15 February 2017

Review: False Hearts

False Hearts: False Hearts | Laura Lam
Published by: Macmillan, June 16th 2016
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
Pages: 366
Format: Ebook
Source: Macmillan, via Netgalley

Orphan Black meets Inception: Two formerly conjoined sisters are ensnared in a murderous plot involving psychoactive drugs, shared dreaming, organized crime, and a sinister cult. 

One night Tila stumbles home, terrified and covered in blood.

She’s arrested for murder, the first by a civilian in decades. The San Francisco police suspect involvement with Verve, a powerful drug, and offer her twin sister Taema a chilling deal. Taema must assume Tila’s identity and gather information – then if she brings down the drug syndicate, the police may let her sister live. But Taema’s investigation raises ghosts from the twins’ past.

The sisters were raised by a cult, which banned modern medicine. But as conjoined twins, they needed surgery to divide their shared heart – and escaped. Taema now finds Tila discovered links between the cult and the city’s underground. Once unable to keep secrets, the sisters will discover the true cost of lies.

This book really throws everything into the mix, but instead of that being really confusing, it's just awesome. Formerly conjoined twins keeping secrets, a criminal organisation, a woman going undercover as her twin in said criminal organisation. Add to that technology that downloads information straight into your HEAD, a drug that is seriously dangerous, and a super sweet romance, and this book has everything you could possibly want. It even has a cult for Christ's sake. Plus it's so well written, packed with tension and thrills and threats, and its underlying drive is the love of one sister for another. There's nothing I didn't love. Gimme the sequel!

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