CW: Cult/religious conversion therapy, drug use, sexual content ( )

Grades 9-12 In Frick’s suspenseful thriller, Amanda and Rosalie, teens with nothing in common but their cheating boyfriend, band together to expose a stalker. Amanda is expected to marry well to cement her family’s social status in their wealthy neighborhood, and she’s invested it all in Carter, heir to his father’s real-estate empire. Rosalie needs a boyfriend so that her Christian Fundamentalist parents won’t send her back to conversion “therapy”; she’s stringing Carter along and hiding her girlfriend until she turns 18. When the girls receive anonymous texts designed to pit them against each other and Carter, their refusal to give in puts them in danger. Frick successfully conveys the pressure both girls weather to perform for their families; both are complex, well-developed characters with real problems, though Rosalie’s plight is more poignant. The reveal of the stalker isn’t terribly surprising, but the aftermath, in which the girls gain the confidence to confront their parents, is rewarding. An afterword about the dangers of conversion therapy and a resource list for LGBTQ teens in crisis are included. -- Krista Hutley (Reviewed 5/15/2019) (Booklist, vol 115, number 18, p53)

So great. Definitely a YA book, but very well-written and well-executed. The additional materials at the end (a brief discussion by the author about the characters and everything else) are also welcome. ( )

I... I can't decide whether this book sounds horrible or amazing.

Don't you hate when you finish a book and you don't know how to feel about it. Like it wasn't bad, but you didn't really care about it enough to be good either, so it's just okay I'm done with that - onto the next book. That's kinda how I'm feeling after finishing All Eyes On Us.

I liked Amanda and Rosalie's character progression, but I thought the mystery was pretty obvious and I never really enjoy religion in books - expecially if it endorces conversion therapy (majoy trigger warning). I also wish we got some more closure. I feel like the Amanda's interactions with the police just fell off the face of the Earth near the end of the story. And I was kinda confused by Amanda's mom's storyline. Overall an okay read, but it's not one that's going to stick with me. ( )