We Were Liars

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Published May 13, 2014

About the Book:

A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.
 
We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. 

Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.

My Thoughts:

I absolutely loved this book.  It may be the most beautifully written book I've read in a long time.  I'm really kind with my star ratings on Goodreads generally, and I give many books 4-5 stars as long as they keep me interested and I enjoy reading them.  This is one that truly deserves the highest accolades available.  

There are a couple lines from it that describe well what this book did to me:

"My head and shoulders melted first, followed by my hips and knees.  Before long I was a puddle...I was pure liquid loss..."

I was a bit of a wreck after finishing this book, and I was stuck on an airplane where I had to silently sob over it.  My crying, despite my efforts, wasn't quiet enough to avoid waking my sleeping husband in the seat next to me.  I can't say much more as I don't want to give anything away about it, but this is a must read, so get to it!