Review: DISAPPOINTING 2.5 stars
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2013
I was so close to DNFing it and the only reason I didn't was because I loved Ten Tiny Breaths, it is one of my favorite NA's to date and I really wanted to give it's companion an honest try. Also, Livie was a doll in Ten Tiny Breaths, I adore girls like her, so naturally I couldn't resist her story. Ugh! I can't believe how long I waited for this book and how bad it turned out to be. Plus, wrong on so many levels. One Tiny Lie was a pathetic read and it made by head hurt. I think it's better for me to do a list review instead of the usual.Things I loved1. Twin 6 years old boys undergoing leukemia treatment. Livie is a pre-med student and volunteers at a hospital where she plays with Eric and Derek every week. Oh My God, I loved these little boys! They were adorable and so mature for their age. Their scenes made me smile and cry at the same time. Loved loved loved them!2. Livie's college roommate, Reagen. She was a fun, party girl and kept the story entertaining.3. Ashton, Livie's love interest. He was douche in the beginning, but after a while I got use to his personality and started liking him a lot. He was a manwhore from the outside but a closed up guy with dark background on the inside. Livie brought out the good in him, but the minute I started loving him, he made the worst mistake possible and simply f***ed it up. Ashton is basically in the love-hate section.Things I dislike hated1. The transformation in Livie's personality. Within few weeks of college, Livie turned from a straight A, studious, goal oriented, focused girl to someone who likes to party, doesn't study enough, is not getting good grades, is more interested in a guy than anything and just somebody I couldn't recognize anymore. I loved the angel sister I met in Ten Tiny Breaths and I couldn't find her in this book. I'm not saying that her transformation was impossible, but few weeks or even few months is not enough time period to change someone's direction in life. Give it a year and I would've believed it. Even the things she did and the way she acted was utterly ridiculous, I couldn't picture Livie acting that way at all and that is probably the main reason I disliked One Tiny Lie. This book made me hate Livie.2. The love triangle or should I say the cheating mess. I don't even get why it was needed, the whole triangle was pointless and added nothing to the story but unnecessary complications. Connor, the second guy, was a sort of third wheel in the story. He's the one dating Livie but the funny thing is we never saw them together except one or two incidents. Useless!3. The love triangle brings me to cheating. Do you know how much I hate cheating? I gave one star to Thoughtless because I couldn't stand cheating of any sort. In One Tiny Lie, it's not just one person doing it, BOTH of them are lying and pretending in front of everybody and I hated Livie even more for that. It doesn't matter how sad or terrible Ashton's story was, what they did was wrong!4. Dr. Stayner. I didn't hate him but he was too much in this story and I was getting so bored/pissed off with his interruptions. Cut his scenes or something. On a side note, I think he's either a magician or a genie with the way he solves everyone's problems in an instant. Go Dr. Stayner!5.  The ending. Everything resolved within few pages and I was left wondering what the hell just happened. It was extremely rushed and I felt like the ending was created on a whim just to wrap up the story. It didn't flow naturally or felt genuine in any way. There was a very happy epilogue, but it didn't made me emotional or anything like the one in Ten Tiny Breaths did.All in all, One Tiny Lie was not what I expected, it didn't make my heart race or made me feel all the feels. Not even the romance made me swoon and this is coming from a hopeless romantic. Everything felt so wrong. I would recommend you to read Ten Tiny Breaths first and if you're curious about Livie's story, then only give One Tiny Lie a try. Otherwise, I'd skip over it.