Live Your Best Lie Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the LIVE YOUR BEST LIE by Jessie Weaver Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

LIVE YOUR BEST LIE (Volume 1) (Like Me Block You)
Author: Jessie Weaver
Release Date: January 24, 2023
Publisher: Melissa de la Cruz Studio
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 368

Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/LIVE-YOUR-BEST-LIE 

Sometimes the prettiest Instagram feeds mask the darkest, and bloodiest, secrets.

Social media influencer Summer Cartwright leads a very charmed life: millions of followers, the hottest designer and vintage clothes at her fingertips, a newly minted book deal, the coolest friends, and, until recently, the hottest boyfriend at her über-elite prep school. Every moment of her life has been carefully planned and cultivated to complement her “imperfectly perfect” social media persona. She is truly #LivingHerBestLife.

But when Summer goes missing during her annual Halloween party and then an unscheduled post appears on her feed stating that she’ll be dead within the next five minutes, those closest to Summer know something isn’t quite right―or on-brand. Grace, Summer’s camera-shy best friend; Adam, Summer’s gamer ex-boyfriend; Laney, Summer’s moody camp roommate; and Cora, an influencer wannabe, all decide to investigate. And when they come upon Summer’s lifeless body, they soon realize that no filter is strong enough to mask the lies we tell ourselves.

Told in multiple POVs interspersed with social media posts and flashbacks, Live Your Best Lie has twists and turns that will keep readers turning the page and no one will be able to guess the ending.

Live Your Best Lie is a new YA thriller that will have readers guessing until the very end. The idea for this book is great - it's very relevant to our social media obsessed culture and shows that nobody's life is ever what it seems. I really liked the plot and the twists the author threw in kept me guessing for quite awhile, which says something. Thrillers and mysteries are one of my favorite genres and it takes a really good story to stump me. I loved that there are social media posts, texts, and flashbacks mixed into the narrative. It made it feel like an epistolary novel which is my absolute favorite. It made the story a lot more interesting for me and gave the book an added depth that sets it apart from others in the genre. Another aspect of the book I liked was the point of view. The story is told from multiple characters' POVs, giving the reader different viewpoints of the same events. One thing I personally didn't like was the author's use of the third person POV. I don't like this writing style because I don't think it allows a deep connection between the reader and the narrator(s). This was sadly the case with this book. I couldn't really connect with any of the characters and they almost felt flat to me. It felt very detached from the characters and the story line itself. This is solely my own personal opinion and I'm sure lots of other readers are going to love the book. If it had been written in the first person, I think it would've been a slam-dunk for me. With all the other aspects that I mentioned woven into a first person narrative, I would have read this book in one sitting. The writing style is important to me as a reader and it definitely effects my reading experience. In this case, it detracted from my enjoyment and made the book fall short. I do recommend this for fans of YA thrillers, mysteries, contemporary fiction, and suspense.

Before writing about flawed, funny teens with big hearts, Jessie Weaver spent ten years teaching them English. She completed the Stanford University online novel writing program in 2019. Though she’s an East Coast girl at heart, originally from Baltimore, MD, she currently lives just outside Denver, Colorado with her husband and two daughters. Live Your Best Lie is her first novel.

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(1) winner will receive a finished copy of LIVE YOUR BEST LIE - US Only.

Ends February 14th, midnight EST.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

1/16/2023	YA Books Central	Excerpt/IG Post
1/17/2023	Kait Plus Books	Excerpt/IG Post
1/18/2023	bookmama85	Review/IG Post
1/19/2023	pluvioreads	Review/IG Post
1/20/2023	YA Book Nerd	Review/IG Post
1/21/2023	Silkybookloverfun	Review/IG Post

Week Two:

1/22/2023	popthebutterfly	Review/IG Post
1/23/2023	@froggyreadteach	IG Review
1/24/2023	OneMoreExclamation	Review/IG Post
1/25/2023	@reading.late.into.the.night	Review/IG Post
1/26/2023	@more.books.yes.please	IG Review/TikTok Post
1/27/2023	Book Briefs	Review/IG Post
1/28/2023	travelersguidetobooks	IG Review

Week Three:

1/29/2023	@amysbookshelf82	IG Review
1/30/2023	NeverKnotReading	IG Post
1/31/2023	Wanderingwitchreads	TikTok Review/IG Post
2/1/2023	zaineylaney	Review/IG Post
2/2/2023	Stacialovestoread	Review/IG Post
2/3/2023	Nerdophiles	Review
2/4/2023	@booksrn_rashi	IG Review

Week Four:

2/5/2023	Review Thick And Thin	Review/IG Post
2/6/2023	A Dream Within A Dream	Review/IG Post
2/7/2023	Book-Keeping	Review/IG Post
2/8/2023	Brandi Danielle Davis	Review/IG Post
2/9/2023	Eli to the nth	Review/IG Post
2/10/2023	Momfluenster	IG Review/Facebook Post