SYNOPSIS
Jutting from sparkling turquoise waters off the Italian coast, Isle Isola is an idyllic setting for a wedding. In the majestic cliff-top villa owned by the wealthy Compton family, up-and-coming artist Claire Hunter will marry handsome, charming Jack Compton, surrounded by close family, intimate friends…and a host of dark secrets.
From the moment Claire sets foot on the island, something seems amiss. Skeletal remains have just been found. There are other, newer disturbances, too. Menacing texts. A ruined wedding dress. And one troubling shadow hanging over Claire’s otherwise blissful relationship—the strange mystery surrounding Jack’s first wife.
Then a raging storm descends, the power goes out—and the real terror begins.
Title: Her dark lies
Author: J.T. Ellison
Publisher: Mira
Publication date: March 9, 2021
REVIEW
RATING: ⭐⭐⭐💫
May is turning out to be “wedding month” in my reading schedule. Her dark lies is the third book I’ve read this month with a destination wedding gone wrong as a central element of the plot, what just comes to prove that it’s better to live in sin!
Last year I enjoyed Good girls lie so I was really anxious to read this one, I had seen some mixed reviews but I gotta say I enjoyed it quite a lot, being a solid 4 stars for the most part.
An atmospheric setting, a storm, secrets galore and some shady characters, it had everything to make a hell of a story so, why wasn’t?
My main criticism is that there was not shock factor at all at the end. I was kinda hoping to have been misdirected for the most part of the book, but sadly no, what you seen is what you get at the end. Why would you reveal a twist so relevant to the story so early in the plot and in such an anticlimactic way?
Anyway, despite this, I had a tremendous amount of fun while reading it. I love when you never know who to trust and here you can’t trust anyone!
Although it started a bit slow, the pace picked up once they arrived to the island and the strange happenings began to unfurl. I’m all up for crazy endings, I don’t mind them being bonkers, but here the ending felt a little too unrealistic and you really need to suspend your disbelief to go with it.
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