Title: Lie Lay Lain

Author: Bryn Greenwood

Genre: Contemporary

Published: April 3, 2014

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Jennifer witnessed a fatal hit and run. The victim, mistaking Jennifer for her sister, asked Jennifer to take care of her daughter Shanti. Jennifer's experience started to adversely affect other aspects in her life. Olivia was stuck looking after her brother who had been in a motorcycle accident. She told a lie about having a paramedic boyfriend. The two women's lives intersected.

The first chapter when the hit and run first happened I thought this is interesting and I could see real possibilities for the story. Then the second chapter followed. I honestly didn't like either Jennifer or Olivia. In fact I didn't like any of the characters. Jennifer was shallow and judge mental. Olivia was a dull pushover. They both had people bulldoze their wants and lives.

Around page 200 I thought that would be a good place to end the book. There was a sense of closer regarding Shanti and Olivia only needed one or two more chapters to fix what was wrong in her life. Then I looked down at how many pages I had left. There were over a hundred. Funny enough it was a little past this point in the book where I began to be interested in what was going to happen to the characters. By the time I reach that point the only real thing I had invested in this story was my time, which wasn't really enough of an impression to actually touch me.

Overall I gave this book 2 stars out of 5.