First and foremost I want to thank the author and publisher for an advanced copy of this book (which is out now!).

Okay, let’s get to it. It was promising. It started off strong. There was a seemingly strong female lead, a cheating husband, a crazy mistress, and just a whole dumpster fire full of drama….but then there was more drama…and more….and some more. It was too much.

I went into this book super excited but I was left deflated and wishing it had been about 25% shorter. Which honestly would have made the story a whole star better! Overall, if you’re new to domestic thrillers, I say give it a whirl. If you’re looking for something a little more…might want to skip it.

Thank you to Netgalley, Rising Action Publishin Co, and Marie Still for an advance readers copy of We're All Lying in exchange for an honest review. This one got me sucked in right away and kept my attention throughout the whole story. I enjoyed how the story was told through different characters perspectives and how we learned so much about our characters. I did guess who the killer was but it didnt take away from the ending for me because there were so many pieces that I didnt solve! Some of the details in the beginning about Cass's mother were confusing to me but it all wraps up in the end and makes sense now why they were included. I loved the ending of this one too! This one is out now!

This thriller had me intrigued at the beginning, but then just completely fizzed out for me. It became predictable and repetitive, honestly, and I ended up not enjoying it despite the high reviews that I read that had me excited to read it.

This is the first book I have read from Still and I really enjoyed her style of storytelling that drew me in from the outset and I look forward to reading more from her.

A thrilling read all round, if you are a fan of domestic thrillers with unreliable narrators, you should enjoy this one.

3.5 stars

Cass thought she had the perfect life: great marriage, successful career, amazing kids until one day she receives an email. Her seemingly perfect husband, Ethan, has been cheating on her and his mistress is just getting started with her taunts. A cat and mouse chase ensues between Cass and Emma but who is the true cat here?

Overall I loved the writing style, it was sharp and sarcastic and I ate it up. Told in multiple POV we get to watch the story play out through Cass, Ethan, and Alice (Cass’ assistant). However even though we get closest to Cass (as the book is told in majority her POV) I didn’t really like her. I actually didn’t like any of the characters.

The first half had me intrigued, it was suspenseful, you could feel the tension building. But then the ending came in a little too hot, things got crazy for a few chapters then just faded to black? It left me feeling a little disappointed, especially given that the ending felt pretty obvious. Even though everyone is lying (title says it all) and you’re never certain what the exact truth is, the overall feeling of where the story was going was fairly clear. I kept waiting for a twist to come and completely spin it all around but that didn’t happen so it felt anticlimactic.

There were some parts I truly loved with this book and some that just didn’t hit the mark. It left me with an overall average feeling about it. Since it is a debut with great writing and some promising aspects, I will be reading Marie Still’s next book.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author, for an ARC of this book, in exchange for an honest review.
I found "We Are All Lying" by debut author Marie Still to be an addictive, intriguing & twisty thriller that pulled me in right away & didn't let me go until its final page.
I am looking forward to seeing what else this author comes up with next.

Thank you Netgalley & Rising Action for an eARC of We're all Lying by Marie Still. This one started off with a bang. I love books where everyone has seemingly perfect lives, only to discover their deepest secrets. I also love the stalking/obsession trope. This one was an OK read for me and I am looking forward to seeing what else this author comes up with next!

This book was filled with way too much drama for me. I also unfortunately predicted the twists so this affected my rating.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Happy PUB day to We’re All Lying 🤥. thank you Net Galley for the ARC. This was a fast pace, domestic psychological drama. If you enjoy psychopaths, this one’s for you. The drama starts when Cass receives an email from Emma who is sleeping with her husband. The story is told from multiple points of view. Cass, Ethan (Cass’ husband), and Alice (coworker) and they are all lying. None of the characters were very likable. The story started strong, but fell off course. The ending felt rushed and to perfect. This was a decent debut novel but a basic middle of the road story.
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“We’re All Lying” by Marie Still completely captivated me from the start. The novel starts off with a scene of a missing person being reported to police and from then on it goes into flashbacks explaining how the characters got to that point.

This novel is full of secrets—from every character involved. There’s infidelity, there’s mental health, there’s revenge, and there are family complications.

One of the aspects I enjoyed the most was seeing a strong female friendship and how college friends turned business partners support one another as life around them seems to be crumbling down. I also enjoyed reading about two females running a successful business and not letting any complication take down what they’ve worked so hard to build.

This thriller dives into the complexities that arise after an affair, as a relationship begins to crumble and what lengths people go to in order to try to save their relationships and family. Cass, the main character, has it all—a thriving company, a husband and two children, a beautiful home—a “picture perfect” life, but slowly it all comes crashing into pieces. One email changes her life forever.

I was fortunate to read an Advanced Reader’s Copy of this debut novel. I found myself raving about it at dinners, in conversations with friends, and giving my non-reader boyfriend a play-by-play every time I finished reading another part. I could not believe this was a debut novel by this author with how wonderfully written and crafted this story played out. The characters were well-rounded and complex—believable, everyday characters you’d want to know in real life.

This is a fast-paced story, and one I found myself thinking about when I wasn’t reading. It keeps you guessing with many twists and turns and surprises you various times throughout the story. Though there were some parts I was able to guess, there was more than one occasion where I was so surprised, I gasped out loud as I read. It kept me guessing until the very end. And, although I had some suspicions of how it would end, I never quite guessed it. The story ended with no loose ends and all your questions answered.

If you like psychological thrillers about domestic life, you’ll really enjoy this one. There’s no doubt Marie Still will be an “always buy” author for me from now on.

We’re All Lying by Marie Still

Cass is proud of the life she created for herself. Escaping a troubling childhood, she is in a blissful marriage with two kids. She’s also running her own Company with her best friend. Until, she gets an alarming email from an anonymous person with pictures/videos of her husband cheating on her. Who is this mystery woman? Can she still keep the life she carefully created for herself after being wronged?

I found this book really entertaining. I never know who to trust and who to believe. Still created really complicated and flawed characters who are realistic. I didn’t find the twists as shocking as I would’ve hoped but I would still recommend this book for who those who like psychological dramas!

I wouldn’t be lying If I say there’s a fair bit of lying in this book. The trick is to sort out who is lying when, why, and to whom.
I like to read books like this because no matter how twisted and sordid, it slices up my life.
The story has it all: a cheating husband, a spiteful mistress, supportive friends, a spouse that kinda goes off the deep end, and a very, very creepy employee.
I knew aster the third chapter who was behind all the trouble but Still threw in a few angles for me to get caught on.
It’s a good read and that’s no lie.

I am torn on this one! I had no idea how it was going to end up, and when the end came, I was like wait, what? And not in a good way. I would say it read fast, shortish chapters but things felt a little underdeveloped and a little all over the place at times. But points for keeping me in the dark on the ending!

Well, I finished it, but I think this was more of a hate-finish, wanting to confirm my early conclusions were right. All the characters are unlikeable. The book is 3 POV and I don't think any of the voices are super distinct, they all read as psychopaths to me. Which I guess should have been expected given the title. The plot starts ok, but gets repetitive and drags in the middle, then gets too neatly wrapped up in the end.

This book isn't a domestic thriller I'd recommend.

Talk about a fatal attraction! When you cross an unreliable narrator with several points of view that you realise you cannot trust, it becomes clear that everyone is lying through their teeth. This is part thriller, part mystery, part soap opera. This is a book built on suspense, and it becomes harder and harder to work out who is telling the truth, and which lies are real, and which lies belong to who. You may be lucky and see through some of them, however I can guarantee that not all you read can be believed.

This is the kind of book where you want to empathise with the main character, and Cass is someone you really want to connect with and give the benefit of the doubt. Her own personal focus on herself as a liar became a little grating after a while too. She just makes it so hard to do so. Alice, Cass’ assistant is no better, although it’s clear from the start she has some kind of stalker vibes and is a little unhinged. She is creepy in that she can always account for the stupid things that Cass does. The one perspective we don’t have enough of is from Emma, and I think that is key to this story. Ethan seems like an under-developed character as well, and more about him could have explained some of his behaviour. However, we don’t always want all the pieces.

Happy publication day to “We’re all Lying”, a debut from Marie Still!

3.5⭐

Featuring ~ multiple 1st person POV, debut, infidelity, secrets, lies, stalking

Cass & Ethan have been married for 19 years when she gets an email showing him in some compromising positions with a girl named, Emma.

Our 3rd narrator is Alice ~ Cass's assistant, not the mistress, which just screams there will be some predictability IMO.

Honestly, none of the characters are particularly likable, but I suppose that's the point since all their pants are on fire. I started out feeling bad for Cass, but then she goes batshiz and I starting not feeling any sympathy for her.

Overall, this was a pretty good debut. It was a fast paced domestic/psychological drama that entertained me during some parts.

I was lucky enough to have a kindle copy and an audio copy. Go with the book if you can.

Narration:
Jennifer Aquino; Melissa Kay Benson; Rob Brinkmann ~ 9 hours 14 minutes ~ Cass's narrator sounded very robotic and unfortunately she had the most chapters. The other's were perfectly fine. So happy there were 3!

The quick engaging plot, an unhinged stalker, super unreliable narrators, multiple POV's...how could I not like this? I thoroughly enjoyed this story and while I figured out one of the twists fairly early, there were still so many for me to enjoy. This story was so fun. I will definitely read more from this author.

An interesting and thrilling new debut from author Marie Still. We're All Lying is exactly what is says: all the characters are unreliable narrators but to figure out which one is a murderer, that takes all the way to the end to find out what everyone's motivations are!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Rising Action Publishing for this ARC!

I guess I'm an outlier with this one, so if you liked it don't come at me. But this book reminded me a lot (in dialogue and the way the main character acted) of The Perfect Marriage and if you know anything about me, you'll know that it's not a good thing.

The book opens with Cass and her husband being interviewed by a police officer because Emma, the woman who was stalking Cass and who had an affair with her husband Ethan, is missing. Then we go back in time and find out how Cass found out about the affair (text from Emma with photos) and go through a bunch of hysteria about whether or not Cass should forgive Ethan, then the stalking gets worse and worse.

The synopsis is really misleading, so I'd suggest you ignore it if you want to read this book. This is just a book filled with frenzied, out-of-control domestic drama with Cass throwing things and blurting things out and breaking things because she cannot keep herself under control. Let's not forget that her husband has been carrying on an affair for at least six months, and although she gives lip service to being angry with him for one night and makes him sleep in the guest room, the very next night she is all over him "because I can't resist him", gag. And to make matters worse, when she tells him she needs him to take responsibility for the affair he says he will if she does, blaming his cheating on her because she was so involved with work. I cannot believe a woman wrote this drivel. These are two people desperately in need of counseling, particularly when they keep lying to each other and make things worse and worse.

This book is a complete mess and I figured out right away what had happened to Emma (and I was correct). The ending segment is just so out of left field that I was reeling from the bizarre turn of events. I listened to the audiobook and while I did like the narrator for the (very small number of) chapters narrated by Ethan, Cass's narrator was not good and Alice's narrator was very bland. I felt like Cass's narrator made her seem more unhinged than she was on the page if that was possible.

Like I said, there are others who enjoyed this much more than I did, so check out their reviews because it's not a thriller I can get behind. Frantic women who get blamed for their husband's cheating are at the bottom of my list for books I personally enjoy.

I didn't necessarily love this one, but it was quick and twisty, and as a debut certainly shows promise!
*
I figured out one main twist almost immediately, but the why behind it was unexpected and interesting.
*
My biggest critique is that the first half felt long and repetitive. The prologue gets you hooked--you learn that Cass's husband had an affair, the mistress did something to warrant an investigation, and now she's missing--but after that, it took far too long to get back into the meat of the story. I felt like Cass's emotional state, while understandable, just got repetitive to read about, and her obsession with what people will think about the affair was tiresome.
*
None of the characters were likable (which was definitely expected with a title like this!) but I think they would have benefited from a bit more nuance. By the end, it seemed like the reader should at least have some empathy toward Cass and her situation, but it never got there. I found her constantly talking about how she was a liar to get old, and honestly the way she was revealed to be a liar wasn't all that shocking as I had expected.
*
I think all the characters could have used a bit more development, as things were mentioned that didn't fit with my understanding (Ethan's rage? Cass mentions it but it's never shown), or characters made decisions that I wouldn't have expected, which seemed to indicate they weren't as real as they should have been.
*
All in all, not a bad debut, and I'm certainly interested to see where she goes from here!