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Good Girls Lie

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I absolutely love J.T Ellison and jump on any new book she writes. This was a really dark and effed up plot and the element of an all girls school full of rich, snotty, mean girls made it even more the darker. On that note, there was a lot going on and I found myself flipping backwards sometimes because I couldn't quite keep track of who was narrating at that point. The ending was mysterious as well and left me saying hmmmm.
I honestly am torn between 3.5 and 4 stars. It had me jumping in feet first at the beginning and then I felt somewhat bored of the usual "mean girls" cliches, then I was in it again trying to figure everything out.

Thank you #NetGalley, the author and the publisher for my free ARC in exchange for my honest opinion and review. 3.5 star, rounded to a 4.

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J.T. Ellison is one of my favourite Authors. This book is a must read. An elite female only boarding school. Some nice girls but also some egotistical bullies. Secret societies, affairs, suicides and murder. I didn't know who the imposter was until the end. Thanks to NetGalley, Harlequin-Mira and the Author for allowing me to read and review this book.

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Good Girls Lie by JT Ellison was a book about truth lies and deception set at a prestigious and mysterious girls boarding school in the US.

I really enjoyed this book, I am not sure what about it it I enjoyed most but I would definitely recommend it. It brings together mistrust and psychological thrills. Throughout this whole book, I was never sure who or what to believe and it wasn't until towards the end I started to get where the book was going.

A must read for thriller fans!

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This book was very confusing. I had a hard time with who was who
While this way first book
By this author ,I will read another as I have heard great things about this author. I went in with no expectations and I was hooked immediately but still very confided

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Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison. Harlequin-Mira, 2019.

After a family tragedy, Ash Carlisle travels from Oxford England to her sophomore year at an exclusive American boarding school. Ash has her own troubles and history, as do Ash’s room mate, and most of those that she encounters; dysfunctional mother-daughter relationships are prevalent with some very bad fathering thrown in.

Chapter One begins with a death, the Dean identifies the body and then Chapter Two slips back to Ash’s British Airways flight and her arrival at the school. Though there are a few early hints of what might be happening, this complex psychological thriller is not completely predictable. Although the story flows well, several characters flash back, so I wasn’t certain who was narrating until just around the ¾ point where the story begins to catch up with Chapter One.

Good Girls Lie, one of the most compelling books that I’ve read this year, caught and held my attention from page one and kept it right through to the end. I recommend it.

Disclosure: I received a review copy of Good Girls Lie for free via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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J.T. Ellison simply does not disappoint! I love when author exceeds my expectations Every. Single. Time. Good Girls Lie is a chilling mystery/thriller that had me guessing until the very end. Throughout the novel, J.T. Ellison does a great job with leading the reader in several directions and I found myself not exactly sure what was fact and what’s fabricated which I found added so much to chilling complexity of this novel!! The storyline was brilliantly developed and trust me when I say you will definitely be “on the hook” until the last page! Good Girls Lie is a total 5 star novel that will absolutely keep you up way past you’re bedtime!!!!

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Dark and twisty. Starts out really compelling, but gets a bit slow in the middle. There is a LOT going on in this book- some of the characterizations/back stories seem superfluous. It has a solid twist, though, and I can see it being a good book club pick.

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Psychological thriller with many twists and turns. Sometimes it seems hard to follow all of the twists.

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A very interesting and intense read although at times was very hard to follow. Would recommend though

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Honestly not sure how I feel about this book. It hooked me from the start, but I found it confusing and hard to follow at times. I wanted to finish it, but felt like it dragged on and on and on and got more confusing as it went. Hard to keep straight all the characters, who was nice, who was mean, who was both, and leaves you continually trying to put the story together. I think I liked it...but still feel confused.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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My thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This story just went on, and needlessly on. Eighty-nine chapters. The writing is decent - there were many great and even clever lines. After a while, there were too many great and clever lines. There was also way too much interior monologue (telling and not showing), and everyone and everything is shrouded in mystery. Now HERE is a novel that should have been turned into a serial. Thomas Wolfe had serious issues with over writing and I was feeling a sense of deja vu with this novel as well. This book was certainly not my cup of tea.

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Interesting and unusual story with many twists. Have read most of J T Ellisons books and this is not as good as others.

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There is some gory stuff here, being in a snooty rich girls' school only adds to the viciousness.
The way this book was set up there was lots of semi veiled references to how things had happened before and allusions to some shady business taking place now.
It's a bit frustrating to get teased when you know it will be pages and pages before the story is told; to keep trying to put the little clues together.

Normally I like JT Ellison, but this is not one of the best. The meanness of everyone, the betrayals, and ultimately the end of a few of them is disheartening.

The ending is sad, but I am not sure I totally understand who is who, so maybe it wasn't as sad as I thought.

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This book captivated me entirely from the first paragraph.

Dark, spooky and atmospheric, this tale is full of intrigue and dubious plots, strange relationships, secrets and lies.

Set within a private boarding school, J.T Ellison has expertly described the school and grounds so well you feel like you are walking the halls alongside the students.

The whole storyline has this mesmerising feel about it that sucks you in and has you question everything thing and everyone!

Very cleverly thought out and written, each character has their own back story of privilege, pain and secrets. But just how far will these students and staff go to protect them?

An unpredictable mystery with an ending that blew me away!

A big thanks to Netgalley & Harlequin for the ARC. This has got to be one of my most favourite books to devour this year.

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Tense chilling unputdownable an author whose books I will look forward to reading.Highly recommend to all lovers of thrillers #net galley #harlequinbooks

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Excellent and absorbing. JT Ellison gives us an inside peek at a prestigious girls' boarding school in GOOD GIRLS LIE. Ash Carlisle has come to The Goode School to escape her parents' recent deaths. But she didn't plan on the cruelty she gets from some of the girls and the harsh hazing inflicted by the secret societies. But Ash is bright and determined to make a go of her new life. But Ash has secrets of her own and when another student dies, keeping those secrets proves much more difficult than she thought. Like all of Ellison's books, this one is well written, with good, believable characters. And quite a twist at the end.

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This was a great book that had me hooked very early on. The characters are what brings this novel to life. Although I had the storyline figured out half way through, the writing was so great that it didn’t make a difference.

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I sorry to say I was disappointed in story. The whole novel seem too busy. Everyone seemed to be running around, inside, outside, upstairs, downstairs. People were nice then mean. It just was confusion right to the end.

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Good Girls Lie is completely unpredictable mystery with an end that could have knocked me over with a feather. In a dark, twisted boarding school whose students pledge truth and honesty, everyone lies- the students, the dean, the chauffeur, everyone. Told between switching viewpoints of first and third person, the first person narrative is from an unreliable narrator full of secrets and manipulations that I felt empathetic for and still did not completely trust. When a death rocks the school, the ivory tower teeters on the brink of destruction as the lies and secret societies become unwound as the police investigate the possible suicide or murder of a student. A school full of rich, privileged, and spoiled brats provide a buffet of suspects when everyone is snappish and seems capable of murder. The blows keep coming as the author stands the story on its head in thrilling and shocking plot twists that blindsided me and kept me coming back for more. My voluntary, unbiased review is based upon a review copy from Netgalley.

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This book grabs you from the first page and leaves you breathless at the end! A must read for those fans of Thrillers. I would read anything this Author wrote. Do yourself a favor and read this unputdownable story!

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