Hannah asked Carola Lovering:

I can't read your books fast enough, or just enough in general! You answered a question of mine back in 2020, with a few recommendations of other novels that either inspired you or had a similar read and feel to Tell Me Lies (Luckiest Girl Alive (woah, crazy good) & The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P (read this in a day)). Any additional books or authors that inspired Too Good to Be True or Can't Look Away?

Carola Lovering Hi, thank you so much! A book that inspired Can't Look Away, particularly Sabrina's POV/storyline, is An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. I love all of Greer and Sarah's thrillers; in this one they did a brilliant job creating suspense through use of the second person (similar to Caroline Kepnes' You). With Too Good to Be True, I really wanted a mind-blowing twist moment halfway, a la Gone Girl. I'm sure you've read Gone Girl but if not, that's a book that always inspires me. I read The Paper Palace about a year and a half ago and it greatly inspired my new novel, Bye, Baby, which will be out in early 2024.

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