Lying Out Loud by Kody Keplinger

Lying Out Loud (Hamilton High)

by Kody Keplinger

Revisit Hamilton High in this MUST READ for all fans of The DUFF - co-starring Bianca and Wesley.

Sonny Ardmore is an excellent liar. She lies about her dad being in prison. She lies about her mom kicking her out. And she lies about sneaking into her best friend's house every night because she has nowhere else to go.

Amy Rush might be the only person Sonny shares everything with - secrets, clothes, even a nemesis named Ryder Cross.

Ryder's the new kid at Hamilton High and everything Sonny and Amy can't stand - a prep-school snob. But Ryder has a weakness: Amy. So when Ryder emails Amy asking her out, the friends see it as a prank opportunity not to be missed.

But without meaning to, Sonny ends up talking to Ryder all night online. And to her horror, she realizes that she might actually 'like' him. Only there's one small catch: he thinks he's been talking to Amy. So Sonny comes up with an elaborate scheme to help Ryder realize that she's the girl he's really wanted all along. Can Sonny lie her way to the truth, or will all her lies end up costing her both Ryder and Amy?

From the author of The Duff - now a major film starring Bella Thorne, Mae Whitman and Alison Janney, out in DVD in Summer 2015.

Reviewed by Sam@WLABB on

4 of 5 stars

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I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I actually liked this book more than The Duff. I found myself so involved in Sonny's life. I cared about the way she was messing up her relationships, I worried about her, my heart ached when it came to her family, my heart soared when something good happened to her. She was, by no means, a perfect character. In fact, Sonny was very, very flawed. However, she had a good heart and she never meant for things to play out they way they did. I loved that Keplinger allowed us to catch back up with Bianca and Wesley. That is one of my favorite things about companion books -- that opportunity to see what happened after the story ended. I hope to meet more of the residents of Hamilton

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