Monday 29 February 2016

The Lie

Title: The Lie
Author: C.L. Taylor
Type: Paperback
Read: 25th February - 28th February 2016
Rating: 5/5
Published: 23rd April 2015 by Avon: Harper Collins UK

Best friends are there for each other through thick and thin. You trust them with your life. At least that’s what Emma, Daisy, Leanne and Al think. But all that changes when they embark on a trip of a lifetime together. When they return home, only two of them are left alive and the group has been torn apart by lies and deception.

Many years later, when the dust has settled and life has moved on, one girl receives a threatening letter. Someone knows the truth about what happened on that holiday and will stop at nothing to expose it …

What a book. This got me gripped from the get-go. I love books that don't want me to put them down. It's addicting, faced pace, its scary at times and you really want to throttle characters at others.

This is the first book I've read by Cally Taylor. I've had this on my shelf for a while and wanted something to get me out of feeling blah with reading this month. Well this book certianly did it.

We meet Jane, who works in an animal sanctuary. She loves her job and her new relationship Will. Everything is going good. But when a mysterious letter appears at Janes work, stating only "I know your name's not really Jane Hughes' it sets off a rollercoaster of emotions and flashbacks for Jane. Her past, the one she's changed her name from Emma to Jane to escape is back to haunt her. And it's not going to stop until it gets her.

The story is from Janes point of view and switches between the present day, with her trying to work out who is intent on making her relive the past. And then Jane/Emma of five years previous and we find out what made Emma change her name.

This book is messed up. It really plays on your mind. You feel so sorry for past Emma and her friend Ali, and you really can't work out whats going to happen. There are so many people you shouldn't trust that it made me wonder how they were ever going to get out. I really admired Emma's bravery and her determination to survive. I think she was the strongest of the four girls even though two of them didn't think she was worth much.

You will be on the edge of your seats trying to figure out who is back from the past after Jane. I really couldn't work it out as Cally threw in a few other characters to make you think its them.

It's an action packed book, that messes with your mind in the best way possible! I really can't wait to get reading other books by this author. She's fab!  


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