Secrets and Lies

Read liked it was just to teenager for me Recommend though to grade school schoolers and high schoolers..

The series was amazing. Maybe a favorite but then I got to the end of the book... Of all the horrible epilogues this one might take the prize. The girls just cannot pretend nothing happened to them. But they did! If you want to read this just skip the epilogue!!!!!

Amazing sequel!! Fitting for Pretty Little Liar fans!!

Great Read!!

Terrific sequel. Just started reading the final book, Kiss and Tell. Can't believe the series is ending. Great story and great writing.

This book kept me reading it every chance I got! I am definitely ready for the next book and I can't believe it doesn't come out for another year!

One of top favorite books, and I read ALOT OF BOOKS. this book is a must read. very very good.

Secrets and Lies picks up right where Truth or Dare ended. Tenley, Sydney, and Emerson have been brought together by secrets and by the murder of their mutual friend. It's pretty apparent from events that the darer / murderer from book one must have an accomplice. This accomplice now continues to send anonymous, threatening messages and even make actual attempts on Tenley’s life. When the girls try to find out the identity of the murderer, they start receiving messages threatening to reveal their deep, dark secrets to the world.Once again, the plot revolves around the darer with the girls trying to solve the mystery. Suspense is built with the accomplice seeming to know their every move and even their most private conversation and increases with the girls' decision to confront the murder face to face. The mystery is interesting but, at the same time, seems a bit unrealistic and overly dramatic. These girls are teens with so many secrets that they're desperate to conceal, so desperate that they continue the lies. Furthermore, even with their lives at stake, they don't turn to their parents or police and try to resolve things themselves.I didn't feel connected to the characters. They only care about designer clothes and fashions, and they go around flirting with guys. There's nothing substantial to their characters. It didn't feel like they grew up over the course of the book, and there isn't really anything for us to learn from them; if anything, it's to not be like them. Though I don't think that is too big a problem since I can't envision many high schoolers being like them.Overall, Secrets and Lies is a straightforward thriller with a well-plotted suspense and a lot of red herrings mixed in with the clues. You just need to remember not to take it too seriously. Be prepared to suspend disbelief, and this book is a quick, entertaining read.Note: the casual drinking, sex, and drug use make this book unsuitable for young teens readers.Review by Alice