Garden of Lies - Likewise Book Reviews

"A free loan from Kindle Lending Library, this was a riveting romance and all-around good novel. Halfway through I decided to look up the author, and discovered that she wrote many of the Sweet Valley High books. Being an AVID reader of SVH back in elementary/middle school, I was not surprised that this book had me so enthralled. It IS a lot like SVH, but for adult readers. Is it soap opera-ish? Yes. Is the plot unrealistic? Yes. (But not really any more so, than say, Dickens!) Are the characters interesting, 3-dimensional, and relatable? Yes! Something tells me when a man writes a novel like this, it gets termed "epic," and when a woman does it, it gets thrown into the "romance" pile and promptly forgotten about. This book spans many characters over many generations, is engaging, and addresses some pretty tough emotional issues. Overall, great read."