Black Heart Blue

Some books stay with you long after you've finished them and Reid's debut is one of them. It is a moving, gripping story

Emotive, sometimes shocking story

Yes, yes, yes! God, this sounds absolutely wonderful

Stunning, shocking, sad and incredibly touching. We are pretty sure you will read it in one sitting then want to share the book with someone else

Louisa Reid is 35 years old, married with two young daughters and currently teaches English in a girls' school in Cambridge. She is originally from Cheshire, studied English at Oxford and has lived in London and Zurich. Her pupils are definitely not the inspiration for her characters in her novels but witnessing their passion for great fiction inspired her to write for young adults.

Hephzibah 
You've no idea what it's like having a freak for a sister. 
 
Rebecca 
Born first, prettier, Hephzi's always been the more popular one. 
 
The Father 
When he was busy with his bottle we were usually safe. Usually. 
 
The Mother 
Her specialist subject was misery and lessons of painful silence . . . 
 
Hephzibah and Rebecca are twins. 
 
One beautiful, one disfigured. 
Trapped with their loveless parents, they dream of a normal life.But when one twin tragically dies, the other must find a way to escape. Because if she doesn't, she'll end up like her sister .

Louisa Reid is 35 years old, married with two young daughters and currently teaches English in a girls' school in Cambridge. She is originally from Hale in Cheshire and studied English at Hertford College, Oxford and has lived in London and Zurich.

'They tried to make me go to my sister's funeral today. In the end I'd had to give in ... I'd been walking in her shadow for sixteen years and I liked its cool darkness. It was a good place to hide.' 
 
How would you feel if your twin sister died suddenly? Particularly if she was the beautiful one and you were horribly disfigured. 
 
And how would it feel to be alone now if you and your sister were the only ones to know the truth about what takes place behind closed doors at home? 
 
And what would you do if it was your parents who brought danger and terror into your life? Would you dare reveal how your sister died? 
 
And would you be brave enough to find an escape of your own? 
 
Black Heart Blue is a powerful novel about the domestic horrors that can unfold within a small community - and one girl's quest to stand up for the truth.

Louisa Reid

Heartbreaking . . . demands to be read all at once, but will stay with you long after

[Lies Like Love] . . . chillingly unravels a dysfunctional relationship that threatens to destroy the love it feeds on. Reid evokes the uncertainty and joy of teenage romance with all its passion and pain and brilliantly controls the increasingly disturbing truth . . .

Young Adult Thriller

LIES 
'There were a few problems . . . bullying . . . a fire . . .' 
 
LIKE 
'I think she's verging on psychosis . . . now she's lashing out.' 
 
LOVE 
'She's got no one else to fight for her.' 
 
Fifteen year-old Audrey just wants to be normal. 
She's trying to fit in. 
But what happens when the person closest to you suffocates you with their love? 
What happens then?

Louisa Reid

Praise for Lies Like Love

Emotive, sometimes shocking story

A brilliant twist

Some books stay with you long after you've finished them and Reid's debut is one of them. It is a moving, gripping story

Emotive, sometimes shocking story

A brilliant twist

Some books stay with you long after you've finished them and Reid's debut is one of them. It is a moving, gripping story

Emotive, sometimes shocking story

A brilliant twist

Some books stay with you long after you've finished them and Reid's debut is one of them. It is a moving, gripping story

Books by Louisa Reid

Series by Louisa Reid

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