Author: Andrea Aten
Age group: YA
Genre: contemporary fantasy
Word count: 71,000
250 word blurb:
For
16-year-old Dylan Lord, lying wasn’t a problem until Jack walked into her life.
Now lying can be deadly.
Each lie
Dylan tells and every lie she hears causes her physical pain. The bigger the lie
means a larger cut will appear on her body, but she isn’t the only one getting
hurt. Jack has the same exact cuts. And even though he is there to teach her to
tell and find the truth, there’s a problem. They aren’t being completely honest
with each other.
An
innocent “I’m fine,” shatters her world. As a gash rips open across her
stomach, she knows immediately nothing is fine. One look at Jack tells her he
knows it too. And there’s more at stake than one lie. Feeders, people who
specialize in spreading lies, are in town with the sole purpose of stopping
Dylan from becoming a full-fledged Fide. They will go to any length win. From
messing with her feelings for Jack, to destroying her family, nothing is out of
bounds when it comes to stopping Dylan from finding the truth.
Dylan can’t
cope with this. She doesn’t want to be a walking lie detector, but she has to try.
Not all lies can be covered with Band-Aids. The lies she hasn’t
healed are spreading towards her heart, and she can see she’s not the only one
suffering. Jack’s in pain as well. If she doesn’t hear the truth soon, she won’t be the only
one who dies.
