What did I just read??? Not only is this my new favorite Lisa Jewell book (And for anything to dethrone Then She Was Gone, you know it has to be REALLY great!) BUT, this has also moved to my favorite read of this year so far. This was my 23rd book this year and it was my absolute favorite! Just wow!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This book started off great and just got crazier and crazier as you kept reading. It was told in 4 parts and each part was more wild than the last. If I had the time to read it like I wanted to (That thing called work always gets in the way 🤣) I would’ve probably finished it in no time. I wanted to be reading this book whenever I wasn’t. I just HAD to find out what was going to happen next.
I’m not going to say much. I don’t want to spoil a damn thing for anyone. But their are two women, Josie and Alix. They meet on the night of their birthdays. Josie declares they are birthday twins. Alix has her own podcast show. Josie poses an idea to Alix to do a show about her life for her podcast show. And the things that happen and that are uncovered after they start that show, is just crazy!! Who is this Josie really? And just what is she up to?
This is such a crazy ride from start to finish. Down to the very last lines. Just crazy!! I hope there will be more from this story in the future.
Like I said, this is now my new favorite Lisa Jewell book. I absolutely LOVED it! And I can’t wait for everyone to read this fantastic book when it comes out this August. This was a CRAZY ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 stars for me!
Thank you to @netgalley and @atriabooks and @lisajewelluk for this advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!

Pub Date: August 8, 2023 -You MUST get your copy when it’s released.

This book was a page-turner for sure! The two main characters meet in a pub on their 45th birthdays - birthday twins! Josie, a seamstress, convinces Alix, a well-known podcaster, to do a podcast about birthday twins. Alix begins by interviewing Josie in her home recording studio. During each interview, Josie reveals more and more about her past and her marriage to a much older man. At the same time, cracks in Alix's marriage and "perfect" life are beginning to be revealed as well.

The plot is very twisty with many surprises and reveals alternating between Alix and Josie's perspectives as well as recordings of their podcast sessions. By the middle of the book, you learn that Alix's birthday twin podcast has been turned into a Netflix true crime movie and by end there is murder and mayhem. A suspenseful, twisty tale with an ending that is both shocking and slightly bewildered, but oh so perfect. Highly recommended for fans of psychological thrillers.

Thank you to Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, and NetGalley for an advanced eBook in exchange for my honest review.

As always Lisa Jewell does not disappoint! I always think I know what is going to happen and I am pleasantly always surprised! I enjoyed that this book was not Lisas traditional timeline format. This book sticks essentially to two point of views with articles to fill in the blanks of the story. Wonderful story.

I read this entire book forgetting that the title is “none of this is true”. 😂 so I basically went in blind as a bat. The title refers to the main character Josie who unloads her life story to a podcaster named Alix. She details abuse, harrowing situations and a terrible life and marriage. All the while Alix’s marriage is crumbling due to her partners alcoholism. This is a good book to go in totally blind as you don’t want to be spoiled by twists and plot points. I’ll say I sped through this and was so enraptured I even was reading on my phone while I was walking down the street (I know I suck sorry). This is a true psychological thriller with dark themes and yes there’s some crazy stuff that goes down and some plot holes and you don’t really exactly know the truth in the end. If you’re ok with this, then this will be a fun wild ride for you.

BOOK REVIEW 💯 📚

Thank you so much to @netgalley for this ARC of Lisa Jewell's newest novel! This has officially made its way to my favorite Jewell novel yet 😍 I am do excited for you all to read when it is published in July!

On her 45th birthday famous Podcaster Alix crosses paths with her birthday twin Josie who happens to be celebrating her birthday at the very same pub.
Alix and Josie bump into eachother again, a few days later. Josie has been listening to Alixs' podcast and is positive she has a story worth sharing.
While Alix begins to unravel Josie's life is appears strange, complicated, and a little twisted....however when Josie finishes telling her story, it is truly just beginning.

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Thank you so much for an advance copy of this book by one of my favorite authors, Lisa Jewell. This tells the story of Josie, who one night at a pub meets her "birthday twin" Alix..and is instantly fascinated/obsessed with her. What goes on from there is a twisty, dark, curvy path that I enjoyed every step of the way. This book is very dark and may be triggering for some that dealt with some of the difficult issues in their past. For me it was definitely distirbing but well done so I stayed intrigued. The ending was definitely a shocker. This book has very unreliable narrators, which I love also. A great thriller!

Oh, this is the best Lisa Jewell book yet! I couldn’t put it down, and so many times I thought I knew which way this story was going to go, but no, it’s a twisty one, and extra fun because of it. Jewell has made the characters leap from the page. I loved the plot and the back and forth perspectives. This book is going to be one of the best of 2023.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

Pub date: 8/8/23
Genre: thriller
Quick summary: After a chance meeting at a local restaurant, Alix agrees to feature her "birthday twin" Josie on her podcast. But she'll soon find that her new friend is hiding some very dark secrets.

This book is capital D dark - trigger warnings include child abuse and murder, but I loved it. I especially enjoying being in Alix's mind trying to figure out what was truth and what was fiction. The ending was ambiguous, and I am still trying to wrap my head around what the "truth" is. Was this book over the top? Yes. But I was really into it and I think a lot of other readers will be too! I actually had to force myself to be responsible and not stay up late reading it.

My advice: Go in mostly blind and enjoy the ride!

Thank you to Atria Books for providing an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Lisa Jewell is a queen.

Run to get this latest book that features a podcaster in a questionable marriage and a woman she meets in passing on their shared birthday.

I do not want to give anything away of the plot, but I will say Lisa Jewell is an amazing writer whose books are only getting better and better. This book will leave you feeling so unsettled, but in a good way.

Enjoy!

This is a big statement but I think this may be my favourite Lisa Jewell book yet! What a wild ride! I feel like a lot of books lately have tried to have a podcast element that wasn’t done quite right but this one was perfect and enhanced the story so much!

This brought domestic thriller to another level and actually made me feel uncomfortable at times in the best way possible! The characters had so much depth that I genuinely felt like I knew them and I absolutely loved how you never really knew if what you were reading was true or not. This was fast paced, unsettling and honestly, brilliant. This deserves more than 5 stars and I know I will still be thinking about it years from now.

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐈𝐟…
✨you love an unsettling read
✨you love true crime podcasts
✨you like multiple POV’s and short chapters

𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🚨Pub Date: August 8, 2023
🫶🏻Thank you to @netgalley and @atriabooks for the ARC!

Once again,Lisa Jewel delivers! This is a fast paced read that was never boring. Constantly twisting and turning into a well written thriller. Her best work yet! The characters are well developed especially Josie. It did remind me a little bit of Gone Girl. I know that has been over played as “this thriller is like Gone Girl,” to get other readers into it. But this honestly does have a Gone Girl vibe. That quick pace, edgy, dark, and twisted story where everything ain’t what it seems. It’s so hard to write a review for this book because I don’t want to spoil anything. Thank you to the publisher for letting me read a copy and review on NetGalley. I loved this.

TRIGGER WARNINGS
#childabuse

What a fun ride. I could not put this down and was definitely left guessing until the very end. Still can't determine what was real.

Alix and Josie meet one night and find out it’s both their birthdays; they are birthday twins. Alix is a popular podcast and decides to use Josie’s life story for her podcast. As she interviews her, more and more dark secrets come out.

This tale was so suspenseful and page turning! Lisa Jewell knows the perfect amount to spoon fed the reader to leave them wanting just another chapter. I loved the perspective from the two women and how you know something in the story isn’t quite right. The ending was also perfect and unexpected. I wish this was a real podcast that I could listen to.

“It was almost as if I knew, even then, that there was no way back. That once I’d befriended the monster, that was it. For life.”

None of this is True comes out 8/8.

This was a very intense read. I read it in one day, which I never do these days due to young kids. Very good and I enjoyed the way it was written.

Lisa Jewell has done it again with the psychological thriller, None of This Is True. While the premise of the novel, the Birthday Twins coincidence, seems innocent, the plot quickly becomes more sinister as Jewell carefully reveals almost unbelievable situations and a cast of characters who are believable, relatable, and disturbing all at the same time. The plot twists and turns as different truths come to light, each more intriguing than the last. Framed around the very real premise of a podcast and Netflix series, None of This Is True is a dark and fascinating read that is impossible to put down. A winner!

Five stars for Lisa Jewell’s new psychological thriller None of This is True. Lisa Jewell again impresses with fully developed, layered and unreliable characters. The plot will take your breath away! Two women are 45 year old Birthday Twins, born the same day in the same hospital. That is where the similarity ends. Alix is a very successful, wealthy podcaster specializing in stories about women. She has a close family with young children. Josie is a plain, unpretentious seamstress with a much older husband and two grown daughters. Josie approaches Alix and convinces her that she is at a turning point in her life and would be the perfect subject for a podcast. What progresses is nothing short of terrifying, as Josie ingratiates herself in Alix’s life with dangerous consequences. Lisa Jewell’s writing style is innovative and the prose sophisticated and stunning. The story alternates between characters’ point of view and the True Crime podcast. The plot is twisty and sinister. The ending is shocking for even hardened readers of the genre!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books of Simon and Schuster for the ARC. My opinions are my own.
Read from March 15, 2023-March 16, 2023.

None of this is True is the best Lisa Jewell yet. The action is nonstop and she builds suspense from the first page. Her characters are developed so well that you feel as if you know them. You think you have it figured out but then , she takes a turn that wows you. I love Lisa’s books but she’s outdone herself on this one. Loved it.

I love Lisa Jewell and was SCREAMING when I received this ARC! This was far and away her best one yet! I almost always say that after finishing a Lisa Jewell book, but I REALLY, REALLY mean it this time! Alix is making a podcast about creepy Josie. Through creepy Josie we meet creepy husband Walter and creepy daughters Erin and Roxy. Or are they? So many twists and turns and just evil, vile happenings that I could not put this book down! I really like the podcast/Netflix documentary chapters woven in with the characters' stories. I did feel that Alix was a little blind at times, but hey, it's not like I have ever been in a situation like that so who knows? The ending left me with so many questions, but not in a bad way. Just a lot of food for thought. I cannot recommend this one enough if you like dark and disturbing.

Thank you to #NetGalley, Lisa Jewell and Atria Books for this much appreciated ARC! All opinions are my own. I will post my review to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Facebook, Instagram and other retail/social media sites upon publishing date.

Lisa Jewell’s book “The Family Upstairs” was an addiction for me. As soon as I finished it, I rushed out to get the sequel. This new arc was given to me to read in exchange for my honest opinion (thank you Atria Books via NetGalley!). In this psychological thriller “None of This is True”, Jewell writes with the same tension and pace as the previous ones I read (unputdownable!!!). For 70% of the book, I read as Alix meets a woman named Josie, and the relationship soon spirals downward, with Alix using Josie’s life story in a podcast, and nightmares soon follow.

Josie starts to exhibit dark behavioral patterns, and Alix is caught in the midst of it. The mix of podcasts blurbs, Netflix scenes, and descriptions of the abuses each woman experiences in backstories, was very well written. Where one woman succeeds, you see the other fall apart, and obsessions start to rule overall. At one point, Josie even kisses one of Alix's receipts she finds, fantasizing about Alix...and later we see a funeral where Alix is quoted as being "quite terrified". Terror prevails through the story, which readers will love.

Alix’s storyline was hard for me at times; I found her too trusting. Josie gives off the same vibes as the movie "Single White Female" with Bridget Fonda in the 1990's, so sometimes I wanted to shake Alix and yell....wake up! At about 80%, I found the storyline to the ending hard for me to accept. I wanted more closure.

Overall, it’s another great Lisa Jewell read that I am sure fans will love, full of mystery and suspense. Four out of five stars for me!

I will post my review on Amazon/ Goodreads/ Instagram and Twitter around the public
publication date. Thank you again to the publisher!

This is a wonderful novel about people who meet by happenstance and form close bonds, even though the bonds might be built on lies. I read this quickly and continue to think about the characters. Who was telling the truth? Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to be an early reader in exchange for my review.