In Jacqueline Green’s highly charged debut thriller, perfect for fans of Pretty Little Liars, an innocent game of TRUTH OR DARE spins out of control for three girls who find it’s no longer a party game. It’s do or die.
It all started on a whim: the game was a way for Tenley Reed to reclaim her popularity, a chance for perfect Caitlin “Angel” Thomas to prove she’s more than her Harvard application. Loner Sydney Morgan wasn’t even there; she was hiding behind her camera like usual. But when all three start receiving mysterious dares long after the party has ended, they’re forced to play along—or risk exposing their darkest secrets.
Paranoia builds as each little slip of paper taunts the girls with dares that threaten not just their reputations but also their lives. How far will Tenley, Caitlin and Sydney go to keep the truth from surfacing? And who’s behind this twisted game?
Check out this excerpt from Sydney from Truth or Dare:
Without thinking, she reached into the glove compartment and pulled out the photo she kept tucked behind her registration. The shot itself wasn’t anything special—a mediocre image of buttercups sprouting between blades of grass. But it meant more to her than any other photo she’d ever taken. It was her first attempt at photography. And the first photo she’d taken with Guinness.
She’d been thirteen then, and recently sent off to the Sunrise Center, a treatment center for adolescents not far from Echo Bay. All she’d wanted was to burrow away in her new white-walled room for the whole summer and never come out again. But her counselor had insisted she take a class in the art-therapy program. She’d chosen photography at random; it sounded more fun than knitting and less messy than papier-mâché.
But in one session she was hooked. It wasn’t just the ritual of taking a photo she loved—how the viewfinder let her hide from the world even as she was studying it, how in the instant between the shutter opening and closing everything became silent—but also the boy who was assigned as her mentor. Guinness.
He was a little older than her, and had been in treatment for long enough that he’d earned mentoring responsibilities. She was instantly awed by him. And because his dad had a summerhouse in Echo Bay, they’d had something in common right away. He’d been the one to explain perspective and composition and lighting to her. She loved his passion for photography and the way he furrowed his brow when he studied a shot. She loved how serious his eyes were and the unusual tattoo that wound around his wrist: three thin black lines. When she finally worked up the courage to compliment him on the tattoo, the smile he’d given her had almost broken her heart. “Things aren’t always what they seem, Sydney,” he’d said. At the time, she’d had no idea what he meant. All she knew was she wanted desperately to find out.
Published by: Little Brown / Poppy
To Be Released on: May 14th, 2013
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When a simple round of truth or dare spins out of control, three girls find it’s no longer a party game. It’s do or die.
It all started on a whim: the game was a way for Tenley Reed to reclaim her popularity, a chance for perfect Caitlin “Angel” Thomas to prove she’s more than her Harvard application. Loner Sydney Morgan wasn’t eventhere; she was hiding behind her camera like usual. But when all three start receiving mysterious dares long after the party has ended, they’re forced to play along—or risk exposing their darkest secrets.
How far will Tenley, Caitlin and Sydney go to keep the truth from surfacing? And who’s behind this twisted game?
Set against the backdrop of Echo Bay, an isolated beach town haunted by misfortune, Truth or Dare is a highly charged debut that will keep readers in suspense from beginning to end.
This looks like a really good book. It's going on my TBR list. Thanks for the review.
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