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A review by amysbookishlife
The Liars by Jennifer Mathieu
4.0
It's the summer of 1986 and siblings, Elena and Joaquin are living on Mariposa Island on Texas’s gulf coast with their alcoholic mother, Caridad. Joaquin longs to be free of the island, but struggles to leave as the need to protect his sister overwhelms him. Elena, having been at her mother’s beck and call for years, rebels and falls for new boy to the island JC. As they both struggle to figure out their futures, family secrets start to emerge that could have the potential to tear them apart.
The Liars was a very character driven, psychological read with some elements that you could expect from a YA thriller. The story itself, at times had me gripped and second guessing everything that was going to happen. The twists and turns throughout the book had me gasping and I found myself being caught up in this tale full of lies and deceit and at times found it hard to physically put the book down.
The story is told through the viewpoints of Elena, Joaquin and Caridad. This meant that we really got to get under the skin of each of them and I lapped this up. Each viewpoint was so unique and each character voice was so distinctive from the other. However, I think I enjoyed Caridad’s chapters the best, as we got to read first-hand what her life was like before having the children up to them being babies. Her character was complex and through her chapters you really got the feel of where all her problems stemmed from.
The Liars was a brilliant, addictive read full of secrets, shocks and deception that will honestly shock you to your core.
The Liars was a very character driven, psychological read with some elements that you could expect from a YA thriller. The story itself, at times had me gripped and second guessing everything that was going to happen. The twists and turns throughout the book had me gasping and I found myself being caught up in this tale full of lies and deceit and at times found it hard to physically put the book down.
The story is told through the viewpoints of Elena, Joaquin and Caridad. This meant that we really got to get under the skin of each of them and I lapped this up. Each viewpoint was so unique and each character voice was so distinctive from the other. However, I think I enjoyed Caridad’s chapters the best, as we got to read first-hand what her life was like before having the children up to them being babies. Her character was complex and through her chapters you really got the feel of where all her problems stemmed from.
The Liars was a brilliant, addictive read full of secrets, shocks and deception that will honestly shock you to your core.