Lies Like Love

Oct 6, 2024 9:27 PM

Author:Louisa Reid

Lies Like Love

'A BRILLIANT TWIST' Sunday Express

Lies Like Love is the haunting and heart-breaking new novel from Louisa Reid, critically acclaimed author of Black Heart Blue.

LIES

'There were a few problems . . . bullying . . . a fire . . .'

LIKE

'I think she's verging on psychosis . . . now she's lashing out.'

LOVE

'She's got no one else to fight for her.'

Sixteen year-old Audrey just wants to be normal.

She's trying to fit in.

But what happens when the person closest to you suffocates you with their love?

What happens then?

Praise for Louisa Reid:

'Absolutely wonderful' Guardian

'Emotive, sometimes shocking story' Sunday Times

'A moving, gripping story' Sun

'[Lies Like Love] . . . chillingly unravels a dysfunctional relationship that threatens to destroy the love it feeds on. Reid evokes the uncertainty and joy of teenage romance with all its passion and pain and brilliantly controls the increasingly disturbing truth . . .' Daily Mail

'Heartbreaking . . . Demands to be read all at once, but will stay with you long after' Teri Terry, author of the Slated trilogy

'Stunning, shocking, sad and incredibly touching . . . You will read it in one sitting then want to share the book with someone else' LoveReading

'We read this in one sitting.' Teen Now *****

'The debut author of 2012 to watch' Film vs Book

About the author:

Louisa Reid is married with two young daughters and currently teaches English in a girls' school in Cambridge. She is originally from Cheshire, studied English at Oxford and has lived in London and Zurich. Her pupils are definitely not the inspiration for her characters in her novels but witnessing their passion for great fiction inspired her to write for young adults.

Reviews

Emotive, sometimes shocking story

—— The Sunday Times

A brilliant twist

—— Sunday Express

Some books stay with you long after you've finished them and Reid's debut is one of them. It is a moving, gripping story

—— The Sun

Absolutely wonderful

—— Bidisha, The Guardian

Heartbreaking . . . demands to be read all at once, but will stay with you long after

—— Teri Terry, author of the Slated trilogy

We read this in one sitting. *****

—— Teen Now

Stunning, shocking, sad and incredibly touching. We are pretty sure you will read it in one sitting then want to share the book with someone else

—— LoveReading

the debut author of 2012 to watch

—— Film vs Book

Shockingly brilliant.

—— @sunbookscolumn

[Lies Like Love] . . . chillingly unravels a dysfunctional relationship that threatens to destroy the love it feeds on. Reid evokes the uncertainty and joy of teenage romance with all its passion and pain and brilliantly controls the increasingly disturbing truth . . .

—— Daily Mail

Breathtakingly fast-paced and original, The 5th Wave is a reading tsunami that grabs hold and won't let go.

—— Melissa De La Cruz, New York Times bestselling author of the Blue Bloods series.

Yancey's heartfelt, violent, paranoid epic, filled with big heroics and bigger surprises, is part War of the Worlds, part Starship Troopers, part Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and part The Stand . . . a sure thing for reviewers and readers alike.

—— Booklist (starred review)

A fantastic read. The 5th Wave is an electrifying page-turner.

—— Kathy Reichs, New York Times bestselling author

An epic sci-fi adventure about a terrifying alien invasion. You'll read it in one sitting

—— Bookseller

A gripping SF trilogy about an Earth decimated by an alien invasion... the question of what it means to be human is at the forefront

—— Publishers Weekly

Borrow this one from your teen's nightstand while they're at school

—— People Magazine

By turns heart-pounding and contemplative . . . The 5th Wave will thrill you, chill you, and challenge you to keep the pages turning fast enough

—— Hypable.com

Utterly gripping

—— Metro Herald

High adventure with mystery and heart

—— The Sunday Times

A cut above anything else in the genre.

—— Sunday Telegraph

The pace is RELENTLESS

—— Heat

Previous Article：Hear the Dead Cry Next Article：The Secret

Comments

Welcome to zzdbook comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.