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    Half Truths
    Half Truths
    Half Truths
    Audiobook10 hours

    Half Truths

    Written by Claire Contreras

    Narrated by Aaron Shedlock and Stacey Glemboski

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    You’ve heard of these groups – the secretive ones that only the crème de la crème are invited into, the ones outsiders speculate about for centuries – I’m the second in my family invited to attend, but to them, I’m fresh meat. New blood. New money, too.

    They think they’ll elbow past me, that I’m here for their amusement, for them to walk all over, they’ll find out soon enough that I’m not.

    I may look like one of them, with my designer bags and clothes straight from the Parisian runways, but I’m not. I’m here for answers, to take revenge for blood spilled on their centuries-old Persian rugs.

    I transferred here in search for answers about what happened to my older brother, who hightailed out of here, and my friend who seemingly disappeared into thin air. I certainly wasn’t here for the attention of the star hockey player, regardless of how much he willed my eyes his way. I wasn’t here for his scrutiny or his judgment or to read into his mysterious aura. I was here for the society, because only they held the answers I needed. That was, until I found out that in order to get those answers, I needed to go through him. He’s saying if I want in, I have to play by their rules, follow their lead.

    It’s a game I’m willing to play.

    I may be the second person I know of to be invited into their society, but I’ll be the first to make it out intact.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPVS
    Release dateOct 21, 2019
    ISBN9780998345604
    Half Truths
    Author

    Claire Contreras

    Claire Contreras is a New York Times Best Selling Author who traded her psychology degree to write fiction. Don’t worry, she still uses her knowledge on every single one of her characters. She’s a 2x Breast Cancer Survivor, who was born in the Dominican Republic, raised in Florida, and currently resides in Charlotte, NC with her husband, two adorable boys, and French bulldog. Her books range from romantic suspense to contemporary romance and are currently translated in over fifteen languages. When she's not writing, she's usually lost in a book.

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    • 5/5
      I enjoyed ever damn second of that (as per usual). Claire NEVER let’s us down and the narrators did an amazing job. Love love love love.
    • 5/5
      Loved it! Great book looking forward to next one ! Ps it’s great that they are standalones in the same overarching story!
    • 3/5
      She whines too much!!!!! Other than that, the story was good.
    • 1/5
      The main character os the worst lindo of pick me, extremely disliked characters in general
    • 4/5
      The novel was lovely... kinda reminded me of "truly devious" in some of it's plot but the second half of the book was another surprise... it has a good combination of mystery and romance plus that plot twist at the end was "WOW"
      Looking forward to reading more of Claire's novels.
    • 1/5
      DNF at 50%.

      I tried but cant get into it. If a story about college students in a secret society running around in cloaks is your jam, this may be it. Me, I think it’s ridiculous.

      The narrators were great, prolly the only reason i got to 50%.
    • 3/5
      I’ve read a few Clair Contreras books and have enjoyed them enough to finish the series. However, this book had me wanting more. The suspense wasn’t captivating and I felt like the writing could have been more developed. Overall it was okay, I will not be reading the next in the series.