Sure, the idea of a magic long-lost twin sister who just happens to track you down on the day you're murdered is totally ridiculous. And, call me optimistic, but I thought this plot came with one built-in. I could have coped with it if there was some emotional core here. Now, red herrings are a staple of the mystery genre. You know those ten/fifteen minutes at the start of Law & Order episodes, where the detective characters spend a few scenes running around after red herrings until we get into the real meat of the plot? THAT was the entire plot of The Lying Game. Seriously, from what I've seen, this could have been one book. Honestly, I should have known not to read this when saw that Shepard had THREE MORE BOOKS already planned in this one series. But, in The Lying Game, there was nothing but these paper-thin characters and a paper-thin plot.

All the characters were flat clichés - not in itself a bad thing - sure we've all seen the dumb jock or the sensitive male poet before, but as long as there are a few good quips or some genuine emotion, I can't say stereotyping bothers me too much. I was prepared to accept a little stupidity, a few plot holes, for the sake of a fun soap opera.īut The Lying Game disappointed me even by my fairly low standards. Being a twin myself, though not an identical one, I love a good twin-switch mystery. I was in the mood for a fun guilty pleasure, a kind of Veronica Mars meets Gossip Girl. It isn't all about romance, more friendship. I had a fun time reading it, because it's so light. *you can read it diognally, which doesn't appeal to some other books *No cliffhanger (I was expecting the opposite) *kind of interesting, if you close your eyes on the wrong shit *AND EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE OKAY WITH ALL THIS!!!?

But when her foster mom doesn't call her for even one time to make sure she's okay, that is messed up. *Emma goes on a trip to meet her long-lost twin sister (the devil child) Sutton, leaves message to her foster mom about going.

Bitch, please, novadays that doesn't happen with popular, pretty and wealthy kids * you're waiting until you turn 18 and only then decide to have sex? Garrett wanted to have sex with Sutton, so she told him that they could have their first time when Sutton turns 18. * Madeline wasn't all that mad about her brother running away, even though she knows that Sutton is to fault * the idea that if you are popular, you don't have to do homeworks, teachers really hate you + your friends may too *apparently stupid parents and police that do nothing about it * crazy teenage girls who pull evil pranks on everyone Lets start with what I didn't like, shall we:

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