Week 5 Review: Listen for the Lie

From Goodreads:

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn't matter?

After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy's blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It's been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can't remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life.

But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast "Listen for the Lie," and its too-good looking host Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show's second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friends murder, even if she is the one that did it.

My Review:
Man, I loved reading this book! This event of YA authors writing adult books has been going pretty darned well, I would say! I love her YA books, an this adult mystery sounded really great, and I loved reading it!

I would say about roughly 80% of the story was Lucy, as she's dealing with the new information that the podcast has uncovered and trying to recover her memories of that night. The other 20% is the podcast, so we could see what the characters were reacting to, which I really enjoyed! 

Lucy is bitter, angry, and sarcastic. She truly doesn't know if she killed Savvy or not, she doesn't remember. But the town firmly believes that she did it, even if there wasn't enough evidence to charge. And she keeps questioning, is this how an innocent, or guilty person, would act?

The mystery was so great, because there are things that weren't previously known, like who her husband was having an affair with, who the guy that Savvy was "dating" was with, and what Lucy and Savvy were doing. I totally didn't catch where it was going, that was so unexpected! 

This was so great, and I can't wait for whatever Amy Tintera has out next! 

Author: Amy Tintera
Read: January 30th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing, and it's a SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Expected Publication: March 5th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars