Title: Good Girls Lie
Author: J.T. Ellison
Publisher: Harlequin-MIRA
Release Date: December 31, 2019
J.T. Ellison’s pulse-pounding new psychological thriller examines the tenuous bonds of friendship, the power of lies and the desperate lengths people will go to in order to protect their secrets.
Goode girls don’t lie…
Perched atop a hill in the tiny town of Marchburg, Virginia, The Goode School is a prestigious prep school known as a Silent Ivy. The boarding school of choice for daughters of the rich and influential, it accepts only the best and the brightest. Its elite status, long-held traditions and honor code are ideal for preparing exceptional young women for brilliant futures at Ivy League universities and beyond.
But a stranger has come to Goode, and this ivy has turned poisonous.
In a world where appearances are everything, as long as students pretend to follow the rules, no one questions the cruelties of the secret societies or the dubious behavior of the privileged young women who expect to get away with murder.
When a popular student is found dead, the truth cannot be ignored. Rumors suggest she was struggling with a secret that drove her to suicide.
But look closely…because there are truths and there are lies, and then there is everything that really happened.
Don’t miss this fast-paced suspense story from New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison!
"Everyone lies. To Themselves, to each other. It's a way to belong, to be included. To look important."
I honestly wasn't crazy about Good Girls Lie.
The beginning was too slow and without much of a story. To me, none of the characters were likable.
Let's meet the cast of women:
First, the novel starts with the introduction of a teenage woman from London, Ash Carlisle. She's starting a new school year in a well-known boarding school for young girls, Goode School. Ash is hiding something. Something painful and most likely deadly.
Second, there is Becca Curtis, a senior who is most of the time a mean girl. She's abusive but at the same time very lonely. Her mother is a senator who has never behaved warmly towards her.
Third, there is Camille Shannon, who’s Ash's new roommate. A girl who cries at night but won't tell Ash why.
Lastly, we have Ford Julianne Westhaven. The Dean of Goode School who has inherited the job as part of her family's legacy but who dreams of becoming a writer and moving to New York City.
When one girl appears to have committed suicide, Ash becomes a suspect. Dean Ford wants to believe Ash's innocence but when more clues point to Ash, she doesn’t know what to believe until a second girl is found dead.
I had issues with the behavior of the girls and their decisions. I found the mystery to be lacking.
I’m sad this one didn’t work for me. I had high hopes. :(
Cliffhanger: No
2/5 Fangs
A complimentary copy was provided by Harlequin-MIRA via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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