January BOTM: We Were Liars

booklover2005
Jan 4, 2023
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To begin our comeback in 2023, the club would like to introduce you to We Were Liars - a thrilling, explosive, and beautifully written novel by E. Lockhart. The book is a psychological horror young adult novel that was first published in 2014. Following along with the narration of the main character Cadence Sinclair, you will get to discover "what the truth and the lies are" within the "seemingly perfect Sinclair family" after her trauma and possible amnesia. You will find yourself reading messy and fractured writing, then realize that you are reading Cadence's unstable mental state. This is one of the books that have received critical acclaim, won the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Young Adult Fiction, and was listed as an ALA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults in 2015. Whether your favorite genre is a mystery, thriller, fiction, or young adult, this book should be on your reading list this month. So, come and join our AllBookedVirtualClub's January BOTM to discover this exciting novel with other readers all over the world!

Official book Summary:

A beautiful and distinguished family.

A private island.

A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.

A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.

A revolution. An accident. A secret.

Lies upon lies.

True love.

The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.

Read it.

And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.