Waiting On Wednesday: To Be Perfectly Honest: A Novel Based on an Untrue Story

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

To Be Perfectly Honest: A Novel Based on an Untrue Story
by Sonya Sones
Published by August 27, 2013
Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers









(from Sonya Sones - updated 4/22/2013)

My name is Colette.

This book is about

me.

 

Who am I?

To be perfectly honest,

I’m not exactly sure who I am.

 

I guess you could say                                                                 

I’m the fifteen-year-old daughter                   

of an annoyingly famous movie star.

 

Or maybe

I’m the eighteen-year-old daughter

of a famous movie star’s stand-in.

 

Or maybe

I’m the thousand-year-old daughter

of a vampire…

 

Having trouble guessing

which one of these stories is true?

Join the club.

 

My friends

have a joke about me:

How can you tell if Colette is lying?

 

Her mouth is open.

Why I'm Waiting 

 It is the latest YA verse novel by Sonya Sones. That in itself is enough reason to want to read To Be Perfectly Honest. Sones is an auto-buy author for me, but even if she wasn't, this story sounds like one I'd like to read because of the nature of the Colette as an unreliable character. We already know that she is a compulsive liar, but what about when she starts to tell the truth - if she ever starts to tell the truth. Will we ever be able to believe her?

What are you waiting for?