This Is Why We Lie

YA chiller 

     "But all I can do is stand there, paralyzed by the sight.  He lowers the girl onto the sand and begins CPR, breathing into her mouth.  

     It's too late, I want to tell him.

     She's already dead."

     Jenna is at the beach photographing a sunrise.  She thinks she's alone until she hears a cry for help and sees Adam carrying a body out of the ocean.  Pretty soon police are all over for the place searching for clues.  

     Jenna goes to a Preston Prep  School.  She's creating a portfolio to boost her college scholarship chances.  Adam is a student at Rookwood Boarding School, a school for students who have screwed up, "the last stop before juvie."  His post high school plans focus on surviving.

     You'd think that other than the mutual discovery of a corpse their worlds would not intersect.  You'd be wrong.  The Rooks, Rockwood students have found a cabin on their school's grounds, a relic from its posh estate days, and turned it into a party place.  Invitations are highly coveted by the girls only prep students.

     The dead girl, Colleen, was well known in both realms.  As the police search for clues and interrogate anyone who might have information the teens look at their peers, analyzing their words, behaviors, and posts.

     Before long the Rook who allegedly had cheated with Colleen on his girlfriend is also dead, drowned in a car in the ocean, a car he was a passenger in.

     Told in Jenna and Adam's alternating voices, This Is Why We Lie draws readers into their lives and those of their peers, engaging them in a roller coaster ride of rumors, conflict, alliances, and suspense.  It's a must read for all who love YA chillers.

On a purrrsonal note, I started reading this book before I was anesthetized for my kidney stone surgery.  I picked it up again when I got back home.  It kept me totally engaged and distracted through my initial recovery which is pretty damn amazing.

I am home with three days to recover before it's back to school.  (Jules)

She's home!  She's home!  (Tobago)

A great big shout out goes out to Rocky's exorcists.

Tobago and Jules Hathaway 

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