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Society of Lies

Lauren Ling Brown

3.47 AVERAGE

swinans's review against another edition

3.5

dark medium-paced

jenstevens's review

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

woolleylg's review

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

jackiesreadingjourney's review

4.0

This was an awesome dark academia story! Told through past and present timelines and dual POVs you unravel the death of a Princeton student named Naomi who was about to graduate. She was part of a secret society as well as her older sister, Maya, who attended Princeton before her. Now, Maya is trying to figure out what happened to her sister while also grappling with her triggering past from when she attended Princeton herself.

This did a spectacular job of talking about nepotism, corruption in ivy leagues, the lengths people will go to preserve their privilege, no matter who it hurts, and also racism since the characters (and author) are bi-racial. I think the perspective of the author really added depth to the characters. The twists weren’t out of this world and there definitely seemed to be a lot of extra fluff that wasn’t necessary to the overall plot, but I loved getting to know both sisters. This was exciting and kept me interested.

Thank you NetGalley & Randomhouse for my ARC! I also really enjoyed this on audio, thank you Penguin Random House for the ALC!