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Title: Looking Glass Lies

Author: Varina Denman

Narrator: Eric G. Dove, Sarah Naughton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-02-17

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A poignant and relatable novel, Looking Glass Lies captures the war women wage against themselves, and the struggle to see beauty reflected in a mirror not distorted by society's unrelenting expectations.

For most of her adult life, Cecily Ross has compared herself to other women - and come up short. After a painful divorce from her emotionally abusive husband, Cecily returns to her hometown of Canyon, Texas, looking to heal.

But coming home isn't what she expects. In a town as small as Canyon, her pain is difficult to escape - especially with her model-perfect ex - sister-in-law working at the town's popular coffee-shop hangout. With help from her father, a support group, and an old friend who guides her to see her own strengths, Cecily may have a shot at overcoming her insecurities and learning to love again.

The true test comes when tragedy strikes, opening Cecily's eyes to the harmfulness of her distorted views on beauty - and giving her the perfect opportunity to find peace at last.

Members Reviews:

This book is for every girl, everywhere, that has ever felt less than enough...

I wanted to put this book down so many times, but I couldn't. I'm not just speaking figuratively, either. I would physically put the book down and then pick it right back up again. "One more chapter, one more chapter..."

This book is for every girl, everywhere, that has ever felt less than enough. Not smart enough. Not talented enough. Not popular enough. Not fit enough. Not pretty enough. Or even... not pretty at all.

Oh, that we could wear a sign around our neck that says, "Fragile spirit: proceed with caution." No one knows what's going on in the recesses of our mind; not everyone wears their inner demons on their sleeve for all to see. What kind of world would it be if we did?

One year post-divorce (the circumstances surrounding it revealed in brief snippets throughout the story), Cecily finds herself back home, living with her father in the town where she grew up. Unfortunately, her demons have followed her and if it weren't for the quirky, steadfast leader of her support group and an old acquaintance turned loved interest, her battle would be hard won.

Looking Glass Lies deals with the war between one's inner voice and the voices inside one's head that merely echo the world's distorted expectations of beauty. In it, our heroine is forced to ask herself, over and over and over again, "Is it my own voice I hear when I look in the mirror?" The answer, more often than not, is a resounding 'no'. So we are privy to the emotional workings of her journey as she struggles to discern between what is truth and what is a lie, the battle both inward and outward, discouraging and inspiring.

There are lots of areas where I would have loved to have had more of the story to chew through & digest. (view spoiler) And yet, to dwell on any of these points of the story would have been to detract from Cecily's story and the inner dialogue that has the power to speak to every reader on a deeply emotional, authentic level.

While it's a tough subject to read, the message within makes it worth every word. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't happy to finally be able to set the book down, but it's only a matter of time before I pick it up again.