Sometimes, something just sticks out to me.

Something that would do what we like to call make sense. Usually, reviews have a central point that's about 'plot' or 'characters' or 'writing.' You know, one of the core components of a book. The Lies We Tell is a social activism/we all belong here anthem crossed with a thriller and with a rivals-to-romance relationship set on a college campus. Can they root out the ugly history and take on the current threat? Anna and Chris team up to find out who is stalking her and take on a dangerous search into the hate crimes happening around campus. When a very specific threat is made to Anna, she seeks out help from the only person she can. Chris is cute but still someone to be wary of – until a vandal hits Sunny's and Anna matches the racist tag with a clue from her investigation.Īnna grew up in this town, but more and more she feels like maybe she isn't fully at home here - or maybe it's that there are people here who think she doesn't belong. The Lus also happen to be the Xu family's business rivals since they opened Sunny's, a trendy new bakery on Sweetea's block. While there she also finds a familiar face – her middle-school rival, Chris Lu. But her parents and their struggling Chinese bakery, Sweetea, aren't far from campus or from mind, either.Īt Brookings, Anna wants to keep up her stellar academic performance and to investigate the unsolved campus murder of her childhood babysitter. Anna Xu moving out of her parent's home and into the dorms across town as she starts freshman year at the local, prestigious Brookings University.

How we fall apart katie zhao