I loved Carola Lovering's debut, Tell Me Lies, so when I got approved for Too Good to Be True, I was so excited! I can't decide which book was better. This book was a crazy ride full of unlikeable and exasperating characters, and some unexpected twists. I couldn't put it down! The story was cleverly woven together and although it all made sense, I didn't see it coming - the best kind of plot.

I loved this book! I loved how it was told in different perspectives from the different characters. This was a nicely crafted, twisted story and was not what I expected. This exceeded all expectations and I was pleasantly surprised. The characters are well developed and I love the way the back story was told parallel with the current plot. You will not be disappointed!

This has got to be one of the most well executed thrillers I have read so far this year. Does that sound too good to be true? (See what I did there?) Yes, but I am being 100% honest!

Skye Starling is rich. Filthy rich. She has everything she could ever want in her life, but love has eluded her, seemingly due to a strong case of OCD. Then she meets Burke, an older man, and it’s love at first sight for both of them (or is it?). After a whirlwind romance, Burke proposes marriage. Skye has never been happier, but will soon find out that some things in her amazing life are just too good to be true.

Talk about plot twists! I had to be away from this book for hours after getting to a pivotal scene, and it was pure torture! The writing by Carola Lovering is so smooth. This is my introduction to her work, and she is an expert at crafting a HIGHLY UNPUTDOWNABLE, suspenseful piece of fiction. It’s a fun, gripping and 100% enjoyable journey with many unexpected moments. I can’t recommend it enough to fans of the genre.

My sincere thanks to St. Martin’s Press, Carola Lovering, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE is the best suspense novel I've read in years. The story is so gripping and the character development is so strong that I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. I figured out the "connection" fairly early on, but that didn't impact my enjoyment of the book, as I was so anxious to see how everything came together and what ultimately happened with these characters. Even with having figured out that one point, there were still plenty of twists and turns. Without giving anything away, there's a bit of an unreliable narrator issue that bugs me a little because I don't like feeling "tricked." But overall, this is an extremely well-written story and I'm delighted to have been introduced to this author.

I love an unreliable narrator, and since this story is told from several points of view, it's a lot of fun to try to figure out what's what. It's also a complex story where most of the characters have both positive and negative traits, which is more true to life than having a pure villain. I particularly enjoyed the first three-quarters of the book; the pace of the last quarter or so began to drag a bit as things were wrapping up. Overall though, this is a solid, entertaining read.

I was given this book from NetGalley for an honest review.
My honest review...I could not put this book down!
It grabbed me right from the first page, I was hooked...no skimming either! Ha!
I love how the tail is told thru three voices and how you can love, hate then love a character again. And the nice little twist in the middle was a welcome change to the predictable end of the book twist. At least with this twist we get to actually see what happens to the characters.
There is not really anything I can say about the book since the twist is in the middle of book and I don't want to give spoilers away.
But if you like romance and a bit of a revengeful twist, you've got your summer read right here. It was a very easy book to fall into and great character writing.
I'm definitely going to recommend this book to my book clubs!!
Thanks for sharing this awesome story!

Wow! This was one exciting rollercoaster ride! I was surprised by every twist and turn in this gripping domestic thriller. Just when I thought I had it all figured out, another twist shocked me! Highly recommended!

This one was a great read! First for me from this author. A very enjoyable book.
I will be looking for more from this author. So much happening in this one and easy to get into it.


Thanks to the publisher and Net Galley for an early release of this book.

Sorry, I just could not get into this book. I did not like the characters or the plodding story. The OCD was of interest, but once I read the problem over and over It was just more than I could read.

Terrific a chilling page turner. First book for me by Carola Levering she weaves an amazing story,.Characters that come alive a story that had me gasping.Run grab this book.#netgalley #st.martinspress.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book for an honest review.

This is a story about retribution and deceit between Skye, Burke and Heather. It’s a well crafted plot told by these three main characters. Each character is well developed but each character have their own burdens to contend with. I enjoyed this story however I thought it was overly long at the end . I recommend this book with 4 stars.

Three POVs, a struggling couple in mid-forties who has insufferable financial problems and a nearly thirty years old young woman who can be a great solution to fix everything goes wrong in their lives :

Heather, longing to perfectly balanced, wealthy life since the beginning of their marriage and her husband Burke is the reason they lost everything with his tremendous mistake and now he thinks they have a chance to way out. He’s going to seduce trust fund baby: Skye who is getting closer to be 30, suffering from OCD, cannot build a real relationship because of her mental illness.

The plan is simple: Burke will marry with the girl without prenup and when they get divorce, he’ll also get his share of money which will help him to compensate the financial loss and provide a better life for his family. That’s what written on Burke’s diary. But the plans can change or the narrators can be inaccurate so be wise and careful when you decide who is telling the truth, who is keeping big secrets for conducting his/ her dangerous plan to serve his/ her hidden agenda.

This book is so smart, addictive and entertaining with too many jaw dropping, WTF moments and shocking twists. Especially two biggest twists are perfectly crafted. Thanks to my spider senses I found out one of them from the beginning but the other one caught me off guard. I still nod my head in disbelief and tell myself how I didn’t see it coming.

I’m not gonna give more spoilers but I have to admit: this book is brilliant and all those flawed characters’ narration parts may be too long but you cannot stop reading and you want to learn more about their dark secrets and how their minds work. You dislike those characters but you start to understand what they’ve been through clearly and begin to question yourself what you would do if you were exactly at the same situation.

The romance parts are a little exaggerated and I just rolled my eyes when I read some parts but it also help me to empathize with the characters.

Overall: If some pages have been discarded, shortened, this would have been more fast paced and intriguing read. So I’m cutting one star and giving four mind bending, entertaining, whirlwind, exciting stars!

I’m looking forward to read the other works of the author.

Special thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for sharing this unputdownable ARC with me in exchange my honest thoughts.

Wow, Carola Lovering has truly knocked it out of the park with Too Good to Be True! I devoured Carola’s first novel (Tell Me Lies) so I was going into Too Good to Be True with high expectations—those expectations were met and exceeded!!!! I enjoyed how the storyline had many layers that were brilliantly unveiled one layer at a time! I was 100% on the hook the entire way through and the well placed twists and turns made this book unputdownable! Too Good to Be True is a 5 star read that I think would make a fantastic book club selection! Carola Lovering has officially become an automatic 1-click for me and I am so excited to see what she comes out with next!

Delicious fun!

This exceptionally well-crafted thriller takes the "unreliable narrator" theme to new heights. I was completely tricked by some of the very clever twists and turns in the beginning of this book.

This story is probably best to go into blind, but I will tell you it is told in part by a man, Burke, who may or may not be too good to be true. It also features two women, Skye and Heather, who have significant obstacles in their pasts. Reading these narrators allows you to pick your favorite, and then maybe have the rug pulled out from under you.

While I loved the tone and the characters, what I am really most impressed with in this book is the mystery and the construction of the plot. In the very beginning of the book I was rolling my eyes and yelling at the book (internally, MOSTLY) about what I thought were plot holes. Somehow as if by magic (and using several very clever twists and devices), the plot totally filled those holes and everything came together. I was extremely impressed with how it was all executed. My one complaint, which is a serious nitpick of an otherwise awesome book, is that at some point at the very end I kept waiting for another shoe to drop or another twist that never came. Maybe I am the victim of too many overly twisty thrillers that I have gobbled up this year. But this book was pretty much perfectly plotted, deliciously told, entertaining AF, and just very fun and addictive reading. The ending was also great, even though it was different from what I expected. This is my first book by Carola Lovering, but it is so good (almost "Too Good To Be True") that I will purchase her next book plot unseen. It is a very, very well-written, smart, well-plotted thriller. More than that though, it is just deliciously fun, and a great quarantine escape.

Thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press and Carola Lovering for the ARC of this book. This review is my own. This book gets an almost perfect 4..75 stars from me! (Because nobody in the book is quite perfect, and they all have their own flaws that make them interesting, this seems to fit.) Great book that is a cut above the rest of the summer thriller crop.

A book about relationships, heartache, revenge and mental health. Although I finished this book-it was challenging to do so. Long, without a lot of content. The reader gets to experience all characters’ point of view and that was a plus. I found the “mystery” an easy one to solve.

I couldn't finish this book. The writing was trite, the characters one-dimensional, and the plot line was, at the same time, overly convoluted and too simplistic.

First let me say that I was a huge fan of Carola Lovering's debut novel <b> Tell Me Lies </b> to this day I cannot get over Lovering's ability to write about toxic relationships and heartbreak.

The theme of heart break and toxic relationships continues in Lovering's sophomore novel <b> Too Good To Be True </b>. In it we meet 29 year old Skye who suffers from OCD and was never able to find love, just a series of one night stands, that is until one summer day she meets Burke, ten years her senior who doesn't judge her for her compulsive tendencies and wants to spend the rest of his life with her. For the first time Skye is truly happy and she owes it all to Burke who in less than a year proposes. Everyone in Skye's life thinks things are going too fast they all think this is too good to be true.... is it?

Honestly, I enjoyed reading this book- it is the perfect beach read, light with a bit of tension to keep you invested. Granted I saw the twist coming from a mile off and I rolled my eyes a bit. I also felt the ending was unrealistic and the lengths the antagonist went through seemed like a whole lot but... I guess there are sick people out there...

Overall a nice likkle read.

Amazing!! I got just two hours of sleep last night... this book simply wouldn't let me go. The characters were great from start to finish! The storytelling - done though journal entries and regular chapters - was brilliant.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an advanced reading copy of this e-book in exchange for my honest review.

Carola Lovering has beautifully written a piece that involves so many topics that are relatable in different areas. I personally loved how one of the main characters had to learn and retrace the onset of OCD; this is something that I was able to identify and felt as I was reminiscing my childhood. It was explained in a way that was very respectful and made the reader understand how a person suffering OCD is judged and emotionally impaired.

I enjoy how Carola opened each chapter with the point of view of the three main characters. As the reader, we usually have one point of view or are the omniscient (3rd person). Carola's structure was the perfect format in order to throw us that curve ball that completely blew my mind!

Another topic touched in the book is how loyalty to marriage, especially a toxic marriage can bring serious consequences. By the end of the book, you feel disgust by the degree of selfishness and greediness of one character that you felt pity towards.

Though the love story might not be guaranteed, a second chance is at hand. Though we think evil got away, I feel she will be consumed by her own toxicity and endless cycle of manipulation.

This is a wonderful book to explore. Characters were developed and brought to life in a very real (believable) manner. I highly recommend "Too Good to Be True" by Carola Lovering.

I received this book "To Good to Be True" from NetGalley and all opinions expressed are my own. This book was good from beginning to end. I thought the characters were great and the story was amazing. I didn't want to put this down. Lots of twists and turns. Great book! I will be reading more from this author.