Is Paul somehow responsible? Amber simply cannot remember. As she struggles to find her way back she has nothing to do but try to remember what happened that landed her in hospital. She can feel, hear and smell everything around her, but she cannot move and she cannot communicate. However, when everything falls into place you are left with a thrilling tale that leaves you amazed by the creativity that went into creating this story.Īmber wakes up in the hospital, only she is not awake. At times this can feel a little overwhelming as you try to piece the various events together. The author jumps around in this book, sharing Amber’s thoughts while she is in a coma, her life before her accident and diary entries from twenty years earlier. This psychological thriller was a fabulous read, full of twists and guaranteed to keep you reading late into the night. Now that I have finally found the time to dig into this book from 2017, I feel like kicking myself for waiting so long to get to this one.

Love spoilers? Check out my full list of ten-second spoilers here.Alice Feeney is an author that has been sitting on my TBR for a while and for some reason I never seem to get around to reading her books. He had orchestrated the murder attempt on Amber’s life and had been playing them both against each other.” ChatGPT says: “Edward, Amber’s colleague with whom she was having an affair, is revealed to be a sociopath who had been manipulating her and Claire for his own gain. I got confused by the storyline with the boss. To protect her husband, Amber set fire to Clare’s house while Amber was watching her kids.Īmber and Paul got custody of Clare’s kids, so the reader assumes she died, but at the very end of the book their childhood bracelet is left in Amber’s hotel room, implying Clare is still alive and watching her.

Amber’s husband read Clare’s diaries, so Amber thought Clare would try to kill him to protect her secret. She crashed it to end Amber’s pregnancy to keep being the most important person in her life.

The last diary entry after Clare killed her parents in the fire was “Taylor made me do it” so we don’t know which one was crazy.Įdward was stalking Amber and kept her in the coma, but Clare had been driving the car when Amber was hurt. Clare wrote the diaries (Amber’s maiden name was Taylor). This book was very well written and the twists were very twisty. She is married to Paul and works as a radio presenter. The novel is told from the perspective of Amber Reynolds, who is in a coma but can hear everything that is going on around her.

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney