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Perfect Liars
Andrea Faraday is junior class valedictorian at the exclusive Woodruff School, where she was voted Most Likely to Do Everything Right. But looks can be deceiving. When her parents disappear, her life and her Perfect Girl charade begins to crumble, and her scheme to put things right just takes the situation from bad to so much worse. Pretty soon she's struck up the world s least likely friendship with the juvenile delinquents at Justice Academy, the last exit on the road to jail and the first stop on the way out.
If she were telling it straight, friendship might not be the right word to describe their alliance, since Drea and her new associates could not be more different. She s rich and privileged; they re broke and, well, criminal. But Drea s got a secret: she has more in common with the juvie kids than they d ever suspect. When it turns out they share a common enemy, Drea suggests they join forces to set things right. Sometimes, to save the day, a good girl s gotta be bad."
If she were telling it straight, friendship might not be the right word to describe their alliance, since Drea and her new associates could not be more different. She s rich and privileged; they re broke and, well, criminal. But Drea s got a secret: she has more in common with the juvie kids than they d ever suspect. When it turns out they share a common enemy, Drea suggests they join forces to set things right. Sometimes, to save the day, a good girl s gotta be bad."
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January 16, 2016
Perfect Liars is nothing brilliant, but it is extremely fun, light and smart.
This is the type of read that will get you out of your slump.
What sets this book apart from its peers is the diversity. It's not your regular YA story filled with privileged white kids.
It is a tale of delinquent teenagers from different culture, and social belonging who finds solidarity with each other.
Splendid. Fucking spot on. We need more of this.
My only moan is the delicate opening of the book, and the characterization could use an ironing. But, overall this book is winning awards in my opinion.
Perfect Liars would definitely appeal to Six of Crows and Heist Society fans, they have the same timbre of story-telling.
October 3, 2020
Rep: Black mc, Korean American li
CWs: statutory rape
CWs: statutory rape
March 15, 2016
Sat down with this book late Monday night and didn't put it down til early Tuesday morning when I got to the last page.
Really appreciate that the protagonist is mixed race (and her love interest is also a person of color), but race isn't a central theme. I also appreciate the way Reid walks the reader through Drea's change in perception around kids caught in the juvenile justice system and how the kids she originally fears as "criminals" are, actually, well, kids and real people, not monsters.
Really appreciate that the protagonist is mixed race (and her love interest is also a person of color), but race isn't a central theme. I also appreciate the way Reid walks the reader through Drea's change in perception around kids caught in the juvenile justice system and how the kids she originally fears as "criminals" are, actually, well, kids and real people, not monsters.
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September 10, 2016One of the things I appreciated about Perfect Liars was the way details were doled out and how I learned more and more about past events as time went on. While I feel like the pacing was pretty uneven in the first half, things picked up quickly in the second half. I was fully engaged with the mystery, which took me by surprise more than once, and I’m hoping the open(-ish) ending is an opportunity for future books in the series. (I would love to learn more about Drea’s parents, for starters, and more about what the Faradays were like before they settled down in Peachland or assumed a new surname. I also want to see more of the Faraday family dynamics, especially Drea and her brother, who were consistently great together.)
It took me a while to buy into Drea and Xavier’s budding romantic relationship, as I felt like it had very little to go off of early on. The scene at the restaurant was one of the turning points for me as I finally started to feel like there was something of substance between them. (Kimberly Reid touches on race and class issues in the novel, whether that’s anti-black racism or the poor in the criminal justice system.) Once they really start opening up to each other, their relationship was one that I was happy to root for.
Drea is an engaging narrator, and I particularly enjoyed her casual (and often humorous or snarky) observations. I wasn’t as fond of the other scattered and weaker viewpoints we got in the book, though I understand why some of them were absolutely necessary. Drea’s attempts to balance her current image against her family’s past were an interesting push-and-pull act that definitely upped the pressure in her life. This was very apparent in her initial attitude toward the Justice Academy students, particularly since her own family made its wealth off of crime and were simply good (or lucky) enough not to be caught by authorities before they fled town. Drea slowly confronting her own privilege and bias was a great part of the story.
My one major nitpick is that I wish Gigi had been a more plentiful presence in the book, though I can understand why she wasn’t. As it is, she was absent for long stretches of it and got even less screen time than Jason, who was one of the least interesting good guys for me. However, Gigi was always unforgettable when she was on screen. Tiana was another memorable character who I wished had taken up more space in the novel.
Recommendation: Get it soon. Perfect Liars is a solid entry into the YA mystery genre. While I have a few gripes about the pacing and the initial romance, once the mystery kicks into high gear and the characters really start to open up to each other, the book becomes great. I’m looking forward to future books from this author.
It took me a while to buy into Drea and Xavier’s budding romantic relationship, as I felt like it had very little to go off of early on. The scene at the restaurant was one of the turning points for me as I finally started to feel like there was something of substance between them. (Kimberly Reid touches on race and class issues in the novel, whether that’s anti-black racism or the poor in the criminal justice system.) Once they really start opening up to each other, their relationship was one that I was happy to root for.
Drea is an engaging narrator, and I particularly enjoyed her casual (and often humorous or snarky) observations. I wasn’t as fond of the other scattered and weaker viewpoints we got in the book, though I understand why some of them were absolutely necessary. Drea’s attempts to balance her current image against her family’s past were an interesting push-and-pull act that definitely upped the pressure in her life. This was very apparent in her initial attitude toward the Justice Academy students, particularly since her own family made its wealth off of crime and were simply good (or lucky) enough not to be caught by authorities before they fled town. Drea slowly confronting her own privilege and bias was a great part of the story.
My one major nitpick is that I wish Gigi had been a more plentiful presence in the book, though I can understand why she wasn’t. As it is, she was absent for long stretches of it and got even less screen time than Jason, who was one of the least interesting good guys for me. However, Gigi was always unforgettable when she was on screen. Tiana was another memorable character who I wished had taken up more space in the novel.
Recommendation: Get it soon. Perfect Liars is a solid entry into the YA mystery genre. While I have a few gripes about the pacing and the initial romance, once the mystery kicks into high gear and the characters really start to open up to each other, the book becomes great. I’m looking forward to future books from this author.
July 7, 2016
Perfect Liars is a lot of fun in my favorite city and I like a little hint of boarding school hijinks in the South, but while the beginning of the tale sets you up for a suspense the plot doesn't move fast enough, those who love a mystery will still like it, especially if you're into her previous titles or those by beloved author Stephanie Perry Moore. The bright spots are really the relationship between Andrea and her brother. I loved their easy sibling friendship and genuine care for each other, especially in a crisis. Although, I would have liked to see more fire between Xavier, the love interest, and Andrea. We get that she has a crush on him, but there doesn't seem to be much behind it, but it is high school. Is there ever anything real behind a crush in 11th grade?
I'd definitely pick this book up to flesh out your personal quick picks for reluctant readers. If their used to novella length titles this is a great entry point to longer works.
You can get discussion questions and more on my site at shannamiles.net
I'd definitely pick this book up to flesh out your personal quick picks for reluctant readers. If their used to novella length titles this is a great entry point to longer works.
You can get discussion questions and more on my site at shannamiles.net
Did Not Finish
January 8, 2017I'm on pg. 150 and nothing is happening. NOTHING IS HAPPENING. Also: boys, boys, boys, boys, boys. I thought this was going to be more about Drea and her family, but it keeps turning into her doing dumb things because of a boy and I'm just not in the mood.
January 2, 2017
the first three quarters were a bit slow but the end made up for it. loved the characters and the found family vibes
January 17, 2018
First, I really enjoyed this book. No, it wasn’t perfect but it was still very good. Ignore the synopsis because it is very misleading. One of the things that annoyed me was the beating to death of the fact that Drea is not who she was pretending to be; that she was secretly a criminal. Other than her dwelling on it over and over and over there isn’t any real evidence of her criminality. I liked the dynamics of the characters. I found Jason to be funny, and I think he’s my favorite. Drea was super-smart but did some stupid things, but they somehow fit into her personality – if that makes sense. Gigi was a handful popping in and out as the story needed her. But, I feel like there’s room for her to grow into. Xavier was like and iceberg. What he wanted you to know was just the surface. There is so much more underneath. The instant attraction between Drea and Xavier was stupid so I was glad that they didn’t act on it. The romance was allowed to build and it never became the focus of the plot. The mystery slowly started unraveling and this pulled me into the story even more. I really liked watching Drea slowly put things together and unknowingly move into a leadership role. I don’t think there’s anyone better for it. I liked the ending, and how we didn’t know everything that was going on. I do feel like it was a bit rushed. Even though there is more going on, things that may be resolved in book two, the ending was satisfying. I’ll definitely be keeping my eye out for more from this author.
August 28, 2019
Andrea Faraday is considered smart, rich, and privileged, but she is also the child of grifters posing as legitimate antique collectors. During the exclusive Woodruff School’s Welcome Back Gala, a heist extraordinaire occurs. Drea and her brother, Damon, a rookie patrol officer, suspect their parents, who take off to Europe. Andrea’s perfect behavior crumbles with shoplifting and a valedictorian-eliminating grade. Attempting to break into Woodruff to change that grade, she runs into Xavier and Jason in a B&E of their own. Only the boys are caught and detained. Drea is rescued by her brother, who signs her up to tutor at Justice Academy, where she once again runs into juvies Xavier and Jason—and a former acquaintance, Gigi. Drea soon realizes that there isn’t much difference between herself and them. When these teens band together to fight a common enemy, everything changes. Readers will enjoy the rich diversity of the main characters in this mystery.
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June 2, 2017Disclaimer: DNF @ page 109
Sorry Kimberly Reid, but I think I'm going to have to shelve this one with the DNF's...
The premise is intriguing, the characters are just mysterious enough, the atmosphere is appropriately high-class...but I think it's the narration that's throwing me off. I don't usually badmouth books for their narration style at all - surely not every novel can be narrated in the first-person and flow well - but I really feel like first-person narration would have helped this story. Drea is an interesting main character, but I feel distant from her (I haven't returned to this book in almost three full days; and you know it's probably a DNF case if you're avoiding a book) and if she would talk in first person POV I just feel like the whole tone of the story would feel different. So...meh.
Sorry Kimberly Reid, but I think I'm going to have to shelve this one with the DNF's...
The premise is intriguing, the characters are just mysterious enough, the atmosphere is appropriately high-class...but I think it's the narration that's throwing me off. I don't usually badmouth books for their narration style at all - surely not every novel can be narrated in the first-person and flow well - but I really feel like first-person narration would have helped this story. Drea is an interesting main character, but I feel distant from her (I haven't returned to this book in almost three full days; and you know it's probably a DNF case if you're avoiding a book) and if she would talk in first person POV I just feel like the whole tone of the story would feel different. So...meh.
October 23, 2016
This is the first YA novel I’ve read in a while, since I’ve been so busy reading for class and for my undergrad journal, so I was really excited to get my hands on something that was purely for fun. I think fun is the best word to describe this book, if not also clever and real.
Perfect Liars is a novel that brings the troubles of everyday teenage life – including crushes, fear of becoming your parents, and living up to expectation – to the precipice of adult issues with morality, the criminal justice system, and finding your worth in society. Kimberly Reid brings us into the life of Drea, who has lived in luxury and privilege thanks to her parents booming, though not fully legitimate, antiques business. When Drea’s parents go missing, she and her brother, Damon, are forced grow up, and Drea joins allegiance with a group of kids no one in her community would ever match her with.
This novel has a slow building beginning as we’re introduced to Drea, her family, her crazy estate, and her love interest, Xavier Kwon, a Korean American boy who’s working as a valet at her mother’s party. Xavier isn’t the only diverse character we encounter during this story, with a reveal on Drea and Damon’s biracial status (their mother is white, father black), as well as our residential Latina Gigi, who Drea catches trying to steal jewelry from her bedroom. Though the pace was lulled in the beginning, this book picks up steam and kept me engaged with a big heist in the first few chapters, which leads up to a series of other shady criminal activity, missing parents, and a shadowy figure that doesn’t get identified until the end. As a thriller and mystery fan, this book delivered in keeping me guessing while producing conundrum after conundrum to solve.
The diversity in this book is also eloquently handled. Reid displays not only a racially diverse cast of teens, but economically diverse. Drea and Damon have known riches for most of their lives, but Xavier, Jason – Xavier’s best friend and hacking expert – and Gigi have had their struggles with poverty and low-income living. What makes these kids bond is their common link to criminal activity, and Reid uses this to show how people aren’t all that different from one another, whether the crime be blue or white-collar.
What I also found interesting was Reid’s handling of stereotypes. She allows her characters to take on roles often associated with their race; Xavier is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do; we first meet Gigi as she works as a waitress and she’s repeatedly portrayed as the “Latin lover” trope. But she creates a space for them to be more than their labels, casting Xavier as an intelligent, strong, masculine force in this book where in most media, Asian men are often depicted as effeminate or as comedic sidekicks. He and Gigi are smart enough to be admitted to Drea’s private school, Woodruff, on scholarship, and are given a second chance through Justice Academy, a school for teens transitioning out of the juvenile detention system. Gigi herself is especially linguistically savvy and can speak 11 languages, including Farsi (like what?!) Reid is able to create kids who are ethnically specific, but have unique personalities that are often not depicted by mainstream media.
One of my absolute favorite moments is when Drea is having a tutoring session with Tiana, a young black girl who attends Justice Academy and is petitioning to be skipped from the ninth grade to eleventh. Also she’s only 12. No biggie. She starts talking to Drea about this complicated math problem, and though her speech was originally “urban” colloquial dialect, when talking about math and science, she speaks with perfect grammar. When Drea asks her about it, Tiana says that she speaks comfortably around her family and grammatically around those who might judge her. She also doesn’t want people to say she’s trying to “talk white.” Tiana believes that grammar is only for the wealthy and fair skinned. And friends, Drea has the best response.
“I know the great thing about language is you don’t have to be rich or white to own it.”
I lost my mind. Not only because this line can be applied to so many aspects of the media and education, but because this is my life! Growing up as a black girl who didn’t talk “hood,” having my peers tell me I talk like a white girl was something that made me feel, well, not black enough. What’s more is that I look like Drea; light-skinned, golden brown hair, fair eyes, somewhat racially ambiguous. Or as Reid so eloquently points out, what many people would call “exotic” beauty. Living with a personality and a look that didn’t fit perfectly into the categories society often propagates made me confused about who I was, and who I was supposed to be. I absolutely LOVE the statement Reid has made about the ownership of language, education, and personal expression for people of all backgrounds.
As I mentioned, this is definitely a YA novel, so it’s a lot more suited for young to late teens rather than my age group. I think that if I had this novel around as a teenage girl, I would have recommended it to all my friends (even though that’s what I’m doing anyway). If you’re looking for a book with a fun story line and diverse characters, I would definitely recommend Perfect Liars for your bookshelf!
Perfect Liars is a novel that brings the troubles of everyday teenage life – including crushes, fear of becoming your parents, and living up to expectation – to the precipice of adult issues with morality, the criminal justice system, and finding your worth in society. Kimberly Reid brings us into the life of Drea, who has lived in luxury and privilege thanks to her parents booming, though not fully legitimate, antiques business. When Drea’s parents go missing, she and her brother, Damon, are forced grow up, and Drea joins allegiance with a group of kids no one in her community would ever match her with.
This novel has a slow building beginning as we’re introduced to Drea, her family, her crazy estate, and her love interest, Xavier Kwon, a Korean American boy who’s working as a valet at her mother’s party. Xavier isn’t the only diverse character we encounter during this story, with a reveal on Drea and Damon’s biracial status (their mother is white, father black), as well as our residential Latina Gigi, who Drea catches trying to steal jewelry from her bedroom. Though the pace was lulled in the beginning, this book picks up steam and kept me engaged with a big heist in the first few chapters, which leads up to a series of other shady criminal activity, missing parents, and a shadowy figure that doesn’t get identified until the end. As a thriller and mystery fan, this book delivered in keeping me guessing while producing conundrum after conundrum to solve.
The diversity in this book is also eloquently handled. Reid displays not only a racially diverse cast of teens, but economically diverse. Drea and Damon have known riches for most of their lives, but Xavier, Jason – Xavier’s best friend and hacking expert – and Gigi have had their struggles with poverty and low-income living. What makes these kids bond is their common link to criminal activity, and Reid uses this to show how people aren’t all that different from one another, whether the crime be blue or white-collar.
What I also found interesting was Reid’s handling of stereotypes. She allows her characters to take on roles often associated with their race; Xavier is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do; we first meet Gigi as she works as a waitress and she’s repeatedly portrayed as the “Latin lover” trope. But she creates a space for them to be more than their labels, casting Xavier as an intelligent, strong, masculine force in this book where in most media, Asian men are often depicted as effeminate or as comedic sidekicks. He and Gigi are smart enough to be admitted to Drea’s private school, Woodruff, on scholarship, and are given a second chance through Justice Academy, a school for teens transitioning out of the juvenile detention system. Gigi herself is especially linguistically savvy and can speak 11 languages, including Farsi (like what?!) Reid is able to create kids who are ethnically specific, but have unique personalities that are often not depicted by mainstream media.
One of my absolute favorite moments is when Drea is having a tutoring session with Tiana, a young black girl who attends Justice Academy and is petitioning to be skipped from the ninth grade to eleventh. Also she’s only 12. No biggie. She starts talking to Drea about this complicated math problem, and though her speech was originally “urban” colloquial dialect, when talking about math and science, she speaks with perfect grammar. When Drea asks her about it, Tiana says that she speaks comfortably around her family and grammatically around those who might judge her. She also doesn’t want people to say she’s trying to “talk white.” Tiana believes that grammar is only for the wealthy and fair skinned. And friends, Drea has the best response.
“I know the great thing about language is you don’t have to be rich or white to own it.”
I lost my mind. Not only because this line can be applied to so many aspects of the media and education, but because this is my life! Growing up as a black girl who didn’t talk “hood,” having my peers tell me I talk like a white girl was something that made me feel, well, not black enough. What’s more is that I look like Drea; light-skinned, golden brown hair, fair eyes, somewhat racially ambiguous. Or as Reid so eloquently points out, what many people would call “exotic” beauty. Living with a personality and a look that didn’t fit perfectly into the categories society often propagates made me confused about who I was, and who I was supposed to be. I absolutely LOVE the statement Reid has made about the ownership of language, education, and personal expression for people of all backgrounds.
As I mentioned, this is definitely a YA novel, so it’s a lot more suited for young to late teens rather than my age group. I think that if I had this novel around as a teenage girl, I would have recommended it to all my friends (even though that’s what I’m doing anyway). If you’re looking for a book with a fun story line and diverse characters, I would definitely recommend Perfect Liars for your bookshelf!
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August 30, 2019
This book was kind of all over the place. I don’t really understand what the plot was or what was happening half the time. Was this suppose to be a mystery because it wasn’t. I don’t understand the ending and this book was just super confusing.
February 16, 2017
This is a great book for the high school student who loves anything about mystery and crime. It takes some time to really get into the plot but it was quite refreshing to have a multicultural cast!
October 3, 2017
Nothing spectacular, but a good, fun read.
August 21, 2019
Good plot line, and characters. But, the story was slow, and the extent of skill for the characters is illogical.
December 5, 2019
AMAZING
November 25, 2016
An engaging and quick read, but I found myself stumbling through the timeline and dialogue.
February 18, 2024
the beginning was really strong but it didn't have much plot and was really really hard to get through. literally nothing happens for a VERY long time and you just get bored. the protagonist wasn't very easy to get attached i found her to be quite the whiney rich bitch tbh. I really couldn't sympathize with her or understand what she was doing for the most part; i found her to be quite bad at explaining things. it was all a jumbled mess with characters being introduced and the ending is very abrupt. not good at all. I'd reccomend if you have an attention span made of steel. for an opening so strong I was expecting a lot more, really disappointing.
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February 16, 2017 Not the best book I've read. Based on the inside flap, I thought this was going to be a crime-mystery about Drea searching for her parents who suddenly went missing. However that is not what I got. The protagonist was a terrible static character. She tries so hard to fill us in on the fact that her parents are reformed criminals, and she never wanted to be like them. She's so different from them, but after the first chapter, we jump 10 months down the road. It's in passing that Drea's parents have gone missing, and she just automatically knows why. Then she spends the entire rest of the book just knowing and understanding what it's like to be a criminal. She even compares herself to them and, at one point, says she's "one of them."
We also miss the entire part where she falls in love with the boy from chapter 1. She mentions that he's cute, but 10 months later its mentioned in passing that she changed her schedule to see him, followed him around the school, and overall just stalked him while falling for him. It didn't add up.
The other part of this book that I had a hard time with was the choppiness of it. There are so many things that our protagonist just "knows", but there's no logical reason as to how she came up with that theory. The ending was extremely short because of this. There was no communication between Drea and her associates, and it's just cast aside as, "it was a need to know basis for them."
Anyway, I would recommend this book for 8th grade and up because of the langauage.
We also miss the entire part where she falls in love with the boy from chapter 1. She mentions that he's cute, but 10 months later its mentioned in passing that she changed her schedule to see him, followed him around the school, and overall just stalked him while falling for him. It didn't add up.
The other part of this book that I had a hard time with was the choppiness of it. There are so many things that our protagonist just "knows", but there's no logical reason as to how she came up with that theory. The ending was extremely short because of this. There was no communication between Drea and her associates, and it's just cast aside as, "it was a need to know basis for them."
Anyway, I would recommend this book for 8th grade and up because of the langauage.
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September 8, 2016Review by: Anita O (11th Grade)
Andrea Faraday is Peachland’s poster child. She gets perfect grades. She is very outgoing. She is on the debate team. Her parents are big and important donors to the town and the prestigious Woodruff School. And she was chosen to be valedictorian and likely to do everything perfect in life. However, when her parents disappear, she finds that her perfect façade starts to fade away day by day, which causes her to become similar to some people that she would never have expected to befriend.
I felt a little bit “wishy washy” about Perfect Liars. I felt like some parts of the book were a bit rushed. For instance, at the beginning of the book where the author reveals a few things about Drea’s parents, I had to keep rereading that part because I didn’t really understand what was going on. Furthermore, I would have preferred if Drea started to have a crush on Xavier around the middle of the book rather than in the first few pages. The feelings that Drea had for Xavier felt a bit unnatural and rushed. Plus, the author didn’t implement a lot of imagery so it was a bit hard imagining some of the places. However, one of the things that I really liked about this book was the diversity. You have the main character, Drea, who is biracial—her father is Nigerian and her mother is Nordic—you have Xavier, who is Asian—took me a while to figure out he was Korean—then you have Jason who is Caucasian. If there’s one thing that I could say about this book, it would be that I’ve never read a book like this before, and that’s a good thing. Around the end of the book it felt as though it was suggesting a sequel, and if the author came out with a sequel I would definitely read it.
Recommendation: People who love books with diversity, softcore mystery, and other Kimberly Reid books like her Langdon Prep book series.
Grade Range: 9+
Genre: Mystery, Romance, Young Adult
Library Merit: Mediocre
Characterization: Mediocre
Andrea Faraday is Peachland’s poster child. She gets perfect grades. She is very outgoing. She is on the debate team. Her parents are big and important donors to the town and the prestigious Woodruff School. And she was chosen to be valedictorian and likely to do everything perfect in life. However, when her parents disappear, she finds that her perfect façade starts to fade away day by day, which causes her to become similar to some people that she would never have expected to befriend.
I felt a little bit “wishy washy” about Perfect Liars. I felt like some parts of the book were a bit rushed. For instance, at the beginning of the book where the author reveals a few things about Drea’s parents, I had to keep rereading that part because I didn’t really understand what was going on. Furthermore, I would have preferred if Drea started to have a crush on Xavier around the middle of the book rather than in the first few pages. The feelings that Drea had for Xavier felt a bit unnatural and rushed. Plus, the author didn’t implement a lot of imagery so it was a bit hard imagining some of the places. However, one of the things that I really liked about this book was the diversity. You have the main character, Drea, who is biracial—her father is Nigerian and her mother is Nordic—you have Xavier, who is Asian—took me a while to figure out he was Korean—then you have Jason who is Caucasian. If there’s one thing that I could say about this book, it would be that I’ve never read a book like this before, and that’s a good thing. Around the end of the book it felt as though it was suggesting a sequel, and if the author came out with a sequel I would definitely read it.
Recommendation: People who love books with diversity, softcore mystery, and other Kimberly Reid books like her Langdon Prep book series.
Grade Range: 9+
Genre: Mystery, Romance, Young Adult
Library Merit: Mediocre
Characterization: Mediocre
February 19, 2017
I felt like I wanted resolution to start a bit earlier, but I liked the characters and the messages. I also like how the dynamic of the group developed.
November 13, 2016
So while I enjoyed some of the writing some of it I didn't enjoy as much. The book was very vague which I didn't care for. I didn't like the characters too much either. This book somewhat reminded me of The Bling Ring, but not as good. Most of the characters were these rich snobby kids who acted like they were so good. A bunch of fakes basically. Then the book does a time jump which just made things more complicated than they had to be for the story. I don't like it when things are drug on like that. I know it was a tactic to hold a readers interest, but it really just annoyed me. Unfortunately, I didn't finish mostly due to Drea. I just really didn't like who she was as a person. She was just a fake spoiled rich brat. Sometimes I just really wanted someone to slap her in the face and tell her how fake she is. Her brother actually did that a few times which I enjoyed. Her brother was probably the only likeable character for me. With that said I still encourage people to pick this up and give it a go. It's a likeable story it just wasn't for me is all.
July 9, 2016
I honestly would have rated this higher if the narration had been less choppy and vague. I felt as if there was a book/ prologue that I missed sometimes. She would refer to things and vaguely describe things sometimes way too late that made it confusing at times. Another thing I didn't like at all was the language. There were several curse words that were entirely unnecessary. I also found the fact the main characters besides Xavier to be all extremely grating. They were all too over the top and entirely un-relateable in my opinion. This book keeps being compared to Heist Society by Ally Carter, but it isn't like it at all! The only thing they have in common is the fact their thieves. All similarities end there. Heist Society is by far way better in characters relatablilty and likability, easy and understandable narration, and a plot that isn't difficult to follow. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone that I relatively liked at all.
November 23, 2016
To most people, Andrea Faraday is perfect – rich, smart, popular. So what is she doing breaking into her private school late at night? And why is she so enamored of this boy who is clearly trouble? When her parents disappear we learn that Andrea has a lot of secrets. She’s actually the daughter of a pair of con artists who have made a fortune trading in real and fake antiques.
What starts out as an action packed suspense/romance becomes a pretty pointless story about petty criminals and wannabes. The romance is tepid and the story doesn’t really end. Andrea’s big “crime” is trying to hack into the school system to change her grade. Her ‘bad boy’ crush is caught up doing petty crimes for a ‘client’. There are subplots about dirty cops and politics and the relationship between Andrea and her brother, but overall this is just an average book. After a great start, I was expecting much more.
What starts out as an action packed suspense/romance becomes a pretty pointless story about petty criminals and wannabes. The romance is tepid and the story doesn’t really end. Andrea’s big “crime” is trying to hack into the school system to change her grade. Her ‘bad boy’ crush is caught up doing petty crimes for a ‘client’. There are subplots about dirty cops and politics and the relationship between Andrea and her brother, but overall this is just an average book. After a great start, I was expecting much more.
May 15, 2016
I really enjoyed Perfect Liars. Kimberly Reid drew me into this story of rich people, heists and criminals. It's so very good and if you like Heist Society by Ally Carter, you'll definitely enjoy this one.
⟶ It has #squadgoals. And that same camaraderie you might find in Six of Crows, but also the unlikely friendships that can be form.
⟶ Interracial ship!!!!!
⟶ Great characters that will make you laugh and have a good time.
⟶ Sibling relationship *heart eyes*
I need to write my review pronto.
⟶ It has #squadgoals. And that same camaraderie you might find in Six of Crows, but also the unlikely friendships that can be form.
⟶ Interracial ship!!!!!
⟶ Great characters that will make you laugh and have a good time.
⟶ Sibling relationship *heart eyes*
I need to write my review pronto.
October 28, 2016
Pretty good book. No foul language, crude teenagers, or sex. Deals with con artists - both young and older. Drea's brother was formerly in juvie, has reformed and is now a rookie policeman. X and Jason have been caught breaking into her school. How did the police know they were there 4 minutes after entering? Drea and Damon's parents have disappeared - what con game are they up to now? Drea takes a volunteer job tutoring juveniles in science.
February 4, 2017
Good, but tied up *way* too quickly to be satisfying
March 18, 2017
3.5ish.
I really liked this book! I just wished the plot didn't go so slow . I was hoping for it to be more action packed, but it was still a redeemable book as the characters were written so uniquely and so diverse.
FOUNDED FAMILY TROPE IS REAL AND ALIVE IN THIS BOOK. I may have cried just a little.
I really liked this book! I just wished the plot didn't go so slow . I was hoping for it to be more action packed, but it was still a redeemable book as the characters were written so uniquely and so diverse.
FOUNDED FAMILY TROPE IS REAL AND ALIVE IN THIS BOOK. I may have cried just a little.
August 16, 2016
I liked the characters a lot, even the minor ones, but overall I thought the story had just a few too many inconsistencies for a mystery and could really have used some editing to keep the pacing tighter. There were also a lot of plot elements that I found extraneous here. Would I read a sequel, though? Sure. I'm interested in seeing where this crew goes next.
June 3, 2020
I enjoyed this book, because even though it took me forever and a day to finish. I was doing school work and it messed up my reading experience for this book. I really enjoyed the premise of this mystery that read like a YA Leverage which I loved.
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