Cause the truth is I don't even care if you're lying: MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW.

More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In the mid-1980s, Lore Rivera was married: to two men. It all went quite smoothly, until one of the men shot the other and killed him. Today, journalist Cassie Bowman reads about Lore's story. But it isn't the murder that fascinates Cassie. It's Lore herself. How did she meet and find these men? Marry them both? Keep up two, separate secret lives? Amazingly, Lore is willing to talk to Cassie. The two women grow close, and Cassie finds herself telling Lore her own secrets. But the more they share, the more Cassie realizes there's more to Lore's story than anyone knows.

"Except it turns out brick walls don't matter when the wolf lives inside."

This book is a little long, but tells a really captivating story. I had to read it in large gulps to find out what happened. It's told in back and forth fashion, alternating between present-day, with Cassie as the focal point, and the past, with Lore's point of view. We learn how she met both men, with the book (slowly) leading up to the death of one of them. Still, I absolutely had to find out what happened on that night. And even though I had an inkling, there were plenty of twists and surprises.

While this is certainly a mystery in many ways, it offers many insights into motherhood and marriage. Lore's story makes you think, and it gets into your head. There are some ancillary storylines that almost do not seem worth it (Cassie's boyfriend Duke, for instance), but overall, this is a fascinating, powerful tale.

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