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First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

162 reviews

businesswife's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is a good book. This is a fun book with an interesting plot with some twists and turns and the characters are fun and even the premise is fun. But, (large but) as a person who reads thrillers, mysteries, and generally twisty plot books on the reg this is a very predictable book. That does not make it bad. This is a comfy book. This felt good to read, I breezed through it, I could have read it in 2 sittings. So, it short, worth reading but if you read these types of books you will prob also feel a bit predictable about this too. As an entry to this genre it would be a great entry point.

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mz_cherry's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A little more complexity and tricks and a bigger reveal would have been nice. But still very well written

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nahal3's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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libbyslibrary's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

That was such a fun ride! Definitely recommend the audiobook, the narrator was amazing and kept me engaged the entire time. Do you have to completely suspend your disbelief? Sure but who cares it’s fun!

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mrsbowser's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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marielle2003's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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clarelovesdata's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A rare thriller that allowed for lots of character exploration and growth and had twists and turns throughout that I happily did not see coming.

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sandonat's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Was an OK thriller. There was only one or two parts that I found to be really surprising. I liked when the other Luca showed up. I feel like the end was rushed and I wish that there was more time to resolve the central relationship. Overall was an okay read.

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karen_vandyne's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is a super fun, fast paced who dunnit. Kept me guessing almost till the end.

If you like twisty cloak and dagger stories, this one is for you

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lauraelovesbooks's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was a solid thriller without being too dark. The twists felt well earned and the plot was engaging

The story had a lot of ‘caper energy’ which was refreshing in this landscape of disturbing psychological thrillers. Think Ocean’s 11 (albeit with a more serious tone) versus Criminal minds.

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