Remy can eventually see the flaws in this logic, but she needs Elise, and Elise makes it very clear that she needs Remy as well. It starts with a prank, then turns into a series of pranks, and then a team of misfit pranksters seeking “justice.” Elise is obsessed with the idea that she can get justice (or rather, revenge) against the people who have wronged them, and that doing so makes them stronger. There are definite red flags that suggest the relationship isn’t healthy or safe, but Remy is vulnerable and in too deep to see it herself. It’s only in watching her memories unravel that you see the cracks slowly but surely appear. When Remy first describes her friendship with Elise, it’s clear that she sees it as a unique sisterhood. They “love” and “need” each other, but an actual attraction is never written or even really implied on the page. Remy and Elise have an unhealthy codependency, but they are not romantically involved. As Remy is thoroughly questioned by police, she’s forced to recall the obsessive relationship she and Elise developed over the course of the last year and how to lead to the moment Jack was shot.īecause I’ve seen this book mislabeled a lot, it’s important to note that this is NOT sapphic romance of some sort. Remy knows Jack’s death was an accident– A deadly case of mistaken identity. Elise is more than Remy’s best friend, she’s her “soulmate.”īut now Remy’s wonderful boyfriend Jack is dead… and it was Elise who killed him.

When she moved into town at the beginning of sophomore year, Remy found someone with whom she could share her darkest secrets about her seemingly normal family, someone who understood her and brought out her carefree side despite the havoc of her home life.

Remy Tsai never had a friend quite like Elise. Sarah Lyu tells a gripping story of obsession, need, and rage in THE BEST LIES!

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