The Secrets We Keep

I don't know why exactly, but stories that involve twins always intrigue me. The whole growing up with a lookalike deal sounds just really cool to me. Though I imagine it has its ups and downs >.< But this is what initially caught my attention with this book. Then the whole taking-over-her-sister's-......more

Where do I begin with such an incredible YA contemporary novel by the ever-so-talented novelist, Trisha Leaver? Emotional honesty, I suppose. It abounds in every raw, evocative and gripping scene that adds up to a page-turning story that brims with shoes about to drop and questions that make teens c......more

I have been basically bugging everyone to read this book for a long time. I read it more than six months ago, but it still is with me today, which says a lot, because I often forget books weeks later, nevermind months. I plan on buying this book when it comes out for sure, because I really enjoyed i......more

As identical twins, Ella and Maddy were as close as you can get, but when they entered high school, things drastically changed… Maddy drifted to the popular crowd and didn’t exactly welcome Ella to join her. Ella was okay with this, and instead focused on her art and her close friendships instead. B......more

While I do not have a sister, the idea of giving up one’s whole existence for the sake of another is both poignant and painful to absorb. In The Secrets We Keep, readers travel through Ella Lawton’s life – that of a semi-outcast whose popular twin sister, Maddy, has cast her aside for the sake of th......more