´IDOL is fresh, glamorous, and surprising, taking an issue we all care about and with a deft twist, recalibrating our position. It dazzles us before revealing the darkness at its heart. Louise O´Neill is not afraid to take on a taboo but somehow always makes it utterly compelling. This is such an exciting book.´ Marian Keyes ´Follow your heart and speak your truth.´ For Samantha Miller´s young fans, she´s everything they want to be. She´s an oracle, telling them how to be their best, true selves. With three million followers and a recent number one bestseller, Sam is more influential than ever. Determined to bare all to her adoring fans, she´s written an essay about her sexual awakening as a teenager with her female best friend, Lisa. She´s never told a soul, now she´s telling the world. The essay goes viral. But then - years since they last spoke - Lisa gets in touch to say that her memory of that night is far darker. It´s Sam´s word against Lisa´s - so whose ´truth´ is really a lie? ´You put yourself on that pedestal, Samantha. You only have yourself to blame.´