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Tell your Friends
- Author
- Lauren Wilson
- Narrator
- Lily Lefkow
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 18 June 2026
- Run Time
- 7 hours 16 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
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What to expect
A thrilling and intoxicating cat-and-mouse thriller about envy, revenge and the price of perfection, from the acclaimed author of THE GOLDENS
‘An enthralling YA cat-and-mouse thriller with a toxic female friendship and a steely twist’ Guardian
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HER …
For reluctant online sensation Crystal, university is her chance to escape the clutches of her controlling vlogger family. She finally has evidence to destroy her mother's picture-perfect online image. What she needs now is someone she can trust to help her expose the truth and burn it all down.
Crystal opens up to Alyssa, a fellow journalism student, and the two begin to form a friendship. But Alyssa is a secret superfan of Crystal’s family’s vlog – with an agenda of her own. Alyssa isn’t ready to say goodbye to her perfect surrogate family just yet … and she’ll do anything to be welcomed into the fold.
Readers love Tell Your Friends:
‘This book completely blew me away. Easily one of the best thrillers I’ve read in a very long time’
‘After loving The Goldens, this was one of my highly anticipated reads of 2026 and it did not disappoint!’
‘Tell Your Friends has solidified Lauren Wilson as an auto-buy author for me! NO ONE writes toxic female friendship like Lauren Wilson!’
‘Read this if you enjoy fast thrillers, dark academia and crazy social media obsessions’
‘Amazing! It was like watching good reality TV, I just needed some popcorn to go with it’
‘I love a good influencer drama thriller story and this delivered’
‘So much fun… Tense and unique and intriguing, I was on the edge of my seat’
‘Just when I thought I understood where the story was headed, it completely pulled the rug out from under me in the best way possible’
‘A razor-sharp psychological thriller that forced me to look at my own feed with a new lens’
‘Easily five stars!’
Critics Review
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‘An enthralling YA cat-and-mouse thriller with a toxic female friendship and a steely twist’ Guardian
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‘A twist-filled shocker of a tale’ Sun
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‘A perfectly plotted cat-and-mouse thriller set against a backdrop of growing concern over child influencers and exploitative parents’CrimeReads
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‘A former child influencer contends with an obsessive and dangerous fan … Compelling and consistently engaging … The book truly shines in its exploration of fraught family dynamics … offering a thought-provoking look at the ethics of child-centered content creation’ Kirkus
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‘Delves into child stardom in the modern age, influencer culture and parasocial relationships … Tell Your Friends is addictive reading, as bingeable as your favorite social media star’s new content’ Nerd Daily
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‘Wilson delivers solid suspense while exploring the rich if familiar theme of social media’s ability to warp reality. Fans of the author’s debut will enjoy themselves’Publishers Weekly
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Praise for The Goldens:
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‘One of the best debuts I’ve ever read … Dark, seductive and ruthlessly compelling’ Laura Steven, author of Our Infinite Fates
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‘A thoroughly insidious thriller, set in a glittering, decadent world that will lure you in just as surely as the cast’s characters fall to the influence of their intoxicating, charismatic leader’ Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen
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‘With creeping dread building to a nerve-shredding finale, The Goldens is sprinkled with the glamorous, the glittering and the gothic’ H. F. Askwith, author of A Dark Inheritance
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'Deliciously dark and incredibly cool … An unputdownable novel' The Bookseller
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‘A deftly plotted tale of toxic friendships, wild revelry and the tipping point of social-media darling to cult leader’ Rachel Greenlaw, author of Compass and Blade
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‘The Goldens is feverish, sultry and tense – trust me, it’s unlike anything you’ve ever read’ Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb
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Details
- Author
- Lauren Wilson
- Narrator
- Lily Lefkow
- Duration
- 7 hours 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 June 2026
- ISBN
- 9780008687588
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Social media, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women
Synopsis
A thrilling and intoxicating cat-and-mouse thriller about envy, revenge and the price of perfection, from the acclaimed author of THE GOLDENS ‘An enthralling YA cat-and-mouse thriller with a toxic female friendship and a steely twist’ Guardian IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HER … For reluctant online sensation Crystal, university is her chance to escape the clutches of her controlling vlogger family. She finally has evidence to destroy her mother's picture-perfect online image. What she needs now is someone she can trust to help her expose the truth and burn it all down. Crystal opens up to Alyssa, a fellow journalism student, and the two begin to form a friendship. But Alyssa is a secret superfan of Crystal’s family’s vlog – with an agenda of her own. Alyssa isn’t ready to say goodbye to her perfect surrogate family just yet … and she’ll do anything to be welcomed into the fold. Readers love Tell Your Friends: ‘This book completely blew me away. Easily one of the best thrillers I’ve read in a very long time’ ‘After loving The Goldens, this was one of my highly anticipated reads of 2026 and it did not disappoint!’ ‘Tell Your Friends has solidified Lauren Wilson as an auto-buy author for me! NO ONE writes toxic female friendship like Lauren Wilson!’ ‘Read this if you enjoy fast thrillers, dark academia and crazy social media obsessions’ ‘Amazing! It was like watching good reality TV, I just needed some popcorn to go with it’ ‘I love a good influencer drama thriller story and this delivered’ ‘So much fun… Tense and unique and intriguing, I was on the edge of my seat’ ‘Just when I thought I understood where the story was headed, it completely pulled the rug out from under me in the best way possible’ ‘A razor-sharp psychological thriller that forced me to look at my own feed with a new lens’ ‘Easily five stars!’
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