This is a prequel to book, We Were Liars. This one tells the story of the Sinclair sisters, mothers to the teens from the original book. Carrie, Penny, and Bess spend their summers at their family's private island. One summer, "the boys" appear. They are friends of the family. Freedom, lack of supervision, and entitlement play a part in the summer's secrets of love, betrayal, and worse. For those who enjoyed We Were Liars, this will be a rewarding revisit to the island from the previous generation where there are many more lies to learn.

I was excited for this, but it turned out to be just okay. The main character is an adult telling a story about one of her summers on the island to her dead son. I did not like the writing style since it was purely dialogue with little detail. And nothing truly happened until the last third of the book which is why I bumped the rating up. The last portion is what made the book bearable to get through. Thank you NetGalley for an ARC.

I decided early on to treat this as a separate and unrelated thing (to We Were Liars), partly because the Sinclairs are not the Glass family, after all, and partly because I'm still low-key mad about what happened with the dogs in that other book. I highly recommend experiencing this story with that attitude.

It's effortless and enticing to sink back into the fraught summers of the Sinclair family, this time through the lens of teenage Carrie in the 1980s. Family of Liars works great as a standalone, but also beautifully provides context and connection to We Were Liars. Lockhart really is a master of this genre and I could read stories about the Sinclairs forever.

I knew this
was a young adult book before I started it but I still had trouble with all of the teenage angst.

I was so excited to see Family Of Liars on NetGalley because I wasn't aware of a prequel to We Were Liars. Oh My Gosh!!!! E. Lockhart did it again I am in love with this story so AMAZING. This book follows Carrie, Penny, and Bess the parents of the teens from the first book. This story grabbed me from the first chapter and I couldn't put it down. If you're a fan of her 2014 book We Were Liars then this is definitely a must-read!!

Wow!! Another outstanding novel by e. lockhart. This follows up on 2014's We Were Liars, but you don't really need to read WWL first before diving into this one. I did borrow WWL from our library while reading Family of Liars, but only for the map and genealogy chart in the front to remind myself who was who- I'm certain the final published copy of Family of Liars will have both.

Once again, the prose, poetry, pacing, and plot were intricately woven together. I stayed up FAR past my bedtime reading this book, and am not afraid to admit I binge read the whole thing in one day. Adult readers may find gripe with the teenage angst and unrealistic plot points, but should remember this isn't an adult book- it's YA, and it's GOOD YA.