It took me a little while to get into this book, but once I did I was hooked. The story is of Kit and his girlfriend Laura who are eclipse chasers and travel the world to view eclipses from the best vantage points. Whilst at a festival to view the eclipse they come across a girl being raped. This sets off a set of events, with more twists and turns than a rollercoaster. Who is telling the truth, and who is hiding secrets? Once you are hooked you won't want to put it down until you get to the rather surprising conclusion.

Thanks to Net Galley & St Martins Press for an ARC of this book in exchange for a review. Wow, - no hesitation in giving this book 5 stars. A gripping read, cleverly written.
Kit & Laura are at a festival in Cornwall to see an eclipse, their first one together, its special. Just after the eclipse is past Laura finds a purse and in her quest to return it to its owner she stumbles upon a couple, it's immediately obvious to her that something is wrong, the man says 'it's not what it looks like'. Laura decides to call the police, the young man scarpers, but later hands himself in
The case goes to trial, its traumatic for Beth the victim, Laura also finds giving evidence difficult and tells a lie while in the witness box. Jamie the accused is found guilty.
Laura is not the only one who has told an untruth. One lie leads to another and another and another. The story is gripping from start to finish. Highly recommend for those who enjoy a page turner with lots of drama.

Excellent page turner. Background story of chasing eclipses around the world was interesting.. The story: Laura witnesses a rape on Beth by James..........is James innocent? Is Beth stable? And why is Kit, Laura's husband, so anxious to get Beth out of their lives? no spoilers from me, just a recommendation to read the book.

I enjoyed this book for the most part but just a bit too much about solar eclipses for me. I would recommend this book as it has plenty twists and turns to keep the reader in suspense . I would definitely read another book by this author.

I simply devoured this book. Cover to cover in just a couple of sittings, only putting it down when life really needed me. It's the story of Laura and Kit, a young couple in the early days of their relationship and starts with Laura witnessing a brutal attack on Beth by a young man called Jamie, at an eclipse festival in Cornwall. We flash forward 15 years, Laura and Kit are still together, married and soon to be parents, but living in fear. Flitting between the past and present, we are shown what happened after the attack. The court case, the blossoming friendship between Laura, Kit and Beth, as well as what happened to Jamie. We know that Laura and Kit are in hiding, having changed their names and gone "off-grid" and how Laura has been plagued by crippling anxiety, compounded by the imminent birth of her twins, especially with Kit off chasing yet another eclipse. We know a lot, but do we really? This book has so many cleverly crafted twists and turns that, at times, I was completely dizzy as well as being breathless as the past slowly started revealing the truth and merged with the present. Throw in the secrets, lies and trust issues that rear their ugly heads and you've got on heck of a roller coaster ride!
The four main characters in this book were extremely well crafted. This meant that I was well able to connect with them on some kind of level. Obviously I didn't like them all,any of them? But I was able to emote with them just the same. The way that they were brought together by the attack and held together by what happened next. Four lives forever intertwined by secrets and lies. Some of which, when revealed, made me shriek. I do have one little niggle which, when taken in the context of the story is a big thing, but, as it is integral to the whole plot, I can understand its inclusion and, to be honest, who am I to judge what someone would or wouldn't do given a certain scenario. The rest of it, the he said/she said of the title had me chopping and changing who I believed several times throughout. Kept me nicely on my toes as I flitted between the characters as more of each was revealed. It wasn't easy trying to cut through the noise to uncover the truth of the matter, also hard was working out who was being duplicitous for the right reasons and who was just downright bad. I used to think I was good at working characters out, but I was powerless here and totally in the author's grasp. I also lost count of the number of times I shouted at the characters for their, shall we call it, daft behaviour.
The first part of the book is a little slower paced than the later chapters but I found the pacing was completely appropriate to the storyline. It has to build up this way, the psychological elements slowly bubbling under until they come to the surface and, when they eventually break through, the pace just escalates as all hell breaks loose. It is very busy towards the end, there's a lot thrown in that sent me off every which way but loose but nothing more than I could handle. I did try and slow my reading down to try and digest what was happening, give my poor heart a chance to slow down but, once I was in the grip of things, I was powerless to do anything but get whisked along with the action as it unfurled.
And then, at the end, when all was finally revealed, as we reached the final page. The final sentence even, just one more little twist that left me reeling. Talk about end on an up. I usually pretty much go straight onto my next book after finishing one but this one left me with a bit of a book hangover that needed some time out to resolve. Been a while since that happened!
This is the first book I have read by this author but, on the face of what I just read, it definitely won't be the last.

My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

Absolutely genius I loved it , kept me guessing and practically on the edge of my seat for every second I was reading it , I couldn't put it down I give it a big fat 5 stars ...epic read I highly highly recommend it.

Just got to love a twisty psychologically involving drama with characters who lead you to second, third and fourth guess their actions and words! Kit and Laura are a young couple watching the eclipse in Cornwall in 1999. When Laura witnesses a rape on a stranger, their lives are drawn into a story which will have consequences throughout the years that follow. The narrative continues in 2015, when Kit & Laura eschew all online presence, have changed their surnames and are in hiding...but why? What exactly has led to this state of fear? And what will happen when the past breaks into the present?

A very compelling and detailed read, with plenty of meat on the bones of some very intriguing characters.

This book was amazing, i was gripped. It's so good and handles difficult subjects well, i never saw the twist at the end coming. I would definitely recommend.

This book follows one couple, Laura and Kit and shows how one eclipse changed the course of their lives.
Cornwall 1999 and Laura and Kit are there for the eclipse but Laura stumbles across a couple having sex.
Is it rough consensual sex or is it rape?
That is the question but what's the answer?
The woman face down in the dirt is Beth who looks traumatised and Laura comes to the conclusion it's rape. This event shapes the next fifteen years of their lives.
There's a lot of twists and turns in this book so I'm not going to say anymore for fear of giving something away.
This was a different read for me I generally stick to romance but the blurb intrigued me so much I had to give this a go.
Initially I found it difficult to get into, it seemed slow and I was struggling and skimming and if I'm being totally honest I only continued on because I'd requested this and felt I needed to write a review otherwise I would have quit.
I did however continue on and the book picked up pace and nothing and no one was quite as they seemed. I found the second half of the book to be a much quicker read but at times it felt a little too much had been thrown in there. I know, I know there's no pleasing some people.
My main problem was I didn't particularly like any of the characters the one I did think I liked turned out to be......okay I'm not spoiling this so we'll stick with me not liking the characters.
This could just be me or a result of the fact that I usually read romance but I need to like at least one of them or it doesn't work for me.
I can understand the great reviews this book has received, it's clever and interesting but for me the first part was too slow and I didn't like the characters so I'm sorry I can't give more than 3*.

I voluntarily read a review copy kindly provided by NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton

This took me a while to get into, and the jumping between then and now didnt help. I think the end suddenly became obvious close to the end, there were clues there but I think the purpose of the book was more to try and decided if it was or wasn't rape.
The storyline picks up pace as it goes through and I got more into it but i didnt feel a connection with any of the characters.

Sorry this book is not for me, I have given it my best shot but I have found it very frustrating and have failed to finish it. Thank you for the ARC

He Said She Said is a wonderful physiological thriller that sucks you into believing one thing and then knocks you back when the truth is revealed.When you actually realise the truth it takes your breath away so clever I didn't see this coming fabulous !! Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book would give it 10 stars if I could .!!!!

Laura and Kit love to travel the world to view Luna Eclipses, but one eclipse will change their lives forever when they witness a brutal attack and become intertwined in the victim's life forever.

I have very mixed feelings about this book. The first part was very court-based and I found it intriguing because law cases have always interested me. Then as the story progressed, we learned more about the events of that night and the months following on from it. Throughout the first two thirds of the book I was utterly confused, and if you've read it you may know why. I felt uncomfortable not knowing which characters I could trust and the atmosphere that Kelly created within this book was amazingly suitable for the genre. Once answers started to be revealed, I found myself shocked but not overly pleased with the outcomes. If you've read this book, I'd love to discuss spoilery details with you! But for now, if you're into twisty thrillers and you're not afraid of dark content full of trigger warnings, He Said/She Said is a good choice.

Wow! And then again…..Wow! Erin Kelly has always been a favourite author of mind but with this book she has surpassed herself! Always an author that I know will be able to fool me with her twists (I still gasp out loud when I remember the one in The Burning Air) she has taken He Said/She Said to a totally different level here with twist after twist which also have their own twists! For a twist junkie like me, this book was my drug of choice and boy, am I coming down big time after finishing it!

I loved the way the narrative was split here, both between the characters, Laura and Kit, and also the timeframe. In 1999 Laura and boyfriend Kit go to Cornwall with Kits twin brother Mac and his girlfriend. They are there to watch an eclipse, a family hobby that borders on an obsession for Kit. Whilst there Laura witnesses a violent (and graphic in places so be warned) sexual assault which leads to a “he says/She says” rape trial where the jury has to chose who to believe. Fast forward to 2015 and heavily pregnant Laura is home alone whilst Kit is off eclipse chasing again. But what could possibly have happened in those years to make them both so paranoid and why are they in hiding with different names? This was where I got incredibly intrigued and gripped by the plotting. What could have happened that was so catastrophic as to cause such a difference in personalities in that lovely young couple? I started to get quite wound up about it! Surely they were overreacting, they did the “right thing” why are they so afraid? Laura especially was really annoying me with her messages and her treatment of Kit but gradually the story unwinds and that’s when we, as the reader, discover what a very, VERY clever book this is indeed.

Since Ruth Rendall died I have had a Barbara Vine shaped hole in my heart but no more! Erin Kelly fills that gap perfectly for me and with He Said/She Said she has now cemented her place as one of my “go to” authors, those that I am happy to re-read again and again. This book is deliciously dark, beautifully written and perfectly crafted from start to finish. I think it’s her best book so far. Highly recommended by me!

A brilliant book with intricately woven characters, each one an onion of many layers. I love how the story centres on solar eclipses and how their appearance can have such an effect on people, almost like mother nature's drug. However, that does not mean this story is full of flowers and fairies - quite the opposite. The story covers some very dark and sinister behaviours, tackling a truly horrific incident and it's subsequent consequences. Not everything is as it seems and there are plenty of twists to distort your train of thought along the way. Altogether, a very well written book.

This was an extremely well plotted and well written book. I particularly liked the use of different timelines and different people's perspectives. All the characters were well described and the tension was beautifully crafted. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and thank the publishers for the opportunity to read this early.

The Sir Walter Scott quote “Oh! What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive” seems the perfect sentence to summarise both the theme and the plot of this spectacularly written psychological thriller. In 1999 young lovers Laura and Kit were at Lizard’s Point in Cornwall to watch the total eclipse of the sun. It is then that Laura witnesses someone being raped. This attack leads to Laura and Kit being crucial witnesses at the trial, where a conviction hangs almost solely on Laura’s testimony. Knowing this Laura makes a split, rash decision. One that will haunt her and Kit for the next 15 years.

The story flips between 1999/2000 and 15 years later when travelling to the Faroe Islands to watch another eclipse, leaving heavily pregnant Laura home alone. The alternating chapters are told from both Laura and Kit’s point of views which builds up intrigue and suspense as the story is slowly drip fed to the reader. The book is further split into four sections, each named after a section of a solar eclipse. This is an effective structure to give a glimpse of each stage of the rape case and the fallout that results from it.

There are a lot of twists and turns in this story, some even what I like to call a double twist, when something is revealed only for that to be turned on its head later on in the story. The story is not solely based on the court case, the verdict is given fairly early on, but focuses on the aftermath and the long-term psychological effects for all parties involved. We know that Laura and Kit are terrified of both the victim Beth, and the accused Jamie, but we do not know why they are so scared and why they have had to go into hiding.

The plot is so carefully planned out and intricately woven that it flows seamlessly. Sometimes I find a novel told from two characters points of view and past and present can appear disjointed, fortunately this wasn’t the case with He Said/She Said and the author goes between the two very skilfully. I wouldn’t consider this to be a fast paced plot, as the story is unravelled slowly building on the tension and suspense, but it’s one that will pull you in and keep you in its clutches to the very last shocking page. As the plot builds in momentum the author reveals more shocking events it’s then you realise what a well constructed and dark tale He Said/She Said really is.

There is such a great mix of characters and the author does a fantastic job in creating Jamie, the man accused of rape. He has every single attribute I despise most in a person. The man infuriated me the whole way through the book. Beth was by far my favourite character, unstable and unreliable, she might be a bit full on, but I felt for her in every way possible. Nothing is what is seems in this novel, especially with the characters. Erin Kelly pulls you in one direction and plays with your empathy, then whips you right back round again making you question everything you believe.

That ending, wow. Those last few sentences put another chilling dimension on the story and completes the final twist in the tale. Erin Kelly is a highly talented author and I can see this book being huge in 2017. Overall rating five fabulous stars. Thanks to Erin Kelly, Hodder & Stoughton and NetGalley for the advanced reader copy.

Laura and Kit are eclipse chasers, a young couple who travel the world to see the phenomena. But there is a dark secret. Fifteen years ago, Laura witnessed a brutal attack on a woman called Beth and now the couple live their life in fear of her. But why? And how did it come to this? The novel flits between the day Laura and Kit's paths first cross Beth's and the current day when, with Laura heavily pregnant, Kit sets off on a cruise ship to see the latest eclipse. But will this be the day Beth finally catches up with him? And what is it she wants revenge for? Gradually chapter by chapter, layer by layer, the pieces fall into place with the story told alternately from Kit's and Laura's perspectives. It is a superbly taut psychological thriller, which is absolutely gripping from the outset and has a plot twist which will take your breath away. This one was pure first class suspense and easily gets five stars from me.

I was sent an advanced copy in return for my independent honest review.
I was really looking forward to this as the premise sounded really exciting. I am a big fan of suspense filled psychological thrillers with a good unexpected twist at the end.
Unfortunately I felt that there were so many twist and turns it spoilt the plot for me. On this occasion it was a case of 'less is more'. would have enhanced my read. It is a slow burner to start with and due to this I nearly stopped reading it.
You get the sense that something awful has been seen by our two main protagonist's and may well be in a witness protection scheme. I found the crime somewhat perplexing. A very serious and important
topic is being covered here and I did not find the writing style gave enough gravity to it. A court case ensues which I found somewhat weak. The characters are well developed, however I personally couldn't form an attachment to any of them.
It is worth a try as many have loved it and Perhaps it is a matter of personal taste.
Sorry but not for me.

I found this very slow going and only got as far as 4%, thank you for the oppurtunity to read and review.