Do you want a fast, easy and quick read? Sarcastic characters mixed in with the lovable “I can’t do anything wrong because I will get a rash if I do” personalities? Family dramas and already familiar characters from “The Duff”? Did you love “The Duff”? Then this book is for you.

What made this book for me are the completely different characters and their backstories. Nobody is really perfect, nobody is what they seem –at least not exactly. I enjoy that you get to know the characters the more you read, and that you get a better understanding of them and why they behave the way they do the more you read.

And while most of this book is quite enjoyable there are aspects of it that I did not like – at all to be honest.

The first and most important one for me is the rather compulsion behavior of the main girl, Sonny: the lying. Yes I know the book title is “Lying out Loud” but really, that does not mean that the character should feel the need to lie… well just about everything and then get a bit defensive when she does tell the truth and people don’t fall all over themselves believing her.

For many situations I just did not understand why she saw the need to lie instead of just tell the truth. Or why so many people just took her lies, accepted them as the truth and never questioned what she said. Or how fast many of the characters overlooked all her lies and accepted her back without a problem.

I know that Sonny does not has the easiest live. And I understand the lies to some extent. I just found it very unrealistic that she lied to her best friend –more or less constantly at some point- or that she thought that lying was easier then just telling what really happens.

Also, I have to say that I found the “love-story” unrealistic. How many people fall in love with a person that they say they hated before after a handful conversation –actually after the first chat really- especially if they notice that the person they fall in love with thinks that you are someone else. And if you really in love with that, why make it all complicated and lie about every single thing, instead of just coming out and saying what really happened?

Am I to practical? Am I a person that is to honest and I don’t understand how someone can think that lying is easier then just telling the truth? Maybe.

I just found the way Sonny treated the people around her rather brutal in some ways, and the complete and utter extremes of the lies were just too much for me to truly enjoy and love this book.

Still if you are not someone that reads this type of book to get a fast relationship, read about cute friendships and loves a bit overdone drama? Perfect. This book will give it to you. It is a quick and easy read, and the sarcastic comments and snarky replies Sonny dishes out are really something that pushes this book up to an enjoyable level.

It is a good book, for people who are looking for a quick and easy read and want something fun and something that they don’t have to think about while reading or after finishing the book. Just don’t go into this book expecting groundbreaking new material and completely different story from “The Duff”.

Still if you love Keplinger, if you love “The Duff”, or if you just want a quick read, try this and see if it is too your liking. You mind find a book that offers you something new.

I received this book through NetGalley in exchange for a honest review.
This review was also posted on Amazon.com.