Book Review – Truth or Dare by Sophie McKenzie

Welcome welcome, as you can see I am catching up with a lot of reviews on my blog at the moment. This particular book got me out of a reading funk that I had been in for about 3 weeks. So let’s get straight onto the review shall we? But first here is a little bit more about the book.

Truth or Dare by Sophie McKenzie
Published by Simon and Schuster on March 31, 2022
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, UKYA
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When lies are everywhere, how far will you go for the truth? A tense eco-drama with an explosive twist from the million-copy selling author of Girl, Missing.

Fourteen-year-old Maya cannot believe she has to spend the summer with her grandmother, helping out at the family cosmetics firm. But things get much more exciting when she meets a community of activists who are campaigning against the dumping of chemical waste. Getting closer to one boy in particular, Bear, Maya is dared into joining one of their protest missions, but doesn't know that her grandmother's business is the target.  Someone has been lying about their environmentally-friendly products, and as danger threatens, Maya must uncover the truth or betray her family forever.

In this edge-of-your-seat drama exploring the line between truth and lies, join millions of readers in discovering bestselling teen thrillers from Sophie McKenzie.

'Sophie’s thrillers are in a league of their own – nobody does it better' Phil Earle, author of When the Sky Falls 

My Thoughts

CAWPILE – 8.14 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It’s been a while since I read a Sophie McKenzie book – the last one being Sweetfreak a good few years ago. Both times are when I have met Sophie as part of an author event I arranged at work. I think it’s about time I read more of her books, as I absolutely love them and they ALWAYS get me out of a reading slump.

I adore YA mysteries as every single one is always different and I love how much of page turner they always are. I never tire of them. When I picked up this book I had no expectations, no clue of the story but lets just say I found this to be a very unique and twisty YA thriller.

The main character Maya is basically stuck between a rock and hard place in this book. Her gran has given her a summer job within her business, her uncle has given her this big responsibility of marketing her own product which she is loving. Then she makes friends with a strange, maybe a little cute guy, Bare, who’s part of the eco group that dead set (pun intended) on bringing her Grandma’s business down for dumping chemical waste. I hated how she was telling lie upon lie even to protect her family but you know what they say, ‘you can run with a lie but you can’t hide from the truth’ and that’s exactly it! Lies will always catch you out eventually and all you wanted to know was how it will end for everyone!

I’ve always enjoyed Sophie’s writing and once again I thoroughly enjoyed this thrilling and riveting YA.

I would highly recommend and from watching and listening her author talk, I loved how her latest book is always her favourite and I really want to read Girl, Missing as well. Have you read that?

Thank you to Simon & Schuster for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review.