Oh. My. God. I am officially a huge fan of Lisa Jewell.
Watching You is a story of family secrets, affairs, hidden malicious sides, and an unexplained murder to top it all off. In a neighbourhood where seemingly everyone is watching someone. This book was written in such an interesting format, chronologically telling the story with an excerpt every few chapters from police interviews with some of the characters. It makes for such an interesting read and leaves you trying to figure out who did it the whole time.
The characters are phenomenal because of the fact that they all have their positive and negative traits and behaviors, making them very well rounded personality-wise, but also leaving each of them each with possible evidence, opportunity, or motive to be the killer. While reading you are constantly adjusting your theory.
I was so pleased with myself for making the right connections throughout the story and figuring it out, but some things still popped out and shocked me! The most jarring part of the whole book that knocks the air out of you: the epilogue. Just read it and see.
Cypress, the drunk wood elf druid, and his Conjured giant octopi bodyguards. His staff is his arcane focus, but he almost never casts a spell without his wineskin. The conjured giant octopi are fey spirits, keen for the opportunity to act like mortal creatures, except they don’t always behave the way actual creatures would.
