{"id":31715,"date":"2025-02-19T11:09:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T15:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=31715"},"modified":"2025-02-19T11:09:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T15:09:48","slug":"review-we-are-watching-by-alison-gaylin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/19\/review-we-are-watching-by-alison-gaylin\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \ud83d\udd0d We Are Watching by Alison Gaylin"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-31715\" data-postid=\"31715\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-31715 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_66ev692 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_zrd5692 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_d42x692 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"967\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/we-are-watching-alison-gaylin.jpg?resize=640%2C967&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-31716\" title=\"we-are-watching-alison-gaylin\" alt=\"we-are-watching-alison-gaylin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/we-are-watching-alison-gaylin.jpg?w=993&amp;ssl=1 993w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/we-are-watching-alison-gaylin.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/we-are-watching-alison-gaylin.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/we-are-watching-alison-gaylin.jpg?resize=768%2C1160&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/we-are-watching-alison-gaylin.jpg?resize=400%2C604&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_7f4l692 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>Sometimes the world\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">is<\/span>\u00a0out to get you.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Meg Russo was behind the wheel when it happened. She and her husband Justin were driving their daughter Lily to Ithaca College, the family celebrating the eighteen-year-old music prodigy\u2019s future. Then a car swerved up beside them, the young men inside it behaving bizarrely\u2014and Meg lost control of her own vehicle. The family road trip turned into a tragedy. Justin didn\u2019t survive the accident.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Four months later, Meg works to distract herself from her grief and guilt, reopening her small local bookstore. But soon after she returns to work, bizarre messages and visitors begin to arrive, with strangers threatening Meg and Lily in increasingly terrifying ways. They are obsessed with a young adult novel titled\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">The Prophesy<\/span>, which was published thirty years earlier. An online group of believers are convinced that it heralds the apocalypse, and social media posts link the book\u2014and Meg\u2019s reclusive musician father\u2014to Satanism. These conspiracy theorists vow to seek revenge on<span class=\"a-text-italic\">\u00a0The Prophesy<\/span>\u2019s author&#8230;Meg.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">As the threats turn violent, Meg begins to suspect that Justin\u2019s death may not have been an accident. To find answers and save her daughter, her father, and herself, Meg must get to the root of these dangerous lies\u2014and find a way to face the believers head-on \u2026 before it\u2019s too late.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_vcoz692 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_fxdk692  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16467 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts-1.jpg?resize=146%2C44&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jan 28, 2025<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> William Morrow<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $14.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What should be a joyous day turns tragic. <strong>Meg<\/strong> and Justin Russo are bringing their daughter <strong>Lily<\/strong> to college when a car accident kills Justin. Meg blames the car full of young men who had been harassing them on the road and both she and Lily are having a rough time adjusting to life without Justin. They&#8217;re both trying to move on with their lives, but the harassment continues as conspiracy theorists torment Meg and her father, claiming that songs Nathan recorded as a musician and a fantasy novel that Meg wrote as a teen are the works of the devil. Now, Meg must find a way to protect her and her daughter before it&#8217;s too late.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;ve read one short story by this author, but this is the first of her full-length novels that I&#8217;ve read. The premise of online bullying by conspiracy theorists is intriguing. I like the character of Lily and grew to like her mother Meg more and more as the book progressed, The story is told in the third person, alternation between Meg and Lily&#8217;s points-of-view which helped the reader to get to know both characters. The story gets very tense as the harassment escalates, and Meg and Lily don&#8217;t know who they can trust.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I would have enjoyed this book more if the cult and accusations of Satanism hadn&#8217;t become so over-the-top. It made what was a relevant topic hard to relate to. The story is suspenseful but is more violent than I had anticipated. I enjoyed how Meg and Lily were able to put their differences aside when it counted, but the book had more elements of a horror novel than I expected or cared for.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_9ehg692 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3CLQfCb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3QrgL6W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/we-are-watching-alison-gaylin\/1144188045?ean=9780063000971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/we-are-watching-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Alison_Gaylin_We_Are_Watching?id=wiEIEQAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the world\u00a0is\u00a0out to get you.Meg Russo was behind the wheel when it happened. 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She and her husband Justin were driving their daughter Lily to Ithaca College, the family celebrating the eighteen-year-old music prodigy\u2019s future. Then a car swerved up beside them, the young men inside it behaving bizarrely\u2014and Meg lost control of her own vehicle. The family road trip turned into a tragedy. Justin didn\u2019t survive the accident.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Four months later, Meg works to distract herself from her grief and guilt, reopening her small local bookstore. But soon after she returns to work, bizarre messages and visitors begin to arrive, with strangers threatening Meg and Lily in increasingly terrifying ways. They are obsessed with a young adult novel titled\u00a0The Prophesy, which was published thirty years earlier. An online group of believers are convinced that it heralds the apocalypse, and social media posts link the book\u2014and Meg\u2019s reclusive musician father\u2014to Satanism. These conspiracy theorists vow to seek revenge on\u00a0The Prophesy\u2019s author...Meg.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the threats turn violent, Meg begins to suspect that Justin\u2019s death may not have been an accident. To find answers and save her daughter, her father, and herself, Meg must get to the root of these dangerous lies\u2014and find a way to face the believers head-on \u2026 before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jan 28, 2025<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> William Morrow<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $14.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What should be a joyous day turns tragic. <strong>Meg<\/strong> and Justin Russo are bringing their daughter <strong>Lily<\/strong> to college when a car accident kills Justin. Meg blames the car full of young men who had been harassing them on the road and both she and Lily are having a rough time adjusting to life without Justin. They're both trying to move on with their lives, but the harassment continues as conspiracy theorists torment Meg and her father, claiming that songs Nathan recorded as a musician and a fantasy novel that Meg wrote as a teen are the works of the devil. Now, Meg must find a way to protect her and her daughter before it's too late.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I've read one short story by this author, but this is the first of her full-length novels that I've read. The premise of online bullying by conspiracy theorists is intriguing. I like the character of Lily and grew to like her mother Meg more and more as the book progressed, The story is told in the third person, alternation between Meg and Lily's points-of-view which helped the reader to get to know both characters. The story gets very tense as the harassment escalates, and Meg and Lily don't know who they can trust.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I would have enjoyed this book more if the cult and accusations of Satanism hadn't become so over-the-top. It made what was a relevant topic hard to relate to. The story is suspenseful but is more violent than I had anticipated. I enjoyed how Meg and Lily were able to put their differences aside when it counted, but the book had more elements of a horror novel than I expected or cared for.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3CLQfCb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3QrgL6W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/we-are-watching-alison-gaylin\/1144188045?ean=9780063000971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/we-are-watching-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Alison_Gaylin_We_Are_Watching?id=wiEIEQAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31715"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31720,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31715\/revisions\/31720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}