Do not miss out on E. Lockhart’s gripping novel, We Were Liars. The story begins with 17 year old Cadence, who spends the summer every year on her wealthy family’s private island on the coast of Massachusetts. She enjoys her summer with her cousins, the “liars,” and a boy who is a friend of the family. The group of them spend hours away from their mothers who are feuding over ownership of the property and inheritance of the wealth from their eccentric grandfather. However, one summer, the “summer of 15,” Cadence has severe head injury and cannot seem to remember how she got it or recall anything about that summer. When Cadence returns two years later, she is determined to figure out what happened that traumatic night? Why is the entire family so secretive and passive about it? This novel is full of clues and foreshadowing. The most compelling aspect is the suspense and the whimsical, unique writing style. Read to find out the beautiful yet deeply heart wrenching answers to the question of what actually happened that night?