Week 3 Review: Trust Me, I'm Lying

From Goodreads:

Julep Dupree tells lies. A lot of them. She's a con artist, a master of disguise, and a sophomore at Chicago's swanky St. Agatha High, where her father, an old-school grifter with a weakness for the ponies, sends her to so she can learn to mingle with the upper crust. For extra spending money Julep doesn't rely on her dad—she runs petty scams for her classmates while dodging the dean of students and maintaining an A+ (okay, A-) average.

But when she comes home one day to a ransacked apartment and her father gone, Julep's carefully laid plans for an expenses-paid golden ticket to Yale start to unravel. Even with help from St. Agatha's resident Prince Charming, Tyler Richland, and her loyal hacker sidekick, Sam, Julep struggles to trace her dad's trail of clues through a maze of creepy stalkers, hit attempts, family secrets, and worse, the threat of foster care. With everything she has at stake, Julep's in way over her head . . . but that's not going to stop her from using every trick in the book to find her dad before his mark finds her. Because that would be criminal.

Fans of Ally Carter, especially her Heist Society readers, will love this teen mystery/thriller with sarcastic wit, a hint of romance, and Ocean's Eleven–inspired action.

My Review:
This was such a great read! I loved watching Julep's investigation! I had a great time going on this adventure, getting to know these characters, and I'm really excited that it's a series, so we can spend more time together!

Julep is a con artist, who wants to get out. I loved learning how her mind worked, with the cons that she pulled, with the team that she built up over the course of this book. Getting to know these characters, with some pretty important secrets, yeah, they were so great to read about

The main plot of this book is looking for her dead, who got wrapped up in some pretty bad news, and Julep has to follow the clues that he left. There was a bit of romance going on, as well as drama at school, because of course just one thing going on isn't enough!

And that ending, that was totally unexpected! And there were plenty of twists, and yeah, some hard, painful moments as well. Plus a new mystery that it looks like will be the main focus of the 2nd book, which I'm really excited about!

This was a really great read, and I can't wait to read the rest of the series! 

Author: Mary Elizabeth Summer 
Series: Trust Me #1
Read: January 17th, 2021
Source: Own
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a DAC Book and a Physical Book to Read in 2021, and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2021 Book! 

Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: October 14th 2014

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars