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An entertaining and gripping book that kept me on the edge till the end.
I liked the style of writing, the fleshed out cast of characters and the well crafted plot.
It's the first book I read by this author but won't surely be the last.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

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If you lost your memory who do trust to be telling you the truth. Your husband? Your best friend or your parents? This book is full of twists and revelations. The author teases you with trying to work out who is telling the truth and who is actually trying to keep their secrets hidden and I raced through this book to find out the true story of what happened on the day our protagonist lost her memory. People aren't always how they appear and it shows how much a person can be influenced by other's opinions. There's also a touching sadness in this book and I really felt the emotions alongside our main character. A wonderful read.

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This was a very interesting book! It had enough intrigue, suspense and twists to keep me quite entertained.

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Claire woke up in the hospital after a car accident she was in with her father. A father she can’t remember, Claire is suffering from amnesia caused by this accident. She can’t remember her parents, husband or even her loyal dog. Claire feels like she is living a life that isn’t her own and now has to try to regain the memories that seem to be slipping through her fingertips. As she starts digging into her past, she finds out more about her life than she ever bargained for.

I enjoyed this novel a lot. It was an easy read and the twists of the thriller were great. I did have an inkling about what the ending was going to be, and even though I guessed early on in the novel I still felt succumbed to the story line. I do wish Claire had stood up for herself more. She started to feel like a stereotypical woman because she was letting her emotions (love) control what she did about the secrets she uncovered. Although I did like the “one year later” ending, there were a few questions left unanswered for me, but overall the ending wrapped up the book nicely. I would definitely recommend to someone looking for a quick thriller read.

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What a story plot! Claire is involved in an accident that leaves her remembering absolutely nothing about her life or the people in it. As her father, husband and best friend try to guide her back to who she is Claire is confused as to who she can trust. On top of other events that occur in Her Perfect Lies this was an exciting read!

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Thank you Netgalley and HQ Digital

Her Perfect Lies
Personally I don’t know what I would have done if I lost every single of my memory. Starting from ground zero, however, having loves one lie to me because they think they are protecting. This storyline was great and original as we know most psychological thrillers all seem the same these. I rated this book a 3.5 because I feel like it has potential to be great.

What I liked:
- It was a easy and fast read
- Really liked the new Claire (thoughtful, caring and loving)
- Liked trying to figure out who was the bad and good guys with Claire
- I like the relationship that Claire had with her mother and brother

What I didn’t like:
- Claire easily believed in everything and everyone
- Things Claire should’ve questioned she didn’t for example the international calls (don’t want to say to much)
- There many situations that dragged on and on. Situations that should have more time, I only a glimpse.
- Wished I got more of Claire and Paul (if the ending it going to be romantic)
- Wished I got more of a backstory of Gaby and Paul

I hope to read more from Lana Newton. I would recommend this book for someone is looking for a fast read psychological thriller.

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Her Perfect Lies by Lana Newton - great book that I devoured in a couple of days. Suspense drama around a family torn by secrets and deceit all ending in a grand reveal. Must admit I suspected the wrong person for quite a while. Well written and kept me on my toes. Well done Lana - look forward to your next book.

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I found this book very interesting. So, Claire wakes up in the hospital with no memory. All she knows is she is married to a man named Paul, a doctor and her father was with her in a car accident.She goes home 2 weeks after the accident to a gorgeous home but finds her husband distant and cold. When she leaves the hospital, her father is still in a coma. Eventually he wakes up but she is told that he has spinal injury from the car accident and would be wheelchair bound. Detectives come and they tell Claire that she was in the back seat of the car. Nothing makes sense and she suffers from nightmares as she tries to regain her memory. Her amnesia is so stressful. Then, there is her friend Gaby who tells her that her marriage has some issues and her mother is away and calls her from where she is, taking care of her aunt. Nothing makes sense. Slowly, as the book progresses to about 60% of the way in she begins to find clues to what is going on and her memory starts to slowly come back. The end had a real twist to it that I didn’t see coming. I finished this book in a day because it was an easy read and I couldn’t put it down till I knew the ending. I highly recommend this book if you like a book that is a psychological thriller filled with mystery, twist and turns and filled with suspense. I want to thank net galley for this ARC I received for a honest review. (less)

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billed as a psychological thriller, with the always interesting premise of waking up in the hospital with no memory, this was really disappointing to me. The plot was weak, the characters undeveloped and we could all see where this was leading 20% into the book.

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Waking up from a terrible accident with no memory must be horrible. Having to rely only on your instincts about people, especially with the trauma of an accident, injuries and drugs. Add versions of the story that don't seem to add up.
Claire is in tough shape, remembering nothing after a car accident. Her surgeon husband is acting strangely, her father, who was driving the car is injured so severely, he will never walk again and moves in with the recovering Claire.

Things get more confusing and tragic.

I wasn't crazy about any of the characters but it was intriguing read. I did figure out the back story which was ok.
The ending was a bit predictable. 3.5 stars, but I rounded up.

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Thank you Net Galley and HQ Digital for an early copy of this book. Hated it but I read the whole novel. I don’t know why, I’m sorry it just was a waste of my time.

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What a great book. Would definitely recommend to it others I no. Great work will look out for this author again

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Really struggled with this book, found it quite slow placed. Did not finish. Not sure what it was that made me not connect to it, think it was just the pace.

Thanks to net galley for the opportunity to review this book, this is my honest opinion.

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This book had some solid, well written chapters, but other parts were slow and seemed to lack direction. I didn’t finish it sadly.

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This book has great potential, but I felt it moved a bit slow for my taste. The premise was good, but nothing new or different. I liked the characters and felt that Newton developed them well. The book just didn't "grab me". I would give it 3 to 4 stars, so rated it a 4, to be fair. I do think others will really like it..

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This book started out really good. It wasn't long before I found myself skipping head to try to find some suspense. The ending was predictable to me.

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I will rate Her Perfect lies by Lana Newton a 2.5 rounded up. Sigh, where do I even begin? This story started out with all of the highest expectations of being a wonderful psychological thriller but fell flatter than pancakes as the story droned on and on and on and on and on. See? No one likes repetitiveness when they are reading. Anyways, the story is about Claire Wright who awakens in a hospital with amnesia. She's had an accident, but doesn't remember anything about it or her previous life. She knows she is married to Paul, a doctor at the hospital, but he isn't warm and loving towards her and feels more like a stranger than a spouse. She has a best friend named Gaby who is hoarding all kinds of secrets from her and the only person she feels inclined to trust is her father, Tony, who was in this accident with her. I wanted to like this book. I really wanted to enjoy it, but I couldn't. It became boring so quickly.

What I enjoyed about this book:

The idea of the amnesia patient being in an accident and waking up from it not knowing who she is or anything about her former life is an interesting concept. It has the makings of a great psychological thriller... If... It is done right.
The secrets that the father had were intriguing, but... Well, I'll get into the secrets more later on in this review.

What I didn't enjoy about this book:

The storyline was flat and it dragged on for ages.
Claire really didn't question her amnesia or really seek out to find out her true identity as much as I would have liked her to.
Her father, Tony, oh how I despised that man, was a horrid character and was only looking out for himself. He should have been honest with Claire about who she was and their past. I figured out the "secret" behind this early on in the story.
The lies and "secrets" within this story. What a bore... I mean, seriously, any amateur reader could pick up the fact that Tony wasn't all who he claimed or appeared to be and it was quite awful how long it took for this author to explain to the readers what I had already figured out. Tony is a monster. Point blank. I will not write more as I will not spoil this book for future potential readers. Just know, it is quite evident what really happened in the accident and to Claire's mother and brother.
The secret and lies of Paul and Gaby were a total snooze fest...I figured out their secret early on, too.

Nonetheless, thank you to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for an opportunity to read this book in the exchange of an honest review.

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When Claire Wright wakes up in hospital after a serious accident, she doesn't recognise the face in the mirror. She doesn't know her name, doesn't know her husband and doesn't know what happened to her. 

Claire is released to the care of her husband, while her father - who she is told was in the accident with her - remains in hospital. But with the people in Claire's life telling her very different things about her life before the accident, and her father insistent on the fact that she wasn't in the car when he crashed it, it seems Claire is going to have to do some digging to determine the truth from the lies, and determine who - if anyone - she can really trust...

I liked the premise, and although the amnesia trope has been done to death by this point, it can still be done well, so I was more than willing to give this novel the benefit of the doubt. Unfortunately, I just didn't gel with the book from the beginning. I found the writing style very flat, and the characters one-dimensional - I didn't care about any of them enough to be interested in what happened to them. I found Claire's amnesia was dealt with in a very unrealistic way, too - she barely questions anything to begin with, isn't particularly anxious about the fact that she is essentially dumped back into a life she doesn't recognize with people she doesn't know, etc etc. 

The plot was nothing special or original but it was the writing style that left me feeling ultimately disconnected from the story. If I hadn't been reading an advance copy to review for NetGalley, I don't think I would have finished this one. That having been said, it's not a bad book per se, it just wasn't for me - if you like your writing style curt and clean then this might be the book for you, but I prefer more detail and more development than I found here.
 
Thank you to NetGalley, who provided me with a free ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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This psychological thriller had all the elements of a great twisty read, but the narration style and stilted dialogue did not work for me. Overall, it felt robotic and deadpan and in my opinion does most of the thinking for the reader (telling rather than showing). I also found it difficult to connect with the characters. The plot had promise...just not enough to pull it through in my opinion. Thank you NetGalley and publishers for providing an advanced copy for review.

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I received an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review

This one was pretty twisty- some more obvious than others but still an enjoyable ride. 3.5 rounded up.

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