She's an oracle, telling them how to live their lives, how to be happy, how to find and honour their 'truth'. Samantha Miller 40, is an influencer and has 3 million followers on Instagram (mostly white and female), she travels the world as a motivational speaker and her new book Chaste is top of the bestseller list. An interesting book club choice it would definitely initiate discussions on the culture wars and our relationship with the influencer while also highlighting the complexity of those fraught teenage years.

She has dealt with her own struggles and has reformed herself as this person that young women look up to and aspire to. But what begins as a straightforward revenge mission gets complicated when a mysterious letter reveals Ben to be the real target. Sam’s version of events is often at odds with others, and she has a tendency towards rewriting history as fuel for gaslighting those around her. Her first novel, Only Ever Yours, was released in 2014 and won the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, the Eilís Dillon Award for a First Book and the Bookseller’s inaugural YA Book Prize.The reason I have only given it 3 stars is because, at times, I felt the pace of the book to be a little off. I've lived in this city long enough to know that the only thing these people can't forgive is poverty.

Having published numerous books for a variety of audience types and genres, Idol by Louise O'Neill is a topical, general fiction novel. Totally addictive' JUNO DAWSON'Completely riveting' FABULOUS'Glamorous, surprising' MARIAN KEYES'Utterly gripping.There's an interesting yin yang in my feelings about Idol - written by an author who in her previous novels, especially Asking For It, has always challenged my world views and had me thinking long into the night about the narrative she has presented. This is my 4th book by the author and once again, she tackles the most difficult topics with such ingenuity and skill. But then, for a very long time, it feels as though nothing very much happens, well nothing very feasible anyway. We start by meeting our protagonist, Samantha Miller-- a social media lifestyle guru who has built a business empire and sold books on the back of recreating herself after her sexual assault and struggles with addiction.