Lies, secrets, scandals…and this is just from the parents.
Set in New York City Reasons to Lie by Emily Listfield is about a murder that happens to a high school student while on an overnight class trip. The school, Dearborn, is an elite private school, and the story unfolds through the viewpoint of three parents. These parents range from a single mother with one teenaged girl, a married woman with two teenaged girls; and a married woman with one teenaged boy.
Reasons to Lie brilliantly depicts the pressures, challenges, and struggles that parents go through in raising teenagers in this elite and competitive environment. Experiencing drama in their own personal lives, then trying to also raise teenagers the best way they know how is very relatable. Also, along the way they discover personal truths about themselves and their teenagers.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes books about academia, thrillers, and murder mysteries.
Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for providing the Advanced Readers Copy and allowing me to review this book.