Tell Me Lies

A Novel

By: Carola Lovering

Narrated by: Corey Brill, Rebekkah Ross

Now an original series on Hulu! Season 3 airing 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.

Great story, not great narration

I got this book after watching the show. The story is very very different than the show, but it’s really good! Engaging and a good listen. However, the male narrator really takes you out of it. Corey Brill… His voice is not at all right for a hunky male lead. He would probably do better with a non fiction or something along those lines. It just isn’t the sexy player vibe of the character. I really struggle listening to him, and usually don’t finish listening to books he narrates because I can’t take his voice seriously as the romantic lead he’s trying to play. He also does terrible female character voices. The female narrator was decent. I’ve listened to a few of her audiobooks, and while she isn’t my favorite, they’re good enough to listen to. Her male character voice is lacking. Would have loved to hear Julia Whelan play both sides of this story, her character voices are much more refined. That’s what this audiobook was lacking.
The story is good!! While it has a ton of fat shaming and eating disorder discussion, the main plot was relatable. We all know what a toxic relationship is like, and this does it well. We hear how annoying the female obsession with the main guy is, we all have friends like that. Definitely curious about the other characters points of view.

The Hulu Series is better

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I don't like giving less than 3 stars but could have easily done so with this one.

I have to say I was disappointed in the book, Usually the books are better than the screenplays but not in this case. Just about everything in the series was reversed to what the book is. I actually almost returned the book but I kept going hoping to get some type of clarity, but it never came. I did finish it however because I had to see how the ending would be. For example, the book has Lucy's family together when she goes to college, the bad relationship between Lucy and her mom was because Lucy walked in on her with her crush in their house; The series Lucy's father has died of Cancer and the relationship with her mom is bad because she was with Lucy's dad business partner/best friend while he took his last breath and no one could get in touch with her. In the book the roommates are also all different some of the characters are the same but there are a few more in the book than in the series, Macy was Lucy's roommate in the series but not in the book.

I enjoy some differences between book and movie but 90% of the book was rewritten and the series again was much better.

Good story but annoying characters

I really like the story and how it ended. But my goodness were the main characters annoying and infuriating. But it was worth the listen!

Narrator’s “Ugg”

I came here because of the show. Female narrator felt very monotone. Book is okay, interesting to hear what both Lucy and Steven are thinking. Most of us who can relate have had a “Steven” in our lives before.

Great book!

I really got into both characters of this book. You understand them so well as the chapters continue. I know that I could relate to a lot of the toxic relationship dynamics that Lucy goes through with Stephen. The only thing that I didn’t love was the narration, both narrators were a little too monotone for my liking. Besides the lack-luster narration, I really enjoyed!