This book was meh. It is told in dual POV. The first chunk of hte book is told from Sloane (aka Caitlin’s) POV. I did NOT like her. I found all her lies annoying and redundant and really didn’t care about her as a character. Once we got to Violet’s POV chapters, I found myself more engaged. It has a few twits and is definitely a slow burn. The books main trope is unreliable narrators, so if that frustrates you, I’d steer clear. If you like female protagonists, lying, and con women than this may be for you.

Sloane has been a compulsive liar since she was young. All she wanted was to fit in and by telling elaborate lies (i.e her dad was a rockstar, she had a mansion with a pool etc) was her way to connect with people. Fast forward 20 plus years and she still cannot help but lie to EVERYONE around her. One day, she finds herself reading in the park, and helps a father and his daughter with a bee sting. She tells him she is a nurse and that her name is Caitlin. She continues to see this family and eventually weasels her way into becoming their nanny (despite her checkered past as a teacher where she got fired). She keeps up her fake persona as she becomes closwer with the family. Especially, the wife Violet. She finds herself wanting to be as close to her as possible. Constantly checking her phone for when Violet will text, dying her hair to look like hers, and even starting to wear clothes that are similar. Violet loves the attention and is constantly flattered by “Caitlins” love of her, but Violet also isn’t who she seems. Behind closed doors, Violet has a secret plan. The plan will destroy everyone in her way and no one is safe from their lies.

Thank you Gallery/Scout Press for the ARC!

I love a good psychological thriller. As I read the craziness of the story, I knew I had it all figured out; but wait - NO I was totally wrong. I just couldn’t put this fast-paced additive story down. I needed to know, who was really lying? Are they all lying? This is a must read!
Thank you NetGalley and Gallery Books for my ARC in exchange for my thoughts.

It’s hard to say too much without spoilers. This book was a fun and twisty ride. The main twist came on slowly but when I realized what was happening, I was in a race to get to the end to see how it played out. Was every part of the book completely believable? I say this a lot…..NO, IT’S FICTION! Did I still enjoy it? Absolutely! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this reader’s copy.

I fear I've read too many similar thrillers to really be invested in this one... along the same lines of THE HOUSEMAID, THE LAST MRS PARRISH, and THE WIFE BETWEEN US, it features a nanny who befriends a couple with not-so-honorable intentions (only for everything to be topsy turvy of course).. I did really enjoy the characterization of the two main women, sloane and violet, and seeing how similar they were in their bones. it was refreshing to get honesty among two liars, and I loved how they both knew it all along from the beginning! although the story itself was repetitive and way too similar to other books, it was a quick-paced bingeable one! and under 300 pages, it was an easy read! the ending was very satisfying and a bit neat for a thriller - and while it definitely wasn't my favorite, it was entertaining to say the least...

Sloane Caraway lies about everything. She lies about her profession. She lies about her childhood. She lies about her friends and her parents. Her lies have never caught up to her until she meets Violet and Jay Lockhart. Because they think she is a nurse (lie) they hire her to be a nanny for their young daughter. What Sloane doesn’t know is that she is not the only liar.

Told in the voices of Sloane, Violet and Jay, Count my Lies is a well crafted puzzle that is almost impossible to solve. The lies that swirl around are told from insecurity, deviousness and manipulation. The truth is hidden and only revealed in an unexpected conclusion. 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Gallery Books and Sophie Stava for this ARC.

I love the idea of a thriller where the main character is a compulsive liar. I loved reading and getting wrapped up in the lies and the family drama. The ending was not what I expected, as I tried guessing what was happening throughout the book.

What a fantastic book! The first one I have read by this author but definitely can't wait to read more! Fast paced and keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time!! Highly recommend!

Give me every unhinged thriller that is available, please!

From the start of this book, you know our narrator is a liar. She openly admits it. And it weirdly made me like her more? Yeah, I know that sounds strange, but there was something about watching Sloane knowingly dig her hole deeper as she gets to know the Lockhart family. Oh and if you think she’s the only liar, nope! Chaotic goodness!

Aside from loving the characters, I was captivated by the plot and hanging on to every word thanks to the pacing. COUNT MY LIES is a total popcorn thriller that is meant to be binge read.

Twisty fun that I highly recommend!

I’m pretty convinced this book was originally two books she combined into one. Because the first half was PHENOMENAL. loved it. Then the characters became completely different people and the plot changed and it just became a hot mess.

It was so hard to finish this book. It was cringy, uncomfortable and painful. And not in a fun thriller kind of way.

What a ride! This thriller truly kept me guessing. It is always fun to read a book in which all characters are a bit terrible, and Count My Lies is just that book. Multiple POV, all unreliable narrators, so many twists, and it left me guessing up until the very end- this debut is a fun one.

Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery books for the digital ARC.

This was certainly a wild ride! A psychological thriller about a liar and all the lies and people she strings along the way. I didn’t see any of the twists coming!

This was a quick, twisty thriller that you can binge in a day. Unfortunately for me, it felt very similar to a couple of other books I’ve read, so I was a little bored. I think if you haven’t read one of the other two books that are extremely similar to this one, you will probably love it!

Sophie Stava’s Count My Lies is an absolute rollercoaster of a thriller! It’s dark, twisty, and completely addictive. From the very first page, I was hooked on Sloane Caraway, a compulsive liar. But as the lies pile up, so do the secrets, and trust me, nothing is as it seems. I flew through this in two days and already need more from Sophie Stava. If this is her debut, I can only imagine what she’ll do next!

Thank you to Sophie Stava and Gallery Books for the ARC!

Sloane is a liar…she tells lies more often than she tells the truth. But it’s just to make her boring life more interesting. One of her lies gets her into a situation not even she could have imagined.

I could not put this one down! In a way, I related to Sloane and why she did some of the things she did. She wanted friends, someone to choose her, so desperately. So she tried to connect with them in what she thought was the best way.

Told through multiple points of view, it really threw me for a loop when the perspective changed. What started out as one wild story quickly morphed into an even crazier one! You do need to suspend belief for a bit but damn, it really worked for me. With a fast pace and complex characters, fans of Freida McFadden will love this one!

I loved this thriller as it details so many twisted lies that keep your head spinning until the end! Sloane works in a day spa when Allison comes in, sees her and rushes out. It's a novel about mistaken identities, jealousy, affairs, and death! What more could you want in a novel? May keep you up at night but sooo worth it!
Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC!

Count My Lies was a compulsively fun read! The story introduces us to Sloane, who (by her own admission) is a an accomplished liar who is somewhat down on her luck and has made lying due to an inability to accept her life the way it is a permanent part of her identity. She falls in with a wealthy family as their nanny, and is desperate to keep their love and attention, as well as keeping them from finding out what exactly her lies have lead to in the past. The story really flips about half way through, and the reader ends up questioning everything we thought they knew. This is a great, clever read for people who want a quick thriller and enjoy dual POV's and unreliable narrators. Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for this ARC!

I received an arc copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for my honest opinion of it. This book was absolutely amazing and I could not put it down. There were so many twists and really kept me guessing until the last page.i so enjoyed it and highly recommend.

Thank you to the publisher for granting me access to this early release.

3.5 stars! This was a great book for keeping you engaged and wanting to know what would happen next. This reminded me of a mix between The Last Mrs. Parrish and A Simple Favor, both of which I really enjoyed.
This book follows Sloane, a down on her luck woman who starts to nanny for Voilet's daughter, Harper, based off of a lie and things spiral from there.
Overall, good, easy, fast paced thriller but similar to others I have read in the past. Thank you to Simon and Schuster Publishing and Netgalley for the ARC of this book.

.Count My Lies has the potential to propel her to become a “must read” bestselling author. This book kept me guessing until the very end, and I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of its unexpected twists and turns. Fans of Freida McFadden will have a good time reading this one.

In this debut psychological thriller, a woman with a talent for deception finds herself entangled in the lives of a wealthy Brooklyn couple, where nothing is quite as it seems. Sloane Caraway has always been a liar—reinventing herself at every turn—but when she crosses paths with Jay and Violet, she stumbles into an opportunity she can't resist.

Pitching herself as a nurse upon their first encounter at the park, she is thrilled to discover that they are looking for a nanny with a medical background who can care for their only daughter with a heart condition. Dressed in scrubs from her nail technician position, which she also weaseled her way into, she looks the part on that fateful day on the park bench. Is Sloane a little worried about the logistics of this role without a medical background? Yes, but the offer is far too appealing, especially when she finds a fast friendship with the mother and a little flirtation blossoming with the dad. Her only worry is the overlap they may discover from her past with another fellow student's family that could change everything.

But what begins as an innocent deception soon spirals into something much more dangerous as the story unfolds and Sloane becomes more enamored with Violet. The lies become thicker, and this game of cat-and-mouse develops into the kind of story where you don't know who is the prey and who is the predator.

While the novel doesn't quite reach the promised level of Gone Girl, it offers a refreshing departure from certain genre tropes. The protagonist, for one, is not another alcoholic woman unraveling on the page, and the structure—split into three sections rather than alternating POV chapters—keeps the pacing engaging and the timeline moving forward. The twists are well-executed, and while the conclusion is satisfyingly tidy and quite farfetched, it still delivers the kind of story you can finish in a day!