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A review by emilyrainsford
League of Liars by Astrid Scholte
4.5
Now THIS is what I read YA for.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book!
It's easy to read. It's pacy. It's got interesting world building without being dense. It's got multiple well developed characters without boring you to tears with flashbacks (I'm looking at you, SoC). It's got twists and turns. It's got characters that act their age but without being annoying. It's got age appropriate relationships that aren't written for the adult gaze. It's got betrayals and magic and timey stuff. It gets frankly a little ridiculous towards the end but you don't even care because it's FUN!
It's set in a world where magic lives in any shadows but is illegal to use. Cayder wants to become a prosecutor to bring magic criminals like the one who killed his mum to justice. He's obsessed with this big fancy prison where the criminals go. But when he interns for a public defence lawyer there, he starts to realise that maybe it's not all as black and white as it seems...
I like his character arc and there's definitely a good lil message in there if you're paying attention.
Plus there's an attempted jailbreak, and like I say, suspend disbelief and you'll have a heckin good time. It ends on a stellar cliffhanger and I'm glad to have the sequel to pick straight up!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book!
It's easy to read. It's pacy. It's got interesting world building without being dense. It's got multiple well developed characters without boring you to tears with flashbacks (I'm looking at you, SoC). It's got twists and turns. It's got characters that act their age but without being annoying. It's got age appropriate relationships that aren't written for the adult gaze. It's got betrayals and magic and timey stuff. It gets frankly a little ridiculous towards the end but you don't even care because it's FUN!
It's set in a world where magic lives in any shadows but is illegal to use. Cayder wants to become a prosecutor to bring magic criminals like the one who killed his mum to justice. He's obsessed with this big fancy prison where the criminals go. But when he interns for a public defence lawyer there, he starts to realise that maybe it's not all as black and white as it seems...
I like his character arc and there's definitely a good lil message in there if you're paying attention.
Plus there's an attempted jailbreak, and like I say, suspend disbelief and you'll have a heckin good time. It ends on a stellar cliffhanger and I'm glad to have the sequel to pick straight up!