Praise for Everyone Is Lying to You
"Fast-paced and suspenseful."
—Boston Globe
“Influencer thrillers are having a moment this summer, and Everyone Is Lying to You manages to mix the best of the trend into one darkly entertaining whole.”
—Paste
“[T]he drama is as juicy as the setting and characters. Like Piazza’s other fiction, this novel is totally engrossing from start to finish. Readers will be slow to forget Rebecca, Lizzie, and the worlds they represent.”
—Booklist
“Darkly entertaining . . . This delivers the goods.”
—Publishers Weekly
"Readers will be drawn into the story by what feels like a backstage peek into the world of influencers and kept there by the fast pace and twisty plot."
—Library Journal
“Everyone is Lying to You had me questioning everything I thought I knew about social media and influencer culture. A tense, seductive thriller exploring the covetous desire to be someone else and the quiet, conflicting hunger we feel to be seen for exactly who we are. A riveting, eye-opening read.”
—Elle Cosimano, New York Times bestselling author of Finlay Donovan is Killing It
"Jo Piazza has crafted a wild, addictive, and mercilessly entertaining read. Beyond the twisty plot and darkly delicious humor (an influencer conference called 'MomBomb' is alone worth the price of entry), Everyone is Lying to You dissects the fundamentals of our closest relationships with alarming acuity, spinning a riveting tale of power dynamics that shift in unexpected—and dangerous—ways."
—Abbott Kahler, New York Times bestselling author of Where You End
"Maybe you think the Tradwives trend is bizarre, maybe you think it's aspirational, or maybe you think it's something in between—well, Everyone Is Lying To You proves that it's all true...and a lie. One part cautionary tale, one part thrill ride, Jo Piazza has pulled back the curtain on tradwife influencers and their confounding wealth, unscrupulous behavior, curious mothering practices, and asks the question: is this entrepreneurship, or is it coercion? The book is a great conversation starter for what's happening in our culture at this very moment—and it's a fun, twisty mystery, too! I was obsessed with this strange world from start to finish."
—Sara Shepard, #1 NYT Bestselling Author of Pretty Little Liars and Nowhere Like Home
"Everyone is Lying to You performs the magic trick of being deliciously entertaining while also offering us a rallying cry for authenticity in a world of filters and carefully crafted narratives. A must-read for anyone who's ever felt the pressure to present a picture-perfect life—and who's ready to embrace the beautiful mess of reality instead. Jo Piazza's unflinching look at our culture of performative perfection is not only eye-opening but also deeply liberating."
—Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play
“'Can an influencer still be influenced?' And can she be persuaded to kill? These questions in Jo Piazza’s immersive new murder mystery hover in the pages like the scent of freshly baked sourdough bread. Paced like a new egg-apron going viral, Everyone Is Lying to You is Gone Girl…but make it trad wives. Piazza nails the Quiverful trad wife persona, the duality and secret-keeping behind the glossy aesthetic, as well as what it’s like to be in main character Lizzie’s shoes—on the outside looking in, wondering why living like a pretty Puritan dripping in children and chickens can be simultaneously so disturbing and yet hypnotically attractive. The wildly dramatic plot twists seem extreme until I remember two things: what it’s like to really be a trad wife (I was one) and most of these plot twists have all been actual headlines in the fundamentalist, patriarchy. I love stories where the women save themselves and was rooting for Bex all the way. Trad wives have mad skills and Piazza lets these women sparkle like freshly squeezed sunshine on a lemon-scented farm table. These women are not here to play."
—Tia Levings, author of New York Times Bestselling A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
"If you have ever had a single thought or feeling about influencers (and even if you haven’t) you will read this deliciously deranged, gloriously satirical novel in one spellbound sitting. I positively cackled."
—Sara Petersen, author of Momfluenced
