Thank you to the publisher for allowing me to read this eARC.

This was a fun, thrilling read but there wasn't anything unique about it. I didn't particularly care for many characters and I felt like I've read a similar book before. It was interesting just not for me.

I have to start by saying that this in an intricate plot with a lot of characters and a lot of possible motives. Each person has their public and private persona, and this means that each person actually has dual motivations and behaviors. The danger builds just as the storm on the island does. There were some elements that I figured out, but there was an explosive revelation at the end that not only surprised me, but also reminded me that Karma has her own plans. Now for the characters: this doomed experiment couldn't have included more deserving people. What a bunch of shallow, narcissistic and waste-of-space people! Their whole existence was promoting their self-importance, and that is why the IRL experience was perfect for them! I loved the characters (and I did love that I hated most of them) and all of the little plot twists! There is a lot of action, a lot of backstabbing, a lot of decoding true nature, and suspense aplenty to keep you turning just one more page until you reach the end!

Are you as obsessed as I am with those trashy reality tv shows that are filled with beautiful people and juicy drama?
If you answered yes, then add this to your TBR pile!

10 influencers are cast on a reality tv show taking place on a remote island, with no access to the outside world. When the production crew doesn’t show up and one influencer ends up dead, the others wonder if it was it a drunken accident or something more sinister… As the bodies start to pile up, everyone has a motive, but who is the killer?

Secrets, lies, drama and murder…. I could not put it down!

Told from 3 different points of view, it was easy to follow and kept you guessing.

People to Follow is Olivia Worley’s debut novel and I’m excited to read more!

Setting: Caribbean private island
Rep: one of the Pov characters is Black

This had a solid premise but unfortunately the execution was lacking. It didn't ramp up the tension the way I needed it to and there were way too many characters. I think we start with ten, and it's only after about 5 deaths that I started to realize who was who. And by then the book was almost over.

This was such a page-turner for me and I will be recommending it to everyone! Definitely recommend - so much fun to read.

My first Agatha Christie book was And Then There Were None. People To Follow had the same mysterious vibes, except with young influencers, 10 of them to be precise. They will be forced to endure each other’s company with no phones and no connection to the outside world, all while being filmed for a new reality TV show, In Real Life. But things start to go wrong from day one. Each of these influencers hide at least one career breaking secret and soon one of them is found dead. The question is was it an accident or has the first little influencer been murdered.
Told in alternating chapters by four of the little Indians, strike that I mean influencers, Max, Elody, Logan, and Kira, we learn that it isn’t easy always worrying about your brand and your likes. Oh, and some of the people on the island are not exactly friends( what a surprise). When the production crew doesn’t show up, they have no choice but to try and figure out what is really going on, before there are no more influencers left.
This was a page turner and a mystery that kept me guessing, trying to figure out whodunnit and why. When I finished, I thought, beach read, but this actually doesn’t publish until Halloween so strike that thought.

Free eARC provided by NetGalley and the publisher for reviewing purposes!

3.5 stars rounded up.
This book was super entertaining- the premise is that a group of influencers are taken to a private island without their phones to film a reality series. When the crew doesn't show up, and the influencers start discovering their castmates' bodies, they figure out they're being cancelled- their darkest secrets revealed to the internet, and then being murdered!
I really enjoyed the first 70% of this book: we get varying points of view, it feels a little like And Then There Were None for a modern age, with a little Pretty Little Liars thrown in, but some of the drama feels a little teenager-y (although the influencers are so young this makes sense, it just feels a little incongruous with the murder plot). I didn't love the ending, but overall this is a fun time. If you liked the move Bodies Bodies Bodies, I bet you'd love this book.

Olivia’s debut novel is the kind of thriller we all love. Characters who jump off the pages and the suspense to keep you turning pages. I had a fantastic time trying to figure out if my suspicions were correct (they were not) in this modern day Agatha Christie-style book that gives all of the Influencer/Dance Moms vibes. It also didn’t hurt that so many issues were tackled (which I refrain from mentioning, because no one likes spoilers). Highly recommend to all my thriller lovers out there, especially those into YA thrillers.

This is a must read YA thriller! The writing and characters are on point. The "Then There Were None" with reality TV and influencers on an island is brilliant. This book is hard to put down. I needed to know what happened next!

Thank you NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.

This book was a lot of fun! I never knew who the “sponsor” was, and from chapter to chapter I kept changing my guess.

People To Follow is destined to be your next reading obsession. Utterly addictive, mix of a thriller with juicy reality TV vibes. This page turner is fire. Don’t gate keep this amazingly talented author, Olivia Worley, with this unforgettable debut.

At first the book is a bit slow to start but once you get into the understanding that there are multiple narrators and they all have a bias about what they're experiencing it turns into a wild ride. There was a couple times where I had to pause and check whose point of view I was under because I got confused or would pick it up in the middle of a chapter and have no idea who I was under. It was a good read all in all, there were so many twists and turns that kept me guessing and gasping as each thing happened. It was truly so hard to put it down. It did drag a bit for certain sections feeling more like a revamp of a pretty little liars style book but wow wow wow, I was absolutely not expecting all the twists and turns that were in it. Overall I'm giving it 4 stars!

A great read what shows the seedy underbelly of so-called influence and fame in today’s society. Highly recommended to all!

And Then There Were None meets 21st century social media. I really enjoyed this updated take on one of Agatha Christie’s most famous works!

You’ve got the secrets, you’ve got the motives, and you’ve got the person steadily taking them each down. I liked how the author was able to juggle the thriller side of the plot while also tactfully shining a light on the darker side of social media and the challenges of influencer fame.

The fast moving plot and multiple POVs kept the story interesting and engaging - I read it in one sitting. People to Follow is pure guilty pleasure and I loved every page.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press/Wednesday Books for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

It's a picture-perfect retreat built for influencers—three weeks away from the world, without phones or social media or follows or likes. But there's a catch: the ten influencers will be filmed 24/7 for a reality show.

And then there's another catch: Everyone has a secret to hide, and somebody is determined to expose all their secrets to the world...and when bodies start piling up, it's clear that the remaining influencers are at risk of far more than being cancelled.

I'm starting to think that I'll have to set a Goodreads shelf for #influencerlife or something—it is a such a specific/weird subgenre, but for the time being at least I'm completely here for it. (Is it weird that I'm even more here for it that authors keep writing #influencerlife books in which influencers get murdered? I don't want that in real life—if it needs to be said—but I'm never going to say no to more fiction with camp and murder and over-the-top-ness.) "People to Follow" has some heavy Agatha Christie vibes (and I'm here for that too), but set at a modern, sub-drenched retreat and, you know, with cameras everywhere. Plenty of red herrings to keep a reader busy.

There are ten influencers on the island, a few of whom serve as narrators throughout the book. I have some mixed feelings about that (all you have to do is scan the chapter headings to see who survives until at least late in the book, and I did have to keep checking the chapter headings to see whose POV I was in), but I also enjoy the sense of not being able to fully trust any of the narrators in addition to wondering, you know, whodunnit. Very enjoyable quick read (I blasted through this on a very long bus ride), and very much a read for fans of "Live Your Best Lie," "Killer Content," et cetera.

Thanks to the author and publisher for providing a review copy through NetGalley.

This one was really good. I was hooked the whole time. I tried to predict what happened and who did what, but it kept having twists and made me clueless. I enjoyed the premise and the ending was great! This a great and thrilling read and, would highly recommend everyone check it out!

A special thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press & Wednesday Books for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I thought that this was a great premise....10 social media influencers come to an island to live IRL (in real life). However, once they arrive, one by one, they begin to die. WHo is killing them and for what reason?

The author had me guessing and second guessing myself...it was a great mystery.

however, I felt that some of the story was not fully developed. I didn't know that they had murdered Jenna. I just knew that Jenna was in a bedroom...

Further, the 'influencers' didn't do anything that horrible (except for the Jenna murder, which we didn't know about till the end) to warrant a death sentence.

it was campy, an easy beach read, no serious thought needed to read this thriller.

Loved this one! So many twists and turns in the story line. Perfect for anyone who likes a good who do it type of thriller.

3.5⭐️

The premise sounded absolutely amazing with social influencers being a part of a murder-mystery situation but I didn't love this one. It was very fun and campy as well.

I really enjoyed the concept of this mystery novel, it had what I was looking for in this type of book. The characters were unique and well-done. I was invested in the mystery and enjoyed getting to read this overall. I loved the way Olivia Worley wrote this and am excited to read more from her.

"I’m in hell. Actual, biblical hell. It’s the only explanation I can scrounge up for why I’m here, trapped on an island with the three people who I specifically came here to get away from. The worst part is, it’s my own fault. I know the cast list was supposed to be secret, or whatever, but I should have done something, anything."