Man this book hits you right at the beginning ( I Like that). This book is geared to young adults probably middle school aged. This is his first book in the series. Jarli invents a truth app that allows people to know if someone near them is telling the truth or not. Is knowing the truth always a good thing? Things don’t go to well with the app and things go south. Hence all the action. There where a lot of words crammed into paragraphs that might make reading certain parts difficult. I fount myself re reading some paragraphs to full understand what was going on.
This book does not disappoint and wanting me to read the next book.
I would recommend my children and their friends to read.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I'm confused about why this book is on Net Galley since it appears to have been previously released. I can see how this might be good to have for reluctant readers, especially those who want a lot of action. I was not a fan of the writing style. One thing that was odd to me was the British (?) colloquialisms and norms in what otherwise
seemed to be a story set in a small, rural American town.

I found this book to be very slow at first and then it picked up around the half-way mark. It was boring for the first half, but the second half was definitely very interesting. I enjoyed reading this book. I so cannot wait for book 2!

The Truth App by Jack Heath|book review|
fictiveescapes Book Reviews, Book Reviews January 2, 2020 1 Minute
This is another Australian book that has been provided to me by NetGalley; sure am getting a lot of those lately it feels like… Yay for spreading the love of books across continents. The e-arc that I received had the new American cover- very sleek and modern similarly to the premise of the novel.



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Jarlie creates an app that is able to tell if someone is lying or not, and deadly hi-jinks ensue. That the basic plot if I say anymore I am worried about giving away key plot points. I will say that the pot could have developed a lot more with the truth app. It’s just kind of briefly talked about and then the deadly plot completely takes over.

I enjoyed the characters a lot. Especially the three kids: Jarlie, Bess, and Anya. Bess and Anya were my favorites. Bess uses crutches to get around and Anya is a Russian Immigrant whose second language is English. Both girls are strong capable characters throughout the plot and don’t get looked down upon at all.

So far there are four other novels in this series and I will be trying my best to track them down. I want to know what happens since of course the evil guys are shown to be a small piece of a much larger organization.

This reads like a middle grade novel and the plot is continuously action packed. Thank You NetGalley for introducing me to a new quick read series.