I think I'm in the minority that I figured a lot of this book out before the "twists" came. Therefore, it was not nearly as thrilling for me as I think it was for others. I found myself skimming because I knew what was going to happen, I just wasn't sure how (or why) we were going to get there.
I enjoyed The Night Olivia Fell, but what really stood out in that one was the relationships and how they evolved. I love a good mother-daughter story that tugs at the heartstrings, and Olivia did that much more than Behind Every Lie. While the story is told in alternating chapters of Eva (in her late 20s) and Kat (her mother, starting 25 years ago, jumping a bit, and then present), the mother-daughter relationship isn't really explored. The pair has a strained relationship, but the author begins by using a tactic which is over-used in that it hints at some event that happened but doesn't let the reader know. You do find out and it doesn't have anything to do with the main plot (Kat is found murdered, Eva was struck by lightening near her mother's house that night but has no memory of the night).
There was a lot of suspended belief, an unreliable narrator and a lot of twists (although, again, to me, the 'bad guy' was obvious all along). I did want to keep reading and I flew through the book, so a solid 3-star read.
I enjoyed The Night Olivia Fell, but what really stood out in that one was the relationships and how they evolved. I love a good mother-daughter story that tugs at the heartstrings, and Olivia did that much more than Behind Every Lie. While the story is told in alternating chapters of Eva (in her late 20s) and Kat (her mother, starting 25 years ago, jumping a bit, and then present), the mother-daughter relationship isn't really explored. The pair has a strained relationship, but the author begins by using a tactic which is over-used in that it hints at some event that happened but doesn't let the reader know. You do find out and it doesn't have anything to do with the main plot (Kat is found murdered, Eva was struck by lightening near her mother's house that night but has no memory of the night).
There was a lot of suspended belief, an unreliable narrator and a lot of twists (although, again, to me, the 'bad guy' was obvious all along). I did want to keep reading and I flew through the book, so a solid 3-star read.