You Will Never Be Me

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

Narrated by: Eunice Wong, Risa Mei

When cracks start forming in an influencer’s curated life, she finds out that jealousy is just as viral as a video in this riveting suspense novel by bestselling author Jesse Q. Sutanto.

Influencer Meredith Lee didn’t teach Aspen Palmer how to blossom on social media just to be ditched as soon as Aspen became big. So can anyone really blame Mer for doing a little stalking? Nothing serious, more like Stalking Lite. Then, Mer gets lucky; she finds one of Aspen’s kids’ iPads and swipes it. Now, she has access to everything: the family calendar and Aspen’s social media accounts. Would anyone else be able to resist tweaking things a little here and there, showing up in Aspen’s place for meetings with potential sponsors? Mer’s only taking back what she deserves—what should have been hers.

Meanwhile, Aspen doesn’t understand why her perfectly filtered life is falling apart. Sponsors are dropping her, fellow influencers are ghosting her, and even her own husband seems to find her repulsive. If she doesn’t find out who’s behind everything, she might just lose it all. What everyone seems to forget is that Aspen didn’t become one of TikTok’s biggest momfluencers by being naive. When Meredith suddenly goes missing, Aspen’s world is upended and mysterious threats begin to arrive—but she won’t let anything get in the way of her perfect life again.

©2024 Jesse Q. Sutanto (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"Once best friends, the two momfluencers in this searing black comedy compete so greedily for sponsors and popularity that they destroy their relationship — and may stop at nothing to stay on top. Read this instead of doomscrolling."—People

“A juicy, electric thriller about a pair of warring momfluencers—just imagine the drama—You Will Never Be Me is the kind of read-in-one-sitting story tailor-made for a summer weekend… Hilariously wicked, this is a book social media addicts will relish.”—Elle

"Having established her credentials in YA fiction and gentle, albeit often manic comedy, Sutanto spins on a dime to show Meredith and Aspen dishing on each other with sublime and incandescent hatred... Social media mavens will nod in recognition; everyone else will come away relieved that this could never happen to them."—Kirkus, starred review

Rate it a B- worth your credit but not much of mystery

Plot was great but not suspenseful. Yes, it had drama & a death but it was more like a reality show. That being said, if it was marketed less of mystery I would have given it a B+ Easy read, interesting & original storyline. Made me laugh out loud few times - if you don’t like stories about social media & dark side of momtok, this book won’t be as relatable

Definitely a page turner

Aspen is something else lol if i didn’t have to work for a living, i would of read this book in one day! but 3 days isn’t bad.

Hello did we forget about police procedure.

I liked the idea of the book. The end became dumb, and an insult to police. A murder takes place and police procedure is 2 minutes of the book. I think readers will be disappointed in the end!

You won’t be listening to this book

This was a good book to listen to in the car with my family. It had us all going. The girls were definitely into it and so was I.

I wasted my credit!

This storyline was absurd and drawn out and for what? A predictable and boring ending. No thrill. No shock factor. Actually, more than anything, I am highly irritated by the ending. Very disappointed.
The performance was good, however.