"A gripping and atmospheric contemporary thriller." --Kirkus
Reviews
"Complex, captivating, and gorgeously written." --Karen M. McManus,
New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying
We Were Liars meets Goodbye Days in this thrilling debut novel
that sweeps readers away as they try to solve the mystery of what
happened then to make Ellory so broken now.
It's hard to find the truth beneath the lies you tell yourself.
Then: They were four--Bex, Jenni, Ellory, Ret. (Venus. Earth. Moon.
Sun.) Electric, headstrong young women; Ellory's whole solar system.
Now: Ellory is alone, her once inseparable group of friends torn apart
by secrets, deception, and a shocking incident that changed their lives
forever.
Then: Lazy summer days. A party. A beautiful boy. Ellory met Matthias
and fell into the beginning of a spectacular, bright love.
Now: Ellory returns to Pine Brook to navigate senior year after a
two-month suspension and summer away--no boyfriend, no friends. No going
back. Tormented by some and sought out by others, troubled by a
mysterious note-writer who won't let Ellory forget, and consumed by
guilt over her not entirely innocent role in everything and everyone
she's lost, Ellory finds that even in the present, the past is
everywhere.
The path forward isn't a straight line. And moving on will mean sorting
the truth from the lies--the lies Ellory has been telling herself.
