Sometimes I Lie By Alice Feeney

[amazon_link id=”0008225354″ target=”_blank” ][/amazon_link]’Sometimes I Lie’ is Alice Feeney’s debut novel.

My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me.

1. I’m in a coma

2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore

3. Sometimes I lie

If you’re a fan of books that holds you attention and shocks you at every twist and turn, then ‘Sometimes I Lie’ is just the book for you.

This gripping tale is seen through the narrative of Amber Reynolds, as she lies in a coma, aware of everything that is going on around her whilst everyone is unaware. In the coma, she tries to piece together the last moments leading up to her accident. Her husband, Paul is distraught and is unable to believe that Amber crashed her car on purpose and is determined to find out the truth, whilst her sister, Claire is apologetic and comes in to whisper apologies to Amber whilst holding her hand.

The story is cleverly written in different tenses, giving the reader a great feel and insight into the characters and their situations and how they all came to this point in their lives.

For me, I found Amber an intensely unlikable character, but I also loved her. She was so unhappy in many aspects of her life, her marriage, her job and her bully boss. But, she didn’t take her bosses bullying behaviour lying down and retaliated in the sneakiest and smartest of ways, that was almost admirable. When, she meets Edward, an old boyfriend, she reflects on her college years, less stress, less cellulite, a happier time. Her life is far from perfect, but is it so bad that she would intentionally crash her car?

The plot weaves between past and present tenses, coming perfectly together at key points helping the reader to piece clues together. An extremely interesting inclusion to the book, is diary entries from a little child. A lonely girl unhappy with her fighting parents but when she becomes friends with Claire, she finds herself a surrogate family, the perfect family and mother that she always dreamt off and as the story progresses and the plot gets darker, we see an interesting and unexpected change in the child.

Right from the beginning this book hooked my attention, drawing me into a dark and twisted world with sordid actions and consequences. The characters are wonderfully troubling whilst the intelligent twists in the tales and well crafted writing made the story complex and atmospheric. Packed with drama and suspense, ‘Sometimes I Lie’ is a deliciously tangled and addictive story that made for gripping reading with a stunning ending that will take your breath away!

You can pre-order [amazon_link id=”0008225354″ target=”_blank” ]Sometimes I Lie from Amazon [/amazon_link] and will be available to buy from good bookshops from 23rd March 2017.