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Trust Her

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I would firstly like to thank Netgalley and the publishers for allowing me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Easy to read, and the whole read didn't require a lot of effort to keep up with, however I found myself questioning several characters and their behaviour.
I mean, why? - is a question I asked so many times through this read. The plot was somewhat intriguing, but I couldn't help but think it would of been a lot better with more likeable characters, less far-fetched situations, and a slightly better-plotted ending.

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I enjoyed this book and it was full of twists and turns until the very end. Nothing is as it seems until the end. Recommended.

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A very good read that hooked me from the very start. I didn’t like the characters though but think that was part of the story.

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This book is fast-paced and has lots of twists. However, the author lost me with too many characters to keep up with and not well enough character development

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This is a really good modern thriller. I really enjoyed it and the twists and turns kept me hooked. Very enjoyable.

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I enjoyed this book and read it all in two sessions, told from the view of two people Rebecca and Charlotte, it’s a fast paced book with plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing.

Charlotte finds a man unconscious and does her best to help but the guys sister Rebecca doesn't trust Charlotte and thinks she’s upto no good and starts to dig and delve into her life looking for secrets she may be hiding.

This was a good book and I’d defo look out for more from the author, liked the ending and enjoyed the twists, good read.

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Firstly I want to give thanks to Netgalley and Sphere books for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Charlotte is the kind of person who goes out of her way for people. Rebecca is the kind of person who thinks about herself before others. Charlotte loves being part of a loving, family unit. Rebecca prefers to be on the outside.

These women are thrown together in the wake of a horrible incident which leaves Rebecca’s brother, who is also Charlotte’s latest boyfriend, in a coma. The book is told in sections by each woman with the story being told from their own prospective and gives the reader more insight in to the character’s true personalities.

I enjoyed this book very much, I loved the writing style, the characters were very ‘true’ and the story was highly believable. I absolutely loved the ending and I think that this is a book that’ll stay in my mind for some time to come.

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Wow, couldn't put this book down! Spent most of the book wondering how I could trust least out of Charlotte and Rebecca .. both felt off throughout. I was quite shocked by the ending as I didn't believe until that point that said character was actually capable of what they had done. Brilliantly tense and the twist was really good. Looking forward to more from Jessica Vallance in the future!

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I love books that have me thinking I've got it all figured out and then turning everything on its head. I suspected everyone at some stage. A great thriller.

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Lots of twists and turns, told via the perspectives of Charlotte and Rebecca, in alternating chapters this is a fast paced quick read that will keep you engaged throughout.

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What a twisted character Charlotte is. !! This book is very far fetched but I found it to be an enjoyable entertaining read

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Trust Her was one of those pacy page turners, if you love a good unreliable narrator this one will definitely be for you as we have two of them.

Charlotte is a fascinating character, inserting herself into the lives of a family dealing with trauma, helping them (in her mind) but running headlong into another fascinating character, Rebecca, who is distrustful of this saving angel perhaps for good reason. 

Told through the eyes of both, Trust Her twists and turns its way to a resolution, both these women hide things but which one of them is dangerous? Well you’ll see but on the way to enlightenment you’ll have an addictively good read.

Jessica Vallance brings heaps of dark personality to her main protagonists, keeping the reader on edge and intrigued all the way through. A character driven psychological thriller, I thoroughly enjoyed this.

Recommended.

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Trust Her is a book that at times plods on at a steady pace but then seems to ramp up the pace and a different angle and problem comes in to play for the main character Charlotte.
Charlotte has been stood up by her friend so after a night out finishes earlier than she thought she decides to walk instead of get a taxi. On the journey home she turns down a dark alleyway and finds a young man on the floor. He isn’t breathing so phones 999 and saves his life with CPR whilst waiting for the ambulance. The ambulance people mistake Charlotte for this mans girlfriend and here the lies just keep going and going and going.
The chapters are alternately told from Charlotte’s viewpoint and Luke’s sister, Rebecca which told this tale from two very different angles.
I enjoyed this book and although there are a few things that didn’t add up it didn’t deter my enjoyment of this thriller.
I would like to thank Netgalley and Little Brown Book Group UK, Sphere for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review. (less)

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Thanks to Netgalley and Sphere for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This was a pacy read with an intriguing premise. Set in Brighton it follows 27-year old Charlotte who’s always been a people pleaser. On an night out she comes across the body of a man and rings the ambulance for help, but is assumed by the paramedics as the distressed girlfriend. This confusion spirals out of control when the man’s, Luke, family appear at the hospital, distraught and suddenly Charlotte finds herself being welcomed into the family. Except for Luke’s sister, Rebecca, who isn’t taken by Charlotte’s charms and has secrets of her own to hide...
This was a pacy read with sone twists at the end I didn’t see coming. However personally for me I found halfway through the story started to drag and the revelations at the end were a bit too late and not satisfying enough to sustain my interest. And I found the twist at the end implausible and not consistent with earlier events. Not a bad read, but one that does require suspension of disbelief. 2.5/5

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Charlotte stumbles aacross Luke, who has been attacked and left for dead in an alleyway. Charlotte then realises that she recognises him as she had seen him in the pub earlier. She then calls foran ambulance and they assume that she is his girlfriend and she goes along with this as she doesn’t want him to be on his own. This is when the story becomes unbelievable for me as Charlotte carries on this pretence when his parents and his sister Rebecca arrive at the hospital. Rebecca takes an instant dislike to Charlotte and questions her relationship with Luke. The story then has plenty of twists and turns as they are both hiding secrets. I found this book a little disappointing and the characters quite annoying. Sorry, didn’t deliver for me.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

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I really enjoyed this book. It was well written, plenty of twists, and I wasn't sure who to trust out of Charlotte and Rebecca until the very end. Overall a good psychological drama. Would definitely read more by this author.

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Trust Her is a fast-paced and non-taxing read, and I enjoyed that aspect of it. Unfortunately, there were just too many issues that I couldn't overlook them all. The author introduces a multitude of different people so it isn't an easy job keeping them straight in your head, and despite the characters finding themselves in stressful situations, I found that I couldn't relate to them or what they did, mainly because they were all very unlikeable and more than a tad annoying.

The writing was also difficult to stay engaged with as it lacked fluidity and there were numerous times the flow came to a standstill making the reader have to force themselves to get back into it again. It certainly wasn't ideal. However, the nonsensical reactions of the characters are what really affected my enjoyment the most.

Many thanks to Sphere for an ARC

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Thank you to NetGalley for passing on such an intriguing read.
Our key narrator is Charlotte. On her own in a trendy bar in Brighton as work colleagues have stood her up, Charlotte gets talking to a young woman named Kelly whose date is not working out well. After an evening making small talk, Charlotte leaves the bar and heads home. When she sees the feet of a young man sticking out of an alley she doesn’t ignore it, but goes closer and discovers the man from earlier with his head bleeding. Charlotte calls an ambulance and ends up caught up in a nightmare scenario, pretending to be Isaac’s girlfriend.
Over subsequent weeks Charlotte worms her way into the family home, though Luke’s sister has her suspicions.
With Rebecca hiding her own secrets, it’s not hard to see how this will engage readers. There’s plenty of twists and revelations, and things are most definitely not what they seem. Highly recommended.

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I am sorry I found the characters confusing and the story disappointing. I just couldn't get into it enough to empathise with anyone. I expected a lot from this story after read the synopsis but unfortunately for me it didn't deliver.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

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This is a book that will definitely have your mind working overtime. Plenty of twists and turns that keep you guessing right until the end.

It all begins when Charlotte, finds an unconscious male lying in any alleyway, on her way home. She immediately phoned the emergency services, who upon their arrival assume she is the males girlfriend. Rather than correct them she goes along with it as she feels he needs someone with him.

Not wanting to leave Luke’s side she stays with him and then his family arrive. Again, Charlotte goes along with the pretence that she is Luke’s girlfriend and his family accept this and treat her like one of the family. All is fine until Luke’s sister, Rebecca, arrives. She seems to take an instant dislike to Charlotte and is convinced all is not as it seems, but she also has her own secrets !!

The story is told via the perspectives of Charlotte and Rebecca, in alternating chapters. It is great to see the insight of the situation from both sides and to gradually discover what secrets they are both hiding. There are plenty of twists to keep you engaged in the story right until the very end. What actually happened that fateful night ? And what secrets are the the two girls hiding ?

Thank you to Little, Brown Book Group UK and NetGalley for a digital copy of this book.

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