well as some fine characterization' - Peter James, award-winning and no. This book is did just proved all my feelings around family influences and all the problems that comes with exploiting and putting your children in dangers situation for fame and money and I just hate the whole things and it just think it something that can't be anything be morally wrong.

Nobody really knows how this is affecting her as she has no one she can talk too until she goes finds what she needs in a therapy group. In real life, Almond is struggling through her parents' divorce, and anxiety and depression, which manifests in excoriation, or skin-picking. All she has to do is remember who she really is, who is there for her, and that she can always talk to her parents.