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With the dawn of summer, it’s time to let those nostalgic summer memories to have a little fun.  Take a little trip to Camp Nightingale, guys.  It ain’t over ’til the crazy camper sings!

Reminiscent of a 90s slasher film, The Last Time I Lied was the perfect dose of thriller and mystery.  It took me a while to get into it, but it was a steady read.  I had to know what would happen!  I found out around 3 am.  Yes, this was a stay-up-all-night read.  Great for fans of A.J. Finn and B.A. Paris, this is psychological suspense at its most fun.

I’d like to announce that I pinpointed the suspect, but it’s only true because I thought virtually everyone was guilty.  My book has evidence of all the highlighted clues I tried to keep track of….everyone from the hired driver to the elderly camp matriarch.  Sager is the master of misdirection!  There were a few points when I almost stopped reading, and several threads really don’t get closed up, but in the end they’re unimportant.  Sager reveals just what’s needed at the right time.

The Last Time I Lied needs to be on your list if you loved Mean Girls, I Know What You Did Last Summer, or any kind of teen drama show.  I liked it even better than Final Girls!  The book contains profanity, sex scenes, and bullying incidents.  It’s all part of the story, though, and not too graphic. I’d let my teen daughter read this without a problem.

*Spoiler alert*  This isn’t exactly a spoiler, but just something to note….

I would have liked the story even better if I hadn’t read page 370 — the very last page!  It makes me feel guilty to admit that, but it would have been a delicious ending at just the final words of page 369.

Do you plan to read The Last Time I Lied?

Thanks to Penguin Random House for providing me with this book.