The Lies You Told by Harriet Tyce
Written by Ashley Kelmore, Posted in Reviews
Four Stars
Best for:
Anyone who likes a little private school intrigue, and who also has the stomach for some seriously cruel
In a nutshell:
A mother returns to where she was raised, with her daughter in tow. Things have changed … or have they?
Why I chose it:
Part of a paperback sale, and it looked pretty intriguing.
Review:
Sadie has fled the US – and her husband – with her 11-year-old daughter Robin. Due to some cruel pre-death machinations by her mother, Sadie is able to live in her deceased mother’s home, and must send Robin to the same private London all-girls school that Sadie attended, or else lose the home. Sadie doesn’t care much, as she just needs to get away from her husband (why, we don’t find out right away).
Sadie finds work as a barrister thanks to help from her best friend, but find the mothers at the private school to be extremely snarky and rude. Their daughters are also icing out Robin. This goes on for the first quarter of the book or so, and it’s distressing to the point that I almost stopped reading. I don’t mind some cruelty in a book so long as the instigators get their comeuppance.
I’m glad I stuck with it though. Eventually something happens that brings Sadie and Robin into the Mean Girl mothers’ good graces. Sadie continues work on a case defending someone who may have been falsely accused.
This book is just under 400 pages and I finished it in one day. It’s a quick read, and interesting. There are twists, things you can see coming and things you can’t. And it has a very interesting and satisfying ending.
Recommend to a Friend / Donate it / Toss it:
Recommend to a Friend
