A review by chelz286
The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple by Joanna Davidson Politano

adventurous challenging informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Lily Temple is the little girl in all of us. Raised on fairy tales and the wonder of the big wide world, Lily gets herself involved in the theft of a jewel, murder and the telling of her own fairy tale. A silent film actress, Lily gets to live out these fairy tale stories daily in filming but when an investigator works his way into her life, she gets tangled up in her own stories. Trying to sift the truth from fiction, Peter also finds that Lily is more than just a story teller and while using her acting to his benefit, the two work to uncover the truth on another of his cases, meanwhile they are both trying to figure the other out. But this may just be one of Peter's hardest cases yet and he is used to succeeding but getting too close to Lily just may cost him everything. She may also be the only one who knows the true story, but can she get past all of the fairy tales she has wound herself in to find someone who will believe her? I really enjoyed the fairy tales that were wound within this story line and the lines at the beginning of each chapter. I enjoyed Lily's character of innocence and wanting to remain that little girl with her fairy tale stories. Thank you to the publisher and author for the complementary novel, and for allowing me to be a part of the launch team. This review is of my own opinion and accord.