I love the author's work. I have read and loved so many of her previous books but I must say this is now my favorite Lisa Jewell book.
The characters in this book, are the extreme. Especially Josie. Josie is the most unreliable, most unique, most diabolical character that Jewell has ever created.
You can't trust anyone, anything said, and any situation presented and yet the author weaves such a tale that you believe all the lies, then the lies told from the lies, and question everything.
I loved that the book is told through podcasts, interviews, and the narratives happening at the moment.

I don't want to say more because you need to read it to experience it. I think I will do a re-read but listen to it since I've heard that the audiobook is fantastic.

This book deserves all the stars!

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for sending a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I literally couldn't put this book down. Raced through it to get to the end, it was that good. Josie Fair is a super creepy character, who discovers that she shares a birthday with podcaster Alix and comes up with the idea to share her story because they are "birthday twins". Alix ignores various red flags that occur while going forward with the recording for the podcast, even letting Josie stay with her at her house after Josie claims that her husband beat her up. At that point, Josie kidnaps Alix's husband and that's where things go off the rails. There are different stories from different people in Josie's life, from her daughters to her mother. Although I really liked reading the book, the end leaves you hanging. The title pretty much says it all - your not quite sure which character is telling the truth. All in all, a good read, but the ending for me was somewhat disappointing. Thanks to the author and NetGalley for an advanced copy.

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC of None of This is True by Lisa Jewell.

Lisa Jewell is another author that I will pick up without question. She always has such fresh takes on mysteries and thrillers.

This story stressed me OUT, in a good way. Two women meeting in a restaurant after discovering that they were born on the same day in the same hospital, birthday twins! And one of them hosts a popular podcast. So after a few discussions, the birthday twins decide that they will do a podcast together. However, it doesn't take long before the relationship turns obsessive, how long until it becomes deadly.

You will have no trouble diving head first into this story and staying completely engaged. It's twisty, foreboding, and outrageous. You'll barely know which way is up, but don't worry, the story will take care of you. I thoroughly enjoyed this as the perfect summer read.

In my eyes, Lisa Jewell can do no wrong. Her books always make it to my yearly top ten list and I was so excited to read this one!

The premise itself was a little strange - a podcast about birthday twins. But I was able to get past that because the story itself was so gripping! Alix and Josie meet at a pub and are both celebrating their 45th birthdays. The two bump into each other again at Alix’s children’s school. Josie has found out that Alix is a pretty popular podcaster and convinces her to do a story about her life.

Josie tells her she has a dark and twisted past and finally wants to tell the truth. Alix reluctantly agrees, but after their first interview she can’t get enough. And I felt the same way. As the title suggests, it’s hard to know who to believe in this book! Jewel kept me guessing until the very end! Five stars as usual!

💭Thoughts: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
All the stars for this one! This book was intense. It’s been a long time since a thriller made me feel the way this one did. Truly nervous and on the edge of my seat waiting to see what would happen next. The pacing was perfect. I found myself staying up way to late, just so I could keep reading. I needed to know what the heck was going on. Even now after finishing it, I’m still wondering! The ending was so good!

If you’re a reader who enjoys a twisty read, then I highly recommend picking this one up.

#NoneofThisisTrue by @lisajewelluk
#WOW I just finished this thriller which I received as an #eArc and people… I flew thru this - one of the most engaging, thrilling, psychologically creepiest, books I’ve read and my favorite from this author so far. Two women, born in the same day and year, in the same hospital, and at 45 meet each other on their “twinning” birthday. Or they call it their twin birthday even though they are not related. One - Josie, who is awkward, odd, and reserved; the other Alix, a successful podcaster and wife and mother on the nicer side of town. They “meet” by coincidence when date brings them together by them both celebrating their birthdays at the same restaurant on the same night. Josie recognizes Alix’s birthday due to the big family and cake and loud voices and approaches her in the ladies room to mention the coincidence of their twin birthdays.
Alix will be sorry she ever met and was curious if Josie, who weasels her way into Alix’s life in more and more intrusive and dangerous ways. It’s a un-puttdownable thriller and it kicks your gut with the secrets revealed. Hats off to the author this was really fantastic. A 5 star fast read that keep me engaged from beginning to end! Check this one out asap !!! #thriller #jojo #lisajewel #podcast #gettothisoneNext #atriabooks @atriabooks thank you for providing this to me via #netgalley !!! Totally loved it!!

The title of this book definitely lived up to its name because throughout the whole book.i had no idea what was true and what was not. The beginning was a little slow but once I got to the 30% mark, I was very intrigued and by the halfway point I couldn't put it down and flew through the rest. It was definitely a "what the hell is going on" plot and by the end I had decided that I loved it. Nothing was predictable, even when you thought it was. Props to Lisa Jewell for delivering an original, captivating story. I definitely recommend this one, but make sure you give it the full chance it deserves.

Thank you to NetGalley, Lisa Jewell and Atria Books for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Wow! 4.75⭐️ I loved this book!! It starts off with 2 women celebrating their 45th birthdays in a local pub, Alex is a true crime podcaster and Josie is a normal mom, wife. They don’t know each other but they are actual birthday twins born the same day in the same hospital (I think, my memory could be wrong). They bump into each other again and Josie wants to be the next subject for her series, a normal woman that is getting ready to transform and she wants to tell her story and have Alex follow her as she becomes transforms into more than just a housewife. Josie is slowly unraveling and it becomes really unsettling, the twists were top notch!

Let's start off by saying - Check Your Triggers before picking this one up.

I can always count on Lisa Jewel to give me a bingeable twisty thriller! Between her addictive writing and her dark and complex characters - she has quickly become a "must read".

Favorite read of the year!

A wonderfully dark and twisty read that will keep you going until the very end, and even then you will ask yourself if you know what is true. I love the mix of elements - messed up marriages, gamers, podcasters, old missing person cases and more. It all comes together in a wonderfully dark and twisted story that will leave you going - WTF. Thanks to NetGalley for this delicious read.

I enjoyed this so much!

A huge thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for my advanced copy of None of This Is True.

I missed the pub day on this one so I grabbed the audio via Scribd.
None of This Is True is narrated by a full cast and it was a phenomenal listening experience.
I highly recommend the audio.

I was immediately was sucked into this story and hung on to every word.
The plot was unique.
The format was engaging.
The author kept me guessing.

I look forward to reading whatever Lisa Jewell decides to publish in the future.

…𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦r 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵.“

Thank you @atriabooks & @netgalley for my digital eArc. My thoughts are my own.

I finished this book a week ago and I’m STILL thinking about it!

When Josie Fair and her husband visit a local pub to celebrate her birthday, Josie spots another woman who is celebrating her own birthday. Josie learns the woman, Alix, is a podcaster and she is the exact same age as Josie; they are, in fact, birthday twins.

Josie begins to research Alix and, when Josie “accidentally” runs into Alix a few days later, Josie presents Alix with a unique idea for her podcast. Alix finds the idea intriguing and she begins interviewing Josie…and Josie begins gradually insinuating herself into Alix’s life…with shocking consequences!

I think this is my favorite Lisa Jewell novel! This page-turner starts innocently enough, but soon the tension begins and it steadily increases throughout the book, building to a startling climax! It alternates between the perspectives of Josie and Alix, with podcast episodes and segments from a Netflix documentary interspersed. This original format definitely adds to the tension. Throughout the ‘broadcasts’ I knew something terrible must have happened, but what? I could only guess!

I have to give a shout-out for the audio version by @simon.audio! With a large cast of characters, sound effects and music, the listener truly gets the effect of listening to a podcast and a crime documentary.

Don’t miss this one!

Thanks to Atria Books, the author, and NetGalley for the free gifted copy in exchange for an honest review.

A. WILD. RIDE. You obviously have to glaze over the fact that this relationship is tricking weird and inappropriate, to begin with, but if you can get past that then the book will take you up and down.

I don’t want to say too much about this book because the less you know the better but you will be confused, shocked, and left with lots of questions which is always an interesting way to end a thriller.

The unreliable narrators and extremely weird and unlikable characters will have you second-guessing everything up until you close the book because none of this is true.

Lisa Jewel is always a test for me. I love many of her books and some I find so so. This was an excellent thriller with two older characters that seem to have so much in common. Alix has a podcast on crime and is getting on with her life at age 45. Josie and Alix meet several times randomly and become friends. Alix starts to get the feeling something is amiss and then Josie disappears. With the police involved they discover some startling facts. Alix has become the subject of her own true crime podcast, with her life and her family’s lives under mortal threat.Certainly some twists that I wasn’t expecting. A good read.

Alix Summers is a popular podcaster who’s married to Nathan and has 2 young kids. Josie Fair is married to a much older man named Walter and has 2 grown daughters. Rox left home at 16 and Erin lives at home but doesn’t leave her room , is a famous gamer, and eats baby food. Celebrating both their 45th birthdays, Alix and Josie cross paths at a local pub. They call each other birthday twins. Josie convinces Alix to interview her for a podcast. While recording the podcast, Josie reveals disturbing, troubling, dark secrets that involve grooming, abuse, neglect and secrets. Nathan ends up missing along with Josie.
This story is dark, disturbing, twisted, unsettling. It’s told as a true crime series on Netflix and as a podcast. It ended where it could have a sequel. It constantly has you guessing who’s telling the truth and who was lying. It asks who’s really the victim here. In the end you drew your conclusions.
Thank you #netgalley, #Atria Publishing

I almost feel let down by this read 🫣 don’t hate me.

I really enjoyed the multimedia mode that Jewell used and I was spinning about who could be dead and what the big secrets could be. But in the end I’m underwhelmed. I was hoping for a big twisty ending but ended with what we had the entire book, a she said vs she said. Not much to dissect or dig into as far as analysis goes. I didn’t get the “wtf just happened” feeling that I was hoping for. Maybe it’s just me.

This book was good but the title Definately turned me off. It had me thinking the entire book was a lie which messed with my views of the book. I did Enjoy it and was entertained.

2.5 stars

None of This Is True is Lisa Jewell’s latest thriller that everyone is talking about. I have read a few of Jewell’s books and have yet to be blown away. But I still enjoy them and always hope an author will surprise me.

None of This Is True follows two women who happen to share the same birthday and meet celebrating it at a local restaurant. One of these women -Alix – hosts a popular podcast and superficially has the perfect life, while the other – Josie – is living a mundane life and hiding a dark past. When Josie carves her way into Alix’s life and podcast, Alix realizes too late that Josie has many secrets and they are starting to threaten Alix’s existence.

This will not be a rave review by any means. If you were hoping it was, I promise you those are easy to find.

The title alone ruins the first major twist of the book. Because of the title, I was immediately suspicious of a protagonist, and I assumed everything that came out of her mouth was fictitious. Why would you give away a major plot point before a reader even picks up the book? It was either a ballsy move based on overconfidence about the rest of the book or an stupid error.

That said, I was pulled in with Jewell’s writing and found None of This Is True to be a quick read. It is slow to start, but I was engrossed when it did pick up. I also enjoyed the storytelling method, which employed a combination of first person narrative, podcast transcripts, and a documentary script.

Sadly, None of This Is True is not the most original thriller I have read this year. It is yet another story about a podcaster, an “it” woman who seemingly has it all, and a woman full of “dark secrets”. And even the ending, which everyone is praising, was unsurprising to seasoned mystery readers. Was it still interesting? Sure, I could overlook most of this because it was an entertaining book. However, there are some issues we should not look past.

Other reviews have skipped over the large problematic elements of this book, and I am aghast and disappointed. First, a 13-15 year old is not capable of consenting to a physical/sexual relationship under any circumstances. Worse yet, a partner 15+ years their senior is both a rapist and a pedophile. Not only does Jewell fail to call this out, she makes the pedophile out to be a good person. Instead of the teenager being treated as the victim they are, Jewell doubles down and makes them out to be a villain. If that alone does not deter you, Jewell chooses to victim blame over and over. This author’s treatment of child sex abuse and rape is deplorable.

Overall, None of This Is True is wildly popular book with an unoriginal but entertaining plot. However, Lisa Jewell ruins the book with her despicable treatment of rape victims and gratuitous depiction of a pedophile. I cannot in good conscience recommend it. Because this is not the first problematic book of Jewell’s I have read, I will not be buying her books in the future.

Jewell has always been great at telling a good story and this book did not disappoint. This story was riveting from beginning to end. The writing was great and the characterization was satisfying. I read this book in about a day and look forward to reading future books by Jewell.

We love Lisa Jewell books so it is no surprise that we loved this book as well. This book is a must-read thriller from our list of summer 2023 book releases.

Alix has a popular podcast and meets Jose while out celebrating their birthdays. They are birthday twins. When they meet a few days later, Josie tells Alix her idea for a podcast. Josie wants to change her life and she wants Alix to document the changes. Before long, Josie it is almost impossible to tell what is truth and what is a lie.

This book is unlike any other book written by Lisa Jewell. It is a psychological thriller that is creepy and page-turning but not necessarily shocking. I listened to the full cast audio of this book and it was fantastic! It brought so much depth to the story. If you are reading Lisa Jewell books in order and are looking for an amazing listen, this is your pick!