I loved the book Little White Lies by Erin Lawless (@rinylou)! It really resonated with me and kept me interested throughout the whole novel. The story is about university life in the London suburbs and the intertwining lives of 7 friends. Since there are so many characters in the book it took a little while to get to know them.
This book is split into 3 parts. The first part was the introduction to the characters and jumps around time a bit which can be a bit confusing, but it’s necessary. I did have to stop once or twice during that section to skim back through it to remind myself who everyone was. That might have had something to with the red wine I was drinking when I first started the book! 🙂
By the 2nd part I was totally hooked and knew exactly who everyone was. I loved the 2nd and 3rd sections and really didn’t want this book to end. I think the characters had enough problems to make them believeable but not enough to make it too far fetched.
There are quite a few parallels to my own life which I really enjoyed. It reminded me of my 4 years in London living in a student house and having fun. Luckily I didn’t have as many problems as these characters and I’m still friends/acquaintances with some of the people I hung out with there! I met my now husband there, got engaged after 7-8 years and married in 2012 so this book really resonated with me.
The 3 main characters are Harriet, Adam & Leigha. I pictured Adam to look like Nicholas Hoult from Skins:
I pictured Leigha to look like Nicholas Hoult’s real life ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lawrence and I pictured Harriet to look like Emma Watson with her short haircut.
I am giving this book 5 stars since it had all the elements that I have enjoyed reading about over the last few months and it kept me hooked and wanting to read more throughout most of the book.
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Genre: New Adult
Author: Erin Lawless / http://www.erinlawless.co.uk / @rinylou
Rating: 5 stars
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