Tap tap tap tap.
4 taps. 4 is a good number. But things are not good for Sofia “Fia” Rosen. She
sent her sister away. She killed Annie, except Annie’s not really dead. But she
has to be so Phillip Keane and his Keane Foundation can’t manipulate her or
threaten her life to control Fia. Fia has perfect intuition, and she’s with
James Keane, whom she loves, so he must be a right choice. Right? Fia is
recruiting, but the visions are never good. Dead. Always dead, floating down
the river. Fia recruits so she can take Phillip Keane down and protect her
sister. Too bad Annie feels so useless being away from Fia, for it may push her
to do the unthinkable to save her own sister. From whom are they being saved,
though? The Keane Foundation or Rafael Marino? And what’s so significant about
a girl named Sadie Kavadellis?
White’s story flips between the
viewpoints of Annie (the elder sister) and Fia, and she did a great job of
making them distinctive characters. Even supporting characters are easily
discernible thanks to the traits White has given them, and I’ve noticed that
distinct supporting characters aren’t always achieved. She makes it look easy.
The sisters’ love for each other is strong, even amidst Annie’s feelings of
uselessness and Fia’s brokenness. “Perfect Lies” is the concluding YA novel in
a duology (see “Mind Games”) that is arresting, fast-paced, troubling and
awesome in a twisted way. I totally got lost in the book. Maybe literally.
Hopefully not permanently. (Get to know Fia, and you’ll understand why I wrote
that.) As Annie says of Fia, “We still orbit the brilliant, chaotic burning of
her star.” That’s pretty much true, and now this book has given me a complex.
Not really … tap tap tap tap.
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