Lana Newton

Avid readers might be thinking, surely the amnesia trope has been done to death? It has certainly been popular with movie-makers over the years. Who can forget the 80s and 90s classics While You Were Sleeping and The Long Kiss Goodnight? But, in Her Perfect Lies Newton explores this base level fear (of losing one’s memory) in a world where so many now document their lives on Facebook or Instagram. How much truth is behind those smiles in the photos? Who can she trust?

As a reader, I would not say I immediately engaged with Claire as a character (a little hard when she does not even know herself!) but I certainly engaged with her narrative. And, the characters she finds in her orbit are not short on intrigue. Continue reading >> https://bookloverbookreviews.com/2020/02/her-perfect-lies-by-lana-newton-review-...… (mais)