Watch Me
"Riveting, chilling, and page-turning. Be prepared to stay up all night." -- New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline For fans of dark and twisty psychological thrillers, Watch Me is a riveting novel of suspense about how far obsession can go. Kate Youngblood is disappearing. Muddling through her late 30s as a creative writing professor at Blackwood college, she’s dangerously close to never being noticed again. The follow-up novel to her successful debut tanked. Her husband left her for a woman ten years younger. She’s always been bright, beautiful, independent and a little wild, but now her glow is starting to vanish. She’s heading into an age where her eyes are less blue, her charm worn out, and soon no one will ever truly look at her, want to know her, again. Except one. Sam Grist is Kate’s most promising student. An unflinching writer with razor-sharp clarity who gravitates towards dark themes and twisted plots, his raw talent is something Kate wants to nurture into literary success. But he’s not there solely to be the best writer. He’s been watching her. Wanting her. Working his way to her for years. As Sam slowly makes his way into Kate’s life, they enter a deadly web of dangerous lies and forbidden desire. But how far will his fixation go? And how far will she allow it? A gripping novel exploring intense obsession and illicit attraction, Jody Gehrman introduces a world where what you desire most may be the most dangerous thing of all.
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This is a very interesting book. I wasn't sure which way it was going to turn really until the end. Would they end up in a relationship together? Would he get arrested? Would he kill her? –seriously, all these options and more went through my head, sometimes making me feel a bit ill.
I should probably start again by saying, in the beginning I found parallels between Sam's behavior and previous “alpha male” romance leads. Sam, being the stalker. Sam cares for Kate and wants what is best for her and even changes her life without her say-so. It really drives home for those other novels with pushy leads “What if she didn't like him?”. Therefore, I'll either have to forget about this book in order to highly rate those other books, or stay away from them.
Okay, enough about how I am processing romances, let me write a bit more about this book.
I wouldn't call the characters likeable, but I did enjoy reading about them. The switch in POV on alternating chapters from Sam (the stalker) to Kate (the stalked) are fascinating. Because they both have different agendas, they don't always understand how the other is thinking which can make the scene more enlightening, yet when they can guess what the other is feeling it is almost creepy to me. I do feel like Kate had a few moments where she wasn't perceptive, but knowing some people are actually like that is what made me believe it. Frances, Kate's boss though? I totally don't understand her and how she made her decisions.
That bit was a touch ridiculous to me.
The plot I feel is well done. While I did think the beginning was a tad slow, it was a great buildup for getting a feel for the characters and truly made me relax with them–thinking I knew who they might be, until...
I will say I don't think the thrill, or what got my heart racing, was from a chase, but from not knowing how Kate would react to things– not knowing if she would figure out what was going on between her and Sam.
I really liked reading this book, even though it gave me a slimy feeling and I might never be able to look at romances the same. No, this isn't a romance, but love is the theme here considering Sam loves Kate and is ready to make her love him back.
Definitely one I'll recommend to others. This is my first book by this author, so I just might look up what else they have written, as well.
