Every Single Lie | ARC Review

My Review: 3.5/5 Stars

Title: Every Single Lie

Author: Rachel Vincent

Format: eBook (NetGalley)

Pages: 352

Publication Date: 1/21/21

Publisher: Bloomsbury YA

Categories: Contemporary, Young Adult, Mystery, Cyberbullying, Mental Health, Teenage Pregnancy

Disclaimer: *I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.**

In this gripping YA novel about social media bullying and half-truths, one girl’s discovery of a dead baby in her high school locker room rocks an entire community. 

Nobody in Beckett’s life seems to be telling the whole story. Her boyfriend Jake keeps hiding texts and might be cheating on her. Her father lied about losing his job before his shocking death. And everyone in school seems to be whispering about her and her family behind her back. 

But none of that compares to the day Beckett finds the body of a newborn baby in a gym bag-Jake’s gym bag -on the floor of her high school locker room. As word leaks out, rumors that Beckett’s the mother take off like wildfire in a town all too ready to believe the worst of her. And as the police investigation unfolds, she discovers that everyone has a secret to hide and the truth could alter everything she thought she knew. 

My Attention: read in two days

World Building: small town

Writing Style: easy to read

Crazy in Love: no, there is a troubled relationship but this is not a romance book

Creativity: A mystery that kept me guessing!

Triggers: suicide, drug use, cyberbullying, bullying, teen pregnancy, grief

My Takeaway: The truth can be shocking.

• I like how raw this story is. Beckett finds a dead baby in the locker room and all evidence point to her. She hasn’t had an easy life, her dad just died from suicide – he was a veteran dealing with an injury and PTSD and had a drug problem because of it. Her mom is a cop, and unbeknownst to Beckett there has been talk about her family in town.
• It is a mystery and one that was intriguing to solve. The story of a dead baby is already sad, but the conclusion just takes it to another level. It’s shocking and unexpected.
• Cyberbullying and bullying in general happens in this book – all of it towards Beck because she’s suspected of being the baby’s mother. The press hounds her, the town and kids at school talk about her, crucifying her for supposed choices she’s made and tying all her family history into it as well. It was ugly. But the issue of women’s reproductive rights does get some
• Beck’s father is a veteran who was injured in Afghanistan. I like how this story touched on PTSD and drug abuse. All of these are heavy topics but important topics.

• Beck is clearly a girl going through a lot of emotions. She lost her dad, her mom is always at work and she’s also going through a breakup with her boyfriend. Finding the dead baby was the tipping point for her, but personality wise, she doesn’t come off as someone likable – I didn’t really connect to her character, but the mystery kept me reading.
• The reveal is a shocker, a very sad one. For me it showed how everyone in Beck’s family was in their own grief and didn’t see what was going on in front of them.

I got sucked into Beck’s family history, the tragedy of her father’s death and how their family tried to cope with it’s aftermath. I think this book brings up many different issues that should be discussed like mental health, grief and teenage pregnancy or just women’s reproductive rights in general. Overall, this story was a mystery that kept me hooked and wanting to find out who was the mother and father of the baby that was found in the locker room.

💜 ~ Yolanda