Good twists, interesting characters, interesting plot. A bit difficult to follow in the beginning until you get the characters straight. Ending a little too sappy for my taste.

Skye, Burke, and Heather are all involved with each other, although one of them doesn't know it. Skye seems to have it all-- except for a boyfriend. Is it surprising that she jumps in with both feet shortly after meeting Burke? Heather usually works quite hard, but she has a difficult life and wants more. Burke: who exactly is he? At times he seems like a great guy. Other times he seems like a total creep.

It's a recipe for someone getting hurt, and badly.

Too Good To Be True is an excellent mystery with loads of twists and turns. The characters are well-developed and the story is extremely evocative. The book was hard to put down because I kept asking myself what will happen next and how can this possibly resolve.

Carola Lovering, also the author of Tell Me Lies, was new to me. I enjoyed Too Good To Be True very much and would recommend it.

Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering is a great book, but one that took a while to get into. I loved the different perspectives and the back and forth in time narrative. Of course, there is always more than meets the eye in most situations, and this book truly exemplifies that. Well written, interesting, and flawed characters, and nicely wrapped up at the end. Thanks to Netgalley for an advanced copy.

5 Stars!

Brilliant! A must-read! Carola Lovering's Too Good To Be True is a highly original revenge thriller that's fast paced and beautifully written, with plot twists I never saw coming. The antagonists are diabolical, and the protagonist (with the terrific name Skye Starling), is someone I rooted for to the last page. I couldn't put this book down.

Don't miss this one! Many thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for providing an ARC for an honest review.

Brilliant debut novel about jumping into a relationship “too soon” based on nothing but emotions lacking a factual examination of your love interest. While most of us have heard of men, and women, seducing others with ostensible perfection in order to leave them destitute, this writer posits a married couple deliberately and cruelly doing the same in a conspiracy. Carefully written from 3 points of view, plus the point of view of a duplicate created character[s], the story is both cautionary tale and romance, with much painful history mixed in. It lingers in the mind, making one question just how well we know the people in our lives and whether those people can be trusted not to harm us. Definitely a good read. #toogoodtobetrue #NetGalley

Wow is this one twisty read! Skye and Burke have a whirlwind courtship and are happily in love, but things are not as they seem. There are many secrets and many twists revealed in this book, and I truly was not sure what would happen next. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it! Thanks to NetGalley for the free digital review copy. All opinions are my own.

My first book by Carola Lovering did not disappoint. The multiple personalities and timelines keep things interesting without being confusing (which I often find happens with novels of this structure). The characters are complex and interesting and you're constantly deciding who you believe, who you feel sorry for, and who is going to reveal something next.

Women’s domestic suspense/thrillers are a hot genre now, and
Too Good to be True is a powder keg of passion and puzzlement and a super example of why domestic thrillers are so addictive.

I zoomed through the first half of the book, as each character’s life and actions became more unglued. Or did they? Three points of view are presented: Skye Starling a rich Westport young woman, Burke, a handsome charmer from an impoverished and broken background and his wife of thirty years, Heather. We also get to read the diaries of Burke and Heather.

At first, these characters seemed to be doing well in their lives, but we soon learn that each has faced dark moments and difficult challenges. Heather and Burke present as caring parents in a successful middle-class life, as they hide the pain and despair of their wrecked childhoods. Skye has all the privilege of a “trust fund baby” but is crippled by severe OCD.

How do these three people come together? And why do they inflict such pain and terror on each other? Who is telling the truth, who is the puppeteer and who are the puppets- or does it matter? As they say, “when something seems to be too good to be true, it probably is.” But, perhaps it’s only your own truth that matters.

Readers, I advise you to give up a whole weekend, read the book without stopping and then call up your best friend and discuss it. Oh, and double-check your social media accounts, too.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advance digital review copy. This is my honest review.

After reading the plot description, I was captivated... however, I found the plot to be ... too good to be true - sorry. Had to. Look, when you have a 30 year old female character, and then you flash back about 30 years earlier to another character that doesn't get a name but is actually referred to as "baby girl..." your audience will know what's going on really quickly. I figured this *couldn't* be a twist - it was WAY too obvious. But alas - there's a "big" reveal. An eight-year-old reader could have figured that one out. Based on the reviews, I figured there had to be another big twist or big reveal... but nope. It was a total snoozefest.

There was so much potential. Call the baby a nickname. Don't reveal so much from one of the antagonists. Etc. The characters simply aren't interesting enough to make up for a sub-par plot.

This didn't do it for me.

If it appears too good to be true, it probably is. Carola Lovering entices you to see if that really is the case in her rendering, Too Good to be True. It was an exciting ride as the details fall into place hinting at who is duping who but in the end, wow, what a surprise. You must read this one to follow all the twists and turns and discover who is really too good to be true -- Heather, Skye, or Burke?

The first half of this book grabbed me and made it seem like the book would be a 5 star read. But toward the end it seemed long and drawn out and I found myself skimming just to finish. I think it could have been cut shorter and that would have made it 5 stars all the way through.

This book surprised me; the story wasn't that out there, but I really enjoyed the way it was told.
The handsome, but frustrated man, the rich but challenged beautiful woman, the simmering rage of a grieving woman. Each person has a section both in current time and in the past so we have some perspective on how things got to where they are and then what comes next.
It is hard to fathom the cruelty of others and the work they are willing to do to achieve the goal of hurting and punishing. This story is an example of this.
The action moves along quickly and I looked forward to reading it each night. As much to see what happens as much as to see if there were any clues that I needed to notice.

I am ambivalent about the ending, I don't like it when bad behavior is rewarded, but I guess that is how it is in real life.
Enjoyed, and recommend. 4.5 stars

Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering reinforces the belief that if something is too good to be true - it isn't. Wow - I was blown away by the characters, their lives and situations. Told from multiple POVs, you won't want to put this one down.

Skye is a beautiful, wealthy woman who has a good job, lovely apartment and OCD. Sometimes her OCD is crippling and it has affected her relationships. She finally meets the man of her dreams - older, successful and good looking Burke Michaels.

But is Burke really as perfect as he seems? How does their love story tie in to a teenager's life tragedy from almost 30 years before? Skye needs to find out who Burke really is and who is pulling the strings of her life.

Don't want to give any spoilers away. This book is as twisty as a maze - one you won't want to stop working through.

This book was a fantastic read. It is told from three POV’s, Skye, Burke and Heather. The first half of the the book was a true page turner. By Part Two, you have a pretty good idea who the true manipulator is hence the four stars. It was a well written domestic thriller with twists and turns. By the second half of the book you truly get the true picture. This is the first book I have read by this author and I will be on the look out for further books from her. I would like to thank net galley for this ARC I received for an honest review. I am keeping my review short because I do not want to give away spoilers. It definitely had some major twists in the second half that I didn’t see coming so if you like psychological thrillers, this is a must read.

Too Good to be True by Carola Lovering is a 5 star read. Normally I can see a plot twist coming, but with this book, I was gobsmacked. The plot, and its twist, were believable, as were its characters. The villians were relatable and its heroes, flawed. In other words, everyone was very ... human. Too Good to be True was my first Carola Lovering novel, but not my last! Thanks to NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was such a great read. I like the different POV for each character because you get to see how each character felt during this whole story. I also have to say that my heart ache for Sky Starling. She was going through a lot when her mom passed away at a young age. Due to that loss she became OCD and that entered through her whole life and something she had to manage.
We get to see her thrive when she meets and falls in love with Michael Burke. She never expectd this courtship to turn into marriage so quickly. Her happiness is short lived though when she discovers her husband is not totally who he says he is.
I liked how everything unfolded though.
Thank you netgalley,author,and publisher for this egalley in exchange for my review

This book caught my attention from the very beginning and held it throughout. I found myself really likimg and rooting for Skye. There are some twists and turns throughout to keep it suspenseful.

This book was "too good to be true"... except for the language and quite a few things that editing must have missed. Because of some most delicious twists and surprises, I want to recommend it but can't to those I know well, because they'd be offended by the too frequent use of the "F word". As I progressed in the story, I wish I'd started counting them, but there were as many as six per page. I couldn't see any way in which they added to the story, as these were educated people using them. Why would someone who knows more appropriate verbage even use them at all??

This is not a tale you want to hear too much about before starting. Let the enjoyment just seep in as you learn more about the three main characters whose stories are interwoven throughout.

First let me say that I was a huge fan of Carola Lovering's debut novel Tell e Lies. I was thrilled to receive an ARC of her second novel Too Good to be True from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Thank you to Carola Lovering, St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the opportunity.

Too Good to be True is a twisty psychological thriller about revenge, deception and betrayal. The book had me hooked from the beginning and I could not put it down. I loved how the author chose to weave the multiple POV'S in such a way that makes the reader question what is true and what is not. Character development at it's best. It was so well done and thoroughly enjoyable. This book was beyond creepy and too good to be true! Highly recommend!

I really enjoyed this thriller! Normally I can figure out the whodunit and the why within a few chapters, as most thriller authors tend to follow a script. However, I was pleasantly surprised by this one a few times, and really liked how it all played out in the end.