Great read! Looking forward to reading more from this author! I highly recommend this book and author to all!

3.5 stars - My friend read this book and absolutely adored it, so I had very high hopes for this novel. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy it as much as she did.

The book was pretty slow and had lots of character development. It took almost 60% for the story to pick up a bit. There was also no crazy twist and turns that you would probably expect from a thriller. Which was kind of disappointing.

The story is told from two different perspectives and goes back and forth from past to present. I did enjoy some of the past chapters as we gained a little bit more insight into the incident that happened to our main character when she was younger.

The ending fell flat, and I was not as engaged in the story as I could have been.
It was a quick and easy read though, just not for me. I prefer high-paced, suspenseful, twisty books!

A suspenseful mystery at its best!

One More Lie is the first book I have read from this author and I was pleasantly pleased with the characters and the overall storyline.

Synopsis:
Charlotte wants to start fresh. She wants to forget her past, forget prison and, most of all, forget Sean. But old habits die hard. Despite the ankle monitor, she must wear as part of her parole agreement and frequent visits to her therapist, she soon finds herself sliding back toward the type of behavior that sent her to prison in the first place. The further down that path she goes, however, the closer she gets to the crime that put her in prison all those years ago. And that’s the one memory she can’t face. Until, one day, Sean tracks her down.

One More Lie by Amy Lloyd had me staying up way past my bedtime reading. I was sucked into the story from the very beginning and curious to see how it was going to play out. I read and really enjoyed Amy's first book so I was keen to get hold of this one too. The subject isn't an easy one to read about but it was handled really well by the author. With a main character who is suffering memory loss it is hard to know what the truth is.

Was it good? Yeah... Was it great? No... I thought the pacing could have been faster and the storyline a little more developed. An ok read.

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC of One More Lie by Amy Lloyd.

Charlotte is beginning her new life after being incarcerated for years. She wants to move forward and forget everything in her past, but acclimating into normal life has proven difficult. But most difficult of all is that an old friend from the past keeps trying to contact her, and it's keeping her from living normally. Will she ever be free of what she did so many years ago?

This was very readable, and unlayered slowly in a way that I loved, so I enjoyed that end. But there was a lot about it that just grated me, especially the codependent relationship she had with her therapist. Uuuuuh, no, that's not how those relationships go. But, that didn't take away from the fact that it was a fun read full of suspense.

This was another great piece of writing by Amy Lloyd. I read her first book, The Innocent Wife and was greatly anticipating her next offering. This was really suspenseful and had many twists and turns. Thanks NetGalley for the opportunity to review this title. I'm looking forward to reading more of Lloyd's work.

Wow! If you are looking for a read with an unreliable main character, this is the book for you! What a gripping, engaging, page turner!

What do I say about a book that delivered in every eerie way for me? What do I do when I want to scream and yell at the main character for her horrible decisions but also feel so sad for the life she had to live? I’m shook.

Such a fascinating story. Charlotte (and Sean) are fresh out of prison and trying to navigate life in the outside world the best way they know how. While living in a halfway house Charlotte finds herself repeating the same old habits from her past. Despite the story flipping from the past to present and from Charlotte to Sean, the reader catches a glimpse into what made them go to prison and how the cycle LITERALLY continues.

I loved this one. I think the main character , Charlotte, may have been autistic which forced me to have more sympathy for her than I should have. At the same time I felt repulsed by her behavior and disgusted by how manipulative Sean was towards her. But, then towards the end I felt so bad for Sean. I’m all over the place, but that’s what made this book sooo good.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from @hanover through. NetGalley . All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you Netgalley and Harlequin Publishing for this advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Okay, so I had such a hard time getting through this book. It's very slow going for me. The plot fell flat and so did the characters. I was not drawn in, I was rather unengaged with the story and it was painfully slow to get through. I'm sorry, but I do not recommend.

Honestly, I hate giving 1 star reviews, but sadly, that's what I have to do with this one. It alternates way too much between past and present and often left me feeling confused, trying to figure out what was going on. The characters were flat and the plot line definitely didn't grip me.

I honestly couldn’t get into this book, I tried but it spoke in too many riddles so I gave up. Thank you for the opportunity but this book was not for me.

Charlotte has finally been released from prison, but can she stay out of the kind of trouble that put her there? I don’t want to give too much away, but Amy Lloyd has delivered a great mystery!

When their young children lie, most parents are horrified, wondering where they’ve gone wrong and whether their children are on the road to psychopathy for sneaking a cookie. But lying is a normal behavior, a sign that children are beginning to understand actions have consequences. Catching their child in a lie can lead to a teaching opportunity and a chance for parents to form closer bonds with their kids. Of course, that assumes a normal child and a relatively harmless lie.

In British author Amy Lloyd’s latest novel, One More Lie, Charlotte’s lies are anything but harmless. Released from prison, where she’d been since the age of ten, Charlotte has to lie in order to fit into her new life, with a new job and a room at a halfway house. But with mandated therapy, an ankle bracelet, and a parole officer, that’s difficult. Plus the British press is spreading the word that the two notorious child killers have been freed, with new names and new lives. And even though Charlotte knows she’s not supposed to talk to Sean – her literal partner in crime – when he reaches out, she can’t help herself. After all, he’s the only one who knows the truth. And she still can’t remember all the details about how Luke died. Only that she lied about it.

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I received a free e-copy of One More Lie by Amy Lloyd from NetGalley for my honest review.

When Charlotte was a little girl she and her best friend, Shaun were convicted of the kidnapping and murder of a young boy. There were people who blamed Shaun and people that blamed Charlotte but more than anything everyone felt sympathy for the mother of the son.

Charlotte is now on parole and ready to move forward and put the past behind her. She has a new identity and is living in a halfway house but has to wear an ankle monitor and go to weekly therapy sessions. She will be safe if she keeps to herself and forgets her past and moves forward and not associate with anyone in her past.

Will memories of her past and her best friend push her back in the past or can she forget and move forward and make a new life for herself?

A brilliant and emotionally gripping read!

What happens when we are young, can color the rest of our lives. This is definitely the case for “Charlotte,” who has been given the opportunity to start her life over again, but the past never seems to be too far behind. The tragedy that occurred for her at the age of six, may be the beginning of her undoing, or maybe it was her friend Sean, who let her down the wrong path. Can a young woman, truly begin again or will old connections from the past drag her back to where they once began?
One More Lie weaves its way between the past and the present, and between her story and his. Three twists and turns, the reader slowly begins to learn what is true and what is fiction. This is a quick read, that never allows the reader to become bored, as the pages are turned until the surprising conclusion.

One More Lie is a gripping, dark, and disturbing psychological thriller about two young adults who have been released from prison after being convicted of committing a heinous crime as children.

Charlotte was released once before but it did not go well and she was again incarcerated. She was unequipped to navigate the world as an adult and did not understand boundaries.

But now she has been given another chance and she wants to forget everything that happened before, including Sean. She has a job at a department store, and the terms and conditions of her parole require her to wear an ankle monitor, have frequent sessions with her therapist to whom she has developed an unhealthy attachment, and live in a supervised halfway house for women. Before long, however, she is again engaging in behavior that, if discovered, will send her back to prison.

Worse, Sean manages to track her down even though the two of them are forbidden to have contact. Sean was 11 and Charlotte only 10 when their disabled classmate was killed. They were convicting of murdering him, and literally grew up institutionalized. Charlotte maintains she has no memory of the tragic incident -- she claims that she only knows what she has been told over the years.

But it's clear that Sean's influence is not helpful as Charlotte tries again to build a life for herself outside of prison. Unlike Charlotte, Sean is not on parole and does not have supervision. His life is lacking any structure and he engages in criminal behavior on a regular basis.

Author Amy Lloyd has created complex, multi-layered characters. It seems that Charlotte and Sean have never really grown up because of what happened when they were young children. Sean may be a sociopath, while Charlotte is much more nuanced. Lloyd reveals her internal struggle to readers as she manipulates those around her in her seeming quest for a normal life surrounded by others who love her. She has only felt that her therapist offered her unconditional love and the thought of not having the doctor's undivided attention or any relationship terrifies and infuriates her. She professes a desire to be good, even though it is clear that much of the time she doesn't really have the resilience, focus, or discipline to be. Sean, however, has very different motivations, revenge and anger prime among them.

Lloyd keeps the action moving at a steady pace via Charlotte's first-person narrative that alternates between when she was ten years old and present day, and Sean's present-day first-person perspective. She reveals what transpired all those years ago in snippets, as well as the characters' current thought processes and feelings. Charlotte engages in behavior that is increasingly reckless, compelling the action forward to the eventual revelation of what really happened when she and Sean were merely children. Lloyd keeps her readers guessing as to which narration is the least reliable as the story's pace quickens delivers a jaw-dropping conclusion that readers will likely never see coming.

Charlotte is desperate to put her painful past behind her and start a new life. It’s not an easy thing to do when people in her past won’t let her forget. What makes things even trickier is that she doesn’t fully remember everything from way back when.

I never read an Amy Lloyd book before but I quickly learned she knows how to weave tension and mystery throughout the book. Each chapter gives the reader a little more insight into Charlotte’s past but you don’t really know the full story until the very end.

The story goes back and forth between the past and the present. This technique helped to keep me at the edge of my seat until the last page. I wasn’t always sure I liked Charlotte, but I was definitely hooked on her story and wanted to know what happens next.

A good psychological thriller to keep you reading late into the night.

This is a very dark and disturbing book that deals with children murdering a classmate. Charlotte, the female protagonist, has absolutely no memory of the crime and just wants a chance to start over, to rebuild her life without Sean, her partner in the crime. She has frequent visits to her therapist, Dr. Isherwood, and there is much mystery about this woman who takes phone calls in the middle of a therapy session. This is psychological suspense that has a slow start and a lot of flashbacks in the lives of Charlotte and Sean. The flashbacks are necessary to the story, but they do slow down the current action and are somewhat frustrating at times. The plot is interesting and drew me into the story of Charlotte and Sean, making me want to find out the truth about what really happened. Readers of psychological suspense will enjoy this story and will find the conclusion satisfactory.

A fascinating look at how your upbringing can both determine your life and shape it in ways you least expect.

Lloyd's psychological thriller, One More Lie was both interesting and horrific at times. With an unreliable narrator both from, not one, but two point of views, it keeps you on edge guessing who the bad guys are or if the bad guy even exists.

With memory loss, denial, and an upbringing that was less than stellar, both MCs keep you wondering which one is evil and which one was an angel and constantly flipping back and forth between the two.

Slightly slow paced as the story unfolds, it was still a page turner and had me wanting to know all the details and how it would all end. Definitely one that fans of both the author and the genre will flock to and devour.