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First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

brittsletterbit's review

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emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

jtngu8's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

lcordell's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

shinarad's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

emily__johanson's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

stmurphy's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

gmsenator's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

megareads42's review against another edition

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4.0

Had a really good time with this one. I'd say it's more of a con artist book than a straight thriller, but I love a good con. Sometimes I dislike the whole 'here you are in the middle of everything, figure it out' but I thought it was carried out pretty smoothly here. I also enjoyed all of the flashbacks to the main character's previous jobs and how all of those were tied together in her long con to go after her boss. Was it a little light on detail as to how she became this amazing, bad-ass thief? Sure it was. Would've loved a good training montage. But overall I found it super compelling and had a great time with it. I'd read more by this author.

aehank's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

starthrower7's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love this book! The story is full of twists and turns. The reader is only given pieces of the story at a time and I love all of the little details. I like that it’s set in several different places in the south. I love the characters. The ending was awesome and was very different from what I expected. I would like to see this as a movie if done by the correct people.