Title: Lies Like Poison
Author: Chelsea Pitcher
ISBN: 9781471193149
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages: 293
Source: Private Copy
Raven, Poppy, Lily and Belladonna were best friends, once. They would’ve done anything for each other. Even murder…
So Raven’s friends make a vow – to brew a lethal tea to get rid of his wicked stepmother once and for all. But when someone gets cold feet, the plan is off.
Three years later, Raven’s stepmother is found dead. Only belladonna is found in her tea…
Someone is lying.
Someone committed murder.
But who…?
Official Summary
26 February 2024
This book follows Poppy, Lily and Belladonna. When they were younger they plotted a murder. They planned on killing their best friend, Raven’s stepmother however after someone changed their mind the plan didn’t go through. However now after years have gone by the stepmother turns up dead and she was killed the same way they had planned.
This book had so much potential. I loved the unreliable narrators and the plot of this book. It is a very creative story and I haven’t read a book like it before. However, I did have a problem with how unrealistic it is. I mean the police in this were a joke and so was any adult in this book. The parents were by far the worst, how do all of them have such absent parents, it just seems way too convenient to the plot for the parents to not care.
This book is more character-driven than plot-driven and normally I love that. However, with this book, I was so eager to learn the truth about what happened, that all the character focus made me a little impatient. There was so much character drama throughout the book that it felt like filler rather than character development.
I will say though, there were a few twists and turns in this book that I never saw coming. So if you are looking for a book that will have you on the edge of your seat and you never know what is happening next, then I recommend this book.
Also by Chelsea Pitcher
This Lie Will Kill You
Tell the truth. Or face the consequences.
Clue meets Riverdale in this page-turning thriller that exposes the lies five teens tell about a deadly night one year ago.
One year ago, there was a party.
At the party, someone died.
Five teens each played a part and up until now, no one has told the truth.
But tonight, the five survivors arrive at an isolated mansion in the hills, expecting to compete in a contest with a $50,000 grand prize. Of course…some things are too good to be true.
Now, they realize they’ve been lured together by a person bent on revenge, a person who will stop at nothing to uncover what actually happened on that deadly night, one year ago.
Five arrived, but not all can leave. Will the truth set them free?
Or will their lies destroy them all?
About The Author
Author Bio from the Author’s Site
Chelsea Pitcher is a karaoke-singing, ocean-worshipping Oregonian with a penchant for twisty mysteries. She is the author of THE S-WORD, THE LAST CHANGELING & THE LAST FAERIE QUEEN.
Watch for her new YA thriller, THIS LIE WILL KILL YOU, coming December 11, 2018 from S&S/McElderry!
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