I was so worried that I’d be suffering through another cliche Breakfast Club cast of characters that fell flat, especially a story with so many. I read this not long after Seven Black Diamonds, which severely struggled with the multiple point of view switches in terms of character development. Told through all seven points of view, Seven Ways We Lie is a story of how each of us carry secrets that can threaten to destroy us until we let someone else in to help us carry the burden. Valentine, the genius everyone calls a freak, who avoids the social interaction he doesn’t understand.Īnd Juniper, the girl with everything, who is spiraling out of control because of the biggest secret of all. Matt, the stoner, who uses weed to escape the turmoil at home. Lucas, Claire’s ex and star athlete, who has to hide his sexuality in their incredibly conservative town.

Kat, Olivia’s twin sister, who shuts herself away with theater and video games, angry because of it.Ĭlaire, the president of every club in school, who overcompensates for her insecurities. Olivia, the girl that sleeps around, whose mother left her family and never looked back. Seven high school students, each with their own secrets and sins they hide from the world. From the book jacket of Seven Ways We Lie For the seven unlikely allies at the heart of it all, their ordinary-seeming lives result in extraordinary change. When that scandal bubbles over, and rumors of a teacher-student affair surface, everyone starts hunting for someone to blame. And like at every high school, each student has something to hide– from Kat, the thespian who conceals her trust issues on stage, to Valentine, the neurotic genius who’s planted the seed of a school scandal. It’s got the same cliques, the same prejudices, the same suspect cafeteria food. Paloma High School is ordinary by anyone’s standards.

Seven ways we lie by riley redgate