I was really  looking forward to this , the plot is a good one . Abigail is abducted and years later walks into a police station with another younger girl . It's a difficult readjustment for her family . The book is told from Abigail's mum and cousins pov . I really struggled to engage with the book , I found it slow and just wasn't for me

Slow to start but ended up really enjoying this one if you struggle with it I’d say to keep at it it it’s off in the end !!

I found the this book to be quite slow until the trial began towards the end. I didn't feel particularly engaged with any of the characters through most of the book which is probably why I found it quite hard going. I'm glad I persevered though as I did enjoy the ending. 

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for an advance copy of this title in exchange for an unbiased review.

Little White Lies was a great read. The story centres around Abigail who went missing at 8 years old, who has now been found 7 years later and comes back to her family who are have been in turmoil without her. But her return raises many questions for the family she returns to, and her cousin's family as well.
I thought the book was very well written and it kept me reading until the end wanting to know what happened.
Thank you to Netgalley, Phillippa East and the publisher for an advance copy.

This book is an amazing read.  It is also terrifying as a mother to read.  It shows the simple daily routine mothers/fathers take with their children getting the train and only a second your world falls apart... your child goes missing.

The book is fantastic at showing the after math the mothers torment and utmost joy of her daughter coming back.  It also shows her fear of who is she now that her daughter is now a teenager.  The struggles of letting her go enjoy and have fun.  It also introduces her cousin she was so close to and back in her life.

The book is such a good read.

Little White Lies is a clever and fast moving thriller with a slightly different spin on the lost child trope in literature. Anne's daughter, Abigail, went missing some seven years ago, vanishing from a train station without more than a glimpse of CCTV footage. The family have never stopped searching for their missing child, but most people assume Abigail is dead. Until she walks into a police station holding the hand of a young girl who went missing just a few days ago. Told from the perspective of Abigail's mother and her cousin, it is a stark depiction of how even that which we wish for most in the world can turn out to be a double edged sword.

This is a book that draws deeply on the relationships in a family dynamic, both good and bad, as well as just how complex even supposedly clear cut events can be. From the very beginning you are aware that Anne is hiding something, a piece of information about the day Abigail was taken that is supposedly inconsequential according to her sister. Her relationship with her daughter is fraught, she struggles to reconnect with this teenage version of her daughter who is so different from the child she remembers. Jess is almost the complete opposite, immediately reconnecting with her beloved cousin but often not seeing just how much Abigail has changed during her seven years in captivity, instead trying to be exactly the same as they were at eight years old. The two families are exceptionally close and the relationship between Anne and her sister Lillian is one of the most interesting ones as so much of what has happened is linked to the absolute control Lillian seems to have over her sister.

All in all, this is a tight and emotional read and it tackles what is a common theme in books with a unique twist. The use of the two characters works well, as it gives a different perspective than just that of the mother who it goes without saying is going to be struggling with feelings of guilt over the day her daughter was taken. Jess as a character is heart-breaking and really highlighted just how much trauma the event had on everyone, not just Abigail. She has virtually put her life on pause since the day her cousin was taken. I felt the depictions of Abigail as a survivor were realistic and moving as well; as a character she can be quite dislikable with her moods and some of her behaviour, which was a brave move but one that hits home. It was interesting to read how Jess and Anne felt about her and to be in the same situation as them, where they are so desperate to try to understand her but always looking through a tinted looking glass.

So yes, this is a well written and tautly paced novel that focuses on the aftermath of the abduction rather than on the event itself. There is a lot of build up around the family relationships which made for really interesting reading and it is difficult not to spend the book wondering what that white lie really is. Some aspects at the end could have been explored in more depth but as a whole this is a really rewarding read that is well worth picking up.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for my free copy of this book.

This book could have been so much better. It was just bits of it seemed unrealistic and I feel like there was a lot of wasted potential that could have been reached. The ending was anti climactic and none of it hit a note with me.

I'm afraid I really didn't like this book. Abigail was abducted when she was 8 years old and now, 8 years later, she is back with her family. Sounds like the makings of a good plot. However, I found the story to be very far fetched, the characters were uninspiring and the writing is not very engaging. Thanks to NetGalley for a preview copy.
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I enjoyed this book. The story was original and the knowledge that Abigail's mother had a guilty secret kept me turning the pages until late in the night. Unfortunately I found the end of the book a little underwhelming. I was expecting a shocking admission from Anne.and it didn't live up to my expectations. In spite of this I would still recommend the book.

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Little White Lies might just be a 'marmite' book, you'll either like it or not.
I liked it - it kept me in suspense, it fed me some red herrings, it led me to form assumptions but most of all  it kept me reading to the end. The story centres around Abigail.  Abigail went missing at 8 years old, Abigail came back 7 years later.  Two families lives are in turmoil, then and now.  I must admit I didn't really like any of the characters that much.  Apart from Abigail they all came across as quite needy and  selfish,  but the storyline itself was well written and intriguing. 
Thank you to Netgalley, Phillipa East and the publisher for an advance copy.

It’s every parents worse nightmare; your child goes missing but then years later she returns but is everything as it seems? Abigail is a 15 year old girl who goes missing but is suddenly returned to her family buy things don’t seem to add up. Complex but very well written!

This is a difficult book to get into and the story was very far fetched. Sorry but this isn't a book I would be recommending

An enthralling read, totally had me engrossed.  It raises lots of questions as to what happens next - once a missing person is recovered.  Very realistic and shockingly so.   Once you start reading, you won't be able to put it down.

This book is not as good as I thought it would be. It did not grip me at all. I really did not like the ending. I thought it was not believable at all.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

I really struggled with this book.  I just found it very hard to read, long drawn out and boring with not much happening.  It was a bit far fetched and unbelievable.  Not for me I'm afraid

I was really  looking forward to this , the plot is a good one . Abigail is abducted and years later walks into a police station with another younger girl . It's a difficult readjustment for her family . The book is told from Abigail's mum and cousins pov . I really struggled to engage with the book , I found it slow and just wasn't for me

Anne’s daughter Abigail was abducted when she was 8, now 7 years later Abigail has walked into a police station. Relief that Abigail is home her family want to move on but something is holding them back. Jess, Abigail’s  cousin is trying her best to help but people are lying. Told from Anne and Jess’s POV, this is a brilliant story of lies, loss and pain. I really enjoyed this. 
Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

This book had the power to be something so good and clever. But unfortunately it just never gripped me. No matter what I did I just could not get sucked into the story which is a shame as it just wasnt what I was expecting.

Look away for a minute, distracted by your babies and lose your daughter forever- or have you? Abigail, lost for years suddenly appears at a police station and returns herself to her family. Conditioned by the man who took her she struggles to fit back in to family life and seems torn as to whether she did the right thing escaping at all.

The relationships between Abigail and her parents and siblings and her close knit cousin and Aunt and Uncle are well told and it seems that they will help bring her back whole again as the police narrow in on her abductor.
however cracks appear in the story of how Abigail was snatched and guilt from many directions rises to the fore.

Full of twisted relationships, manipulations, secrets and lies this was a great read- keeps the pages turning well into the night and at the end you still don't feel completely at ease with the result.

Whilst I was interested in where this story was going, I didn't connect with the characters at all.  The story itself was OK, the twist wasn't mind blowing and the ending went a bit off topic. I feel there could have been a really great story there but unfortunately the author didn't quite deliver it. Not bad but not great. 

2.5 rounded up to 3. stars.