Just One Look

Just One Look

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  • Author:Lindsay Cameron
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Summary

A young woman's escalating obsession with a seemingly perfect man leads her down a dangerous path in this novel of suspense brimming with envy, desire, and deception。

Eyes aren't the windows to the soul。 Emails are。

Cassie Woodson is adrift。 After suffering an epic tumble down the corporate ladder, Cassie finds the only way she can pay her bills is to take a thankless temp job reviewing correspondence for a large-scale fraud suit。 The daily drudgery amplifies all that her life is lacking--love, friends, stability--and leaves her with too much time on her hands, which she spends fixating on the mistakes that brought her to this point。

While sorting through a relentless deluge of emails, something catches her eye: the tender (and totally private) exchanges between a partner at the firm, Forest Watts, and his enchanting wife, Annabelle。 Cassie knows she shouldn't read them。 But it's just one look。 And once that door opens, she finds she can't look away。

Every day, twenty floors below Forest's corner office, Cassie dissects their emails from her dingy workstation。 A few clicks of her mouse and she can see every adoring word they write to each other。 By peeking into their apparently perfect life, Cassie finds renewed purpose and happiness, reveling in their penchant for vintage wines, morning juice presses, and lavish dinner parties thrown in their stately Westchester home。 There are no secrets from her。 Or so she thinks。

Her admiration quickly escalates into all-out mimicry, because she wants this life more than anything。 Maybe if she plays make-believe long enough, it will become real for her。 But when Cassie orchestrates a "chance" meeting with Forest in the real world and sees something that throws the state of his marriage into question, the fantasy she's been carefully cultivating shatters。 Suddenly, she doesn't simply admire Annabelle--she wants to take her place。 And she's armed with the tools to make that happen。

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Reviews

CR

This one was weird。 I didn't really like the characters and the story was more stalker vs。 thriller, which just didn't work for me。 I think that if you enjoy books about stalking than this one might be for you。 But for me this one just didn't work out。 This one was weird。 I didn't really like the characters and the story was more stalker vs。 thriller, which just didn't work for me。 I think that if you enjoy books about stalking than this one might be for you。 But for me this one just didn't work out。 。。。more

wholly。yoly

Did not expect the ending ! I totally recommend!

Andrea Dinan

Cassie Woodson seems to be a sympathetic character。 She successfully completed law school, nabbed a partner track position and had been in a promising romantic relationship。 All of this is I。 The past when we meet Cassie as she is forced to swallow what pride she has left to take on a temp job in the basement of a big firm As the story unravels, we begin to learn what led to Cassies disgrace and whether she truly learned from the experience。 The focus in on her opportunity to read emails between Cassie Woodson seems to be a sympathetic character。 She successfully completed law school, nabbed a partner track position and had been in a promising romantic relationship。 All of this is I。 The past when we meet Cassie as she is forced to swallow what pride she has left to take on a temp job in the basement of a big firm As the story unravels, we begin to learn what led to Cassies disgrace and whether she truly learned from the experience。 The focus in on her opportunity to read emails between a law partner and his wife as she is performing mind numbing work in her legal temp job。 The more personal emails she reads, the more obsessed she seems to become。 Who, however, is this man that she is obsessed with?Much to my relief, I found Cassie to be a very sympathetic and interesting character。 Many novels feature an obsessed woman that is hard to root for much less remain interested for an entire book。 Cassie”s “why” to her behavior was a bit heavy handed but assisted with providing a full backstory I was fully engaged and excited to leave what would happen next。 There are two thrilling stories taking place throughout the novel and it’s unlikely you will guess the conclusion! Recommended ! 。。。more

Jamie Park

Yikes

Piku

3。5

Jodie (Geauxgetlit)

Well, this book shocked me。 I went into it blind and I’m thankful I did。 It reminded me of Fatal Attraction。 A woman becomes consumed and obsessed with a partner at the law firm she temps at。 Great twists! Solid thriller

The Library Ladies

(originally reviewed at thelibraryladies。com)Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this novel!Given that Caroline Kepnes is one of my favorite authors, anything that she recommends I am going to jump all over。 So when I saw that she had put a blurb on a book called “Just One Look” by Lindsay Cameron, I was definitely interested to see what it was about。 If the blurb piqued my interest, the description totally reeled me in: a woman who is overseeing emails for a large fraud iss (originally reviewed at thelibraryladies。com)Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this novel!Given that Caroline Kepnes is one of my favorite authors, anything that she recommends I am going to jump all over。 So when I saw that she had put a blurb on a book called “Just One Look” by Lindsay Cameron, I was definitely interested to see what it was about。 If the blurb piqued my interest, the description totally reeled me in: a woman who is overseeing emails for a large fraud issue stumbles upon personal emails between a married couple, and starts to obsess about them and covet their life。 Oh hell yeah, that sounds right up my alley! I figured I knew what I was in for。 But boy, I was wrong。 And in this instance that was a good thing。“Just One Look” is a slow burn of a creepy tale of obsessive love and wanting, as a woman who has lost everything starts to covet a life that is laid out in front of her in emails。 Cassie lost a very prestigious position at her previous firm, and her downfall was viral and well known enough that she has been reduced to humiliating drudgery。 We slowly get to see just what Cassie did, and we do this as we watch her start to obsess over Forest and Annabelle Watts thanks to private emails between them that have been caught in this email review。 As Cassie obsesses more and more and starts building up a narrative of their lives in her head, she starts to see herself there as well, and creeps ever closer to Forest as she pieces his life together。 But I can tell you that this plot isn’t what you think it is。 Cameron does a really good job of building up a lot of tension along with a very unreliable protagonist, so anything she says could be completely false, even if she doesn’t know it。 I thought that this story was going to be one thing, but it took many different directions that I didn’t expect, and I really, really enjoyed being surprised at a new moment or reveal。 It’s so unsettling watching Cassie seep more and more into Forest and Annabelle’s life, and Cameron yanks it so taut that it could easily snap。 Especially when she pulls the rug out from under you。But what I liked the most about this book was our protagonist, Cassie。 I went into the book with some preconceived notions about how it was going to go, and just what kind of person Cassie was going to be。 I mean, in my defense, since Kepnes was used as a blurb on the cover, I figured ‘okay, so it’s gonna be like ‘You’ but with a woman creepazoid’。 And hey, I was here for that, don’t get me wrong! But Cameron has other tricks up her sleeves, and Cassie is a very interesting protagonist with a lot of layers。 Some of those layers are incredibly sympathetic, and others are very, very disturbing。 In some ways, there are definitely similarities to Joe Goldberg, but Cassie has more of a broken feeling to her, and in some ways that makes her all the creepier。 But along with that, Cameron affords her some interesting exploration that female characters don’t often get。 While it’s true that the things that Cassie does in this book are super, super unethical and also absolutely stalker behavior, it was kind of nice to see the background as to why she is this way, without excusing any of her behavior or making it okay。 Cameron walks that fine line between romanticizing a dangerous obsessive, and making her a cartoonish caricature。I really enjoyed “Just One Look”。 It got under my skin, and surprised me in a lot of ways。 Don’t sleep on this one, thriller fans! And be careful about what you put in emails that others can potentially see。。 。。。more

Aaya Malass

Mystery 101。。。 very basic。easy read

Kelly Braun

This was just the crazy stalker book I needed in my life。 I loved it and it should be concerning why I love these types of novels so much。 But alas, I can’t seem to stop。

Rajiv

[Blog]::[Youtube]::[Twitter]::[Instagram]::[Pinterest]::[Bloglovin] “Just One Look” is a gripping mystery thriller that made me want to read just one more page。 Before I realized it, I have finished the book in one sitting。Cassie is creepy and scary with her stalkerish tendencies。 Yet, once you read of her background, you tend to emphasize her。 But, she is the story’s highlight because you don’t know how far she will go on her obsession with Forest。 I was engrossed and shocked at some of the [Blog]::[Youtube]::[Twitter]::[Instagram]::[Pinterest]::[Bloglovin] “Just One Look” is a gripping mystery thriller that made me want to read just one more page。 Before I realized it, I have finished the book in one sitting。Cassie is creepy and scary with her stalkerish tendencies。 Yet, once you read of her background, you tend to emphasize her。 But, she is the story’s highlight because you don’t know how far she will go on her obsession with Forest。 I was engrossed and shocked at some of the things she did, like going to see Annabelle in the gym or checking his calendar。 It was interesting to see the various emotions Cassie goes through。Moreover, the author also executes the story creatively, where we see the story progress through email conversations and news articles。 Furthermore, I enjoyed reading about Cassie’s background with her father and grandmother。 The author also writes the supporting characters like Ricky and Dalton nicely。 Ricky is one of those people who initially got on my nerves, but I liked him later。However, probably my only criticism of the tale is nothing much happens in the first half。 The story is still exciting, but I had hoped the story would be more thrilling。 The plot gets extremely exciting only in the second half, which focuses more on Dalton。 It would have been nice if the author added more shocking twists at the beginning of the tale。Nevertheless, “Just One Look” is a gripping suspense thriller。 If you are a fan of the TV series “You,” you will enjoy reading this book with the female stalker in the lead。 。。。more

Jo

What a wild ride。 I absolutely devoured this。 I was scared of Cassie but also felt sorry for her。 She was unhinged, and being inside her head while she made her decisions was as entertaining as it was unnerving。

MB KARAPCIK

Down-on-her-luck Cassie takes a temp job at a ritzy law firm because it appears she has nowhere left to turn after her own personal and career woes。 While reviewing emails for a big case at the firm, along with an assembly line of temps, she comes across private emails between a handsome, rich lawyer and his beautiful, cultured wife。 Cassie gets swept away by the emails that depict their enviable lives and their romantic love for each other。 If only she could have that life, things would be perf Down-on-her-luck Cassie takes a temp job at a ritzy law firm because it appears she has nowhere left to turn after her own personal and career woes。 While reviewing emails for a big case at the firm, along with an assembly line of temps, she comes across private emails between a handsome, rich lawyer and his beautiful, cultured wife。 Cassie gets swept away by the emails that depict their enviable lives and their romantic love for each other。 If only she could have that life, things would be perfect。 The emails entice her to start her own investigation into their lives beyond the emails。 This quickly turns into obsession where she's basically stalking them virtually and in person。 Will she get caught? Will she discover any insidious secrets while on the prowl?From the start, this thriller debut drew me in with its succinct yet highly descriptive writing。 You'll get the goods on the lifestyle Cassie covets。 You get a peek into the very unglamorous life of a legal temp。 You wonder what may really be going on in Cassie's mind。 The suspense builds and builds while Cassie gets dangerously close to her "targets"。 Every page encourages you to turn to the next one and so forth。 I found it exciting and a great read。My only issues were some storylines that were not resolved with Cassie and found the epilogue a little too far-fetched。 Despite this, I thought this was highly entertaining and perfect for those looking for a new suspense novel after exhausting all the other more famous writers in the genre。 This author will be one to watch。 I really enjoyed this book and was thankful to receive it。Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Ballantine Books for an advanced reading copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! It was a pleasure! 。。。more

Amrita

Well, to say Cassie is mentally unstable would be an understatement。 Sure, she had a difficult childhood, but her actions as an adult are psycho-style crazy。 Her over-the-top obsession with a partner at the temp job she is working doesn't take much time to turn into full-blown stalking。 It was an entertaining read, and the epilogue was brilliant!Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the arc。 Well, to say Cassie is mentally unstable would be an understatement。 Sure, she had a difficult childhood, but her actions as an adult are psycho-style crazy。 Her over-the-top obsession with a partner at the temp job she is working doesn't take much time to turn into full-blown stalking。 It was an entertaining read, and the epilogue was brilliant!Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the arc。 。。。more

Nicola Short

Are you wanting a creepy, cringe worthy read? Well, start reading Just One Look and believe me, be prepared for some interesting, suspenseful twists! To sum it up…。a psychological thriller is certainly what you get when reading Just One Look。 The main character, Cassie, is need of psychological help。 She is a bundle of chaos and craziness waiting to explode。 Not a favorite read for me but one that did keep me engaged。 The big twist at the end was eye opening。Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher Are you wanting a creepy, cringe worthy read? Well, start reading Just One Look and believe me, be prepared for some interesting, suspenseful twists! To sum it up…。a psychological thriller is certainly what you get when reading Just One Look。 The main character, Cassie, is need of psychological help。 She is a bundle of chaos and craziness waiting to explode。 Not a favorite read for me but one that did keep me engaged。 The big twist at the end was eye opening。Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read this book for my honest opinion。 All opinions expressed are my own。 。。。more

Nikki Schneider

Whoa- what a ride! I don't know how to review this one without spoiling the whole story。 General synopsis: girl starts job, girl reads law partners emails, girl creepily falls in love with and stalks said lawyer, bad things happen。 Lol- this is a shitty synopsis but it's basically as general as I can get without spoiling anything。This book keep me super engaged and weirdly I was rooting for Cassie even though her behavior made me cringe every other sentence。4。5/5 stars from me! Thank you to Net Whoa- what a ride! I don't know how to review this one without spoiling the whole story。 General synopsis: girl starts job, girl reads law partners emails, girl creepily falls in love with and stalks said lawyer, bad things happen。 Lol- this is a shitty synopsis but it's basically as general as I can get without spoiling anything。This book keep me super engaged and weirdly I was rooting for Cassie even though her behavior made me cringe every other sentence。4。5/5 stars from me! Thank you to Net Galley, Lindsey Cameron, and Penguin Random House for the opportunity to read this one in exchange for my honest opinion! 。。。more

Rebecca

Oooo, this one was fun。 As soon as you pop into Cassie's mind, you know you're in for a ride。 She's clearly suffering from declining mental health and begins to stalk her sort-of-coworker, Forest with nods to an 'incident' in her past。 As things unravel, you're sometimes cringing for Cassie, sometimes rooting for her (like Joe in You, almost)。 This is more fun than it is realistic, but I did feel that the author did a good job of making the setting happen。 I totally believed in this drab temp jo Oooo, this one was fun。 As soon as you pop into Cassie's mind, you know you're in for a ride。 She's clearly suffering from declining mental health and begins to stalk her sort-of-coworker, Forest with nods to an 'incident' in her past。 As things unravel, you're sometimes cringing for Cassie, sometimes rooting for her (like Joe in You, almost)。 This is more fun than it is realistic, but I did feel that the author did a good job of making the setting happen。 I totally believed in this drab temp job with the shitty boss, the flippant coworker, the menial work。 I do think you need to suspend some disbelief in this story, and that was what took me down a star in rating this。 I'm all for an unbelievable thriller, but some thrills seem to be for shock value and not because it makes sense。 The end of the book left me feeling kind of like, 'oh。。。 really?' Nosing around in Cassie's thoughts was wild ((view spoiler)[like when she shot herself with an epi pen just to feel what Forest would feel like during an attack, that was a fun one (hide spoiler)]) but I felt living through her experiences was almost interesting enough to justify the book。 The epilogue was fun, though, so bonus points there。 。。。more

B

This started out pretty creepy and I really enjoyed how Joe Goldberg Cassie was but then around the 60% mark it turned into something else entirely which made it go downhill for me。 It really ended up not making any sense and was kind of stupid so I definitely don’t recommend this if you were looking for a crazy stalker book but I do recommend if you need something quick and easy to read。

Kathy

*************3。5 stars**********

Erika Bucci | erikalaceyreads

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Elbrackeen Brackeen

I learned that I do not like stories narrated by。mentally ill protagonists who fall into the chaotic evil box。

Deanna Lewis Doerr

Wow!

Rebecca Brenner Graham

couldn’t put it down cover to cover。 read it in a day。 YOU/HIDDEN BODIES/YOU LOVE ME meets GIRL ON THE TRAIN。 brief synopsis: Cassie Woodson is a new temp at a law firm when she encounters an alluring lawyer Forest Watts & his wife by reading their email(s) as part of her job。 she becomes obsessed & stalks them。 twists & turns through the end。 I do not want to glorify stalking, & I think that the way this book portrays it is ultimately well done。 Cassie is both a sympathetic character and an unr couldn’t put it down cover to cover。 read it in a day。 YOU/HIDDEN BODIES/YOU LOVE ME meets GIRL ON THE TRAIN。 brief synopsis: Cassie Woodson is a new temp at a law firm when she encounters an alluring lawyer Forest Watts & his wife by reading their email(s) as part of her job。 she becomes obsessed & stalks them。 twists & turns through the end。 I do not want to glorify stalking, & I think that the way this book portrays it is ultimately well done。 Cassie is both a sympathetic character and an unreliable narrator。 her narration is extremely creepy at times。 But she’s ultimately sympathetic and a product of misfortunes in her past。 book implies subtly that if Cassie applied her obsessiveness & research skills toward a worthier cause — which she could do if her human needs for love and respect were fulfilled at an early age — she’d be a more productive member of society。 exceedingly well written, paced, & plotted。 if you’re up for a stalking thriller, JUST ONE LOOK is for you! 。。。more

Sara J。

Overall this wasn’t a bad read, honestly。 I find it fascinating reading from the POV of a stalker。However, This particular stalker Cassie is no Joe Goldberg。 I felt she lacked depth and wasn’t as intriguing or as intense as Joe from You。 Her background story could have been more interesting and the thriller aspect of this book wasn’t much of a thrill。 The plot twist didn’t quite deliver the impact the author may have tried to create in my opinion。 I gave it a 4 because the book did keep me inves Overall this wasn’t a bad read, honestly。 I find it fascinating reading from the POV of a stalker。However, This particular stalker Cassie is no Joe Goldberg。 I felt she lacked depth and wasn’t as intriguing or as intense as Joe from You。 Her background story could have been more interesting and the thriller aspect of this book wasn’t much of a thrill。 The plot twist didn’t quite deliver the impact the author may have tried to create in my opinion。 I gave it a 4 because the book did keep me invested for the majority of the story but the Main character and ending could have been better developed。 。。。more

Krista Burns

A next-level stalker story in the modern technology age, 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠 by Lindsay Cameron is an addictive story with a twisty ending。⁣⁣⠀⁣⁣⠀⁣⁣Well, I can tell you one thing - I am now super paranoid about what I write in my work emails! This book will make you think twice about what your employer monitors in your inbox。⁣⁣⠀⁣⁣⠀I've always liked stalker stories - I find the psychological aspect of the stalker to be fascinating。 In this story, Cassie takes her obsession to another level。 After being A next-level stalker story in the modern technology age, 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠 by Lindsay Cameron is an addictive story with a twisty ending。⁣⁣⠀⁣⁣⠀⁣⁣Well, I can tell you one thing - I am now super paranoid about what I write in my work emails! This book will make you think twice about what your employer monitors in your inbox。⁣⁣⠀⁣⁣⠀I've always liked stalker stories - I find the psychological aspect of the stalker to be fascinating。 In this story, Cassie takes her obsession to another level。 After being hired as a temp to sift through a law firm's emails for an upcoming trial, she accidentally uncovers personal emails between Forest Watts and his wife, Annabelle。 As she reads about their dinner dates and favorite wines, she becomes completely obsessed with the couple and even starts to fall in love with Forest。 Her personal mission is to get Forest to fall in love with her - to hell with Annabelle! ⁣⁣⠀⁣⁣⠀I enjoyed the actual emails sprinkled throughout the book。 Many of which provide a hint about Cassie's past and the reader will begin to see why Cassie is so troubled。 ⁣⁣⠀⁣⁣⠀The twist at the end is a good one。 I truly thought the story would end differently and did not expect it to unfold the way it did。 So sneaky! My only wish is that there were hints of the ending throughout the book。 It seemed like it came out of nowhere。 But it was still satisfying。⁣⁣⠀ 。。。more

Joann

Well now, this one takes "stalking" to a whole other level with some great twists thrown in for fun! I was not sure about this book at first, but I ended up really enjoying it - as much as I did not like how Cassie Woodson behaved, I understood it and at times empathized with her which surprised me! Cassie just wants to be in love。 Sometimes she takes risks to get there and becomes a little, shall we say, obsessed。 A very different read and very engaging especially after the first 1/4 of the boo Well now, this one takes "stalking" to a whole other level with some great twists thrown in for fun! I was not sure about this book at first, but I ended up really enjoying it - as much as I did not like how Cassie Woodson behaved, I understood it and at times empathized with her which surprised me! Cassie just wants to be in love。 Sometimes she takes risks to get there and becomes a little, shall we say, obsessed。 A very different read and very engaging especially after the first 1/4 of the book。 Thankful for the ARC! 。。。more

Pascale

I usually love a stalker mc but I got bored throughout the majority of this book + a lot of things were predictable。 Not a bad read, but also nothing special!

FS Meurinne

Cassie's story was intriguing, fast-paced, refreshing, and interesting。 A former attorney trying to pay her bills as a legal temp in a law firm。 Then something happens and she discovers some interesting things about Forester, a partner in the firm and things really get ongoing。 It was a refreshing read from my normal tropes and genres, it definitely had me entertained but I wished it was a bit more developed, sometimes I felt it was a bit rushed and others dragged。 Overall I recommend this thril Cassie's story was intriguing, fast-paced, refreshing, and interesting。 A former attorney trying to pay her bills as a legal temp in a law firm。 Then something happens and she discovers some interesting things about Forester, a partner in the firm and things really get ongoing。 It was a refreshing read from my normal tropes and genres, it definitely had me entertained but I wished it was a bit more developed, sometimes I felt it was a bit rushed and others dragged。 Overall I recommend this thriller。 If you like You by Caroline Kepness, then this is right up your alley。 Blog |BookBub | Amazon |Audible |Instagram |Twitter |Facebook |TikTok |YouTube |Pinterest |Tumblr |Bookstore 。。。more

M。 Reads Books and Fics

I like the stalker type books。 I have been a huge You fan for a long time。 I thought this would be along the same lines, but it was not as exciting。 I think the reason this book didn't work out for me was too much legal speak。 I was frustrated by this, it seemed like a way to talk about knowing the law and not trying to keep the story moving。 Perhaps it would work better for someone into law? I am not sure。 It just missed the mark for me with all the legal things, I found it hard to stay focused I like the stalker type books。 I have been a huge You fan for a long time。 I thought this would be along the same lines, but it was not as exciting。 I think the reason this book didn't work out for me was too much legal speak。 I was frustrated by this, it seemed like a way to talk about knowing the law and not trying to keep the story moving。 Perhaps it would work better for someone into law? I am not sure。 It just missed the mark for me with all the legal things, I found it hard to stay focused。 The writing was good, I did like that aspect。 Hopefully my next time trying this author goes better! 。。。more

Storm Pentz

Not a terrible readBut it appears the story in my own head excited me more。 Nice little twist at the end

Susan

This was a entertaining thriller - it definitely had some surprises at the end。 Cassie was a hard character to like or root for。 But the book is a good escape and an easy read。 Thanks to NetGalley for the digital ARC。