Rachel is a social influencer, who finds herself becoming less and less influential after she becomes pregnant. She reaches out to her followers to find someone to help her with the baby, and hires Abbie, a super-fan who puts Rachel on a pedestal and believes that her online personality is identical to her actual one. But neither Abbie, not Rachel, are what the other one expects.
I have mixed feelings about this book. I felt that the beginning was a bit slow, but it definitely picked up in the second half of the book and kept me reading to the end. I thought Rachel’s drive to be the “perfect” mother was interesting, even as she was obviously hiding something, but Abbie’s motivation was just strange. When you get down to it, I didn’t find that I was rooting for either of these two main characters, even as I wanted to know how it would all end.
Writing this for a Bookstagram post was also ironic given the major theme of this book. At least I have no grandiose illusions about my reach our influence.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. It has not influenced my opinion.