What can I say about Her Pretty Lies except I loved it. What a real page turner that I could not put down.

Kendall Good is on cloud nine. She has a boyfriend of three years, a beautiful place to live and now she has a fellowship that will get her through her college years. Then the dam broke open. She finds her boyfriend in a compromising position with his ex girlfriend, she lost her place to live and her fellowship fell through. What will Kendall do? Try and get her library job back, go for help to her over bearing mother or just throw in the towel and drop out of school? She has lost everything or has she?

Enter an internet influencer named Mackenzie who has over heard the troubles Kendall is going through. She offers Kendall a home, money and clothes if she would take all of Mackenzie's test for her and basically be Mackenzie during her classes. Is this true, is Kendall dreaming? This would solve all of Kendall's problems, the only issue is Kendall cannot be found out. All goes well until Kendall starts getting notes saying she knows what she's doing and this can all blow up. Especially when Mackenzie is found murdered, or is this really Mackenzie. What will Kendall do?

Her Pretty Lies has many twists and turns which I love in a book. We find out the real connection between Kendall and Mackenzie.
Is Mackenzie really the good person she portrays to Kendall and how do their mothers figure into this whole situation. This was an easy read and I truly wanted to find out the whole story behind the girl's lives. What I also enjoyed was how the character Liv Kendall's good friend really throws a twist to the story, especially towards the end. Kendall does not know who to trust and the ending blew my mind.

Thank you NetGalley and Storm Publishing for the ARC. Bravo Angela Henry for a very thrilling story of love, hate and reconnection. Then throw in many twists and turns and it becomes a thrilling read. I look forward to more from Ms. Henry.

Well that was twist after a twist after twist. I called a couple of things but there was plenty left in store and the story did a great job on making you guess right to the very end.

This is a twisty, suspenseful thriller that I really enjoyed. This was a first by this author for me so I didn't know what to expect but I was hooked from page one and was anxious to find out how it all came together. Every character in this book has secrets and every one of them keeps lying, you don’t know who to trust.

Kendall went from having a boyfriend of three years, a fellowship to complete a graduate degree, and a great friend and support system to being homeless, broke, and alone in a matter of a few hours. Pondering her lack of options, she's approached by a famous influencer that attends her college with an opportunity. A very shady opportunity that will lead to expulsion at minimum if she's caught. What is she supposed to do? And what happens when someone else finds out and starts to blackmail her with a very odd list of demands?

This was pretty good for a YA thriller, but there is just SO much going on. There are multiple POVs in this book, but you're given locations as to where the character is when they're "speaking," rather than a name, and it causes the opening chapters to be very confusing until you get almost half way into the book. From there, there is layer after layer added to the story to the point it's a little absurd. How many ridiculous situations can one person end up in via coincidence in the span of a few days? Everything gets resolved in rapid succession which makes it feel rushed and extra insane.

A few of the "twists" were really predictable, but I can say I didn't expect the final one! Even though the resolution at the end of it had me rolling my eyes a little and wanting more. And some of the dialogue was really cringy--if I had to read "sis" one more time I was going to roll my eyes back into my head until they exploded.

BUT I was definitely hooked and read this in one sitting! It's a fast paced and quick read without a lot of filler, and I think it's a great example of a YA Thriller. This is definitely a must read for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and One of Us is Lying!

Thank you Netgalley and Storm Publishing for the opportunity to read an ARC of this one!

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 3.5 Thrilling Influential Stars!

What if you’d hit rock bottom and a complete stranger gave you a way out ? Would you take it , even if you knew it was a bad idea ?

“I know what happened that night. My dad tried to kill me. I wish he had.”

“Makeup is magic, and can make you look like anyone.”

This is a binge worthy book full of twists & turns and so many lies I could barely keep up as every character was lying 🤥!

If you like stories centred around :
* Universities
* Drama
* Secrets
* Endless Lies
* Murder
* Influencers 📸
Then this a book for you !!

Kendall Good has just walked in on her boyfriend of three years with another woman in their bed and to top it off she is broke . The very handsome scholarship she was offered just got ripped out from underneath her and she has nowhere to go.

Until she meets “Mac” and her life is about to change , but something feels off . Should she listen to her gut or follow the money 💰 🔪

This is a quick easy read although every plot line was thrown into to this book and utterly unbelievable it was exactly the perfect palette cleanser I was looking for !!

I really think fans of The Girls are All So Nic Here and IT Girl will go crazy for this book !

Thank you NetGalley , Storm Publishing and Angela Henry for this digital ARC !

Every single character in this book has secrets and every single one of them keeps lying, you don’t know who to trust to tell the truth. This fast paced thriller is full of twists and turns, especially throughout the last part.

DRAMARTIC is the best word to describe this book. It did get a bit overwhelming in some parts as too many things were happening at once but overall I enjoyed it.

3.75 stars.*

Thanks to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for a digital ARC copy.

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“Her Pretty Lies” is a thriller/mystery by Angela Henry. I really have mixed feelings about this book. It started off with a bang - Kendall seems to have life going in a great direction; she has a scholarship, she has a place to live, she’s got friends, and a boyfriend. However, like dominoes, things start falling - her scholarship is revoked, she becomes homeless, can her friends be trusted, and her boyfriend is a louse. Kendall is approached with a rather shady plan - that could end up with Kendall and the student at minimum being expelled. But desperate for a place to live and money - Kendall agrees to the plan. Then things get weird. I think every single character in this book - okay, maybe not the police and maybe not a school official - have secrets they don’t wish to have exposed. It did take me a while, with the misdirection, to figure out how the first few chapters tied into Kendall’s story. Around the 80% mark, the stories of others aligned with Kendall’s and things started happening rapid fire fast. At the beginning I did get confused as to who was who and which timeline the reader was reading. Additionally once the rapid fire section began, it really seemed like nearly anything could have been possible in this book. This was an okay read, though it did hold my attention. Two minor quibbles - not sure why nearly everyone’s race was mentioned [it really didn’t matter] and the YA vibes due to the Tik-Tok generation slang scattered throughout.

This book started out strong and quickly grabbed my attention. The author used a lot of detail to tell the story and I felt like I could vividly picture each character. However, what started out strong ended up all over the place, with so much back story and so many secrets, I had a hard time keeping track of it all. I did not find this to be a psychological thriller as categorized, but leaning slightly towards a cozy mystery after all is said and done. Looking back, the story felt more like a soap opera.

Kendall has just lost her grad school scholarship, ended her long term relationship, and lost her apartment and job when she’s offered a solution to her problems that she can’t refuse. Things are looking up for Kendall until she finds notes threatening to expose her secrets. In the middle of trying to juggle her life, she’s framed for murder. Who can she trust? Is anyone really who they say they are?

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this arc. My first by this author. A grad student is down on her luck, the fellowship in college got cancelled. She has no money and ends up homeless. Then she meets someone willing to give her money in exchange for help. But what kind of help? I liked the diary extracts.

Book Title: Her Pretty Lies
Author: Angela Henry
Publisher: Storm Publications
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Pub Date: May 3, 2024
My Rating: 4.2 Stars
Pages: 288

Kendall has it all – a great boyfriend, a new apartment, as well as a prestigious fellowship at Bellbrook College where she can earn her degree in psychology.
How could so many things go wrong so quickly? The Bennett Fellowship funds are no longer available. Then she finds her boyfriend Byron in her bed with his ex-girlfriend, Kayla.
Now she is being accused of a murder she didn’t do!!
Who can she trust?

She states she should have known she was hiding something. (At this point I wasn’t sure who ‘she’ was!!!)
I thought ~ ~ Perhaps I should have known! After all I do read a lot of thrillers.
Nope! I was clueless.
This indeed was a page-turner with ‘Oh! Yes! There are ‘Big Reveals’.

Want to thank NetGalley and Storm Publications for this early eGalley.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for May 3, 2024.

The book was so messed up and twisted. It is filled with so many plot twists and secrets. So many unthinkable things happens and characters are complex and mysterious. Everyone was harbouring a secret in this book. This is a kind of book where you think you have figured it all out but then the plot twists will completely shock you and they won’t let you go until the end. I would say just go blindly in this book if you like an addictive psychological thriller with intrigues, suspense, secrets, plot twists and mystery. I need to check Author’s other books too.


Thanks to the Author and Publisher

The story flowed well and the characters were well developed. I recommend this book and look forward to more from this author.


****Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an ARC in exchange for my honest review****

This is a highly engaging, taut and twisty thriller that I really enojoyed. Angela is a fairly new author to me so I didn't know what to expect. I was hooked from page one and read it in 2 sittings, it's that good! Thanks for the chance to review this novel and I am eagerly anticipating more from this author!

This book was ok. Not bad but not great. It didn't give me Jeneva Rose and definitely not Frieda McFadden which are my few favorite authors. It was a little slow for me. It did have it's "omg" moments but just hardly. I still thank you NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this story. Onto the next!!

I devoured this book in less than 24 hours. It’s probably one of the best psychological thrillers I’ve read. Kendall is such an intriguing character and the plot twists gave me whiplash. I can’t wait for pub day and to share this one with my book club. Thanks for the opportunity to read in advance!

First time reading a book written by Angela Henry. Absolutely amazing. Loved learning Kendalls story. Loved all the twists and turns. I thought I figured it out but Absolutely was left with my jaw dropped open. Can't wait to read more from this author!

Enjoyed this twisty thriller from the first page to the last! From the start the sorry sucks you in and the whole book you spend trying to figure out who did what and who is lying to who. I was gripped by the whole storyline that starts with Kendall finding a dead body in an apartment she just started living with when her personal life and school dreams imploded. The story just expends from there and keeps you going on a wild ride. This was an easy book in binge in one sitting and would make a good beach read this summer!

This has easily got to be one of the most engrossing books I have read this year! I was forcibly sucked in from the prologue and wasn't spat out until the very end.

Whilst it was a quick, binge worthy read for me it didn't feel like a 'quick' read as it was so intense, intriguing and the whole plot was so intricately weaved it had me up all night.

Every single time I thought I had it all figured out I was whacked in the face with another twist and they just kept on happening.

The characterisation was SUPERB, I absolutely loved the complexity of each character and they were easy to picture and relate to which is a massive plus for me. Every single character has secrets to hide and that constantly kept me on edge trying to work them out like an amateur Detective... I was usless 😅

A tale so full of twists and turns I was left spinning and the ending was just fantastic. If you are after a book that is non stop drama, twists and turns a plenty and full of intrigue.. this is definitely the one for you!

Huge thanks to Netgalley and Storm Publishing for the ARC.

This is a new author for me. The premise sounded good so I gave it a try. Kendall is a grad student at a college in Onio. Right before the semester starts, she finds out the fellowship she was supposed to receive was cancelled due to issues with the donor's will. This leaves Kendall in a lurch. With no money, nowhere to stay, and a break up, she's in quite the mess. She decides to take a girl up on her offer of free rent and a lot of money to do something underhanded. Doing this will allow Kendall to stay in school, but at what cost? The first half of the book was smooth sailing. The second half got very complicated and convoluted due to so much going on at once. I kind of got lost. My head was spinning by the end. I don't think so much was needed to pull off the ending of the book. In fact, with so much going on, it took away from the ending.

I loved the writing style and the attention to detail about the characters... what they were thinking etc. I could feel Kendall's indecision about taking such a great risk in order to stay in school. What I didn't like was how everyone was identified by color. For example, black girl, white boy, etc etc. I'm not sure what the difference is whether the girl or guy the author was writing about at the time was black or white. It took away from the story and was like a big lump in the paragraphs. How about just using their names and realizing they are all simply peole in a thriller? I personally don't care what color they are. Overall, if the second half was more like the first half, this book would have been a winner. For me it's 2.5 rounded up to 3.

Thank you to Storm Publishing and Netgalley for the ARC. I greatly appreciate it. I do not recommend this book in it's current form.

This was a quick, binge-worthy read filled with lots of drama, lies, & twists. It definitely reminded me of Freida McFadden books!

Thank you to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I loved:
- How fast-paced this book was. There was never a dull moment and every time I thought that I had figured things out, there was more to be revealed.
- ⁠All the secrets & lies. Every single character had their own secrets that they were trying to protect so I was kept on edge guessing whether someone was telling the truth.
- ⁠The multiple plot lines happening at the same time. I liked that there was a lot going on. It kept things interesting and I didn’t find it too hard to keep track of everything that was happening.

What I didn’t like as much:
- Some of the characters motives seemed a little far-fetch/dramatic (?)
- The way that all the characters were connected to each other was just a tad bit too coincidental and required me to suspend my belief a little bit.

I literally read this book in the span of 1 day bc I was just too engrossed in trying to untangle the intricate web of lies and deceit that Angela Henry created.