Honestly, I have no idea if these are correct. First, I just want to share who I think each one represents and I’d love to hear your opinions once you read the book.

Each of these students represent one of the seven deadly sins in some way. The novel follows seven high school students: Olivia, Juniper, Matt, Valentine, Lucas, Kate, and Claire. Therefore when I did read it I got so sucked in that I finished the whole novel in a day. Going into this book I didn’t have any expectations other than I liked the concept and I was excited to read it. But there’s something so open and genuine about someone who’s a young adult themselves writing about young adults. Don’t get me wrong, adults are great YA authors, obviously. It’s simply because I love YA novels that are written by people who are young adults themselves. Why does the author’s age matter, you ask. Add in the fact that the author, Riley Redgate, is still in college and this book instantly became a must read for me. When I was first told about this book I was very interested in the concept. Together, they could save one another from their temptations-or be ruined by them. After Juniper accidentally exposes her secret at a party, her fate falls into the hands of the other six sinners, bringing them into one another’s orbits. Then rumors of a student–teacher affair hit the fan. Everyone knows she’s a saint, not a sinner but when love is involved, who is Juniper to resist temptation? When she begins to crave more and more of the one person she can’t have, her charmed life starts to unravel. No one would argue that Juniper-obedient daughter, salutatorian, natural beauty, and loyal friend-is anything but perfect. But it’s Juniper Kipling who has the furthest to fall. The juniors at Paloma High School all have their secrets, whether it’s the thespian who hides her trust issues onstage, the closeted pansexual who only cares about his drug-dealing profits, or the neurotic genius who’s planted the seed of a school scandal.

In Seven Ways We Lie, a chance encounter tangles the lives of seven high school students, each resisting the allure of one of the seven deadly sins, and each telling their story from their seven distinct points of view. This novel will be on sale on March 8, 2016.* This is an honest review of the novel as I saw it. *I received a free advanced reader’s copy of this book from Amulet Books. This did not influence my review of this book in anyway.

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