Review: Her Last Lie by Amanda Brittany

Her Last Lie by Amanda Brittany
My rating: 4 of 5 stars


                                      THE BLURB

Six years ago Isla Johnson was the only victim to survive Carl Jeffery`s vicious murder spree.It was Isla`s testimony that helped secure a conviction and get Carl sent to prison.But Carl`s sister has always believed that her brother was innocent and through her campaigning has somehow managed to get him granted an appeal.

Suddenly Isla`s seemingly perfect life begins to derail,she is plagued by memories of the man who tried to murder her.The threat that he could be back causes her to question everything,and everyone around her.


                                                             MY THOUGHTS

The story flips back and forth between the past and the present,the flashbacks being used to built up the background of the characters and explain the events leading up to and during the night that Islam was attacked.The story is mainly narrated by Isla but in the second part there is also some chapters voiced by Isla`s best friend Roxanne.I liked how the author added dimension to the story by including posts from Isla`s blog.Isla was a complex character who understandably had some major issues because of what happened to her in the past.The problem was I didn't feel any sympathy for her character because right from the start,I just didn't like her very much,even after the truth was revealed,I still didn't like her.I didn't like the way she treated other people especially poor Jack.I didn't like the way she pulled the victim card when it suited her but would happily disappear off to Canada and Sweden on her own to take photographs for her book.I really liked Roxanne,I thought she was a wonderful,fun character and I felt a lot of sympathy for poor,sweet Jack.

There is certainly a prevailing air of menace throughout the story,one of a number of the characters could have been the person who was terrorizing Isla.The author does a brilliant job of misdirecting the reader,not everything is what it appears to be,one of the twists is very ingenious,well it definitely caught me out.One small point,it was a shame that the events that occurred during the final confrontation weren't explained in more detail,rather than the reader being left feeling that a important part of the story was missing.Oh,and the ending was a bit too happily ever after for this readers liking but all in all,I did enjoy this debut thriller and would happily read another book written by this author.


PUBLICATION DATE : 9 January 2018

PUBLISHER : HQ Digital

GENRE : Crime,Thriller & Mystery

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