I enjoyed this book but I didn't love it. I've read two other Jackson novels (Mother May I and Almost Sisters) and liked both of those much more. This one held my interest and I wanted to know what happened/ whodunnit. I thought the autistic character was very well-written and believable. And I always appreciate a book that's set in the south but doesn't lean in heavy on southern stereotypes.
There is a twist in book that I didn't see coming, doesn't have a lot to do with the main plot, and I'm not sure why it was necessary. It ties a bit character more into the story but overall just felt . . . reaching. The "whodunnit" as far as the stalker did surprise me, mostly because I expected it to be more hashed out. The ending just felt very rushed and I expected more out of it.

With My Little Eye starts out as a "woman in peril" thriller but strong characterization elevates the book above its genre. "I never thought I was famous enough to get murdered." B-level actress Meribel Mills has a stalker whose letters have become violent, with depictions of dismembered body parts to demonstrate his intentions. When she has a chance to move from LA to her home town of Atlanta to film a new TV series, she hopes she has escaped "Marker Man."

Meribel has enough on her plate without that threat. Her daughter Honor requires special care to manage her autism, and Meribel is uncomfortably aware that she is living in the same city as her ex-husband, with whom she has a complicated history. She is also dealing with hostility from her neighbor who thinks Meribel has designs on her ex-boyfriend, and Meribel's own ex back in LA is urging her to give him another shot. But when she gets a letter from Marker Man at her new apartment, she realizes she is still very much in danger.

I am not a fan of the "crazed lunatic stalker" plot, but Jackson keeps you guessing about the identity of the bad dude, serving up several red herrings. Meribel realizes the irony of working in a profession that requires her to use whatever means necessary to keep looking youthful, so she can play a woman who is "sex murdered," even as she is doing everything she can to avoid that fate in real life. When she is finally face to face with Marker Man, she realizes that, although real life is not like television, she might have learned a few tips of the trade that could save her life.

Meribel's 12 year old daughter Honor has her own character arc. Her unlikely friendships with a homeless girl and a rebellious teen lead her on an unexpected journey that requires her to be as heroic as the paladins in her online Dungeons and Dragons games. My favorite chapters are the ones told from Honor's point of view. Her description of the way she perceives the world and how it feels physically to be overstimulated to the point of meltdown are very evocative. I don't know if Jackson knows people with autism or if she did a lot of research, but Honor feels very authentic even if she's not an "own voices" character.

I've already devoted too much time in previous reviews to my disappointment about Joshilyn Jackson's transformation from southern women's fiction to suspense thrillers, so I'll shut up and accept what I cannot change. FWIW, I think this is stronger than the other two Jackson books I have read since she switched genres (Never Have I Ever, and Mother May I).

ARC received from Net Galley in exchange for objective review.

Marker Man was a little too "Erika Ford" (Brooke Shields in Friends) for me......

Parts of this read like a soap opera, and then other parts read like a Law and Order: SVU episode that I've seen 200 times.

To quote Pete Campbell, "Not great, Bob!"

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review this book.

The twists and turns in this one! Kept me on turning the pages and on the edge of my seat. Highly recommend. Joshilyn Jackson is a new fav.

Actress Mirabel leaves Hollywood to start in a new town with her daughter, and to escape her stalker whose notes are escalating. In her new town, she can feel eyes watching her. Is it her stalker?

Another great, unputdownable entertainer from Joshilyn Jackson! She sure knows how to draw a reader in from the first to last page. I loved the teenagers in the story and their plot line. I enjoyed how there were several contenders for “bad guy”, but we don’t know until the end who is for real and who has bad intentions.

“I wasn’t good at patience, but my whole life was now reduced to waiting. He was the watcher. He had the power. The watcher always had the power.”

With My Little Eye comes out 4/25.

This was a quick read for me. I found it suspenseful and I kept trying to figure out who the stalker was. I liked the main character and her interactions with her daughter, who is on the autism spectrum. I did find the ending surprising and slightly disappointing due to several unanswered questions.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book. This was a wonderful mystery! I will be looking for more books by this author. I enjoyed this one alot and will definitely recommend. Not my favorite style of writing but I enjoyed the characters and plot.

I really enjoyed this one butttt the ending was a bit disappointing. It was mostly buildup with a very quick conclusion. There were some red herrings and it was fun to see if I could tell who the stalker was, but the reveal was a let down, I did find myself thinking about the characters when not reading. Overall, a thoroughly enjoyable read.

This was definitely a 5 star read for me. I was so caught up in the action that I continued to turn the pages until way past bedtime. I enjoyed the characters and the descriptions of Honor’s neurodivergence.
I enjoyed the collision of the story lines toward the end and could not even think to look away. Five full stars!!!!

Joshilyn Jackson’s mysteries are always good so I was excited to read her newest, With My Little Eye.

Meribel Mills is an aging actress and a single mother. When threatening letters from a stalker escalate, she moves across the country with her daughter in the hope of escaping him. Named for his use of scented markers in his threatening letters, Marker Man is not giving up that easily.

Honor, the daughter, was a beautifully written character who is on the spectrum. The mother/daughter bond and the lengths a mother will go to protect were believable. Honor’s interaction with neighbors and friends added a heartwarming element to the story. An engaging read that kept me guessing the identity of the stalker. The final reveal came a little out of nowhere but the conclusion is exciting.

A little romance, a little mystery and a quick read. Thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for the opportunity to review this title before its release.

Thank you kindly to NetGalley and William-Morrow Books for the eARC!

I loved Jackson’s prose throughout this novel! Her writing style is always intriguing.

The prologue kicked things off in a super engaging way, but the early change over to the stalker’s POV threw me for a minute and then the pacing felt off from there on. Definitely an enjoyable read, but felt like it was missing something too…

𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑴𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑬𝒚𝒆 hits shelves April 25, 2023.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Thank you NetGalley and William Morrow.
Actress Meribel Mills achieved her fame as a teen actor - now at mid-life, her roles are becoming limited. Meribel leaves Los Angeles for her native Atlanta due to a stalker. A stalker who sends her disturbing letters using fruit scented markers. He broke into her home and the letters are becoming more disturbing - it was time to run. Who is Meribel's stalker? The neighbor? Her now ex-boyfriend? Her ex-husband? A stranger? 

I've been all over the place with this novel, from enjoying it to rolling my eyes. Meribel gave me heartburn due to her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Cam. She's being stalked yet develops these relationships with men whose backgrounds she has no knowledge of. She's attempting to escape a stalker yet takes an acting job. The reader is given little information/background on Maribel's stalker and why he chose her. Daughter Honor was absolutely delightful, probably the best character in the novel, with her side stories being some of the most entertaining. 
Overall, an enjoyable read if you can put aside some of the implausibility. Plenty of twists and turns - and several potential candidates for the stalker - kept it at a 3 star read for me.

There was a lot I liked about this book- both Meribel and her daughter were fleshed out and compelling characters. Stalking stories are fascinating- especially ones where the object of the obsession flees.

What turned this from a 5 star for me to a 3 star was inconsistent characterization with a villain character. The issue I had was when we head-hopped into their mind for the first time they were pathetic and normal. But the next time they were clearly evil and abnormal. It would make more sense if someone saw them doing the drawing, noticed the similarities to the ex, and thought it was pathetic. Coming directly from their head though, it made them later seem like an entirely different person who was only a villain because the author decided they should be one.

Meribel had to move across the country because of a stalker.

She thought she had lost him, but he kept sending letters to her old address and then left a basket on the doorstep of her new apartment.

How could he have found her? She was being so careful.

WITH MY LITTLE EYE definitely kept the stalker's identity a secret as I kept reading to try to find out what was going on.

I do have to say I was not anxious to get back to the book or really interested in the confusing story line, but I kept reading because I wanted to know who the stalker was.

The ending was very suspenseful but not enough to raise my rating.

Even the revelation of the stalker wasn't that riveting and came out of nowhere.

I actually was disappointed because I always enjoy Ms. Jackson's books. 2/5

This book was given to me by the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book. This was a wonderful mystery! I will be looking for more books by this author. The essence of motherhood, a mother that will stop at nothing to protect her kid.

I'm bummed, as I was looking forward to this one. Usually, her books are a win for me - but this one didn't connect. I struggled to get through this. Was it Mirabel, was it the pace, or something else? I can't put my finger on why I didn't love it, but this wasn't for me. However, I greatly appreciate the copy and the chance to read it!

**Received an ARC from Netgalley**

I finished this book a few days ago, and I've been putting off writing a review because it was so disappointing. I usually get sucked into Joshilyn Jackson's books and her complicated characters, but this was just so...not that.

I wasn't a fan of Meribel, and that pains me to say. I usually roll my eyes when people talk about unlikable characters, but I just couldn't make myself care about what was happening to her. I was not a fan of how it seemed every man in her life was in love with her because I didn't see what was so great about her. And if I had to read one more time about her "actor's superpower" I was going to scream. And she was so proud of it that she had even mentioned it in multiple interviews with the press????

I did finish this book as fast as I could just so I could be put out of my misery.

3.5 rounded up,

Actress Merribel Mills moved across the country leaving her life, friends and boyfriend behind to escape a stalker. But did she leave everything behind for nothing? She feels eyes on her in their new city and desperately wants to keep her daughter safe. Who can she trust? Mysterious characters will have you second guessing everyone and curious to know who is for the good and who is deceptive. Quick read, clean language, mystery and romance, no vivid sexual descriptions.

Honestly, this book srarted out really slow to me, to the point where I was trying to decide whether I wanted to keep reading it. Then, around 45% on my Kindle it all seemed to come together and started to get interesting. I still have to say it was not my favorite. There were several choices of bad guy here, and I did not guess the one that it turned out to be. Once we knew who it was, the end of the book came very quickly. Too quickly, really. I was surprised that the ending did not resolve some of the issues that had happened, not only with the main character but also with her daughter and her friends.

This was not my favorite Joshilyn Jackson novel. Honor kept me entertained but I grew tired of Mirabel quickly. I did want to find out who her stalker was but I really needed an epilogue or something more out of the ending. There were some twists along the way that kept it interesting and the momentum going. Overall it was an okay read and I can't pinpoint exactly what didn't work for me but it felt like it was lacking something.

Kindly received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.