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The Truths Within Lies
AINSLEY IS OBSERVING HER WORTHLESS CITIZENS FROM AFAR.
Sabedorian law shields its heirs from the public eye until they‘ve continued the Elsher bloodline. For now, Ainsley remains nameless and faceless to her kingdom. Until the queen charts a new path for her unsuspecting daughter. Destroying centuries of tradition, Ainsley is announced as the rightful heir and finally tastes her citizens devotion.
Of course, good things rarely last.
Corrupted by a rebel group, what should have been her greatest achievement has become her demise. And results in a loss that sets her on a reckless quest for revenge.
Ainsley is now forced to work with those who have taken everything from her. To regain her crown, make a deal so treasonous she'd be exiled if discovered by her kingdom.
And maintain loyalty to her birthright as incomprehensible secrets are revealed.
Sabedorian law shields its heirs from the public eye until they‘ve continued the Elsher bloodline. For now, Ainsley remains nameless and faceless to her kingdom. Until the queen charts a new path for her unsuspecting daughter. Destroying centuries of tradition, Ainsley is announced as the rightful heir and finally tastes her citizens devotion.
Of course, good things rarely last.
Corrupted by a rebel group, what should have been her greatest achievement has become her demise. And results in a loss that sets her on a reckless quest for revenge.
Ainsley is now forced to work with those who have taken everything from her. To regain her crown, make a deal so treasonous she'd be exiled if discovered by her kingdom.
And maintain loyalty to her birthright as incomprehensible secrets are revealed.
524 pages, Paperback
Published September 25, 2024
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October 26, 2025
Sarah Allison crafts an absolutely immersive world in The Truths Within Lies. The world-building is nothing short of stunning.
I felt like I was right there alongside the Renegades, experiencing every twist, battle, and secret unfold. Sarah has an incredible talent for placing the reader inside the moment, making it feel like you are right in the action.
The FMC is delightfully complex: flawed, stubborn, and unapologetically real. She’s the kind of “unlikeable” that feels intentional and refreshing, a departure from the polished perfection often seen in fantasy heroines.
And that ending? It had me audibly gasping, heart pounding, desperate to see where the story leads next.
I felt like I was right there alongside the Renegades, experiencing every twist, battle, and secret unfold. Sarah has an incredible talent for placing the reader inside the moment, making it feel like you are right in the action.
The FMC is delightfully complex: flawed, stubborn, and unapologetically real. She’s the kind of “unlikeable” that feels intentional and refreshing, a departure from the polished perfection often seen in fantasy heroines.
And that ending? It had me audibly gasping, heart pounding, desperate to see where the story leads next.
March 2, 2026
Hard to get into at first and was very dense character wise and hard to keep them straight. The main character is the kingdoms heir and she gets kidnapped by rebels and there whole communication ticked me off a little because both were expected to trust and respect the other but obviously both sides felt betrayed and why would the heir trust you when you literally kidnapped her and why would the rebels trust and respect the sheltered heir who looks down on them. At times it just didn’t seem realistic.
October 6, 2025
Yes yes yes!! This had amazing worldbuilding, a different kind of FMC but you’ll understand her more and more through her story.
It was actionpacked and the twists were not expected at all!
I can’t wait to read the next one 😍
It was actionpacked and the twists were not expected at all!
I can’t wait to read the next one 😍
January 15, 2026
Wow this was an amazing read! Has a couple of twists, the 2nd plot twist I was like WTF nooooooooooo. 😭 So many secrets we still need to know!! Ending had me hating on the FMC, not going to lie!! Ready for book 2!!
November 26, 2024
Simply Incredible
This book is abour an incredible Dsytopian world and the main female character is incrediblely rude and ungrateful 😤. I CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE.
This book is abour an incredible Dsytopian world and the main female character is incrediblely rude and ungrateful 😤. I CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE.
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