ONE TINY LIE follows the other Cleary sister, Livie in the
second installment to the Ten Tiny Breaths series. Livie
has always been the steady one, the rock of the family and
the one who seemed in most controlled. However, Tucker
shows a much more vulnerable side to her in ONE TINY LIE.
Livie has closed herself up from the world after the tragic
event that changed her life. Her therapist, Dr. Stayner
says she is emotionally repressed and must learn to come
out of her shell. Therefore, he pushes her out of her
comfort zone, trying to get her to loosen up. As someone
who has a Psychology background, I found Tucker's depiction
of a therapist to be unbelievable. Stayner's meddling in
Livie's personal life just doesn't happen in real life. So
I found his character to be very hard to accept. I also
thought his diagnosis to be too broad and thus, inaccurate.
After what Livie has gone through, her behaviours seemed
normal to me. The only way to "cure" her was if Livie made
the decision to start living her life on her own terms.
Cheating has become prevalent in a lot of contemporary
novels as of late. Tucker uses cheating quite a bit in this
novel. The hero, Ashton is attached to a woman named Dana,
but isn't shy about finding his pleasure with others.
Livie, the heroine becomes involved with Conner, Ashton's
best friend but also doesn't deny herself from the
chemistry sparking between her and Ashton. As a reader who
doesn't like cheating in their books, I found this aspect
to be unnecessary to the overall plot. In fact, I think it
had the opposite affect and made me love Conner, the hero I
would like to see Livie with, instead of Ashton. As a
result, I was not a fan of this aspect of the book.
That being said, there was one thing I enjoyed about ONE
TINY LIE. Tucker likes to use humor in a way that feels
like an extra character. It breathes life into the book.
Some scenes had me laughing out loud.
Though ONE TINY LIE didn't exactly meet my expectations, I
am still very eager to read the third book in the series,
Four Seconds to Lose, hoping that this one is more to my
liking.
Make me proud.” These were the last words Livie’s father
ever spoke to her. In the seven years since her parents’
tragic death, Livie has done her best to keep this promise
through her every choice, word, and action, while looking
after her sister with strength and maturity. But with
college right around the corner, unexpected challenges will
test her resilience—and her heart.
Livie walks into Princeton with a solid plan, and she’s dead
set on delivering on it: Rock her classes, set herself up
for medical school, and meet a good, respectable guy to
marry someday. What isn’t part of her plan are Jell-O shots;
a lovable, party animal roommate she can’t say “no” to; and
Ashton, the arrogant—and extremely attractive—captain of the
men’s rowing team who makes Livie’s usually non-existent
temper flare. Worse, he’s best friends and roommates with
Connor, who fits Livie’s criteria perfectly. So why does she
keep thinking about Ashton?
As Livie finds herself facing mediocre grades, career
aspirations she no longer thinks she can handle, and
feelings for Ashton that she shouldn’t have, she’s forced to
let go of her last promise to her father and, with it, the
only identity that she knows.
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