One of the best books of 2021!

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Dark and Shallow Lies is one of my favorite reads of 2021. If this isn’t on your radar it really should be. It was dark, atmospheric, eerie, and full of amazing characters. This is the perfect book for fall and you can’t convince me otherwise. I can’t believe that this is a debut because from the very first page I was intrigued and couldn’t stop reading. The setting is what really had me hooked, the author wrote such vivid descriptions of La Cachette, Louisiana that it felt like I was there and could picture exactly what this town of 106 living souls looked like. A town that is forgotten about when it isn’t tourist season, a town full of secrets, a town where murders go unnoticed.

Grey, the main character spends every summer in La Cachette with her grandmother and her best friend Elora. This summer is different though, Elora has been missing for six months and no one knows what happened. She disappeared into thin air and was never seen again. La Cachette is home to a lot of psychics, but not a single one has a clue what happened to Elora. Grey is spending the summer figuring out where her best friend; her twin flame went, but it seems like everyone knows a secret or two in La Cachette and they don’t want to be uncovered. Not to mention the boy in the storm with the icy blue eyes that Grey has never seen before this summer. Does he have something to do with Elora missing?

I fell head over heels in love with Dark and Shallow lies. The small town vibes, the mysterious characters full of secrets, and the hint of something supernatural. I was guessing until the end what was going on and even when I thought I had solved the mystery, I realized I was so far off. I loved how atmospheric this entire book was, the writing was perfection and had me captivated from the start. Dark and Shallow lies is full of secrets, betrayal, and lies.

I can’t recommend this book enough!