Six influencers head to a secluded resort to post content and drum up business, but when they find themselves stranded with limited food and no Wi-Fi, they realize they can’t post content, there’s a killer on the loose, and their days are limited in Tanya Grant’s debut thriller, MADE YOU LOOK. Photographer Lucy is coming off a breakup and accompanies her good friend and Queen influencer, Sydney Kent, to a new resort to shoot some content. Rounding out the crew is fellow influencer Caitlyn, stylist Nash, Sydney’s boyfriend Jeff, and talent manager Brent. As the weekend gets underway, the group's dynamic weaves and flows with jealousies, manipulations, secrets, and influencer problems. They encounter obstacles in posting content when the Wi-Fi goes down, and a miscommunication leaves them with little food. When one dies unexpectedly, the others realize their situation is dire and send Brent for help. Who will survive, and who will succumb to the brutal temperatures or the cold heart of a killer? MADE YOU LOOK has a gorgeous cover and a thrilling premise. However, the story goes in a strange direction and tends to be an influencer drama piece instead of a suspenseful thriller. The tension is lacking, and the twenty-something characters muddle through their resort stay with the deaths occurring nonchalantly. There are multiple POVs in the story, but the characters are very similar without much distinction. Although this debut was a little disjointed, the author’s voice and dialogue are good and the ending ramped up the chill factor as the killer and motive are identified. There are good elements in this story, and a lot of potential for a future novel by this author.
A Catskills retreat turns deadly for a group of influencers when a snowstorm cuts them off from their greatest resource—their followers—just as a killer strikes in this irresistible debut thriller.Sydney Kent is the ultimate It Girl. You want her effortless style, her charisma, her hair. You want to be her; you want to be with her.But the trouble with a star is that everyone else looks dull in comparison.Despite Caitlyn’s social media cunning, it’s impossible for her to step out from Sydney’s shadow. Even Lucy, Sydney’s best friend since before her fame, can’t escape her role as full-time photographer to the influencer.When the women are invited to post content for a secluded new retreat in the Catskills, alongside Sydney’s boyfriend Jeff, stylist Nash, and manager Brent, the weekend feels like it will be a fresh start. But an unexpected snowstorm traps the group together with no cell service, no Wi-Fi, and no way out.Then a killer strikes, and the dream trip becomes a nightmare. Secrets, lies, and scandals are forced to the surface, and the friends can’t help but suspect the murderer might be among them. Worse, the killing has only just begun.But where there’s danger, there’s juicy, jaw-dropping, name-making content to be created. You know you want to look.