Title: Family of Liars
Author: E. Lockhart
ISBN: 9780593568804
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages: 299
Source: Private copy
A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts.
A hungry ocean, churning with secrets and sorrow.
A fiery, addicted heiress. An irresistible, unpredictable boy.
A summer of unforgivable betrayal and terrible mistakes.
Welcome back to the Sinclair family.
They were always liars.
Official Summary
20 February 2024
Family of Liars is the prequel to We Were Liars. You follow the story of the Sinclair Family’s previous generation. You see as Candace Johnny and the other cousins’ mothers. You see the family grieve after losing a daughter and a sister. As well as how the family came to be the mess it was in We Were Liars.
We Were Liars was one of my top reads for last year, so I eagerly waited for the right time to read this. I will say I did not expect this book to be as big as it was considering how small the first book was.
Carrie was such an interesting character as she was the main lead as you follow her throughout the book. I could never tell if I liked her all that much, a part of me loved her and a part of me couldn’t stand her. It was weird.
I love this type of writing. I think Lockhart is the only author who can somehow make waffling a gripping read. Because that is all this book is and honestly I loved it.
I would recommend that although this is the prequel for We Were Liars, I would recommend that you should read We Were Liars first. At times there are spoilers throughout the book.
Honestly purely just because this book so different and was a quick read which was what I needed at the time as the Goodreads goal was creeping closer, this book is an easy Five Star Read. I would recommend this series to anyone and everyone.
Also by E. Lockhart
We Were Liars
A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.
About The Author
Author Bio from the Author’s Site
I am the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller We Were Liars and its prequel, Family of Liars. Other novels: Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero, Again Again, Genuine Fraud, Fly on the Wall, Dramarama, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks and the Ruby Oliver quartet: The Boyfriend List, The Boy Book, The Treasure Map of Boys, and Real Live Boyfriends. How to Be Bad was co-written with Lauren Myracle and Sarah Mlynowski.
Disreputable History was a Printz Award honor book and a finalist for the National Book Award. We Were Liars won the Goodreads Choice Award and was Amazon’s #1 YA novel of 2014. Genuine Fraud is a Times bestseller and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times book prize.
I have a doctorate in English literature from Columbia University. My field was 19th-century British novel. In 2013 I chaired the committee on Young People’s Literature for the National Book Awards.
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