Trust Me, I'm lying

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 10, 2014

Review

Julep Dupree is a sophomore in high school and she is a swindler, a con artist, if you will, following in her father's footsteps. Her mother abandoned them years ago and she has lived with her father since. She makes money for her tuition at a posh high school by running small time cons for her fellow students. Her latest moneymaking scheme is providing them with fake I.Ds at $100 a pop. She has an elaborate email and drop box set-up to accomplish all of these deceptions. She has a close guy friend and has recently acquired another friend who is the hottest boy at the school. Go figure. Is he trustworthy? Her father disappears, as he has in the past, but this time she fears he is dead and things transpire whereupon she discovers that he was inadvertently involved with the mob. This is all a bit unbelievable but it makes for a good mystery that some YA will enjoy. There is a little romance involved to add a dash of spice.

Overall Book Score: good