The ending and overall second half of the book was just so clever. The first half of the book is used for world-building, creating some major revelations regarding the identity of Sawyer’s father and the mystery a fellow debutante, Campbell, has pulled Sawyer and the other girls into. I ended up binge-reading the last 200 pages between one night and the next morning because I had officially become invested in the story. I enjoyed Little White Lies throughout, but it took the first 200 pages or so, specifically when someone’s mother re-enters the picture, for me to get fully into it. The book begins with the four main female characters locked inside a jail cell and alternates between the past, aka Sawyer’s nine months living with her grandmother, and the present, aka jail. The whole debutante part is mostly used to create settings for much of the major plot moments, from charity auctions to balls, and does provide Sawyer some connection with her family. With debutante life and season as its backdrop, Little White Lies is a true mystery thriller at its heart, even though I wish the book had a bit more debutante elements within. While she expected the white ball gowns and gloves, Sawyer did not expect to get pulled into a friend group of fellow debutantes with dark and scandalous secrets of their own. In exchange for living with grandmother and participating in debutante season for nine months, Sawyer will receive $500,000, meaning that she can actually afford to go to college- and try to figure out the hidden identity of her father. Little White Lies follows eighteen-year old Sawyer Taft, who has just been contacted for the first time ever by her wealthy maternal grandmother. The book overall has received mixed reviews, but many bloggers who have similar reading tastes as I do seem really enjoyed this one. Little White Lies was on my ‘2018 Releases to get to in 2019 TBR’.

Little Whies Lies by Jennifer Lynn Barnes This YA contemporary thriller series is filled with secrets, scandals and more. Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ Debutantes duology was among my 2019 must read books… and I managed to get to both books during the last week of the year! Although set in the world of white gloves and ball gowns, don’t be fooled.

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