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This Is a Lie: A Novel
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Expected 9 Jun 26320 pages, Paperback
Expected publication June 9, 2026
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December 6, 2025
OMFG! What a read! This may be the best book I’ve read in 2025 even though it won’t be published till June 2026. This is NOT a lie!
Penn is a traditional housewife who gave up her PHD education to raise her daughter and help build her husband’s company. Then Bruce cheats and betrays Penn is such a foul way, I had to get up and physically walk from this book… for about five minutes.
Penn goes back to school and continues her studies. It’s taught by her former TA, Luc. She builds on her former research and creates an AI friend, Aletheia.
Even though she’s warned thoroughly about the dangers of AI, Penn has created a monster in Aletheia.
What a crazy ride! This is a read I couldn’t put down and felt every range of emotion while reading this ARC. Superbly written, this was a fast paced thriller and Aletheia became crazier and more unhinged as we moved forward.
I loved the characters and so many of them were easy to like. There were so many different layers of humanity throughout that you feel that real-world reality.
Five stars isn’t enough!
Thank you NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for this Advanced Reader’s Copy of Cleo Ballard’s This Is A Lie.
Penn is a traditional housewife who gave up her PHD education to raise her daughter and help build her husband’s company. Then Bruce cheats and betrays Penn is such a foul way, I had to get up and physically walk from this book… for about five minutes.
Penn goes back to school and continues her studies. It’s taught by her former TA, Luc. She builds on her former research and creates an AI friend, Aletheia.
Even though she’s warned thoroughly about the dangers of AI, Penn has created a monster in Aletheia.
What a crazy ride! This is a read I couldn’t put down and felt every range of emotion while reading this ARC. Superbly written, this was a fast paced thriller and Aletheia became crazier and more unhinged as we moved forward.
I loved the characters and so many of them were easy to like. There were so many different layers of humanity throughout that you feel that real-world reality.
Five stars isn’t enough!
Thank you NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for this Advanced Reader’s Copy of Cleo Ballard’s This Is A Lie.
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