To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Tell Me Lies kind of accidentally got put on my NetGalley approvals (I was asking the publicist for two other books and this one just got approved along with them) so I took a look at it, even though this really isn't my type of book. That it didn't bother me when he told me I wasn't the prettiest girl he'd dated, or that I wasn't even the best at sex—not even in the top 5.

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A thrilling, sexy coming-of-age story exploring toxic love, ruthless ambition, and shocking betrayal, Tell Me Lies is about that one person who still haunts you—the other one. That’s the one thing Alanna and I have in common—we both dislike Melissa, and Melissa seems to dislike both of us. Production companies involved with the series are Belletrist Productions, Rebelle Media, and Vice Studios. And I love a good villain, but Stephen was such a piece of shit, I wanted him to get hit by a cab or fall on the subway track.Looking back now I marvel at how weak I was and how low my self esteem was to remain in it for so long.

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The characterizations were great, the story was good, and the final big twist (which I did not see coming at all) bumped it up to four stars for me.I watched the Hulu series prior to reading the book and had been hesitant to purchase based on other readers reviews. If you know of a smart friend who makes these illogical choices, and you just don’t understand what is going through their minds…. Just keep in mind that all the characters are trash, and if you ever dated an emotionally manipulative dude who drew the short end of the ethical stick, you might find yourself meditating on past relationships best left out on the proverbial curb where they belong. She almost wished she could ask her mother but “when you have a mother who did the Unforgivable Thing, you can’t ask her those kinds of questions.