Perfect Lies (Mind Games Series #2)

by Kiersten White

Overview

Perfect for fans of We Were Liars, here is the thrilling sequel to Mind Games, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken.

This explosive sequel to Mind Games, which New York Times bestselling author Holly Black called "a brutal, exciting gem of a book," is a lightning-fast, wickedly smart tale of two sisters trapped in a web of deceit.

For years, Annie and Fia have been in an endless battle for survival against the Keane Foundation. Now the sisters have found allies who can help them escape. But Annie's visions of the future and Fia's flawless instincts can't always tell them who to trust.

The sisters can only rely on each other—and even their extraordinary gifts may not be enough to save them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062135865
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	02/18/2014
Series:	Mind Games Series , #2
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	309,575
File size:	811 KB
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Kiersten White is the New York Times bestselling author of the Paranormalcy trilogy, The Chaos of Stars, and the psychological thrillers Mind Games and Perfect Lies. She has neither magic nor a pet bird, but wants both. Kiersten lives with her family in San Diego, California.

Editorial Reviews

Suspenseful and smart.” — Booklist

“White makes skillful use of temporal shifts in constructing her suspenseful plot.” — Kirkus Reviews

“White offers readers many strong female characters to idolize or with whom to identify.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

From the Publisher

Suspenseful and smart.

Booklist

White offers readers many strong female characters to idolize or with whom to identify.

Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

Suspenseful and smart.

Booklist

2013-11-20
Fia's freed her sister, Annie, from the sinister Keane organization but at a high price: severing contact between them to maintain the fiction that Annie's dead (Mind Games, 2013). Competing demands and desires further rend Fia's tattered psyche: recruiting girls with paranormal abilities to be shaped by the Keane School while plotting its destruction and protecting the vulnerable--especially Annie, who's blind. Without her sister to rely on, Fia grows increasingly dependent on James, who's got issues of his own. Meanwhile, Annie can't enjoy the freedom for which her sister sacrificed herself, not when her own visions point to a calamitous future. Always the more stable of the sisters, Annie's equally determined to protect the vulnerable, including Fia, a task complicated by romantic entanglements and the choices they entail. The sisters' alternating narration helps to modulate the tension, balancing Fia's jittery, violent persona with Annie's focused, levelheaded one. Fia's emotional extremes verge on tiresome without quite crossing the line. White avoids sequel padding, keeping her tale lean and streamlined, and again makes skillful use of temporal shifts (readers are wise to keep track of dates and times) in constructing her suspenseful plot. If the narrative (it's less a sequel than Mind Games' second half) doesn't explore new territory, there's plenty in its template to hold readers fast. (Paranormal romance. 13 & up)

Kirkus Reviews