Genre ~ psychological thriller
Featuring ~ drugged, abduction, stalker, body shaming, starvation, torture, attempted rape, assault
POV ~ multiple 3rd person
Release date ~ August 30, 2022
Page count ~ 344
Audio length ~ 10 hours 54 minutes
My rating ~ 3⭐
My review:
Eli is a bestselling author who made the mistake of getting in the wrong car after her flight. I have never been in a ride share and don’t ever want to, but would you really accept a drink from the driver? odd.
We have the POV of Eli during her imprisonment, Leonard the captor, Joe her personal assistance as he gets the police involved to investigate Eli’s disappearance, and flashbacks of email correspondents.
There’s plenty of action to keep you engaged, but it was still somewhat slow going. There were definitely some difficult, squeamish parts. Overall, a fine psychological thriller.
I was able to listen to the final version as well, so I went back and forth reading and listening. Narrated by Vivienne Leheny for 10 hours and 54 minutes, easy to follow at 2.25-2.5x. She did a fine job.
*Thanks to Harlequin Trade Publishing, the author and NetGalley for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
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Book blurb:
On her way to a speaking engagement, bestselling novelist Eli Grey gets into a cab and accepts a drink from the driver, trusting that everything is fine. She wakes up chained in the stranger’s basement. With no close family or friends expecting her to check in, Eli knows she needs to save herself. She soon realizes that her abduction wasn’t random, and though she thinks she might recognize her captor, she can’t figure out what he wants. Her only clues are that he’s very familiar with her books and deeply invested in the fantastical world she creates. What follows is a test of wills as Eli pits herself against a man who believes she owes him everything—and is determined to take it from her.
Terrifying and timely, set against the backdrop of convention culture and the MeToo reckoning, Number One Fan unflinchingly examines the tension between creator and work, fandom and source material, and the rage of fans who feel they own fiction.
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I agree, this definitely sounds like some questionable choices put her in this position. Nice review, Heather.
Thanks, Carla 💞