After kissing her best friend's ex-boyfriend, Kass is in a bid to make things up to her. So when Thea announces that she's sent in applications for them both to be on a new reality show, Kass feels she had no choice but to go with it. The premis of the show is Big Brother meets The Traitors, and the 10 contestants have to play against each other to route out the 2 Agents in order to win the money.
Thea is successful in her audition but Kass doesn't make the final cut. However, when Kass and Lewis accompany Thea to the studio, they discover that one of the contestants had been taken seriously ill due to their shellfish allergy. Cue Kass who is drafted in at the last minute to become the final contestant.
From the beginning, contestants are reminded to trust no-one and, as the game begins, contestants are quick to start sizing each other up. It doesn't take long though for things to take a sinister turn and when contestants begin to actually die, the game becomes a fight for survival. But who is behind the killings? Why do they want the contestants dead? Can anybody in the game really be trusted?
Kass is your typical teenager, trying to navigate friendships and relationships. Having slipped up and kissed Thea's ex, she is desperate to make things up to her and prove she is a good friend. It's for this reason that she goes along with the reality show audition, despite her reservations, and it's their friend Lewis who helps her through it. It's clear that Kass feels like she isn't as good as the others, and even feels that she isn't as shiny as Thea. From the start, she feels wrong-footed but her ability to know when somebody is lying is something she feels will help her in the game.
Lie Or Die is a truly gripping read. As the popularity of reality shows continues to rise, the plot of the book is something that readers will certainly be able to relate to (perhaps not in first hand experience, but certainly in their understanding of the show). It isn't long before the show takes a deadly and dramatic turn and whilst the contestants don't fully realize the situation to begin with, readers will and it helps to add to the tension.
What unfolds is a nail-biting fight for survival, one that will have readers on the edge of their seat and unable to put the book down. On top of the threat of death, the contestants cannot rule out their fellow contestants which just enhances the tension.
Publishing on the 7th March, Lie Or Die is a darkly addictive and compelling YA read that is perfect for fans of The Traitors and Big Brother.
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