tallywinkle 's review for:

Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey

2.0

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Picked this up because it was on the Canada Reads long list. Are thrillers just not my thing? The pacing was all over the place. I felt like everyone's motives were just insane. Why was Holly so obsessed with becoming part of their family as a grown ass woman? I know she had a wild upbringing but you'd think she was like 14-16 not 22. The plot felt very predictable (or rather, I predicted most of the plot).

I didn't explicitly guess that her step sister was the one who followed them to Toronto, but I did guess it before the explicit reveal because of the cover. As soon as Emily was wearing a yellow jacket I was like, she's the villain. I found that so funny. I thought the cover design was just a vague reference to IT.

 

Also I know I wanted to read a Canadian book set in Canada by Canadian author but the use of specific locations was just so heavy handed. I know it's set in Vancouver/Toronto, you don't need to slap me in the face about it!