Member Reviews
Oh my...this book...this one will stay with you for a while. There were times I wanted to throw this book down and not go back to it. So many things made me furious....the way things were handled. Seelie deserved more.
What I loved: The writing in this. It pulls you in. This line was by far my favorite of the whole book: "Minutes as long as days and as short as heartbeats slip by."
What I liked: I was pretty certain I knew the whole truth, but I liked the way it unraveled.
What I hated: Ugh... the Mom character. I know, I wasn't supposed to like her. I was supposed to not have much feeling for her, and I sure didn't. I just wanted more for Seelie...but she had her tribe, her faction.
Actual stars....4.5.
I read this soooo fast! The first sentence just grabs you until the end...and as much as I wanted to shake the main character a few times, the book ended really well.
A very enjoyable read and I was captivated all the way through by this page turner. I love Thraces writing and I can't wait to read more from this author, I would highly recommend it.
***Thanks to NetGalley for providing me a complimentary copy of MY WHOLE TRUTH by Mischa Thrace in exchange for my honest review.***
4.5 STARS
Seelie kills Travis to save her life. Too bad his father is a judge, because now she’s charged with murder. Her friends believe in and support her; her lawyer is great. Seelie’s widowed mom, not so much.
Debut writer Mischa Thrace hits a home run in her first at bat. Throughout reading MY WHOLE TRUTH, I had the same curiosity and interest in the pit of my stomach as I did reading Eileen Cook’s WITH MALICE and Abigail Haas’s DANGEROUS GIRLS with an imperfect narrator I wasn’t certain I could trust. Seelie misses her dad and resents her mother. Even when her mom tries to reach out and be helpful, Seelie is downright mean. I wish their relationship has been explored further. Seelie keeps a lot of secrets, to her own detriment often choosing secrecy over friendship. I loved attorney Cara and best friend Lyssa and her two dads.
Thrace gave Seelie a compelling voice with a balance of positive and negative attributes. At times I wanted to shake her. MY WHOLE TRUTH read like a fast paced thriller never letting up on the hold-your-breath feeling. I can’t wait to see what Thrace writes next.