3.5 LOL stars! Kody Keplinger is an author I turn to whenever I don't know what to read. She has such a great voice as an author, laced with wit and humor and I always enjoy her books. Lying Out Loud was a fun read, but not my favorite by her. Not because of the writing, but I'll get to that in a bit.Lying Out Loud is the story of teenage girl Sonny who is a compulsive liar. It's been a kind of survival technique for most of her life when avoiding the bigger issues. Now as a senior in high scho

Oh my gosh, another favourite! I actually haven't cried in that many books, maybe only one actually but towards the end of this one I couldn't fight the tears. At first you think Sonny is just a lier to get her own way or avoid situations but then you see how it started and why she does it and you feel sorry for her and all the heart break she went through. and of course theres romance! LOVED this book.

Initial thoughts:1. Sonny was a great character I could identify with apart from that lying thing..2. The cameo apperances from Bianca and Wesley were amazing!3. I loved the friendship between Sonny and Amy.4. The writing was great and I want more of Hamilton High!!5. Great story with an important lesson.Check out my full review on my blog!

Yessss THE DUFF's companion novel :) I love the male POC character on the cover

Sonny is a liar and a relatively unlikable character. The reader shouldn’t care about her story or become quickly invested, but I was intrigued. The tug was inexplicable, yet unavoidable—I just knew that there had to be something deep driving the deceit.Her father incarcerated and her maternal parental unit unaccounted for, it is easy to be empathetic….up to a point; but the level—constant layering of lies— becomes incomprehensible. I wanted to reach into the pages to shake someone, while almost...

A BIG FYEAH FOR THIS BOOK! OOOMG!A COMPANION NOVEL of the D-U-F-F whichMEANS MORE WESLEY AND BIANCA!but i think it would be amazing if Amy is the main character..well, as long as the above two mentions are there i can now be happy!

OOOOOOOH I ACTUALLY LOVED THIS! I've been meaning to read this for a long time, but I never got around to it. I'm glad I finally did!As someone who values authenticity and honesty, I knew this book could be something I either love or despise. I was seriously hoping that I wouldn't read about a shallow character who never improves, but I knew from The Duff that Kody Keplinger is great with character development, which is why I went into this book not too scared. I didn't really understand Sonny'

3-1/2 stars, but I'm rounding up because Wesley Rush.A modified version of this review also appears on Swoony Boys Podcast.If you know me at all, you know that I love Kody Keplinger lots, and the The DUFF (and Wesley Rush) will always have a special place in my heart. It's the first book I picked up when I started reading books (instead of thousands of fics) again, and I love it still. Though all of her YA books have a connection to The DUFF, Lying Out Loud is the only one that is labeled as a c...

I really loved this story, I'm a big fan of the DUFF so I knew I was going to like this book however sometimes the lies that Sonny told could get a little annoying. I loved that characters from the DUFF were in this novel and we got to know what they were up to. I also love how Kody Keplinger always has morals to her stories and makes her characters relatable in some ways.

Am I the only one who isn't a huge fan of these books? I thought this would be better than the Duff, I mean I wasn't into the Duff but it was okay. But I had high hopes that I would like this book and unfortunately, I didn't. Even though it was fast-paced and I finished it right away, I didn't like it. There are so many people that loves these books but I don't, I guess books aren't for everyone and this is how I feel. Sonya is a teenager who tends to lie about everything and one of the main th

Yayyy I got an arc :)) I loved The Duff and I'm so excited to read this book :D ** ARC provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review **

Let's play Two Lies and the Truth.Lying Out Loud was...✕ A pleasant heart-warming read.✕ Better than The DUFF.✔ A fast-paced contemporary novel that I couldn't stand.The book...✕ Was bad from the very beginning.✕ Had a fantastic beginning and everything else sucked.✔ Had a good beginning after which it slowly lost the charm.The protagonist Sonny was...✕ Complex, interesting and smart.✕ A fantastic liar.✔ A girl who constantly bragged about her lying skills, despite having awful excuses that peop...

I mean, after all that suffering I had to go through for 300 pages, you'd think we'd get a better ending!This was just horrible. I can't believe I wasted precious time on this. It was boring and dragged from the very beginning. The characters were immature and flat. Completely lifeless writing with an unmemorable plot. I'm going for a very summarized review cause I got better shit to do than review a book this irritating, like chores or something equally painful. ➲ Sonny: aka the worst effin fr

Yet again, another Kody Keplinger book I loved! (I really loved that she included characters from Shut Out and The Duff! I may or may not have fangirled....ALOT!)

Unfortunately,I'll have to mark this one as a DNF.I loved The Duff but when it comes to this book,I just couldn't connect with the main character.I hate liars so maybe I made a stupid decision when I got this book even though the title and the synopsis suggest that for the main character Sonny lying is the same as breathing.But I didn't know that she would be lying all the time.Even to her best friend.And the whole stupid plan of her making Amy seem bad so that Ryder would actually like Sonny wa...

Lying Out Loud was a really quick and easy read - perfect for a holiday read. Though I can't remember much of The DUFF, other than what was in the movie that I recently saw, I really enjoyed seeing Wesley and Bianca again.Our main character, Sonny, is a natural liar. Pretty much everything she says has some form of lie in it, and this causes major problems. Her best friend, Amy, is Wesley's younger sister, who we met in The DUFF. They've been besties since forever, and Sonny is now living at the...

Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/When I read The D.U.F.F. earlier this year I was so pleasantly surprised. Not only did I find it to break the mold of typical high school YA reads, I was also amazed that it was produced by a 17 year old girl. Dear Erica, Sadly, while I thought The D.U.F.F. was pretty much brilliant, the same can’t be said this time around. In fact, if I had to guess – I’d think this was the one written by a kid.Lying Out Loud is the story of Sonny

Sonny and Amy are best friends. When Sonny is kicked out of her house, she moves in with the Rushes, sharing a room with Amy. Sonny uses Amy’s phone and laptop, and accidently chats with a guy from school online . . . who likes Amy. Realising her mistake, Sonny sets out to tell the truth (something she has a hard time with), but after sharing more than she intended, and on more than one occasion, the idea of telling Ryder that he was talking to her and not to Amy gets increasingly awkward. Sonny...

I LOVED The Duff, Shut Out, and A Midsummer's Nightmare. Was totally stoked that all the previous couples made little cameos and that Wesley especially was around to give advice! Sonny and Amy(Wesley's sister) have been BFFs since before they can remember. Amy is the sweet, quiet, reserved one where Sonny is more out going. And also a big fat liar. Sonny excels at it actually. She also uses it to protect herself. Not allow anyone to get too close because her family has always let her down. No on...

SpoilersStarted off really enjoying this, the main character's POV was light and entertaining in a fun, snarky kind of way. Unfortunately, it started to go downhill after the heroine became super obsessed with some douchey, pretentious guy who despised her. Her ridiculous obsession with the love interest was frustrating and tiresome to read.-The romance was fucking AWFUL, mainly because it turned the heroine (Sonny) into an unlikeable, hormonal twit. It didn't help that Sonny's love interest (Ry...