Tell Me Lies: A Novel

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While it's not quite the sunny beach book you might want, it's definitely an addictive read you'll devour. Sometimes the brain knows what is right but the heart persists convincing us that things will change in time. People always talk about realizing they’re in love during the happy moments, but I think you realize it in the bad ones.

Then, I find out Lucy grew up on Long Island (same) and in college meets Stephen, a man who is not in her league looks wise but manages to win her over. Passion, friendship, heartbreak, and forgiveness ring true in Lovering's debut, a fast-paced ride through hookups, breakups, and infidelities… there are unforgettable beauties in this very sexy story. He says he doesn't understand people who read fiction because he's a non-fiction guy *insert eye roll here* and as soon as he convinces Lucy to open up to him he stops paying attention because 'he can't stop staring at her tits'.

While he is used to seducing girls and getting what he wants, he is surprised when Lucy doesn’t just throw herself at him. Too many lines are crossed, two many protocols ignored, I should have seen it coming, but the fact that I didn't makes it even more of a conundrum. I like that this author tells his stories through a range of voices and that some of them are unreliable narrators. 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! Lucy Albright is far from her Long Island upbringing when she arrives on the campus of her small California college and happy to be hundreds of miles from her mother—whom she’s never forgiven for an act of betrayal in her early teen years.

Tell Me Lies is a seriously twisted story of a college student convincing herself that something toxic and unhealthy is actually something perfect. Prickly and undeterminable, Margot’s input into Pomare’s novel adds a great deal of tension and uncertainty to this twisted turn of events. He might have had genuine feelings at moments, but his feelings easily changed and he only thought of himself: no guilt, no remorse, no empathy (what a sociopath!I won a copy of this book in a giveaway she held on Instagram and I am so happy that I was chosen; that this book found its way to me. It follows a relationship between Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco as it unfolds over the course of 8 years after meeting at college. The final party of the school year is hit by a wave of truths, secrets, and a shocking act of betrayal that threatens both a long-standing friendship and two relationships.

I didn’t want to hurt people, but I could, and when I did, there was something cathartic and liberating about it, especially because any collateral damage was almost always rectifiable. Suddenly, she transforms into a woman who cannot think of anything but her cheating and lying boyfriend. But it's kind of a kick to the stomach as well because I related to this story in ways I'm ashamed to admit. Thanks is extended to Hachette Australia for providing a free copy of this book for review purposes.

At times, this is a pretty brutal book, and the relationship and the periods between encounters dragged on a little more than I would have liked, but I couldn't stop reading. Steven was the epitome of everything I hate in a man: semi-attractive, full of himself, the type of man who thinks the world owes him something. They don't see how self absorbed they are, or how ridiculous their behavior is, or how they should want more than what they're settling for. 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.