Liars and Losers Like Us

by Ami Allen-Vath

Keep calm and make it to prom night—without a legit panic attack.

For seventeen-year-old Bree Hughes, it’s easier said than done when gossip, grief, and the opportunity to fail at love are practically high-fiving her in the hallways of Belmont High.

When Bree’s crush, Sean Mills, gives her his phone number, she can’t even leave a voicemail without sounding like a freak. Then she’s asked to be on Prom Court because Maisey Morgan, the school outcast nominated as a joke, declined. She apologizes to Maisey, but it’s too late. After years of torment and an ugly secret shared with their class’s cruel Pageant Queen, Maisey commits suicide. Bree is left with a lot of regret…and a revealing letter with a final request.

With Sean by her side, Bree navigates through her guilt, her parents’ divorce, and all the Prom Court drama. But when a cheating-love-triangle secret hits the fan after a night of sex, drinks, and video games, she’s left with new information about Sean and the class Pageant Queen. Bree must now speak up or stay silent. If she lets fear be her guide, she’ll lose her first love, and head to prom to avenge the death of the school outcast—as a party of one.

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• ISBN10: 1634501845
• ISBN13: 9781634501842
• Publish Date: 7 April 2016 (first published 22 March 2016)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Imprint: Sky Pony Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 240
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

Rating: 3.5 Stars

A sweet, humorous, and sometimes sad story, which has a bunch of hidden messages. A reminder that we should be kind, because we do not know all the battles someone may be fighting, and that though some people may look as though they have it all, they may very likely be "liars and losers like us".

Things that I really liked
- Bree's mom was awesome. She really worked hard at the mom-ing, and it resulted in a lot of honesty between her and Bree.
- The romance was very sweet. In the midst of many sordid entanglements stood Bree and Sean. They had an easy way between them, and their courtship was quite adorable.
-Read the afterword, because Allen-Vath shares some really personal stuff with the reader there, and it made me understand why certain storylines were worked into this book.
-Though there were some really sad things that happened to some characters in this book, Allen-Vath balanced it with fun, good, and hopeful things.

[Bianca]

Dance like no one is watching. I’m going to be okay now. I’m dancing too, and this time no one is laughing.