We Were Liars

A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends&;the Liars&;whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.
We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. 
Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.

A beautiful and distinguished family.

Wow, that's all I can say. I know I'm late for this review since this book came out a long, long time ago but I'm glad I read it.

I was told that it was better if you went into the story without knowing anything but I, for one, think that a little context of the story is very necessary.

It's a big family that spends their summers on an island that they have, family with slalom money in sight. The main character, Cadence Sainclair, suffered an accident two years ago of which she does not remember anything. Cadence wants to return to the island to see his cousins, Johnny, Mirren and his friend Gat. They have a very good relationship and she needs to get back in touch and discover what happened.

From then on, everything was a roller coaster, I was lost in parts, I laughed, I cried and I ended up wow, how I ended up. A captivating story, I literally read it in 1 day because I simply could not stop and although it is strange and sometimes produces confusion, it is worth embarking on this adventure.

4.5/5 ⭐️

SPOILERS!

At first it was difficult to get into the story, it was told in a way that caused me confusion because there were jumps in time and after reading half a page I realized that they were not talking about their present. I liked the liars a lot, crazy teenagers who wanted to enjoy the summer, sometimes I did not understand what the hell they were talking about and sometimes they understood what they were thinking. But I really missed a part of the story until the end. WOW the end.

Cadence, I didn't quite get to connect with her, I don't know why, but I feel like I missed out on her story and her life off the island.

The same thing happened to me with the rest of the characters, although I suppose that the beautiful ones of the story, that you don't know so much about it that you don't know how they are going to act later. I don't know if I have an unpopular opinion but I like this book a lot.

Good day! 🤍

The Wicked King

After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished. 

When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.

Incredibly amazing. Like many people, I liked it considerably better than the first one. The character Jude is no longer that human who doesn't paint in the ugly world, she is now a woman capable of anything, even the most macabre.

My feelings for Cradan, however, have been like a roller coaster, I liked it, then I didn't, then I did and then I didn't again.

Unlike the first one, I do not feel that there has been a single part that has become heavier and/or more complicated to read. The whole novel is super enjoyable, with a stable plot and that all the time carried the same dynamic rhythm.

I LOVE the abrupt endings, wanting to read more and this book gets it just right.

It's true that at the beginning the world of Faerie was not very convincing, but this second book has been amazing and that's why it's worth reading the first one! 🤍🤎

4,75/5 ⭐️

 

 The Cruel Prince

Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.

And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.

Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences.

In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.

I heard real wonders from these books and that's why I decided to read them. This first book, for some reason, was a little slow at first but I decided to continue because I knew that the next ones were much, much better. The cruel prince didn't hook me until after the middle of the book, I didn't think anything interesting was happening, the world in which the story takes place (Faerie) didn't seem to be going to my liking, but I kept going and kept reading. And thank God I did, because as the story progressed I liked the plot more and more and I wanted to read it.

As for the characters, at first I didn't like ANYTHING about the main character, I didn't understand why she behaved the way she did, but the more I read, the more I liked it and the more I grew fond of it.

Just for the end and the following books, it deserves 100% to be read although I have to say that this first one is my least favorite book of the trilogy precisely for the beginning but even so I recommend reading it a lot. The next two are AWESOME so stay tuned for their respective reviews!

SPOILERS!

The characters: 

Jude- As I said, I didn't like her character at the beginning of the novel, and I didn't like her because I didn't understand that hatred she had towards Cardan specifically. I understand that the faeries treated her badly and that's why she didn't like them, but above all she didn't like Cardan. Obviously it's known that it's the love interest of the protagonist from the beginning and that's why I would have liked it to go a little unnoticed at the beginning. With the progresion of the novel, I began to like her much more, that strong woman that she is, I loved her. I was struck by the fact that Jude was cruel and evil (in a way) and that in the end she turned out to be more like Madoc than she thought.

Cardan- Well Cardan in the first book doesn't have much prominence, he has more in the second and third books. In this particular one, I didn't like Cardan's character, it was simple, and that's why I didn't like that Jude gave him so much attention.

As for the world in which the novel takes place, I didn't like it either haha (at the beginning), I was bored with those long dances with so many characters and things that happened that seemed a little irrelevant to me, but as I have already said, the best is in the next two books.

The plot, well, did I like it? If I liked it, did I love it? No, I didn't love it haha. For my taste, the introduction was a little slow, and in the last five chapters everything goes by super fast. But even if it was slower, in a little more than half of the book, the heart of the matter begins. 

So yes, I do recommend it although if you have read it up to here I suppose that you have read it too haha and if so, I invite you to comment on what you thought of it.

3.75/5

Good day! 🤍