Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this thriller about identical twins keeping secrets! Even though I could predict many of the twists in the story, they were well done enough to still be satisfying and exciting. I will definitely be reading more from this author!

A creepy slow burning twin thriller. I love stories about twins, probably because of my childhood favorite being The Parent Trap. This is dark and only slightly predictable; a fun read.

This book is about identical twin sisters, yet one is more attractive, more popular, more everything than the other one. So, this sets up drama as one would expect later on in the story. They've been raised sailing and take a sailing yacht from Thailand to the Seychelles, which is where things seemingly take a bad turn. I loved the sailing, traveling part of the story.. One sister is happily married and the other one's life is falling apart. There is money on the line, big money inheritance with an interesting stipulation. I found this book to be fast paced, interesting, and with a great ending. It is one I would highly recommend. Hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.

Having just finished <i>The Girl in the Mirror</i> I’m still trying to absorb all of the twists and turns of this absolutely fantastic novel. Carlyle weaves a thrilling tale of identical twins, Summer and Iris, and the day one of their lives is changed forever when the other dies in a boating accident.

I finished this novel in one sitting, as I couldn’t put it down! This is a must read!!

4.5 stars.

Think of The Girl In The Mirror as a twisted version of The Last Mrs Parrish if the two female leads in it were twins, while Something In The Water lies in the background; there’s indeed “something” lying at the bottom of the ocean that’s causing problems for our main protagonist.

Psychopathy, murder, identical twins with the “most extreme case of mirroring the doctors had ever seen”? That‘s certainly not an easy plot to concoct for a debut! Yes, you might not tell these twins apart but, there are some slight differences that might...creep you out.

Now, what to expect from this debut? “Money” is the main factor that drives this book: a particular inheritance, to be specific. The story, which takes place on a yacht in the first quarter, builds up slowly at first while featuring the twins’ backstories, moving towards a “twist”: you might guess it, then forget about it, then be surprised when it happens. Afterwards, we’re offered an ending where the tension and the suspense are ratcheted up: this was my favorite part.

While reviewing a book, I always try to put some factors into a consideration, like: Did the book provide entertainment? Did it provide insight? Was it a well-executed novel for a debut? The Girl In The Mirror checked all those boxes. I’d highly recommend this to fans of Liv Constantine and Nina Laurin.

What an amazing debut novel. I cannot wait to see what the future holds for Rose Carlyle. I absolutely could not put this book down and read it in one sitting (goodbye weekend!). I loved the twists and turns and the ending was amazing! I'm still trying to work through the twist at the end and figure out how it happened. This one has me thinking, Looking forward to recommending this new author. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced copy.