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Disclaimer: An eARC was provided via The Fantastic Flying Book Club and the Author as part of the Blog Tour. The Thoughts, opinions & feelings expressed in the review are therefore, my own.

For a woman like yours truly; who has absolutely no creative bone in her body, but who absolutely adores all creative forms of expression; What I Want You To See was definitely an eye – opener for me.

Sabine is an art student on scholarship to a prestigious institute; who NEEDS to get the approval of her teacher. And just for that, with the help of classmates, Sabine stars down on a dangerous and precarious path that will lead her into the side of the art world that she has no experience for.

I adore mysteries; but I, for the life of me can’t remember reading a book with forgery as the foundation of a plotline. So, I am doubly glad that it was Catherine Linka’s book that I picked up to ease my way into the forgery plotline (not purposefully; but I love it when such coincidences happen!).

While the first part of the book is a bit slow, when it comes to the mystery of the plotline, it is the character growth of the protagonists that keeps the reader invested in the book.

As reader, it was important for me to understand who Sabine was a person – a recently orphaned daughter of a housekeeper who worked in Beverly Hills. And even surrounded by wealth, Sabine is a far cry from a pampered girl. She has no choice but to take care of her own self – the reliance on herself, this independence of her leads her to make some very perilous choices.

For someone, who enjoys fast paced thrillers, What I Want You To See was a wonderful change of pace of me; and one that I definitely enjoyed!


Anyone who loves finding new plotlines for their mystery/thriller books and would love a change of pace; then this contemporary YA mystery by Catherin Linka would be the perfect pick for those wintery afternoons, when all you want to do is laze around with a good book on your hand.



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