Can't-Wait Wednesday: Where Are You, Echo Blue?

  

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they are books that have yet to be released. The meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

This week I'm highlighting Where Are You, Echo Blue? by Hayley Krischer.

From Goodreads: 

When Echo Blue, the most famous child star of the nineties, disappears ahead of a highly publicized television appearance on the eve of the millennium, the salacious theories instantly start swirling. Mostly, people assume Echo has gotten herself in trouble after a reckless New Year’s Eve. But Goldie Klein, an ambitious young journalist who also happens to be Echo's biggest fan, knows there must be more to the story. Why, on the eve of her big comeback, would Echo just go missing without a trace?

After a year of covering dreary local stories for Manhattan Eye, Goldie is sure this will be her big break. Who better to find Echo Blue, and tell her story the right way, than her? And so, Goldie heads to L.A. to begin a wild search that takes her deep into Echo’s complicated life in which parental strife, friend break ups, rehab stints, and bad romances abound. But the further into Echo’s world Goldie gets, the more she questions her own complicity in the young star’s demise . . . yet she cannot tear herself away from this story, which has now consumed her entirely. Meanwhile, we also hear Echo's side of things from the beginning, showing a young woman who was chewed up and spit out by Hollywood as so many are, and who may have had to pay the ultimate price.

As these young women's poignant and unexpected journeys unfold, and eventually meet, Where Are You, Echo Blue? interrogates celebrity culture, the thin line between admiration and obsession, and what it means to tell other peoples’ stories, all while ushering us on an unruly ride to find out what did become of Echo Blue.

I will be the first to admit that I tend to stick to my comfort genres: Fantasy, YA, romance and the occasional mystery thriller. Women's fiction is not usually a genre I find myself drawn to, but the synopsis of Where Are You, Echo Blue? sounds so intriguing that it has climbed to the very top of my TBR list. The early reviews promise a look into the downsides of fame, and I for one can't wait to dive into the seedy underbelly of Hollywood through the eyes of the two main characters of this book. 

Where Are You, Echo Blue? will be released on July 16, 2024.

Check out the early reviews on Goodreads, or preorder the book at Amazon US / Amazon UK / Blackwells