You no this really was quite a simple concept, not incredibly taxing and really not that complicated but it worked fantastically.
A gripping read that managed to pull me in and instantly invest me in the unfolding narrative.
So Poppy gets fired from her nannying job by her insufferable employers and thrown out in the middle of the night in a foreign country.
Taking the car she heads to a nearby bar and here she meets an older man: the mysterious charismatic and wealthy Drew.
Drew really does become her knight rescuing her from her awful situation and offering her somewhere to stay as she has practically not a penny to her name.
When he proposes marriage after a whirlwind romance Poppy feels like the princess in a fairytale.
When he proposes leaving their past baggage out of the equation and concentrating instead on the now Poppy feels like she has been offered a lifeline.
with her past sins laid bare she is convinced Drew won't feel the same way about her.
Poppy knows what she's hiding but what about Drew just what is he keeping buried and hidden from her.
This switches between two narratives the past told from Poppy's previous employer Caroline's POV and the heart of her big-secret and the present told from Poppy's.
This swings back and forth building a sense of anticipation but also trepidation.
It's well written and managed to hook me almost instantly.
This is a story about secrets and though I thought I had this all worked out (and I mostly Did) there was still an instance at the end of this that just came out of left field shocking me.
Finally, I really appreciated that finale.
This really was a great read that I enjoyed very much.
I voluntary reviewed a copy of Truth Hurts.



Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
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You no this really was quite a simple concept, not incredibly taxing and really not that complicated but it worked fantastically.
A gripping read that managed to pull me in and instantly invest me in the unfolding narrative.
So Poppy gets fired from her nannying job by her insufferable employers and thrown out in the middle of the night in a foreign country.
Taking the car she heads to a nearby bar and here she meets an older man: the mysterious charismatic and wealthy Drew.
Drew really does become her knight rescuing her from her awful situation and offering her somewhere to stay as she has practically not a penny to her name.
When he proposes marriage after a whirlwind romance Poppy feels like the princess in a fairytale.
When he proposes leaving their past baggage out of the equation and concentrating instead on the now Poppy feels like she has been offered a lifeline.
with her past sins laid bare she is convinced Drew won't feel the same way about her.
Poppy knows what she's hiding but what about Drew just what is he keeping buried and hidden from her.
This switches between two narratives the past told from Poppy's previous employer Caroline's POV and the heart of her big-secret and the present told from Poppy's.
This swings back and forth building a sense of anticipation but also trepidation.
It's well written and managed to hook me almost instantly.
This is a story about secrets and though I thought I had this all worked out (and I mostly Did) there was still an instance at the end of this that just came out of left field shocking me.
Finally, I really appreciated that finale.
This really was a great read that I enjoyed very much.
I voluntary reviewed a copy of Truth Hurts.



Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
https://www.facebook.com/beckiebookworm/
www.beckiebookworm.com ( )

I loved Rebecca Reid's first novel, Perfect Liars, but I really really loved Truth Hurts. I thought it was A-mazing!!!

Poppy is a nanny when, whilst in Ibiza with the family she works for, she is sacked. Finding herself with nowhere to go she ends up at a bar and there she meets Drew, a charismatic older man. After a whirlwind romance they marry. Drew suggests a pact: that they don't ask each other anything about the other's past. Poppy likes this idea as there is clearly something that she doesn't want him to know about, and so she jumps at the chance to keep her past a secret. But slowly there comes an unease within Poppy. What is Drew not telling her?

This is an absolutely perfectly crafted novel. I just couldn't put it down. It's 350 or so pages of pure intrigue. Yet the truth of it is that it doesn't have a plot full of twists and turns. Instead it's one where I knew that something was amiss and I was just waiting for it to be revealed. In the meantime, I was treated to the story of Drew and Poppy's life together, their new home, Poppy's discomfort with the building and his friends.

As I hurtled towards the end of the story I just couldn't think what was going to happen, how it was going to be wound up in so few pages but wow, what an ending! Totally unexpected, completely out of the blue and very cunning.

Truth Hurts is full of tension and I found Drew and Poppy to be two such fascinating characters. It is a psychological thriller but it doesn't have to rely on bizarre events to make it interesting. We simply follow two newly intertwined lives and eventually take a look under the surface to see what lurks there.

Rebecca Reid's writing is pure quality. She writes some of the worst human characteristics incredibly well. I'd pick up her next book without even reading the blurb. ( )