Author: Kylie Kaden
ISBN: 9781925700381
RRP: $29.99
Publication Date: 19th August 2019
Publisher: Pantera Press
Copy: Courtesy of the publisher
Australian writer Kylie Kaden has produced a very good novel with twists and turns throughout.
Abbi and Blake have been brother and sister for a long time – but not in the traditional sense. Abbi is now married to Will – a local doctor and they have a 5-year-old daughter Eadie.
Hannah has returned home to teach at the local school after an extended absence away overseas. She has always had a crush on Blake who is the local cop from their school days. She has a younger sister Molly who is a troubled teenager and she hopes to rekindle her romance with Blake.
On the night of the Moon Festival, Eadie goes missing and everyone is looking for her. What they find will devastate all concerned and opens a tangled web of lies between these four characters.
I really enjoyed the setting and my only criticism is that at times it had a little too much descriptive narrative when telling the stories of the 4 main characters and this section dragged a little. However, once you get through that the story really ramps up and keeps you guessing throughout the remainder of the book – even down to the last page.
This is the second book of Kylie’s that I have read – looking back at Missing You I also rated it 4 stars – I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys reading thrillers and books in the domestic noir genre.
Thanks to Pantera Press, 25 of our Beauty and Lace Club Members will be reading The Day the Lies Began. Please note the comments may contain spoilers.
Janine is a customer experience officer at her local library – and a certified bookaholic!
Kylie Kaden’s The Day The Lies Began is my favorite kind of thriller suspense: a slow burn, plenty of twists and turns, a bunch of flawed characters and an adrenalin pumping, fast paced climactic ending. I was intrigued from the start and gripped by about half way, both needing to find out what happened and not wanting it to end! Everyone has something to hide and it all comes out in the end. Always a fan of Australian fiction and even more so when it’s good like this, I’d highly recommend this as a great read. Thanks to Beauty and Lace as well as Pantera Press for introducing me to this great book and for supporting Aussie authors.
This one took me a bit to get into but I persisted with it and was glad I did . I really enjoyed reading this book . The twists and turns were great and very well written . Thank you for the chance to read this . Would I recommend this yes I would
Thanks the Beauty and Lace and Panterra Press for the opportunity to read and review this book.
This book took care to give a lot of background and an in depth description of each of the characters. In parts it did go fairly slow which did not give credit to the eventual storyline that evolved. A good intriguing storyline ensured which led to a real page turner of a story. The story encapsulates the main characters well and gets you wondering about the lies and who and what will be revealed as result of these lies and who will remain loyal to whom.
The center of the story is based around the Moon Festival as this is the pinnacle turning point in the book and when this event arrives the story really starts to pick up pace. A few moral questioning and sensitive topics are touched on but for the most the book was quite enjoyable.
What it does highlight is a lie is only a secret… until it isn’t…. and the insight into how, why and what they all did and handled the situation makes you wonder how the lie remined silent for so long.
Certainly a story with lots of loose details tied up toward the end of the book.
An interesting read, thank you.
Thankyou BL and Pantera Press for giving me the opportunity to read this book,
By reading the blurb I thought this book was going to be right up my Ally. Unfortunately it was not. I really struggled through the first 100 or so pages, it was really slow to get started. Once it did I was a bit more drawn in and reading much more often but around halfway through the book I got bored again and felt that the book was dragging on
Sorry to say in the end I got so bored I had to force myself to read it, seemed a very laboriously written story
I usually power through books in a few days but this took over 2 weeks, Glad to read in the reviews above that some really enjoyed it
The Day the lies began is a very well written Aussie drama that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Author Kylie Kaden has created a believable, suspenseful and interesting story, centred around Mum Abbi and her ‘brother’ Blake.
After Abbi’s daughter goes missing at the annual Moon Festival (the only entertainment in their small, beachside town), it opens a chain of events that turns their world upside down.
The characters are very well developed in this story (it does get a tad wordy in some parts but not enough to detract from the main themes). I enjoyed turning the pages seeing what was coming up next.
A great read!