Robin Voigt is dead. If Leslie had arrived at her sister’s cramped Las Vegas apartment just hours earlier, this would have been their first reunion in a decade. In the years since Robin ran away from home as a teenager, Leslie has stayed in New Mexico, taking care of their dying father even as she began building a family of her own. But when their father passed away, Leslie received a rude awakening: She and Robin would receive the inheritance he left them together—or not at all. Now her half of the money may be beyond her grasp. And unbeknownst to anyone, even her husband, Leslie needs it desperately.
When she meets a charismatic young woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to Robin—and has every reason to leave her past behind—the two make a reckless bargain: Mary will impersonate Robin for a week in exchange for Robin’s half of the cash. But neither realizes how high the stakes will become when Mary takes a dead woman’s name. Even as Mary begins to suspect Leslie is hiding something, and Leslie realizes the stranger living in her house, babysitting her newborn son, and charming her husband has secrets of her own, Robin’s wild, troubled legacy threatens to eclipse them both.
An electric, twisted portrait of sisterhood and the ties that bind, The Better Liar is a stunning debut with a heart-stopping, twist-after-twist finale that will beg the question: How far would you go to get what’s yours?
My Review: This was another quick read that I read back in February (I am awful about updating this, have you noticed?). This one was definitely a ride but touched on some deep topics. One constant theme is depression/post partum and suicide. Having suffered from both (I was diagnosed with clinical depression in 2018), I would understand the emotional roller coaster you can't seem to ever get off.
I really could feel for Leslie and her struggles as a Mom! It's hard and when you add PPD into it, you really do feel that disconnect with your child. Don't get me wrong, I adore my babies but with PPD sometimes you just check out and half the time you don't even realize you had.
The twist with Robin/Mary I actually didn't see coming. I mean I guess now that I look back on it, it was pretty obvious but at the time I was like NO WAY! So if you had figured it out 😛.
This one is definitely worth checking out for yourself!
Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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