Make Me a Liar

by Melissa Landers

Overview

Caught red handed, for a crime she didn't commit.Within the secret circles of Harvey Davis High School, everyone knows Tia Dante is worth her weight in hall passes. Using her genetic gift of transferable consciousness, she can slip inside your mind and do your dirty work—humiliate your cheating boyfriend, bring a bully to his knees, tell your boss where to stick it—and then return your body with no one the wiser. No task is too awkward, and unlike the competition, she takes care of business without peeking at your goods. But while Tia is occupied during a routine payback mission, someone uses her body for a few dirty deeds of their own…like murdering the town prosecutor. With the crime caught on camera and no concrete alibi, Tia is forced to ask her infuriatingly gorgeous ex—Nash Brock--to help unravel the mystery. The heat is on, in more ways than one, and a few stray bullets later, Tia is in a frantic race against the clock to find the killer before they find her.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781368101219
Publisher:	Disney Hyperion Digital
Publication date:	12/05/2023
Sold by:	DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE -EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Melissa Landers
Melissa Landers is a former teacher who left the classroom to pursue other worlds. A proud sci-fi geek, she isn't afraid to wear her Princess Leia costume in public--just ask her embarrassed kids. She lives outside Cincinnati in the small town of Milford Ohio, where she writes romantic space adventures for teens and the young at heart.

Editorial Reviews

2023-09-09
Body-swapping can be a neat side hustle—until it gets you framed for murder.

With consent, 17-year-old Tia Dante can head-hop, or take over another person’s body, leaving her own temporarily uninhabited. Tia makes good money as an immersionist, using her power to carry out her clients’ nerve-wracking errands, like breaking up, coming out, or fighting back against bullies. For Tia, it’s all fun, games, and escaping her many food allergies until someone steals her own body and uses it to kill a district attorney. In Tia’s subsequent quest to clear her name, her cheeky one-liners (“Pies before guys,” “Deal with it like a normal person and day drink”) give the brisk narration a Veronica Mars–like appeal. While there is some mention of serious contemporary issues like criminal injustice, child abuse, and eating disorders, the story omits deeper systemic observations. Although Tia’s afraid of the treatment she might receive as a member of a supernatural minority, in the end, her interactions with the police do not bear these fears out. A brief, charged flirtation with Blade Romanovitch, the son of a prominent Russian gangster, teases further danger but doesn’t add much to the story. The murder case often takes a back seat to the second-chance romance between Tia and her ex-boyfriend, Nash Brock, but this storyline does provide a sweet coda. Most characters read white; Nash has dark skin.

A satisfactorily escapist page-turner enhanced by its sarcastic humor. (Paranormal thriller. 13-18)

Kirkus Reviews