Influence

Thank you to Net Galley and Delacorte Press for the ARC!

Influence is a book by mega author Sara Shepard and 16 year old real influencer, Lilia Buckingham. This book is similar to Shepard's other works in that it is told through multiple perspectives. There is Delilah an up and coming influencer that just moved to LA, Fiona Jacobs an influencer that suffers from OCD, Jasmine Walters-Diaz, a child star desperate to break free, and Scarlet Leigh, the influencer with the perfect life, that may not be so perfect behind the scenes.

The book follows Delilah as she befriends the other influencers, attends events, and quickly becomes embroiled in drama. Being that it is a Shepard book, of course someone ends up dead and we don't know whodunit. This was a quick read and the glimpse into the rigors of being an influencer was interesting. It is important for teens to see that social media fame isn't always as beautiful as it looks.

review courtesy of my thirteen year old daughter...

I thought Influence was an amazing book. It had lots of different twists and lots of things happened that I didn't expect. It was really interesting to see things from the influencer's point of view rather than the fan's as you don't see that from a social media page. I'm someone who uses Instagram a lot so this was really engaging to read because the characters see social media in a totally different way. There were quite a few major plot twists throughout the book which kept me wanting to read more. I really like how it was told from different points of view, it kept the storyline from becoming one main plot. The only thing I would improve is the ending, it felt a little rushed to get the big plot twist out. However, it was a very good book and I highly recommend it.