Waiting on Wednesday is held over at Breaking the Spine every week and is a marvellous chance to get to know what book bloggers are hanging out for. This week, I found: The Lie Tree — which as of Wednesday, is the award-winning The Lie Tree because it just won Book of the Year at the Costa Book Awards.
So. It’s a story about lies … which right there, got me curious. It follows Faith, who with her family leaves England in the wake of scandal to go to a remote island. Her father is found dead and then she finds a tree amongst his belongings that feeds off lies and bears fruit that reveals hidden secrets. When Faith realises she’s good at lying she starts to spread lies in the community they’re in to find her father’s killer.
This is so fascinating — what is a lie and what is the truth? Can readers trust anything Faith says? The potential here is awesome and the reviews stellar!
What are you waiting on this week??
Oh, this sounds interesting. And the cover’s beautiful. I hope you get to read, and enjoy, it soon. Thanks for sharing, and happy Wednesday! 🙂
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The cover is, I agree! There’s something gothic and creepy about it that reminds me of grimm’s fairy tales, the ones not-safe-for-children, that is.
This looks spooky, in a good way. And I like the idea of how lies are used in the book. Can’t wait to read this one.
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Exactly what I thought Majanka! The lies are the best part about it — I keep reading rave reviews, so I’m getting more and more excited about it!
Definitely love the sounds of this one and will be adding it to my TBR! Thanks for sharing. 😀
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The storyline definitely sounds interesting; I like the concept of magic and crime thriller mixed into one with a heavy does of mystery! This one definitely has appeal. I shall have to check out those reviews.
Me too! And the addition of lies threaded to it — I am looking forward to it more and more!! Everyone is raving about this!
I received an ARC of this last week. Have you seen the alternate cover? It’s more awesome than this one in my opinion but I like them both. Hope we both love it!
OHHHH NO I haven’t! I didn’t even know there was an alternate cover! I have to go searching for it, and I can’t wait for your review!!
I think this is an author that I keep saying I’m going to read, but then don’t get to it. This is another one that sounds really good! Thanks for sharing it!
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I haven’t really heard of her before — you’ve reminded me I’ve got to look up her other stuff!!
This sounds interesting and the title reminds me of a children’s book in a twisted way. Nice pick!
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Me too! Thanks Nikki!
I found out about this book yesterday. It really looks amazing! I hope it’ll be grat!
Me too, Irena!!
Ohh this one does sound intriguing.
It does! It’s definitely the use of lies, I think! I love how the author has worked this into the narrative!
This is the first I’m hearing about this … it sounds very intersting! Not quite sure if I’ll ever read it but I’ll see how the reviews are and decide then. 😛 I hope you enjoy it!!
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