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It's Thursday Quotables today! Thursday Quotables is all about sharing a favorite quote, line, or passage from your reading
each week. You know it's a good read when you come across a bunch of memorable quotes!
There were so many great quotes to choose from. But I settled on a quote that I think really showcased Julep's character...
'I can't say I have much personal experience with conscience. I wasn't born with that particular cricket on my shoulder. But people who believe in conscience seem to think it has something to do with compassion. And it could, I suppose, if you tilt your head and squint at it in just the right light.
The truth is, conscience exists because everyone has something in their past they're not proud of. And if you're smart enough to use that to your advantage, you can stay one step ahead of the consequences. Any good con man with the right kind of rope can hang an entire mob.'
Reading from the POV of a character without a conscience is sure to be quite the adventure! Julep's character voice resonates clearly, engaging the reader fully from the very first page. I'm excited to read further into what is sure to be a great book.
What did you think of this quote? Have you read Trust Me, I'm Lying, or do you plan to?
Let me know your thoughts below!
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About this book:
'Fans of Ally Carter, especially her Heist Society readers,
will love this teen mystery/thriller with sarcastic wit, a hint of romance, and
Ocean’s Eleven–inspired action.
Julep Dupree tells lies. A lot of them. She’s a con artist,
a master of disguise, and a sophomore at Chicago’s swanky St. Agatha High,
where her father, an old-school grifter with a weakness for the ponies, sends
her to so she can learn to mingle with the upper crust.
For extra spending
money Julep doesn’t rely on her dad—she runs petty scams for her classmates
while dodging the dean of students and maintaining an A+ (okay, A-) average.
But when she comes home one day to a ransacked apartment and
her father gone, Julep’s carefully laid plans for an expenses-paid golden
ticket to Yale start to unravel. Even with help from St. Agatha’s resident
Prince Charming, Tyler Richland, and her loyal hacker sidekick, Sam, Julep struggles
to trace her dad’s trail of clues through a maze of creepy stalkers, hit
attempts, family secrets, and worse, the threat of foster care.
With everything
she has at stake, Julep’s in way over her head . . . but that’s not going to
stop her from using every trick in the book to find her dad before his mark
finds her.
Because that would be criminal.' (x)
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