All Eyes on Us Hardcover – June 4, 2019

These Kit Frick thrillers just keep getting better and better. It's so rare for authors to truly nail dual POV with two female protagonists, but both Rosalie and Amanda's voices drip off the page, the wholly compelling narrative of how their one commonality -- boyfriend Carter -- turns into a stalking case that intertwines their lives more and more. Both narrators are fully complex, compelling, breathing characters, Frick inviting us into each of their different searches for happiness and identity and watch as these futures are slowly unraveled within the thriller plot. Twists around every corner, a mystery that I ultimately didn't see coming, and an extremely poignant look at both feminist and LGBTQ+ struggles and triumphs. And then, of course, Frick's prose is gorgeous as always. Highly recommend!!

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve read, from cover to cover, a good thriller mystery. I don’t know if I haven’t had any luck with choosing a good one but All Eyes on Us blew me away. I honestly don’t read a lot of this genre, mainly because I’m always super gullible and my imagination runs wild. i tend to avoid the stories that stick in your brain and make their way into your subconscious. (Side note: I had to sleep with the lights on and my covers on top of the bed, with nothing hanging over, after sampling IT when I was in high school.)All Eyes on Us takes high school drama to a whole nother level. Amanda Kelly and Rosalie Bell have literally one thing in common: Carter. Their boyfriend.That’s right! He is dating both of them and they know about each other! It’s the weirdest set up of events but as the story unravels, you start to realize: nothing else would have made sense.The events that happen in All Eyes on Us are not totally implausible. I don’t want you to think, dear reader, that just because the drama is top notch and the events seem as though they happen on Earth 616, they don’t. These events are totally possible and have actually happened. Maybe not these ages, maybe not these people, maybe not this ethnicity. Whatever else you want to put as a difference, fine. But things like this have happened.Especially in small southern towns. (Side note!: I used to live in Florida and had friends that had lived in other southern states. They had always told me about things that happened in their towns with the pastor’s son and the chorus (male) student or when the affluent family would disappear out of nowhere.Amanda, the “poor little rich girl”, was having some major family problems. I really empathized with her situation: this almost overwhelming pressure to be perfect whenever you were around other people and having to hide your family’s secrets from your best friend. It’s a lot for anyone. The fact that she wouldn’t and didn’t turn to that other path everyone considers demonstrates just how strong she was.Rosalie, the “girl from the wrong side of the tracks”, was busy trying to survive an almost impossibly horrible situation. I feared for Rosalie more than anything. And the worst part is that her side of the story was the most truthful. We have all heard the horror stories about conversion “therapy” and the long-lasting effect it has on lgbtqia+ youth. She is a survivor.The characters, besides Amanda and Rosalie, were shown as self-absorbed with very little to worry about and no external indicators that they did worry about anything. Amanda was the only one that had a group of friends or people she would hang out with. Rosalie didn’t really have friends. Amanda’s friends did try to help her but it was like they weren’t taking her seriously enough.Obviously none of the characters were perfect, but that doesn’t mean anything. The characters drove this story and were all almost redeemable, which is the best part about character driven stories.The mystery wound itself around and around until I was suspecting even myself. It gripped you and would not let you go. The emotions described were captivating and made you feel as though you were right there alongside Amanda and Rosalie as they were confronting Private.I loved this book.

This is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. I stumbled across it, and curiosity took over. It has touched me in an unexpected and unexplainable way, one which I can’t describe. I was nervous and afraid as I continued. My emotions are just raw.We are more alike than we acknowledge, and this book proves it.I LOVE this story, and all that I’ve learned.Thank you Kit Frick.

I'll be honest - I almost stopped reading this.It takes a long time for this to become anything resembling a suspense thriller. It starts out teen angst...soooooo much angst.I liked our lesbian character. I didn't like the straight girl so much, though she eventually had some redeeming qualities.Finally (finally!!!) we got into the thriller territory and I was curious enough to read on.I was quite surprised by the 'who' reveal. I didn't see it coming and was very pleased.So, all in all, an uneven book but it had enough to get me to the end.

All Eyes On Us was an interesting read - while it took a while to get into it, I couldn't put it down by the end!

Quick delivery and perfect condition. Really interesting read

not only has it imatated another authers book cover (karen McManus, auther of on of us is lying) but it claims to be a ya thriller when in reality it is nothing of the sort. not worth my money