A review by hannahreadsadec5
Stray by Elissa Sussman

3.0

I have not read Heist Society, and never heard of Ocean's Eleven, so I picked this book up on a whim, and boy am I glad I did so. Trust Me, I'm Lying caught my attention from page one, and did not let me go until long after I finished the book.

You've probably never heard of Julep Dupree, simply because that's the way she likes it. As a grifter who wants to maintain a perfect criminal record, Julep makes sure she will not be caught for anything she does. She is on her way to ensuring a spot at Yale, but when she comes home to a trashed apartment and a missing father, she realizes that she'll have to use every trick she knows to get her dad back before they get her.

While this book's writing was a little bland in my opinion, the book itself was intriguing. As a realistic fiction book, it did a great job of making problems and characters feel real, and it was mixed with just enough humor to lighten up sometimes darker themes.

Trust Me, I'm Lying is great for fans of mysteries and deceptive books. Even when I wasn't reading, I was thinking about this book, and I definitely would recommend it.