Thank you so much to net galley for sending me a copy of this book. I wasn’t expecting to really enjoy this book and I was right but if it sounds interesting to you you might like it.

Entangled: digiTeen and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of The Lying Planet. I was under no obligation to review this book and my opinion is freely given.

Jay Lawton lives in Sanctuary, one of the safe zones created after fallout destroyed most of the livable areas on the planet. At the age of 18, teenagers are tested by a machine that gives them either career chances within their community or will banish them to the harsh conditions outside. Shortly before his testing, Jay finds out something about the adults in the colony that completely changes his perspective. In a fight for his future, will Jay and his friends have the life they thought possible?

The Lying Planet has a good twist that changes the course of the book, giving it a more science fiction feel. The book reads more like a B sci-fi film, with the cheesy aspects and action sequences that make movies of the genre fun. Although the plot was not all that intricate and the character development not too in-depth, I enjoyed reading The Lying Planet. Readers who like serious science fiction may not find the book to their liking, but those who like a lighter version may enjoy it.

Once again this is one of the books I have on my kindle app for forever and I hate that I haven't read this earlier. Damn it.

I don't know what exactly I expected when I requested and much much later started reading the book, but it sure as hell wasn't what I actually got in the end. AND I LOVED IT.

I loved the writing, I loved the whole story and I LOVED the characters.

It was so easy to get into, I didn't have any problems understanding the world this was set in, nor did I ever feel overwhelmed by informations on how life on this planet worked.

The story itself was just plain crazy. The truth about the testing and the life of the adults in the colony was just disturbing. I mean with stories like this, there is always something wrong in the way the world was viewed until someone stumbles upon the truth and tries to make things right again. But still, I didn't expect things to be that insane.
I loved it, though.

I loved the characters. not just the main character. Even the kids that seemed kinda shady in the beginning, turned into characters that I really liked and really cared about. Peyton stole my heart. It is always like this, I don't know what it is about sidecharacters like her, that suck me in right from the beginning. But I truly loved her and I really loved her relationship with Jay. They just gave me all the feels. Also talking about feels, the family feels I got about Jay and his sisters where just too much. I loved their moments so much.

Overall I really recommend this book. It's really sci fi heavy but never to a point where you feel like you need a degree to understand what the heck is going on. And the whole book is just one hell of a crazy roller coaster ride.

Carol Riggs is such a talented and wonderful author, and her work shines through again in this masterpiece! After reading the Body Institute, I was super excited to read this book, and was perfectly delighted by the science fiction side of this novel, as well.