Four young women live their post-grad years together in an old Victorian row house in Georgetown. As they start their careers and navigate relationships, their bond becomes stronger, but when an ex-boyfriend goes missing on a snowy night in January, did one of the "Sweeties” take things too far in WATCH US FALL by Christina Kovac?
They call themselves the “Sweeties” – Lucy, Estella, Penelope, and Addie. Then Addie meets Josh, a politically connected, charming investigative reporter who showers her with attention. Josh has his own demons, but he is trying hard to make the relationship work, until one day, Addie gets scared and breaks off the relationship. After Addie is attacked on a run by someone who looks like Josh, Lucy goes into protective mode, and Josh soon disappears. Now Addie is beside herself, and the “Sweeties” start looking at each other a little differently, especially when information about Lucy’s past surfaces. Where is Josh, and who is ultimately responsible for his disappearance?
WATCH US FALL explores female friendships, loyalty, obsession, and the effects of past trauma on current relationships. Told through multiple POVs and timelines, the tension builds as the events leading up to Josh’s disappearance bring new revelations. At times, the story moves swiftly, and other times it lags, with a few undeveloped storylines and characters that have minimal impact. The strength of the story lies in Lucy’s obsession with maintaining the family she has found, and Josh’s insistence on winning over the girl of his dreams. Competing interests lead to an unfortunate outcome. Compelling at times with a strong premise and solid writing, WATCH US FALL delivers an engaging suspense story, though it struggles to land its ending.
Lucy and her three best friends share a glamorous but decaying house in the heart of Georgetown. They call themselves “the Sweeties” and live an idyllic post-grad lifestyle complete with exciting jobs, dramatic love lives, and, most importantly, each other.But when Addie, the group’s queen bee, discovers that her ex-boyfriend Josh has gone missing, the Sweeties’ worlds are turned upside down. In the days leading up to his disappearance, Josh, a star investigative journalist from a prominent political family, was behaving erratically—and Lucy is determined to find out why. All four friends upend their lives to search for him, but detectives begin to suspect that the Sweeties might know more than they’re letting on.As the investigation unfolds, Lucy’s obsession with the case reaches a boiling point, and with it, her own troubling secrets begin bubbling to the surface of her carefully curated life. A thrilling account of the lies and delusions that lurk beneath cloistered groups of female friends and the sinister realities of celebrity, Watch Us Fall is a gripping mystery and an examination of the things we tell ourselves when we can’t face the truth.
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