Hi everyone! How are you on this fine Friday afternoon? Me? Well I’m about to review a book that was a whirlwind thriller and I’m hoping you’ll stick around for the journey! Yep, that’s my intro and I’m sticking with it 🤣. Today’s blog post is a review of Such a Good Liar by Sue Wallman, a book that had so many twists and turns I lost my bearings more than once and I reckon you’re gonna love it just as much as I did so let’s get stuck right into this review, shall we?
Summary
She’s faking her way into the most exclusive social circles for revenge. But how long can her lies hold up?
Seventeen-year-old Lydia Cornwallis has arrived on a remote island populated only by wealthy families and their staff. She quickly finds acceptance, even adoration, from the close-knit families that rule the island. But a storm is coming, and all routes to the mainland are cut off.
But thank goodness the Harrington sisters made it in time, because Lydia simply can’t wait to meet them.
That’s because Lydia’s not really Lydia Cornwallis.
And the Harringtons have hell to pay for what they’ve done.
Lydia will need to draw on epic nerve, quicksilver adaptability and sly cunning in maintaining her cover and exacting murderous revenge. And when she meets someone new on the island and starts to develop real feelings, can that connection survive when nothing else is real?
Review
Okay so this book was all kinds of crazy but crazy in a good way! I was instantly swept up in Shannon’s/Lydia’s (don’t worry it’s not a spoiler) life and wanted to figure out the truth behind her want for such an extreme revenge. The book was written in such a way that you had to be on her side and it felt right to be there as the story developed and we learned more about the people she was surrounding herself with. Its been a long time since I last read a thriller and this was the perfect step back in to the genre!
It was a very hard book to put down so I gave up with trying and just kept on reading! At the height of the novel I was on edge wanting to know what would happen next and there was more than one shock in store for me as the story went on. If there’s one thing I absolutely had to pick out as being a bit off for me thought it would have been the ending, I don’t feel like it matched the buildup throughout the story and I was left wishing things had been different but at the same time it was still an interesting path to take the story down.
If there’s one thing you get from this post then let it be me frantically trying to get you to also read Such a Good Liar because I’m sure you’re gonna love it as much as I did. It’s the perfect autumnal read for a cold night in and you’re in for the roller-coaster ride of your life with it, no exaggeration!
Soooo have you read this book before? Do you want to?? Let me know in the comments below, I’m intrigued!
I’m off for another week of reading, my library haul won’t read itself! I’ll see you again next Friday but until then, stay safe, take care and buh-bye! ✨️💕xx
Elsie LMC 