A review by thebookishnerd_
This Lie Will Kill You by Chelsea Pitcher

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

2.0

 This book read to me like an episode of Pretty Little Liars. Only, not as thrilling. All of the characters were unlikeable and flawed. I don't have anything against unlikeable main characters, but it came to the point where they had little to no redeeming qualities. One small thing that irritated me throughout the book, was the constant use of dolls and fire metaphors. Even in the first few chapters, you couldn't go a page without reading about dolls. A plot point that I found unlikely was how Parker was so easily manipulated (and the reveal that he was behind it was quite jarring). If parker is as manipulative and controlling as the book wants us to believe, then he shouldn't have been so willing to put his classmates in danger without realising that he would be in danger. I also felt that Brett's romantic interest in him was forced. Another thing that I wasn't a fan of was the last 50-100 pages. There were so many twists that it made the ending confusing to me. How Ruby was involved with it, and Parker tried to kill her even though he murdered a guy for her. But then Ruby killed him and then almost killed herself but Juniper walked near the fire and everything was alright. Also, it took forever for the police to arrive at the scene but when they did arrive they didn't go to the scene of the crime and allowed Juniper and Ruby to have a long deep discussion. When they did finally finish their conversation and joined Gavin who was with the police, none of them was questioned. The police didn't speak to them at all, even though they were the only witnesses. One final thing that didn't seem right about this book, was that it was so easy to climb into each other's houses without being seen. Even as six-year-olds they could magically climb up the side of a house to get to their friend's window. Overall, this book wasn't for me. I will give it credit and say that it was a fast read, but I don't recommend this book. 
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