This Lie Will Kill You

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However, ultimately, the characters weren’t well developed and I did not feel a connection to any of them and the mystery element was predictable. There were very little subtleties surrounding who we should like and who we shouldn’t which meant that there could be no big reveal on who the villain was. The story is all over the place and constantly cuts between the past and the present. Which I understand is necessary to the plot and the story BUT it’s honestly easy to figure out the truth of what happened at Dahlia Kane’s Christmas Party and as to who really killed Shane just from the first mentions of the party and the little pieces of info given to us by the characters. You really don’t need to read the whole book to figure out who did what. There’s a good mystery at the heart of This Lie Will Kill You and I was able to push my questions about the set-up to one side and watch with interest as the events that led up to the first death in the woods gradually became clear. The only question became how many deaths would follow… Her mother didn’t answer, so Juniper snatched up the invitation. She made no attempt to be sly about it. One second the paper was fluttering in her mother’s fingers, and then it wasn’t. One second the breath was filling Juniper’s lungs, and then it was gone. The author really knows how to divert expectations and build up the twists that come at the end of the novel. There are two major twists that come at the end of the novel. Both of which I was NOT expecting and for that I am grateful. Every mystery novel needs an unexpected twist. In the beginning, I thought the author immediately gave away who the “killer” (no one dies except one character) was by describing a girl watching Shane’s body burning and then planning the party. Later when we find out Shane has a sister, my first initial thought was that she was the “killer.” And I was correct. Except that she wasn’t the one watching and that brings me to number 2.

The story is told in the third person from each character’s point of view, switching between them which took a little getting used to. There was not a single realistic thing, from events to dialogues to inner thoughts. I paid it just 99p but it was 99p wasted. Disclosure: This book was provided to me by Edelweiss free of charge in return for an honest and unbiased review. This book is scheduled to be released on December 11, 2018 by Margaret K. McElderry Books. She wasn’t certain why she was being contrary at this point. A fifty-thousand-dollar scholarship would change her life. Hadn’t she spent the past six months applying to every scholarship she could find, hoping for one-fifth of that amount? Wait, let me see that.” She smoothed out the invitation on the table. It didn’t take long to locate the date of the event: December 21. One year exactly since Dahlia Kane’s Christmas party.

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Now, they realize they’ve been lured together by a person bent on revenge, a person who will stop at nothing to uncover what actually happened on that deadly night, one year ago. Part high school drama, part suspense, the fast pace will keep readers on edge from start to finish. What was able to truly stand out to me about this novel was the way that the characters were written. Each one was their own archetype from the Lone Wolf to the Beauty Queen. I liked the set up as it made the story more interesting for me and helped to understand the characters a little better. Now, they realise they’ve been lured together by a person bent on revenge, a person who will stop at nothing to uncover what actually happened on that deadly night, one year ago.

The writing was very bad. But just the second half, because it was filled with the ugliest, most absurd and incomprehensible metaphors, which I swear made me want to carve my eyes out and smash my Kindle. The characters have reasons for doing what they did (even though I think they were very stupid) and we get to see how some of them became what they became, what happened and all that… that should’ve make us understand them and get to know them, right? So wrong, the characters are cardboards. Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.Plot twists, surprises, tension and a story that kept me gripped! So much so, that I finished it in a night which is an achievement all on its own as I’m a slow reader. I know.” Juniper glanced at his empty chair. After fifteen years of teaching music at Fallen Oaks Elementary, a recent round of budget cuts had left Mr. Torres jobless. Now Juniper could hear him milling around upstairs, choosing the perfect tie for another set of dehumanizing interviews.

There were bits of this book that were really well-written, with an omniscient-narrator voice, metaphors and poignant imagery. In the prologue, for example, there is an extended metaphor of a porcelain doll used to describe the narrator: Porcelain limbs couldn't tremble, and a heart made of plastic couldn't ache this terribly [...] But glass eyes could see everything. I knew nothing about this other than it was a murder mystery that promised to have great twists and turns Well, I’m still waiting for all of that to happen because they sure were not in this book. This Lie Will Kill You is also pretty diverse. Juniper is Latina, and Gavin is East Asian - we're not told anything more specific. But I don't know that for sure. There is a girl who is in love with another girl, but there are hints that she may also be bisexual, and there's a boy who's in love with another boy.One thing I did like was the references to classic fairy tales that were scattered throughout. Perhaps if the author writes a retelling of a fairy tale I’ll read it. I don’t watch either of the shows that it has been likened to, so I don’t have a comparison, but it definitely has elements of Kara Thomas’ The Cheerleaders, Karen M. McManus’ One of Us is Lying and a dash of Gossip (the movie).

Gavin…why is he in the book? Also don’t see a point. He’s just the guy that doesn’t fit in so naturally at this type of gathering there has to be someone in the group that isn’t really part of the group. It’s so hard to write a spoiler-free review for this book, because I want to share everything I felt while reading it. Niamh was a character I really liked, and she was very easy to relate to as well. I went in for a YA thriller and I got a supernatural horror that kept me on my toes. I loved the concept and the idea behind the story but the execution was just awful. Some parts were pretty creepy but I feel like a lot more could’ve been done with the whole story. The constant switching between characters was a complete miss for me because I guessed who the culprit was very early on and that just ruined all the fun. They realize they’ve been lured together by a revenge seeker who wants to unravel the truth about what actually happened that deadly night, one year ago.I had zero clue what was going on. Characters were underdeveloped and the plot was weak. I hope to have my review up soon.