Friday, October 4, 2024

Lie Until It's True by Jessie Weaver - OPTIONAL

Lie Until It's True by Jessie Weaver, 320 pages. Disney, 2024. $10

Language:  R (98 swears,  0 ‘f'); Mature Content: PG (kiss); Violence: PG-13 (bloody death)

BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS -  OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: SOME

Two separate murder suspects are on 16yo Amanda’s mind, her exonerated sister Cora and her art teacher from kid camp. Cora was a suspect in the murder of a social media influencer. The art teacher is the suspect in the murder of a very rich man at the Summit hotel. Amanda visits her friends in Summit. She wants to be a better sister to Cora and spend more time with her best friends, Cole, Mallory, and Vince. Cole and Mal are dating and Vince is dealing with the fact that his mother, the art teacher, has been arrested as a suspect in the murder of an art dealer. Cole shows his true colors by manipulating his friends to go ahead with approving the haunted or homicide show for the hotel that will televise the investigation and publicize everything about their lives, which turns the situation into a disaster.

I liked the double mystery storyline that grew into a possible haunting. The dynamic characters were interesting. The buildup and unraveling of the mysteries were fun to read.

Vince has brown skin. Amanda, Cole and Mallory fall to white.

LynnDell Watson, DHS Librarian, Delta, Utah



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