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Just One Look by Lindsay Cameron
3.0
After losing her career in law due to initially unexplained events, Cassie Woodson takes a job as a temp to pay the bills. Now her days are filled with mind numbing clicking through innumerable files. Things start getting interesting when Cassie stumbles upon a private exchange between a firm partner, Forest Watts, and his smitten wife, Annabelle. Even though first emails are rather innocuous, Cassie still finds herself drawn to the version of the power couple she’s created in her mind, even if it’s based off only a few isolated conversations.
Soon Cassie’s glimpse into the couple’s personal life due to a technical glitch snowballs, quickly morphing into full blown obsession. Before long, Cassie finds herself pouring over each message, analyzing each word, vicariously living through the scant transactions. When the emails cease, Cassie is convinced Forest and Annabelle’s marriage must have as well. Part of Cassie is mortified at the thought such a perfect couple could be broken, but the other part can’t help but want to jump in and pick up the proverbial pieces. But as Cassie’s wishes begin to come true, a dire turn of events threatens to jeopardize everything lending truth to the adage, look, but don’t touch.
Just One Look grabbed my interest in the beginning, the audiobook narration delivering the story nicely. There were a lot of question marks hanging over how Cassie lost her job, and her boyfriend. But as the mystery unfolded and more mysteries were added, the story started to get a bit lost. Should we be rooting for Cassie, the jilted lover who lost everything, or is she just crazy, given her infatuation with total strangers? As if this wasn’t enough to unpack, another layer was added when a co-worker disappears. The dots are all eventually connected, but by that point they lost me a bit, leaving me reluctant to give Just One Look a backward glance.
Soon Cassie’s glimpse into the couple’s personal life due to a technical glitch snowballs, quickly morphing into full blown obsession. Before long, Cassie finds herself pouring over each message, analyzing each word, vicariously living through the scant transactions. When the emails cease, Cassie is convinced Forest and Annabelle’s marriage must have as well. Part of Cassie is mortified at the thought such a perfect couple could be broken, but the other part can’t help but want to jump in and pick up the proverbial pieces. But as Cassie’s wishes begin to come true, a dire turn of events threatens to jeopardize everything lending truth to the adage, look, but don’t touch.
Just One Look grabbed my interest in the beginning, the audiobook narration delivering the story nicely. There were a lot of question marks hanging over how Cassie lost her job, and her boyfriend. But as the mystery unfolded and more mysteries were added, the story started to get a bit lost. Should we be rooting for Cassie, the jilted lover who lost everything, or is she just crazy, given her infatuation with total strangers? As if this wasn’t enough to unpack, another layer was added when a co-worker disappears. The dots are all eventually connected, but by that point they lost me a bit, leaving me reluctant to give Just One Look a backward glance.