Tell Me Lies: A Novel

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But that's real life, in this book I wanted Lucy to begin to grow a backbone midway through the book, not right at the bitter end. And as each feels that pull from time to time, you see how a relationship—whether or not it's love—can be all-consuming. People always talk about realizing they’re in love during the happy moments, but I think you realize it in the bad ones. She’s quirky, not like the other girls, and doesn’t know that she’s beautiful, he’s an attractive psychopath, and they’re addicted to each other.

A great read for anyone who has been in a manipulative relationship or victimized to a degree but should also come w/ a warning label because the emotions were heavy and a big part of me finished it fast b/c I was so sad reading it. These characters are so hard to like at times and I think it's because they represent everything we should've done differently at their age. He thinks he can fuck Diana (his ex), Nicole (his fling) and Lucy (his girlfriend) without getting caught and he thinks it's perfectly okay.

And as brutal as it is to take this journey with Lucy, as frustratingly clear as our own hindsight reveals her path to us, we've still all been there, wanting something that is so terribly wrong for us just because it's out of reach. When I eventually did consider quitting, I tried to read ahead to see if anything exciting happened. But as this story unfolds, as Stephen shares more of himself from his own twisted point of view, it becomes disturbingly clear that there's something way off about Stephen.

This is the 30th book, but considering Alex has survived "Kill Alex Cross" before, chances are he survives this one.

Tell Me Lies is a book you have to pick up to read in a sitting if possible, this relatively succinct novel really packs a punch! On September 1, 2020, it was announced that Emma Roberts has inked a first-look deal at Hulu via her production company, Belletrist TV, and her first project was adapting Carola Lovering's Tell Me Lies for television. It’s something you know and feel from the moment your eyes meet theirs - yet you are like a moth to a flame?