A really good read. They story is written from Kit and Laura's prespective of accounts leading up to meeting Beth, a victim of rape. It is based around their love of attending eclipse festivals. It draws you into their life always keeping you wondering if Beth really is this destructive, lying girl who has ingrained herself into their perfect life or whether she is telling the truth.
The story unfolds as Kit goes off to watch an eclipse leaving a pregnant Laura at home. Laura is left scared for Kit and what could happen if Beth also attends the eclipse.
This book gripped me from the beginning and left me shocked when it ended not how I expected it to. I would highly recommend this book. It was hrad to put down.

I found he said/she said to be quite slow going to begin with, I wasn't sure I was actually going to like it, however I carried on, and while I still found the pacing wasn't as fluid as other books I've read, the content was enough to keep me drawn in.
There were some interesting turns along the way, and I enjoyed waiting for the next snippet of information

This was as twisty as it gets, first book I've read by this author but they certainly know how to spin a good tale,it was full of misdirection and the writing was very clever .I didn't know what was going to happen and that is what I like.I can't give anything away, I don't want to spoil it for other readers, but this book is well worth a read.Thanks to the publishers and netgalley for an ARC in return for an honest review.

One of the best psychological fiction books of this year. Twisty and gripping, had me hooked from page one and didn't let go!

Thank you for and ARC of this book. He said/ she said is a psychological thriller about a couple Laura and Kit who are eclipse chasers. Firstly set in 1999 at Lizard festival in Cornwall. When the eclipse they come to see is cloud covered. on the way back to their tent. they witness a man raping a woman. When Laura tries to talk to her the woman beth is in shock and doesnt speak. The man is arrested an Laura and kit are witnesses at the trial. For the next 15 years they live in fear of their lives as the man go released early.

I thought this book was well written, the description of the rape was sensitively done. But I found that there was no likeable characters in this story. I struggled with this. It didnt grab me. Sorry not my type of book.

Gripping with lots of twists and turns and a final sentence that will leave you shocked!

This book held my interest from the start. The idea of perception of a situation being down to an individuals interpretation is one which interests me and is the premise for the book. It is a case of her word/thoughts and against his. Who to believe, who is right. The book explores this and the relationship between all those effected and the knock on effect of a single action. The book did not end in the way I imagined and liked the fact it twisted and turned along the way. Would read another book by the author.

I really enjoyed this, although I didn't feel like Laura and Kit had distinctive enough voices. I liked the story, and the way that everyone had secrets to keep. I'd definitely read something else by the author.

From the very start I was gripped. I wanted to turn the pages more quickly to find out more! The complexity of the relationship between Laura, Kit and Beth was so involving. I would highly recommend this book.

Rather topical subject matter.....girl witnesses rape. Or did she?
The way this was split, with the device of the eclipse was effective.
I couldn't decide whether I actually liked the main characters, Laura and Kit, but I did find them convincing. Some of the peripheral characters were interesting, but slightly one-dimensional.
Gripping stuff, and cleverly plotted.

This book starts with a palpable air of menace.
Who is Beth that they are both so afraid of? What did she do to them that they changed their names and have hidden from the digital world? Why is ... so anxious? What caused it?
A different style of writing that causes psychological shivers down your spine.

Very gripping plot, with lots of twists and turns. Would definitely recommend.

okay i'm going to be honest in my review of HE SAID/ SHE SAID this is the story of Laura and her boyfriend kit told in the past and present in both there narratives about how they have had to go in to hiding and change there name due to something that happened in the past and because of a women that they meet over 15 years ago called Beth, one of the things i like about this book is that the back ground of this story is set around eclipse i found that a refreshing touch... going back on to the bast Laura and Kit and newly in love and Kit being a huge lover and follower of The eclipse they set out to go along with KIT's twin brother Mac and Mac's girlfriend and also Laura's best friend Ling to go and watch an eclipse,

what was meant to be a fun trip and a way of making some fast cash to pay for the trip selling tea on there stall turns out to be a nightmare and the repercussions that will and have carried on into there future, while Laura is at the festival she witnesses a women who we find out is called Beth being Raped or well what she the thinks is Rape as Beth is to shocked to even talk at this point and the man Called Jamie saying it was just a being of fun and asking Beth to confirm that, it leads to a shocking trial... the story continues to go back to the past taking you trough the court case and a friendship develops between Laura and Beth That Kit doesn't like this new friendship as its not really a way to make a friend through a situation like this but is that really why he doesn't want them to be friends or is there more to it? it did take me sometime to warm to Laura and Kit, but i did enjoy the book its filled with lots of twist and turns that i did not see coming i felt apart of the story, each have there secrets each have told lies but who do you trust? who's side are you on? who do you believe? HE SAID/ SHE SAID is a truly addictive and unputdownable book that will have you guessing till the very end and an ending that you won't see coming!!

He Said She Said is a very clever name for this book as there's several ways it could be interpreted. It is told from his and hers POV but there are other undercurrent meanings that I can't mention in fear of spoilers. I loved how the title of each part of the book was connected to the total eclipse stages and little Suns at the start of every chapter. I think the whole theme of the total eclipse that runs through the story, added a certain charm and set this book apart from so many others in the genre. It was well written, with plenty of twists but I'll remember it for the total eclipse theme..
Many thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC.

A gripping story stemming from an attack upon a young woman at a festival during a lunar eclipse. Highly recommended.

I enjoyed this book very much and I couldn't put it down reading it in one sitting. It was unusual and I didn't guess the outcome. Not all stories have happy endings and the past usually comes back to haunt you! Recommended to thriller fans.

This book is certainly highly charged and very tense in parts. With a dual timeline alternating between events which start in 1999 and the present day, the book’s narrators are Kit and Laura, two young lovers who are pretty much soul mates from the first time they meet and decide to make their lives together.
Kit is an academic young man, a scientist who is fascinated by solar eclipses and who is willing to travel the world to get the best study vantage point for them. Kit and Laura travel to the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall. They are at a hippy festival where there is to be an eclipse. Kit and his twin Mac, a wayward but attractive young man, have set up a drinks stall at the festival to help them pay their way.
What happened during the festival when they come across Beth and Jamie will set off a chain of events that will follow them through their lives for the next 20 years.
Erin Kelly weaves a beguiling story, shot through with tension and highly charged emotions. She shows how the best of intentions can lead to lies that will impact on those closest to those who tell them and alter the course of their lives forever.
The book is suffused with twists and turns, leading the reader to wonder who can be relied upon for the truth, until it becomes clear that each of the four protagonists has something to hide.
Kelly has produced a deeply thought provoking book which tackles a difficult subject and raises quite a few important questions about the way in which rape is treated in our courts and how and whether the victim is believed.
But this is not just a book about a rape trial; rather it looks at the consequences of relationships in which everyone is being less than honest and how small lies can produce far bigger consequences than those intended.
Kelly unfolds the truth behind her characters as the darkness that they have created slowly enfolds them until they live in fear and are compelled to hide from the world, erasing their identities lest they be discovered.
This is a powerful psychological thriller that will stay with me for quite some time to come.

It was not one of the psychological thriller that you need to read in a day but that you forget without a week. This is a slower and more subtle book that creates more lasting images. Laura and Kit chasing eclipses is on of those images. I also thought that it was written a lot better than your average 99p psychological thriller ebook.
It is about love and betrayal, friendship and misunderstandings. But it is mostly about betrayal although being a psychological thriller it is not always the most obvious betrayal that counts.

Laura and Kit are in Cornwall to watch an eclipse in 1999 when Laura witnesses a criminal act that changes her life for the next fifteen years and possibly longer. Beth enters in their lives and never really leaves them. The book is also about rape, violence on women and who we are prepared to believe. It does challenge our own prejudices. Do we believe Beth or not? And if not why not?

The book fluctuates between the present (2015) and the past (1999/2000) but it is easy to follow, unlike other books which use the same way of narrating events in the past. It was the first book by Erin Kelly I read and it won't be the last. It is classified as a psychological thriller, but I would be careful here, there is definitely a lot of psychology but less of a thriller. It is more about the perception of danger than danger itself but there are some 'exciting bits'.

I struggled to get into this but I'm glad I persevered
Kit and Laura travel to watch an eclipse, somehow Laura disturbs a couple, the woman seems to appreciate it. Some years later she appears on their doorstep. things take a strange turn and she wonders if the man may have been speaking the truth. Their help has disastrous consequences on their lives. 15 years later they live with new identities and off grid,no social media or internet. Can they stay safe??