Today I’m sharing my review of Too Good to be True by Carola Lovering.
Synopsis
ONE LOVE STORY. TWO MARRIAGES. THREE VERSIONS OF THE TRUTH.
Skye Starling is overjoyed when her boyfriend, Burke Michaels, proposes after a whirlwind courtship. Though Skye seems to have the world at her fingertips―she’s smart, beautiful, and from a well-off family―she’s also battled crippling OCD ever since her mother’s death when she was eleven, and her romantic relationships have suffered as a result.
But now Burke―handsome, older, and more emotionally mature than any man she’s met before―says he wants her. Forever. Except, Burke isn’t who he claims to be. And interspersed letters to his therapist reveal the truth: he’s happily married, and using Skye for his own, deceptive ends.
In a third perspective, set thirty years earlier, a scrappy seventeen-year-old named Heather is determined to end things with Burke, a local bad boy, and make a better life for herself in New York City. But can her adolescent love stay firmly in her past―or will he find his way into her future?
On a collision course she doesn’t see coming, Skye throws herself into wedding planning, as Burke’s scheme grows ever more twisted. But of course, even the best laid plans can go astray. And just when you think you know where this story is going, you’ll discover that there’s more than one way to spin the truth.
Why I Decided to Read this Book
I read and loved Carola Lovering’s book Tell Me Lies so I was super excited to read her latest book.
Rating
5 Stars (Check out my rating system!)
My Thoughts
I could not put this book down! I listened to the audiobook and also had a copy of the physical book so I alternated between the two because I couldn’t put it down. The audiobook is excellent, it has 3 narrators for each point of view, I definitely recommend that format.
This is the perfect beach read thriller in my opinion. The alternating points of view (one of them is a diary entry format) and timeline make this a bingeable book. I suggest going into this one blind and not knowing much about it so that you can enjoy it. You’ll have to trust me on this one!
As with all good thrillers I didn’t see the twist coming and I think the book had a satisfying ending. I don’t know what else to say about it without spoiling it. Looking forward to more books from Carola Lovering!
Content Warnings
Death, sexual assault, toxic relationship, mental illness, infidelity
Who I Recommend this Book to
Thrillers fans, read this one!
Get the Book!
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Ooh wow 5 stars! And this looks so suspenseful! Definitely gotta check it out.