Review: AMAZING!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2014
I am a huge fan of Charles Sheehan Miles. His Thompson Sisters trilogy sucked me into this totally dysfunctional family and his follow up series Rachel’s Peril is a complete roller coaster of events. The first book in the series Girl of Rage set the tone and began a fast paced series of events that changed everything you thought you knew about this family. Girl of Lies continues in the same vein, exposing characters stories little by little until your impressions are flipped on their heads.The story follows numerous paths, weaving each character’s story together into a brilliant tapestry of events. Andrea and Carrie are learning the secrets of their parentage, ultimately discovering who their real father is. The other sisters are also traumatized by the many secrets uncovered. Their father, Richard Thompson, is not the man any of them thought he was. And their mother, Adelina, is not the woman they all believed her to be. Her moods, her behaviours, her distance, is somewhat explained by details kept hidden by both their parents.I was never a huge fan of Adelina. She wasn’t given much of the story previously, only that her behaviour and attitude was the cause of many of the girls issues through their lives. She wasn’t a likeable woman. Now, this book gives us her story so we, as well as the sisters, are all finding out the truth. She is much more sympathetic. I’m waiting to see how Richard is painted. To me, he was a distant father figure but not inherently bad. Now I am questioning all of my impressions.This book is another example of fantastic writing and a tight, rapid fire plot. All the dribbles given in the previous books are linking up so it makes sense. I can’t wait for the third book in the series to be released but I’m also dreading it because it will mean an end to characters I have thoroughly enjoyed learning about and living with.5 stars!