Amy has achieved most everything she’s ever wanted. She and her husband are successful hoteliers in a beautiful location. She has a son and husband who adore her. But she also has a secret. And that secret shows up at her hotel one day. She now not only has to explain to her family that she gave up a daughter for adoption years ago, but she also has to explain to Ramona the story of how she came to be. The problem is, every time she tells the story there’s something that she leaves out. And so Ramona keeps coming back for more, determined to find out the story of her beginnings in this world. Which version is real, and which version is purely Amy’s imagination? I enjoyed this story a lot. At first glance is seems to be your basic chic lit/family story. But it goes deeper than that with layers of intrigue to be uncovered as you read.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The authors writing style had me hooked throughout this book.

I didn't want it to end, a book I really couldn't put down.

I’LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING is the perfect title for this book. When Ramona meets her birth mother, Amy, she wants answers as to why she was put up for adoption. As she presses for answers, Amy's secrets come out about her past and Ramona discovers a lot about her mother and her father. Overall, I would recommend this to those who enjoy family dynamics, love, and a little bit of mystery.

Twisting memory, motherhood, and the weight of long-buried secrets, I’ll Tell You Everything is a layered, emotionally tense novel that slowly peels back the lies we tell to survive. With unreliable memories, shifting narratives, and a haunting sense of regret, this is a beautifully crafted story about the price of truth — and whether love can survive it. For fans of Little Fires Everywhere and Everything I Never Told You.
4/5 — poignant, suspenseful, and deeply human.

Fine but we've all read this book before. Nothing new, and it was too long for what it was. There's not much else to say as it's been done before.

Amy has a wonderful family and a great job in a beautiful mountain hotel. She gave up a daughter, a her daughter wants to know her story. Amy has secrets and feels the truth would ruin her life. It's a page turner, wanting to know when Amy will tell the truth, what the truth is, and what will happen if it is known. I enjoyed the story.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review. This one was a bit dull for me. Not a lot of plot. Centered around adoption and the aftermath.

I enjoyed this, overall. The setting was beautifully done! The writing made it hard to put down, as you want to keep going to get to the bottom of the mystery. What more can you ask for in a story like this? Thank you to Netgalley, the Publisher and the Author for the opportunity to read and review this prior to publication.

This one was excellent. I loved the family dynamics and it gripped me to know all of the juicy secrets. Would highly recommend

I'll Tell You Everything is a tense and thought-provoking novel about the lies we tell to protect our carefully built lives and the truths that inevitably unravel them. Amy Linden has it all—a successful career, a loving family, and a perfect image. That is, until Ramona, the daughter she gave up for adoption years ago, reappears and asks for the one story Amy fears to tell: the truth about her biological father.

Amy’s attempts to shield her daughter from the reality of her past through multiple conflicting stories make for a compelling narrative of deception and self-preservation. The plot is engaging, and the shifting memories and revelations keep the reader intrigued. However, while the premise is strong, the pacing can feel uneven, and some of the twists may seem predictable to seasoned readers of family drama. Despite this, the emotional depth of the story and the examination of guilt, identity, and the consequences of keeping secrets give I'll Tell You Everything a powerful core.

Overall, it's a solid read for those who enjoy character-driven stories about the complexities of family and the burden of hidden truths.

It was okey, the plot twists were really good and also the pacing, a fun little thriller to get into the genre for those not familiar with it.

If you hate unreliable narrators then this is not the book for you. Amy's daughter that she gave up for adoption tracks her down and Amy tells her "I'll Tell You Everything" but she also wants to paint herself in a positive light. As her story slowly unfolds you start to doubt how much truth is in what Amy is revealing and even in the end you are left wondering whether she's really told you everything.

When Ramona seeks out her birth mother after 20 years, she is seeking the identity of her birth father and the story of how things came to be. Amy then spins tale after tale, while protecting the truth at all costs. I’ll tell you everything she continues to tell Ramona but will the truth set her free?

This was such an intriguing story for me. And haven’t we all known someone like that? A great storyteller without any connection to the actual truth.

This is the first time I have read a book from this author. It had a great concept for the story line and plot point, but I feel like it wasn't written as well as it could have been. The idea was about Ramona, an adopted girl, who is searching answers about her bio family, and she find out so much more. I think the main character could have used so much more depth to make the story more interest. Overall, it wasn't bad, but I didn't think it was that good. Thank you Net Galley!

Told alternately between the points of view of Amy Linden and Ramona Crawford, this book was difficult to review for several reasons. Firstly because I didn’t care for either of these women, despite their story being a fascinating, though devastating one.

Amy is happily married and the mother to a young son. She is a successful hotelier, a career she has aspired to her entire life.

Ramona is a twenty year old woman whose adopted mother has cancer. She is eager to find her birth-parents to learn her own history. She finds Amy Linden, and they meet up in Seattle. Though Amy seems receptive to Ramona’s myriad questions, Ramona does not wholly trust her – with good reason.

“Memories haunted us because we let them, but that was the thing –
we didn’t have to let them.”

Later, Ramona surprises Amy by showing up at the Mountain Lodge in Montana that she runs. Amy introduced Ramona to her husband and son, who welcome the new addition to their family with surprising equanimity. Bursting with more questions for Amy, particularly about her birth father, Ramona interrogates Amy again. Amy spins a captivating tale about her younger self when she worked at this very lodge as a dishwasher. Still, Ramona does not wholly trust Amy’s version of events.

Mind you, Amy does know how to spin a tale. If you love unreliable narrators, then Amy Linden might be your woman. She attempts to portray her younger self in a rosy hue. Making herself out to be the victim of circumstance. Should Ramona believe Amy’s version of events? Amy embellishes her narrative in a capricious way…

This is a novel about taking responsibility for your own actions. For owning up to your mistakes in a transparent way. The denouement was open-ended and not entirely satisfying. The reader gets to decide how things might proceed in the future. Some readers will likely relish this opportunity, I didn’t personally care for it.

The cover was beautiful and the title fit the novel perfectly.

However, at the end of the day, I did find this novel to be quite memorable. The setting and characters were well drawn, though not ones I would care to know. Recommended with reservations…

This book wasn't for me. Nope, not at all. I didn't enjoy the characters. I didn't enjoy the story. I'm bummed I wasted the time reading it at all.

And ... what kind of mother tells her daughter about how someone performed oral sex on her??? Major ick happening.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This was an emotional book but just did not hit the mark for me. Thank you to netgalley for the advanced copy.

As somebody that’s adopted I loved this story. Ramona is 20 years old and goes looking for her birth mom, Amy. She finds her mom and wants to know her story. The story changes multiple times and Ramona doesn’t know if her mom is being honest or making it up as she goes.

I loved the mother daughter bond in this. The book was good the entire way through. I liked hearing the story about how Amy got pregnant and decided to give her up for adoption. It wasn’t the common story.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for giving me the chance to read this ARC.

I enjoyed this book but found it was a little far fetched and repetitive.

A full review has been left on the goodreads site.

This is told in alternating viewpoints, you hear from both Amy and Ramona as Ramona tries desperately to reconnect with her birth mother and get answers about her past. There was definitely an emotional component here, I truly felt awful for Ramona and the author did a good job at showing how not knowing about her history really affected her life. I especially felt bad for when she was trying to deal with Amy, she was such a frustrating character! You figure out very early on that Amy has issues being truthful and sometimes she wouldn’t give Ramona a straight answer and others she would answer with a half truth or a total lie. As annoying as this would be in real life it sure made for a fun reading experience because I was never sure what would come out of her mouth next and it led to a bunch of twists and turns. The setting added a layer of mystery and intrigue to the story and it paired well with the domestic drama. It’s also a fairly short read that you can get through quickly, I raced to the end to get to the truth and I was satisfied in the end.