Hardcover: 307 Pages
Genre: Young Adult
Series: The Lying Game #1
Book from Publisher*
From Goodreads. I had a life anyone would kill for. Then someone did.
The worst part of being dead is that there’s nothing left to live for. No more kisses. No more secrets. No more gossip. It’s enough to kill a girl all over again. But I’m about to get something no one else does—an encore performance, thanks to Emma, the long-lost twin sister I never even got to meet.
Now Emma’s desperate to know what happened to me. And the only way to figure it out is to be me—to slip into my old life and piece it all together. But can she laugh at inside jokes with my best friends? Convince my boyfriend she’s the girl he fell in love with? Pretend to be a happy, carefree daughter when she hugs my parents good night? And can she keep up the charade, even after she realizes my murderer is watching her every move?
Review
THE LYING GAME, by Sara Shepard, is an amazing start to a great new series. Sara Shepard is the author of the series, Pretty Little Liars (which I admit I still have not read, bad me!). Going into this new series with no previous stigma, I absolutely LOVED it! Shepard definitely has a way with words and she kept my fingers clinging to the pages until the very end.
This contemporary young adult novel weaved elements of suspense and utter creepiness into it. Emma never had the dream family and when she stumbled upon her long-lost twin, Sutton, she was desperate to start again. After her Sutton's family only recognizes her as Sutton and a mysterious person tries to keep her real identity quiet, Emma puts together the pieces and realizes how much danger she is facing.
Emma was truly a fantastic MC and along with the 'ghost' of Sutton, they made a dynamic duo. I am excited for the continuation of the series to find out more about what happened to Sutton and why she is connected to her twin in this way. And I have to say I developed a crush on Ethan. Even though he was such a small part in Emma/Sutton's life, I hope that he will have a bigger part in her future in this series.
Overall, this was a pretty phenomenal book. I was disappointed that it ended before I got many questions answered but I still loved it!
*FTC Disclosure: I received this ARC from the publisher. I do not receive payment of any kind in exchange for a review. I do not receive monetary compensation from any book links in my review.
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