Initially I thought this book was a crime novel however it tells the story of a journalist struggling with an addiction to alcohol & the consequences of some of her actions
I was a little disappointed in the ending however look forward to Jody’s next book.

I was completely gripped by this book, I couldn't put it down. Never quite sure where the story was leading you it kept me guessing until the end. It also gave an interesting insight into addiction and denial of said addiction. A really great read.

I was really looking forward to reading this one after I saw the blurb and the cover!

I thought that the storyline was really gripping and whilst at times it did focus heavily on alcoholism, it is needed for the story, although I do agree with some of the other reviewers that are times this did take the focus over the rest of the storyline when it should possibly have had more of a back seat at times.

The characters were strong and you can see the research that the author has done in the topic. It is well written and it really had me hooked at times and I was desperate to see how it would end and
we find out - right at the very last minute!

It also teaches a valuable lesson about the dangers of drinking excessively as well as the dangers from online dating and what could potentially happen- it is a scary to think having friends who have used this and do still now - plenty of food for thought there!

I really enjoyed the ending 4 stars from this one for me!

Wow! A refreshing story showing how different life can be when you are trapped in an addiction. This is one that has lots of twists and turns and keeps you enthralled.

Excellent story line which was gripping from start to finish. Great characters. I would highly recommend this book.

I received this book in exchange for an honest review from Netgalley,

I sort of felt cheated by this book - you know the ending when it's like 'and it was all a dream'. This felt similar 'and she was drunk and didn't remember any of it'.

I did like how it addressed the issue of alcoholism, and I did like the twists, but the ending was disappointing to me.

This book for me was a book of two halves. The first half had me intrigued and I liked the main character and was interested as to where this story was going to go. The second half I felt dragged on to long and the ending happened in the last 3 pages. . The character, in the second half of the book I found quite annoying, and self pitying. The time spent in police custody is not accurate which I found disappointing. On the whole the book was OK but spoilt by the hurried ending and the decline in the writing of the main character. Good story but I'm sad to say slightly disappointing for me.

This was a story of alcoholism told against the back drop of a series of murders of young ladies which were linked to a dating app.
I feel quite ambivalent about this book. It is told from two viewpoints, one a barely functioning alcoholic and the second, an obsessive, damaged personality. Neither makes for comfortable reading. The ending didn’t work for me either and I felt somehow disappointed with it.

I Never Lie is an intelligent and thought provoking thriller that I read in one sitting so engrossed was I in the characters and the premise.
Alex South is an alcoholic who manages to function just, her life is spiralling out of control. She has black outs and is only just managing to hold her job down as a journalist, relying on alcohol to make it through the day.
News breaks of a murdering spree. Alex South is on the scene as the lead reporter. Is this the opportunity she needs for her colleagues to restore their faith in her or something much sinister. All of the women murdered have been using the same dating app, one that Alex also uses.
I Never Lie is full of mystery and intrigue. There are plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader interested. Flawed but dynamic characters give the story depth and left me with so much to think about. I cannot get this book out of my head, it has got under my skin.
I Never Lie is a story for the social media age, an exploration of using apps to secure dates, it puts under the microscope how safe all of that is and the risks that some people take without a thought for their own personal safety. It is also a well researched spotlight on the destructive nature of alcoholism which made for difficult reading.
I Never Lie is the sort of book that would appeal to many and it is one that I will be recommending as I can't stop thinking about it.

Alex is an alcoholic in denial whilst trying to hold down a job as crime reporter. She thinks she has it under control but clearly she doesn't. She's called to report on a murder and soon there are more. A young woman appears to be involved and Alex knows her. Can she try and put it all together and stay sober long enough to learn the truth?

This was a good read but I must admit I was a little disappointed with the ending. I had already figured out what had happened but a part of me hoped there would be a big twist at the end. That being said it was quite an interesting story though and I did like Alex's final part. It's quite a slow and steady pace.

I really struggled with Alex but her struggles were very real and you could feel her wanting to fight her addiction but being unable to.

the main character of this book is Alex South an investigative journalist and desperate to be a mum. alex is also an alcoholic and this addiction is having a detrimental effect on her career, chaances of becoming pregnant and her health. her alcohol consumption is causing her to have massive memory loss. a string of murders of local females revives Alex’s career but the persistent blackouts. are proving dangerous.

whilst i enjoyed this book and felt for alex with her struggles i found the ending disappointing.

many thanks to netgalley and the publishers for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

An excellent read, keeps you guessing right to the end about who is responsible for the murders. One person, copy cat murder . A realist tale of a functioning alcoholic Alex, whom holds down a job and struggles to recall her actions. Leading to serious consequences. Thoroughly enjoyed reading this and recommend it as a book not to be put down !

I really had high hopes for this thriller. It sounded exactly my thing but I’m afraid that, for me, it didn’t live up to expectations. Rather than focusing on the murders it focussed primarily on the narrator (and someone else’s) dysfunctional relationship with alcohol. Riveting reading it’s not. Quite sordid and depressing read.

Alex South is 39, a functioning alcoholic working a successful career as a television news journalist.

Her job is high profile, her position precarious after a drunken on air rant. She has tried her very best to keep her head down after that fateful day and has largely succeeded.

When a young woman is brutally murdered (almost literally) on her doorstep, Alex seizes her opportunity to get back into the limelight. The woman is the third to be murdered in similar circumstances in a short time, the press have enough to believe a serial killer is on the loose.

Alex is quickly thrust back into the limelight.

She copes with this by drinking wine with or sometimes instead of her morning coffee, and sipping vodka from a water bottle throughout the day. Her daily goal is to detox, but as part of such a high profile media campaign she finds herself unable to relax enough to do so most days.

The days where little is happening and Alex is allowed time of work though are the scariest. Each time she tries to detox she does practically the opposite. She finds small bottles of vodka and wine in her bag that she can’t remember buying, and worst still she experiences episodes of black outs where she wakes not being able to remember anything.

I Never Lie is a gripping account of how very ordinary people can slide from a seemingly perfect life into something not so perfect and how we can so easily push away those we love, and draw close to those we think we know, but infact know nothing about.

Alex is a TV reporter approaching 40. Although she's still denying it to herself, Alex is also a high functioning alcoholic.

Having left behind her home town of Manchester, and the radio show she presented there, Alex has headed for the bright lights of London and is teetering on the edge of a glittering news career. However she might have just messed up big time by having a very public, drunken rant on live TV. She has hasn't been sacked yet, so she's holding on to the hope that she's going to get another chance to prove herself...but she's still drinking. Way too much.

When a woman is murdered in a park just down the road from her home, Alex jumps at the chance to be there on the scene almost immediately and bamboozles her dubious editor into letting her bring the story home.

She throws herself into this new opportunity, and is exactly what the channel wants from a news anchor - determined, control and authoritative - the numbers on her Twitter account goes through the roof, delighting her employers and making her really feel like she's dodged a bullet. More murders are happening and Alex is literally on the doorstep of all the action, getting lots of air time and a great reception from the public. Reports are linking the victims to a dating site - one that Alex has been meeting men on for quite some time, even meeting one on the night the first murder happened. But in the background her drinking is getting even further out of hand - as the days progress she's even subconsciously stealing booze from people's houses, shops, anywhere she can get her hands on it, she is drunk more often than she is sober and she keeps having these blackouts where she wakes up with no idea where she is, or how she got there

Resigned to the fact that she does need help to escape from her alcohol dependancy, she keeps telling herself that tomorrow will be the day she will go sober -but tomorrow always seems to be a day away.

The story is told between the present day and diary entries written in 2017 by someone we don't know, a year or so before. The diary entries are intense, and scary, and we don't know where or how they fit into the story other than they seem to know Alex, and be virtually obsessed with her. The chapters are short and this leads to you wanting to keep reading, just one more, before turning the light out (or switching off the kindle!). Oh that way madness lies!

In terms of the plot, Alex is an unreliable narrator - we don't know where she's been or what she's been up to, apart from the gaps that are filled in by her various friends and colleagues. I really enjoyed the way Alex's character was written. I wanted to grab hold of her and shake her, stop her doing what she was about to do, and I was nervous of the person writing the diary entries, as they were clearly not quite right in the head due to the terribly sad life events they had experienced.

The only criticism I would have is nothing to do with the actual book, but the strap line - it set me thinking down a plot direction I wouldn't have even considered had I not read it, so it seemed an odd choice to me when promoting a book with a 'twist'.

I received an advance copy of this book from the publishers & Netgalley in return for an honest review.

I thoroughly enjoyed this psychological thriller and read it within two days. The story is told through the eyes of the main character Alex who is a just functioning alcoholic working as an investigative reporter. The books chapters switch between her role in the investigation of a number of female murders, whilst struggling with her love life and her addiction, to the diary entry of a recovering alcoholic. The plot twists and turns with a sinister undertone and you question every character’s innocence right to the last few chapters.
I enjoyed the subject matter, the view into the world of an addict and the descriptions. The book is very current and deals with a lot of modern issues like online dating. I would definitely recommend this to fans of psychological thrillers and will definitely seek out more of this author

I couldn't get on with this book so gave up halfway. I started reading it with anticipation but once into it I just found that on the whole it didn't really grip me in the way I wanted it to.
Just not for me I'm afraid.

This is an original plot, compelling read and quite uncomfortable at times. The story is one of addiction woven through the case of a serial killer. For those of us fortunate enough not to have experienced addiction it is an insight into the self destruction and self denial that seems to ring so true. As a reader you want to shout 'get yourself sorted' but of course the truth of addiction is that this is what cannot be done. The story is written primarily in the first person both in the present by Alex and in the past in diary entries by Sarah. It is a good story, interesting and well written plot with a satisfying ending. Highly recommend

An interesting read with a great insight into the world of alcoholism. Plenty of twists and with a fantastic ending that will leave you thinking long after the book is finished.

'I promise myself that today, if it's the only thing I do, I will detox'.

Alex makes this promise to herself day after day only to find an excuse to delay this promise - usually blaming someone else. Being an alcoholic is a major theme in this book. So many of us do things to excess - drink, take drugs, eat too much, exercise too much - so this book is not just about excess of alcohol.

Cleverly crafted with false leads this is a very interesting book and worth adding to your reading list. 3 1/2 stars!

Many thanks to Netgalley/Jody Sabral/Canelo for a digital copy of this title. All opinions expressed are my own.