Sara Shepard's The Lying Game
I read an article recently about novels not really getting technology right--no one texts, or checks Facebook compulsively, or is always on an iPhone. And that kind of currency/modern ethos is something Shepard has always done really well. Shepard--author of the Pretty Little Liars series, which is now one of my favorite guilty pleasure tv shows, as well as the excellent adult novel The Visibles--here starts a new YA series much in the vein of PLLs--ie, lots of rich bitchy girls, drama, and mysteries unfolding. With plenty of iPhone and Youtube references. Our story is narrated by a ghost who isn't sure how she died, but suddenly she's with a girl who looks just like her. Of course they're twins separated at birth, and the living twin of course ends up taking the dead one's place and must figure out what happened to her sister. Everyone is a suspect! Anyway, things are fairly exciting and the twins are interesting enough, but it does feel a bit like a retread of Pretty Little Liars. Still, if you're missing the fun of those books, this is one to check out.
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