Book Review: This Is How You Lie by CG Drews
This post contains affiliate links, which means that we’ll earn a small commission if you make a purchase through these links. “They are perfect for each other, obsessed in a way that feels eternal, their sins roped like viscera about each other’s throats. To be loved like that is a beautiful kind of horror all in itself.” đź“š Wren Ott will do whatever it takes to escape her past. Homeless after a failed marriage, she jumps at a lifeline: a live-in nannying position at hulking, secluded, New England-situated Cresswell House. Upon arrival, she finds the lady of the manor, Cadence Cresswell, aimless, moody, and aloof, while her husband, Lucien, is merciless and frequently absent. But Wren is no fool: she needs this job, she sees right through Lucien, and she’s determined to protect Cadence and her infant charge before Lucien destroys them. This Is How You Lie is a lush, grisly fairy tale: gruesome, dark, dirty, and steeped in horrific deeds and unremitting tension. Rich in macabre sensor...
