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Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog! How are you all? I hope well! My exams are officially done and now I can finally rest again and read some books.

Today I’m back with a review for you guys. The author is definitely not new to me as I already read two other books by her. You can find both of these reviews linked down below.

And now without further ado, let’s start with this post.

Goodreads Synopsis:

Julia and Charley may come from two completely different worlds, but they’ve been called the same names all their lives.

Psycho. Liar. Witch.

It’s the price of being a supernaturally gifted female in sexist, narrow-minded 1971. Until they’re invited to join the Stanford Research Institute.

There, a team of scientists are conducting experiments on people like them—people with the ability to tell the future, read minds, move objects without lifting a finger.

At first, the institute seems like a safe haven. For the first time, Julia and Charley are not alone. Surrounded by others with powers like theirs, they finally make real friends.

But as the experiments become darker and more dangerous, and the test subjects’ lives are increasingly at risk, the two girls must work together to unveil the truth behind the scientists’ experiments—and the extraordinary lies they’ve been told to keep them in the dark.

Set in San Francisco during the Cold War, Extraordinary Lies is a page-turner mystery perfect for fans of Stranger Things, Lauren Oliver and Leigh Bardugo.

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Title – Extraordinary Lies
Author – Jennifer Alsever
Publisher – Sawatch Publishing
Series – Standalone
Genre – Historical Fiction, Paranormal, Young Adult
Release date – March 24th, 2020

Trigger Warning – Abuse, Violence
Language – English
Edition – ebook*
Pages – 406

As I’ve already mentioned above, I already read two books of Alsever before Extraordinary Lies and loved both of these. So it was no surprise that I agreed to review her latest book.

I have to say Extraordinary Lies was as mysterious as Ember Burning and I quite enjoyed the paranormal activity. We follow a few characters throughout the book but mainly Julia and Charley. Two girls that grew up in different ways, different families and a different lifestyle. However, some things unite them. Their power. Both girls are sent to a university so that they can be tested. And from there on their adventure starts. I’m not going to say more because you need to read the book to find out what is going to happen to our main characters.

I loved her writing style again! It was perfect and easy to read. The storyline is unique and something that I haven’t read often or should I say, something I never read up to now? I liked reading the thoughts of Charley and Julia and I loved getting to know them more during the whole reading journey. The chapters were short and it was easy to fly through them. Most of the time I was so absorbed by the book that I didn’t pay attention to anything else.

The only thing that didn’t work for me was the fact that I found it to be a bit too short-paced for my liking. I had to force myself through some passages but that’s only my personal opinion.

Overall, if you want to read something unique and you liked the author’s previous books then I suggest you give Extraordinary Lies a try.

Amazon.com – Kindle – $7.33

And that’s it for this review! Did you manage to read it already? If so did you like it? The audiobook also comes out in the first week of July, so I highly recommend you to check it out if you prefer to listen to a book.

My Review of Ember Burning

My Review of Oshun Rising

*A copy of this book was sent to me in exchange for a review. All thoughts are my own!