A review by travelingbookiemonster
When We Lied by Claire Contreras

mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book was so good. I devoured it in less than 24 hours. Had me hooked from the first chapter. A classic case of whodunit, except how do you solve a murder when the whole town covers it up? When the most influential of the town have their hands in everything and their peckers in everyone, finding the truth becomes a struggle. Watching Josslyn piece together the tragic events of her (sometimes) toxic af friend’s death while trying to prove to her infuriatingly hot brother that she and her family had nothing to do with it, was full of telanovela twists and emotional turns that left me shaking my head. I was giggling out loud at the way Finneas does a complete 180 and fanning myself to keep from overheating in the very same chapter. 
Although this is not a sequel to Until I Get You, which was released in 2018, it is in the same world, with some characters popping up in When We Lied. You know it's a good story when you not only fall for the MMC but re fall in love with the MMC from the last book as well.

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