Unfortunately, I have not been able to read and review this book.

After losing and replacing my broken Kindle and getting a new phone I was unable to download the title again for review as it was no longer available on Netgalley. 

I’m really sorry about this and hope that it won’t affect you allowing me to read and review your titles in the future.

Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity. 
Natalie.

I really enjoyed this YA read, it took 5 youths and put them in a isolated location in order to get them to play a murder mystery game.
As it become sincreasingly apparent that their host has an ulterior motive, tensions which have been nuilding between them since a classmate died in a fire, come simmering to a boil.
With little chance of escape to get help, they have to work together or all risk dying.
But which one of them is telling the truth?
A twisty, multiple perspective thriller suite for an older teen, this was a very engaging read, I enjoyed it!

apologies as did not realise this was a YA even though says it - the writing and plot was not for me so was an early DNF

I am so disappointed! I was really looking forward to this book! 2 stars for the idea of the plot but I wasn't gripped by the writing nor the characters unfortunately.

I was looking forward to reading this thriller after reading the synopsis however it didnt quite hit the spot for me.

The story was well written and it may just be that I am too old (in my 40s) to enjoy the story as it was told. The characters were developed and each fitted the tale in their own way.  Full of twists and I enjoyed the references to classic fairy tales.

I do enjoy crime thrillers which may have given me a higher expectation for this book than was fair.

I would recommend this book to teens and young adults who are looking for a thrilling read.

I didn't really enjoy this book. I didn't connect with any of the characters and I really didn't understand the ending. Unfortuantely not for me.

I received a copy from Netgalley.

This title appealed to me immediately as it came recommended for fans of “One of Us Is Lying” which I absolutely loved. However, this book failed to meet the high standard of that book. I thought this book was awful. 

The premises was interesting enough. There was a party and someone died. The actions of a small group of people lead to the tragedy and someone saw what happened. Now, a year later those people are sent mysterious invitations to a murder mystery party with a big prize. No name of the person inviting them. 

The party is a costume party and each character is given certain props. Challenges to solve that get more personal and more deadly as the night progresses. Secrets are at stake, lives are at stake and the risks become more and more over the top. Some of the group were friends, some aren’t and they all must come together to figure out what’s happening and survive the night. Should be interesting. Its high stakes and tense. 

Problem for me was I absolutely hated all the characters. They were all horrible horrible people or bland people with about as much personality as cardboard. Also, very predictable. I knew almost immediately who the responsible person was. As the plot went on it became just ridiculous and unbelievable.  

It was one of those – this is so stupid why am I finishing it books? – but I did read the whole thing.  I just really did not like this book at all. 

Thank you to Netgalley and Simon and Schuster UK Children’s for approving my request to view the title.

Although this was definitely a book for the younger generation to me, I enjoyed its twists and turns, and really got involved with the characters. Absolutely had a feel of Pretty Little Liars to it and was more for a teen thriller audience!

This novel was a disappointment unfortunately. I was expecting a murder mystery with a twisting and engaging plot, all I received was a group of manipulative teens and a messed up story line.

Most of the characters had some serious issues, Parker was definitely by far the worst which made the mystery so obvious. He was such a toxic and controlling character. A few of the other characters also disgusted me with their behaviour, for example, manipulating their supposed friends feelings as they knew that friend secretly loved them. The group was just full of messed up friendships!

The events of the night within the house where the killer was going to be revealed started off fairly decent. There was plenty of dramatics and terrors to keep me reading on but it soon went downhill when it was revealed that Brianna's grief was being exploited in a sadistic game.

At times it felt creepy and sinister, the perfect murder mystery reveal in a scary house. But my indifference towards all the characters and the amount of unjustified manipulation and exploitation just ruined the entire novel for me. It's recommended for fans of One of Us is Lying, but this book is far from the brilliance of Karen M. McManus' novels.

Not for me. Tried I really tried but just couldn't get into it. I'm sure lots of others will love it but I've had it sitting for ages and never touched it.
Maybe a bit too young for me.

Such a fast paced and enticing thriller with a writing style I really loved. I thought the characters and the story were fascinating and I loved this book!

Really enjoyed this one! A different type of thriller/mystery. I honestly couldn’t guess the killer, and I loved that!

I couldn't get into this book, it just wasn't for me. I liked the main character but found the beginning too confusing

So this is a young adult novel and I have to be honest, *a little disclaimer here* it’s been a long time since I was a young adult, in fact I’m a mother of one, so I’m probably not the best person to be reviewing this book even though I do enjoy a bit of YA fiction.

This book had so much potential! It started off so well, with the sinister invitation in the post with the prize of a scholarship for $50,000 but then it all fell down.  

The characters were a little cliched,.i.e. the spoilt rich boy, the best friend who’s in secretly love with his friend etc, and unlikeable, even Juniper who I think we were supposed to like just ended up annoying me.
Then there was the actual story which again was a little predictable. I know I’ve read a lot of crime fiction over the years, so it is quite difficult to surprise me, but maybe a teenager who hasn’t read a lot crime fiction may find it a little more unpredictable but I really didn’t.

Would I read another book by this author? The answer will probably surprise you when I say yes because much as I didn’t like the actual story, I found her writing style engaging and I think with the right story there is real potential here (just so long as she doesn’t rely on cliches!).

Overall not my cup of tea but I can really see potential for future novels by this author.

An okay horror story that will be enjoyed by fans of TV shows such as Pretty Little Liars and the like.  Definitely one for  teenagers or young adults but probably not enough substance for older readers.

Apparently this book is PLL meets Riverdale, which makes sense because they're both ridiculous, nonsensical TV shows with random, badly written plots. 

Just like this. I DNFed at p.52 when I was already skimming over awful writing that made supposed 17/18yo characters seem like 12/13yo idiots. Unless this book is a piss-take satire of the genre, it is truly awful.

This book had me hooked from the start, it was absolutely brilliant, loved it from start to finish, brilliant book and a brilliant story, I've never read a book like it before

I struggled with this. 
The idea of the story was interesting but the book itself felt very all over the place. 
I found myself not caring for the characters or solving the murder.

Thankyou to  NetGalley, Simon and Schuster UK and the author, Chelsea Pitcher, for the opportunity to read a digital copy of this Lie Will kill You in exchange for an honest, unbiased opinion.
I was drawn to this book by the premise of the storyline. Unfortunately, though the book did offer creepy moments, it fell short of the story that was promised. Not a book fo me.

Trigger Warning: This book features child abuse: domestic violence; an abusive relationship: controlling, manipulating, gaslighting and stalking; bullying, violence, discussion of suicide, and suicide ideation.

This Lie Will Kill You by Chelsea Pitcher sounded like the perfect mystery. An exclusive murder mystery party that is a set up to uncover a murderer? It sounded so good! However, it just really didn't work for me.

But let's talk positives first. There are the five main characters, Juniper, Gavin, Ruby, Parker and Brett, and the book is told from each of their perspectives. Then there's Shane, the boy who was murdered, who makes an appearance in a number of flashbacks. And finally, there is the person who is behind the murder mystery party. All of the five main characters played a role in what led to Shane's death, but who murdered him? Was it all of them, some of them, or just one of them? And what actually happened? Because, mostly, there's just been rumours about each of them. So what is the truth? This story is well plotted. There were moments at the very beginning where I thought it was obvious who was behind the party and who the murderer was, but This Lie Will Kill You is scattered with red herrings and twists and turns. We're only given details about certain things in drips and drabs, so before I know everything, I thought, annoyed, "Oh, well, this person is obviously the killer!" only to find out later that the characters were thinking about something else entirely. So I never quite new what was happening; who did what and why. And despite my huge issues with the book, I had to know what happened, and had to keep reading. So in the case of the mystery, I was pretty hooked. Until I got to the end, where there were elements I was squinting at, but I'll get to that later.

This Lie Will Kill You is also pretty diverse. Juniper is Latina, and Gavin is East Asian - we're not told anything more specific. But I don't know that for sure. There is a girl who is in love with another girl, but there are hints that she may also be bisexual, and there's a boy who's in love with another boy.

Now the negatives. There is so much melodrama, and it was so unrealistic. In a flashback moment of how Parker and Ruby's relationship came about, after Parker has thrown a boy who was being insulting to Ruby into a trash can, she takes his hand, puts it on her chest, and says something alone the lines of, "Do you feel that? My heart is beating for you." During the present day, at the murder mystery party, Parker tells Ruby - who are no longer to together - "I would die a thousand deaths for you." There is talk of "the greatest love of my life," and "you are a goddess in a world of pyramids and sand." And it goes on and on and on. Ridiculous and over the top declarations, and thoughts that people just don't think unless they're deluded or in an old timey book or movie. At first it was embarrassing, and then it just got annoying. I may not be a teenager any more, but I was one, and no-one talks like that! And these guys are 17 or 18, in their senior year of high school. It may have been more believable if they were younger, but even then it would be a stretch. I just wanted to put the book down so many times, because it just felt like bad writing. Who would think this is how teenagers talk?

And along similar lines, I need to talk about Parker. Parker is terrifying. He is just so dark and twisted. At first, I thought he was just a pathetic guy who couldn't get over losing his girlfriend and wanted her back. But pretty quickly I realised that he was obsessed with Ruby. Nothing I mention here is a spoiler in regards to who killed Shane nor who is behind the party; everything I mention is who Parker was before Shane ever came on the scene. He is manipulative, and controlling. Before they split up, he would be wherever Ruby was. She had tried to split up with him a number of times, but he just wouldn't let her go; turning up at her house, playing with her sisters. And he would make Ruby doubt what she thought; "He's such a good guy, maybe I'm wrong to end it with him?" And at the murder mystery party, everything he does is in an attempt to get Ruby back. He is rich and entitled; he doesn't need the scholarship prize money, he's just doing it because Ruby will be there, and he wants to get her back. Every move is calculated - before and after everyone realises that the party is not just a party. He will do whatever it takes to get Ruby back, because she is his. She belongs to him. And it doesn't matter whatever it is he has to do, because the end result is what's right, is how things are meant to be, and he will be the hero, the white knight, and Ruby will realise how much she loves him. Mate, he is so sinister, and even more so because he doesn't seem to realise what he's doing. He knows the things he does to reach his goal aren't that great, but he doesn't seem to get that Ruby can make her own choices and she doesn't want to be with him. It's just so messed up. And to be honest, he's like that with his supposedly best mate, Brett, too, manipulating and controlling him. It's just awful.

But here's where the problem is; in some moments, I'm not entirely sure if he's meant to be as terrifying as he is - is this Parker being really dark and obsessive, or is this more melodrama, like with everyone else? That line is blurred, because no-one acts naturally. Don't get me wrong, Parker is absolutely meant to be someone we abhor, someone who should be in jail, but when other people are making ridiculous declarations, as well, I couldn't always tell is Parker was being obsessive or melodramatic, and how we were meant to see the reader in those moments. Did Parker genuinely love Ruby as well as being terrifying (melodrama), or was it all part of him wanting her to belong to him again (obsession)?

Then there's the story itself, which felt a little far-fetched in places. There were certain instances - in the lead up to Shane's death, and during the murder mystery party - that just felt really unrealistic. Things that I felt just wouldn't happen. While they were needed for the mystery element, they also made the mystery seem kind of ridiculous - so although I needed to know what happened, I was finding it less believable the more I read. I also thought there were a number of holes in the story in places - both in regard to after Shane's murder and the end of the story; police can look at forensics, and while I am absolutely no expert in such things, I'm pretty sure a murder mystery party wouldn't have actually been needed to figure out who killed Shane, and also, the story wouldn't end where the book ended, because, due to certain things I can't talk about, I'm pretty sure the police could work out what had happened. So it wouldn't have been over and finished. And then there are questions over the logistics to the murder mystery that I have certain questions over. It's a pretty epic, and would have taken a lot of planning, and there are just certain things I don't think could have been arranged as we're told they were. So with being far-fetched, there being plot holes, and logistical questions, even without all the melodrama, it would have been pretty hard to believe.

This Lie Will Kill You wasn't for me, sadly, but a quite a few other people have really enjoyed it, so do read some other reviews before deciding whether or not to read it.

Thank you to Simon & Schuster Children's Books via NetGalley for the eProof.