Tell Me Lies: A Novel
Now an original series on Hulu! Catch up on Season 1...Season 2 streaming now! "A twisted modern love story" (Parade), Tell Me Lies is a sexy, thrilling novel about that one person who still haunts you--the other one. The wrong one. The one you couldn't let go of. The one you'll never forget. Lucy Albright is far from her Long Island upbringing when she arrives on the campus of her small California college and happy to be hundreds of miles from her mother--whom she's never forgiven for an act of betrayal in her early teen years. Quickly grasping at her fresh start, Lucy embraces college life and all it has to offer. And then she meets Stephen DeMarco. Charming. Attractive. Complicated. Devastating. Confident and cocksure, Stephen sees something in Lucy that no one else has, and she's quickly seduced by this vision of herself, and the sense of possibility that his attention brings her. Meanwhile, Stephen is determined to forget an incident buried in his past that, if exposed, could ruin him, and his single-minded drive for success extends to winning, and keeping, Lucy's heart. Lucy knows there's something about Stephen that isn't to be trusted. Stephen knows Lucy can't tear herself away. And their addicting entanglement will have consequences they never could have imagined. Alternating between Lucy's and Stephen's voices, Tell Me Lies follows their connection through college and post-college life in New York City. "Readers will be enraptured" (Booklist) by the "unforgettable beauties in this very sexy story" (Kirkus Review). With the psychological insight and biting wit of Luckiest Girl Alive, and the yearning ambitions and desires of Sweetbitter, this keenly intelligent and supremely resonant novel chronicles the exhilaration and dilemmas of young adulthood and the difficulty of letting go--even when you know you should.
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Since this recently turned into a TV show, I wanted to read the book first. After doing so, I am very curious to see the show to compare, because unfortunately I wasn’t super impressed. Starting with the main characters, I found Lucy to be fairly annoying and although I know she is in a relatable position, she was frustrating to read her ruin her life and obsess over a boy, especially a horrible one. Speaking of Stephen, I knew he was a psychopath from the get go and he is literally the worst. I hated every single one of his chapters because I could barely stand to listen to his side. Then when it comes to the plot there were things that just constantly bothered me. “The big terrible thing” was anti-climactic for me and just led me to be more annoyed by Lucy. In the end I just wasn’t fulfilled and it wasn’t my favorite but I’d still recommend it and I’m very interested to watch the show.
This book was an interesting perspective into the mind of a narsassistic psychopath. I literally hated how gross he was.
Read this after watching the Hulu series and it’s so juicy. It’s one of those books where you love and hate the characters equally. From my perspective I related to Lucy’s naivety and reflected a lot of the people I allowed into my life during my early college years and realizing what signs and flags to look out for in this coming of age
Stephen Demarco is a prime example of what happens when girls give MID men chances. We’ve all done it. I’ve never disliked a male book character more. I was cheering Lucy on in the end & while she irritated me as much if not more than Stephen, she deserves her happy ending!
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