This book was boring and dragged so much
It is completely unrealistic and not thrilling at all
A poor book

This is my first book by Sharon Doering. I enjoyed reading this one. It was thrilling with a great plot. I look forward to reading more from her!

This has been a tough year for me to get into reading new books so it took me some time to get into this one. But once I got into it I had a hard time to put it away. It really captured me and it was easy to read. I just wanted to know if my suspicions was correct.

However the main character didn’t really click with me. Her behavior and actions throughout the novel was not something I could stand.

This book is very strange. I enjoy unreliable narrators but this was just too zany for me.

Grace, is a overbearing paranoid helicoptor mother, who jogs around her neighbourhood each night leaving her children alone?! Who is obsessed with the person next door ...who may or may not be a threat, harasses people about it and is sexist even though she has a son. She is obsessed with the kidnap of a young girl...and watches a video of her several times a day....this just gave me shivers.

To me...Grace was the creepiest person in this story. She seemed like the predator.
Her watching that video gave me shivers.

None of her actions made sense and although this is explained later...If the explanation was true...how did she hold down a Job (as a teacher no less!), how did she date, how did she drive?!

Every single thing about this story was so far fetched and I will suspend belief,but not this far.

If there had been a few things Grace did that was odd...okay can accept she was able to work and look after her kids so normal..
But her behaviour was so outlandish and then she could just do normal things too.

She also took no responsibility for herself. Even without the wild behaviour she was difficult to like or root for.

Grace giving me the shivers shows good writing but the story needed to be much more coherent and tighter. To fully connect we needed to understand Grace and not one of her actions were ever understandable.

I can see what it was going for but it missed all marks for me.

Thanks to the author, publisher and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book was a fast and thrilling read. I would love to read the other books that the author has published that’s how much I loved this book and the twist that the author introduced

Great plot to get yourself lost in. This book has everything. A real fast paced thriller. Will get your heart racing on more than one occasion. Very well written. Highly recommend this book If your looking for a great read to get your teeth into

She Lies Close is a psychological thriller about how far a mother will go to protect her children. Grace is a divorced, struggling mother of two young children who has just moved into a new neighborhood only to discover her next door neighbor is a suspect in the abduction of a young girl. As Grace’s worries for her family mounts, she starts to investigate her neighbor. How far will Grace go to protect her family?

Grace knows she has to protect her children from this neighbor, but she is losing her grip on reality making that harder to do each day. Grace becomes more and more reckless and delusional as her imagination stokes itself into an inferno of anxiety.

Thank you NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Great thriller which kept me turning the pages well into the night. Great characters and plot. Highly recommend to others!!

Look out for this debut author! If this book is any indication of books to come it will be amazing.

I loved it! It was a quick read with many twists and a great ending. I had a hard time putting it down. I rate this book a 3.9

She Lies Close is a darkly funny and rather strange thriller narrated by single mother, Grace Wright. After the disappearance of five year old local girl, Ava Boone, Grace becomes obsessed with the case. As Grace's mental heath spirals out of control another murder close to home is committed. Thanks to NetGalley for my digital copy of Sharon Doering's debut novel.

She Lies Close is a very well written, character driven suspense/thriller. I found myself flying through this book. Would highly recommend and looking forward to more from the author.

This book is about motherhood, obsession and how we would go to protect the ones we love. This book was thrilling at times, but uncomfortable at other times, meaning it dragged on in places. It was kind of a hit and miss for me.

The description of this book caught my interest instantly. I thought the tension and suspense that arouse throughout the book was great and you could really feel it yourself, however, I did find some parts of this story were far too drawn out, which in turn affected the overall pace and flow of the book.

Grace is a newly divorced mother of two children. She is told by one neighbor that her next door neighbor is a suspect of a missing 5 year old girl. Having just moved in to the new house she starts to become overly curious about the neighbor and the family of the missing little girl. Grace tries to uncover quite badly what happened and investigate the "suspect". There is a strange encounter with a group of bats, helping her delusion of possible rabies. She is sleep deprived, hallucinating, dreaming things that make her think they really happened and over reacting in general. Things escalate to a head for her and she worries about the outcome. Quite honestly I actually thought she was crazy. I mean there is a huge difference between being nosy and insinuating yourself into a missing child investigation. All the strange things that were going on and her over active imagination were a little over the top for me.

The premise of the story was great. I liked the claustrophobic feel of Grace's fears when she moved in next door to a suspect in a missing child case with her daughter. I could understand her apprehension and worry. I loved how the author stayed true to the emotions a mother would have.

The story started fine, but some sections droned on a bit too much, and I didn't need such a descriptive prose. The suspense felt to be bang-on in certain areas, but the writing was disjointed in some others.

Overall, I would say it was a different read. Maybe the next book from the author would be rocking.

One of my favorite thrillers of 2020! My one complaint with thrillers is generally the length, but if anything... this one left me wanting more. It flew by, and I can't wait to pick up more books by the author!

I think the best review for any book is saying: Get this book now!!! We are introduced to Grace, who is slipping slowly but is able to continue to work. You will find yourself drawn into her world, and will question what is real and what is in Grace's mind. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC of this book in return for my honest review. Receiving the book in this manner had no bearing on my review.

A roller-coaster of a ride. I didn't agree with all the main character did (going jogging in the dead of night when there might be a murderer next door leaving your young kids asleep in the house isn't something I could ever imagine myself doing) but her slow unravelling was like watching a car crash happening. It kept my interest from start to finish.

Losing a child is every parent's worst nightmare, keeping them safe is the number one priority.
"She Lies Close" is a perfect example of the lengths a mother will go to, to keep her children out of harms way.
Beautifully written and so easy to empathise with Grace, you'll be clutching your chest at times and exhaling with relief every few chapters.

I can't wait to see what Sharon Doering writes next!