Heartstream
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
Cat is in love. Always the sensible one, she can’t believe that she’s actually dating, not to mention dating a star. But the fandom can’t know. They would eat her alive. And first at the buffet would definitely be her best friend, Evie. Amy uses Heartstream, a social media app that allows others to feel your emotions. She broadcasted every moment of her mother’s degenerative illness, and her grief following her death. It’s the realest, rawest reality TV imaginable. But on the day of Amy’s mother’s funeral, Amy finds a strange woman in her kitchen. She’s rigged herself and the house with explosives – and she’s been waiting to talk to Amy for a long time. Who is she? A crazed fan? What does she want? Amy and Cat are about to discover how far true obsession can go.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
We’re used to Tom Pollock novels being dark (and completely gripping), but this dystopian, Black Mirror-style story explores places that stayed with us long after its ambitious final pages. We’re transported into a world where Heartstream has become the dominant social media app. It allows its obsessed users to broadcast their emotions and feel other people’s—and it’s produced a new raft of influencers and celebrities. We meet two such super-users and through Pollock’s taut writing and sharp twists soon discover the true perils of over-sharing.
