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"Lauren James's books are addictive." Alice Oseman
"A wild trip into the world of fandom, social media and true crime." Laura Wood
"Fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder will love this twisty take on fame and fandom, told in true-crime style through blogposts, messages and a fast-paced narrative." The Guardian
The novel of Lauren James's hugely popular online story "An Unauthorized Fan Treatise"
When Delilah meets Sawyer Saffitz (son of Anya Saffitz, aka Hollywood royalty), she becomes hooked on a decade-old scandal. In her quest for the truth, Delilah uncovers blogposts written by the mysterious "gottiewrites" and is soon caught up in a world of greed, fandom conspiracy theories ... and murder. And the deeper Delilah digs, the more dangerous it becomes - because someone is willing to kill to hide the truth.
Readers love Last Seen Online:
"Incredibly compelling." NetGalley reviewer
"Quick paced and hard to put down." NetGalley reviewer
"WOW. This was incredible." NetGalley reviewer
"Lauren James always delivers when it comes to unique and totally engaging stories." NetGalley reviewer
"The novel captivates with its seamless blend of suspense, Hollywood nostalgia, and the allure of true crime intrigue." NetGalley reviewer
"It has murder, mystery, romance, LGBTQ+ representation, gossip, fanfiction references, scandal and thrills galore!" NetGalley reviewer
Book Information
Posts
The only way out was to find the truth.
"Never apologize for family. It's the one thing you can't change." (This sentence is very important for all the plot twists in this book.) They knew that they would lose all their privacy for the rest of their lives when they became actors. They are the ones who made that decision, not me. That's a price you have to pay for fame. Last Seen Online is a very overwhelming and captivating book! I came across this wonderful book rather by chance...3 books for the price of 2...but it was definitely the right book! The last two chapters were particularly impressive. I was so captivated by the revelations and twists that it was impossible to stop reading. I also really liked the structure of the book. Each chapter started from the point of view of our main protagonist Delilah and always ended with a post from @GottieWrites (you'll find out who that is). I really like the QR code at the back of the book, which you can use to access Gottie's posts and find out more about her. The pleasant chapter lengths make it a very quick read. I don't want to take too much away, so grab this book and let Last Seen Online cast its spell on you just like it did me. Itโs like Gottie saidโฆ Our secrets aren't really so secret, if you know where to look. ______Spoiler______ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ญ,๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐. Delilah is such a smart and brave girl! The fact that she recorded Anya's unwanted confession and hid her phone forward-looking in the sofa...simply brilliant! Without this proof, no one would probably have believed her story...then it would have been her word against that of a respected celebrity. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ก๐,๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก ๐ญ๐จ๐จ. What is wrong with Anya? How can you be so unscrupulous and how can you not care about your own children? Once again, she is the perfect example of how first impressions are usually wrong. ๐๐จ๐ง,๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ญ,๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ. I am so happy that children don't necessarily take after their parents! At first I was a bit suspicious of Sawyer...but he is such a dear and true friend! Especially for Delilah...he saved her life. I was glad to see Livvy and Sawyer talking to each other again. I was even more surprised that Anya prevented any attempts at contact between the two of them. ๐๐๐ซ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐. Both Delilah and Sawyer really had to go through a lot in this book! The constant nightmares...fighting for his life...the helpless scene was written so damn realistically. And Sawyer, who saw her being thrown overboard, thought he was losing her...and then his parents in prison.... Nevertheless, or probably precisely because of this, the two of them fit together so well. You can only wish for a friend like Sawyer...he is so attentive and knows exactly when you need him. I really like the two of them together. ๐๐,๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ? ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ. Delilah said the Saffitz family was so kind and perfect...now in the last chapter she's cursing herself. It demands very high and above all unscrupulous prices to become famous. So she prefers to stay true to herself and her normally chaotic real family, who would never put love above fame. -She should be lucky to be born into this family.- like the authorโฆ(: ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐,๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ,๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง. Thank god, Nida and Delilah spoke to each other at the end. They were both insecure and needed each other. That's what best friends are for. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐. ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐. -๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐- What the hell is wrong with you? THIS IS REAL. THIS ISN'T A TV SHOW. A real person actually murdered someone and you're writing romantic fix-it fic about it? - It's frightening how greedy some people on social media are for gossip. The main thing is to enjoy gossip and trash at other people's expense. Terrible!!! When Delilah found out that her mom was Gottie, I was just speechless. But everything points to it...almost sounded like there would be a second volume. I would be happy about that.

Mord, Fandoms und Internetkultur
Die Geschichte findet in zwei Zeitlinien statt: die Gegenwart und die Vergangenheit, die man in Form von Blogbeitrรคgen, Artikeln und Kommentaren vorfindet. In der Gegenwart folgen wir Delilah, wie sie auf den alten Mordfall eines Hollywood Schauspielers stรถรt. Durch Sawyer gerรคt sie tiefer hinein und nimmt "Ermittlungen" auf. Warum die Anfรผhrungszeichen? Nun ja, ihre Ermittlungen bestehen รผberwiegend aus Google-Suchen und purem Glรผck zufรคlligerweise auf Hinweise zu stoรen. Sawyers Beitrag besteht daraus Delilah durch die Gegend zu fahren und ab und zu seine Hollywood Connections zu nutzen. Dann gab es aber noch die Blog Posts aus der Vergangenheit. Hier gab es Spannung, Fantheorien, Fanfiction und ein bisschen Wahnsinn, der irgendwann รผberhandnimmt. Stellenweise war der Blog deutlich interessanter als die Gegenwart, so dass ich teilweise vergessen habe, dass die Gegenwart existiert und die Augen verdreht habe, wenn es wieder um Delilah ging. Einige der Plottwists waren absolut offensichtlich, ein paar andere waren einfach nur komisch. Fazit: eine fantastische Idee mit einer รผberwiegend interessanten Umsetzung.
Description
"Lauren James's books are addictive." Alice Oseman
"A wild trip into the world of fandom, social media and true crime." Laura Wood
"Fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder will love this twisty take on fame and fandom, told in true-crime style through blogposts, messages and a fast-paced narrative." The Guardian
The novel of Lauren James's hugely popular online story "An Unauthorized Fan Treatise"
When Delilah meets Sawyer Saffitz (son of Anya Saffitz, aka Hollywood royalty), she becomes hooked on a decade-old scandal. In her quest for the truth, Delilah uncovers blogposts written by the mysterious "gottiewrites" and is soon caught up in a world of greed, fandom conspiracy theories ... and murder. And the deeper Delilah digs, the more dangerous it becomes - because someone is willing to kill to hide the truth.
Readers love Last Seen Online:
"Incredibly compelling." NetGalley reviewer
"Quick paced and hard to put down." NetGalley reviewer
"WOW. This was incredible." NetGalley reviewer
"Lauren James always delivers when it comes to unique and totally engaging stories." NetGalley reviewer
"The novel captivates with its seamless blend of suspense, Hollywood nostalgia, and the allure of true crime intrigue." NetGalley reviewer
"It has murder, mystery, romance, LGBTQ+ representation, gossip, fanfiction references, scandal and thrills galore!" NetGalley reviewer
Book Information
Posts
The only way out was to find the truth.
"Never apologize for family. It's the one thing you can't change." (This sentence is very important for all the plot twists in this book.) They knew that they would lose all their privacy for the rest of their lives when they became actors. They are the ones who made that decision, not me. That's a price you have to pay for fame. Last Seen Online is a very overwhelming and captivating book! I came across this wonderful book rather by chance...3 books for the price of 2...but it was definitely the right book! The last two chapters were particularly impressive. I was so captivated by the revelations and twists that it was impossible to stop reading. I also really liked the structure of the book. Each chapter started from the point of view of our main protagonist Delilah and always ended with a post from @GottieWrites (you'll find out who that is). I really like the QR code at the back of the book, which you can use to access Gottie's posts and find out more about her. The pleasant chapter lengths make it a very quick read. I don't want to take too much away, so grab this book and let Last Seen Online cast its spell on you just like it did me. Itโs like Gottie saidโฆ Our secrets aren't really so secret, if you know where to look. ______Spoiler______ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ญ,๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐. Delilah is such a smart and brave girl! The fact that she recorded Anya's unwanted confession and hid her phone forward-looking in the sofa...simply brilliant! Without this proof, no one would probably have believed her story...then it would have been her word against that of a respected celebrity. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ก๐,๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก ๐ญ๐จ๐จ. What is wrong with Anya? How can you be so unscrupulous and how can you not care about your own children? Once again, she is the perfect example of how first impressions are usually wrong. ๐๐จ๐ง,๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ญ,๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ. I am so happy that children don't necessarily take after their parents! At first I was a bit suspicious of Sawyer...but he is such a dear and true friend! Especially for Delilah...he saved her life. I was glad to see Livvy and Sawyer talking to each other again. I was even more surprised that Anya prevented any attempts at contact between the two of them. ๐๐๐ซ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐. Both Delilah and Sawyer really had to go through a lot in this book! The constant nightmares...fighting for his life...the helpless scene was written so damn realistically. And Sawyer, who saw her being thrown overboard, thought he was losing her...and then his parents in prison.... Nevertheless, or probably precisely because of this, the two of them fit together so well. You can only wish for a friend like Sawyer...he is so attentive and knows exactly when you need him. I really like the two of them together. ๐๐,๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ? ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ. Delilah said the Saffitz family was so kind and perfect...now in the last chapter she's cursing herself. It demands very high and above all unscrupulous prices to become famous. So she prefers to stay true to herself and her normally chaotic real family, who would never put love above fame. -She should be lucky to be born into this family.- like the authorโฆ(: ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐,๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ,๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง. Thank god, Nida and Delilah spoke to each other at the end. They were both insecure and needed each other. That's what best friends are for. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐. ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐. -๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐- What the hell is wrong with you? THIS IS REAL. THIS ISN'T A TV SHOW. A real person actually murdered someone and you're writing romantic fix-it fic about it? - It's frightening how greedy some people on social media are for gossip. The main thing is to enjoy gossip and trash at other people's expense. Terrible!!! When Delilah found out that her mom was Gottie, I was just speechless. But everything points to it...almost sounded like there would be a second volume. I would be happy about that.

Mord, Fandoms und Internetkultur
Die Geschichte findet in zwei Zeitlinien statt: die Gegenwart und die Vergangenheit, die man in Form von Blogbeitrรคgen, Artikeln und Kommentaren vorfindet. In der Gegenwart folgen wir Delilah, wie sie auf den alten Mordfall eines Hollywood Schauspielers stรถรt. Durch Sawyer gerรคt sie tiefer hinein und nimmt "Ermittlungen" auf. Warum die Anfรผhrungszeichen? Nun ja, ihre Ermittlungen bestehen รผberwiegend aus Google-Suchen und purem Glรผck zufรคlligerweise auf Hinweise zu stoรen. Sawyers Beitrag besteht daraus Delilah durch die Gegend zu fahren und ab und zu seine Hollywood Connections zu nutzen. Dann gab es aber noch die Blog Posts aus der Vergangenheit. Hier gab es Spannung, Fantheorien, Fanfiction und ein bisschen Wahnsinn, der irgendwann รผberhandnimmt. Stellenweise war der Blog deutlich interessanter als die Gegenwart, so dass ich teilweise vergessen habe, dass die Gegenwart existiert und die Augen verdreht habe, wenn es wieder um Delilah ging. Einige der Plottwists waren absolut offensichtlich, ein paar andere waren einfach nur komisch. Fazit: eine fantastische Idee mit einer รผberwiegend interessanten Umsetzung.





