Hide and Seek (The Lying Game, #4)

Hide and Seek (The Lying Game #4)

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The latest installment of the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling saga, now an ABC Family Original Series, raises the stakes with more unbelievable secrets, shocking twists, and killer consequences.
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published July 31st 2012 by HarperTeen
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Hayden Casey
You know what, guys?

I don't care.

I don't care if Sara Shepard is a money-hungry, greedy cash cow from hell.

I don't care if she's hell-bent on making millions of dollars on each book.

I just don't care.

Hide and Seek is the best book in the Lying Game series. And, while I admit Two Truths and a Lie was a filler and didn't deserve to see the light of day, this one was so amazing.

Everything you thought you knew about the twins? Yeah. Throw that out the window. Hide and Seek makes up down and down up...more
Webiny
(POST-READING REVIEW)
This was a terrific installment to what has become a respectable mystery series. Largely unlike the last book, Hide and Seek made me feel all the right emotions right on cue. Possibly not as exciting as the first two books, it still made a big jump in telling the story of the night Sutton died. I have now totally re-though Sutton's death and it may not be quite as diabolical as we all thought.

What more can I say without spoiling it? There were quite a few dramatic surprises,...more
J.M. Soto
I swear, If she writes more Lying Game books after this, Imma slap a hoe.


UPDATE:

It sucked.

It was full of fluff.

Sara Shepard, Staph.
Luke
As suspensy as the first three. I enjoyed this so.... There was a nice twist during and at the end of this Hide and Seek. Can't wait for the next one.
Dina M.
Apr 29, 2013 Dina M. marked it as to-read-series
Excited that this is the last book in the series. I love this series and can't wait to see how this book ends it. Sigh just three and a half more months to go.
Ellen
Can't wait to read this one- hope its the last, and we find out who killed Sutton!!
Juhina
If you've read my review of the third book in The Lying Game series, Two Truths and a Lie, you would know that I didn't like it and I was starting to get annoyed with the typical cycle of this series. Surprisingly, Hide and Seek broke from that mold and restored my faith in this series once again. I won't post any spoilers but I will say that a lot is revealed in this book. So much stuff!!! My heart was beating like crazy in this book took. I knew from the beginning we won't be finding out who t...more
Noémy
Just like with the others in the series, I breezed through this book : the storyline is just so addicting; the mystery's growing and the little twist at the end just made the whole plot that much more captivating and intense. I personnally didn't see it coming and I have to say I really like where Sara Shepard's going with it. I am a little disappointed that we'll only get the conclusion of Emma's and Sutton's 'adventures' next year and that we'll have to wait for two more books to come out to f...more
Rachel
Everytime I re-read this book, I just do it for the Thayer scenes!
I wish this book never ended. I wish this book revealed Sutton's Killer. I'm glad this book was not a filler and had Emma go through two suspects, one that made perfect sense and one I knew for sure did not have a secret. I was so surprsed and amazed at the truth of Sutton's and Emma's birth family. I can't wait till February to find out more about Becky, Emma, Sutton, Thayer and Ethan. Sara Shepard is an amazing writer whose book...more
Alyssa Maynard
Young adult fans are not to be messed with! We know what we want: backstabbing friends, kiniving parents, and incompant boyfriends. All that mixed with a murder so big everyone is guilty until proven innocent. All wrapped up in a box with a bow.

Sara Shepard delivers all that and more in Hide and Seek, Book 4 in the Lying Game series. The book opens up with Emma, (who everyone thinks is Sutton, Except for the killer) meeting her boyfriend Ethan for their first date, at the Tucson Planetarium. E...more
Brittney
Now that I am on the third book of The Lying Game series which is called Two Truths and A Lie by Sara Shepard, I am convinced that it is the type of book that will make you tremble and thrilled to read more. The novel is about a girl named Emma Paxton who has been living as a foster child in Las Vegas. As she was on her computer, she discovered a strangulation video of a girl who looks exactly like her, having the same green eyes, high cheek bones, and chestnut colored hair. Determined to meet h...more
Amberock72
Lying Game: Hide and Seek is about a girl named Emily who has been forced to pretend to be her now dead long lost twin sister Sutton. When she finds out that her sister has been murdered, she goes on a hunt to find the murderer and bring her sister’s killer to justice. Also she wants to stop living a lie and start being herself again. The closer she gets to the truth the more dangerous the game starts to be. Emily has her suspicions about Sutton’s adopted sister Laurel. Laurel has a big crush on...more
Amy Wang1
What would you do if your twin was murdered? Would you risk your own life pretending to be your twin so that you can find the murderer? Emma Paxton, an orphaned teenage girl,takes over her twin sister's life to find out who murdered her sister. The murderer is close by though, and he/she is observing Emma's action. If Emma is careless, she'll end up just like Sutton, her twin sister.

In Hide and Seek, Emma discovers that Sutton's family is keeping a big secret from her. Emma wonders if it has a...more
Ginny
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Kimmy
This is the fourth book in Sara Shepard’s Lying Game series. Here is the summary from the Kobo store:

My friends and I used to play lying games. Now my twin sister is living one. When I was alive, my family seemed picture-perfect. My adoptive parents adored me, and my little sister, Laurel, copied my every move. But now that my long-lost twin, Emma, has taken my place to solve my murder, we�’re both learning just how flawed my family really is. Laurel is shooting Emma nasty looks and sneaking aro...more
Danielle
OK, is anyone else tired of the whole set up of these books? Emma comes up with a new "suspect" in Sutton's murder based on VERY flimsy evidence. Instead of thinking through other options of what this "evidence" might mean, she immediately jumps to "murderer" and uses no critical thinking to come up with alternate plausible explanations. Emma then follows this "evidence" and other clues throughout the book only to find out in the end that -OH MY GOSH I DIDN'T SEE IT COMING- they are NOT Sutton's...more
Demi
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Ash
Hide and Seek, the fourth book in The Lying Game series has three suspects on who killed Sutton. The first is Sutton's sister, Laurel. She might have flown in a jealous rage after Thayer was hit by an unknown person and killed Sutton. The second suspect is Ted Mercer. He might have killed Sutton to try to hide an alleged affair. These suspects are the bulk of the book. Laurel is cleared halfway when Emma discovers she spent all night at the hospital with Thayer and Mr. Mercer is cleared near the...more
Nikita
Let me first say that I really enjoyed all of the Pretty Little Liars books, so I'm familiar with Sara Shepard's writing. Something I don't like that she often does is that she uses one particular phrase or word numerous times in one chapter, not to mention the fact that with every Lying Game novel, Shepard completely twists the plot around.

Suffice to say, I was not pleased. I did like the first two books in this series, but by the third one, I was like, "Okay, when is this getting over?" I got...more
Clementine
Hmm. Rating Sara Shepard's books is always surprisingly difficult. On one level, they're not good books. They're terrible, really, and their ratings on Goodreads always surprise me, because REALLY? No. These books don't really deserve anything higher than two stars. But at the same time, I don't hate them the same way I hate other books I might rate one or two stars. I hated In the Skin of a Lion (and here I must apologize to my grade 12 English teacher, because I read it for his class, and it's...more
Page
I decided to read this book because I have been reading the series and I really love them.

This goes in the "A book that was written in 2011 or 2012," on the bingo board.

This book was very interesting because it really makes things intense! So much happens and it all fits in perfectly! Sutton is still trailing along with Emma trying to find out how she died and Emma is still pretending to be her twin Sutton to (sutton) her family and friends to try find out who the murderer is.

My favorite quote f...more
Nicole
Sara Shepard does it again with the fourth novel in the Lying Game series!

Hide and Seek follows closely with where Two Truths and One Lie stopped with Emma suspecting Laurel as the one who killed Sutton. She goes on trying to find evidence and it turns out Laurel is clear.

Still, who tried to run Thayer over at Sabino Canyon? Who has been trying to hurt Emma? Emma stumbles upon a family secret where she thinks her father is having an affair. She is shocked and suddenly Mr Mercer is a potential su...more
Ally Williams
Hide and Seek is about a girl named Emily who has been forced to pretend to be her now dead long lost twin sister Sutton. When she finds out that her sister has been murdered, she goes on a hunt to find the murderer and bring her sister’s killer to justice. Also she wants to stop living a lie and start being herself again. The closer she gets to the truth the more dangerous the game starts to be. Emily has her suspicions about Sutton’s adopted sister Laurel. Laurel has a big crush on Sutton’s ex...more
Elise
I actually liked this "The Lying Game" book significantly more than the other three, but none of these books warrant anything above two stars.

These books follow too similar a pattern to have so many in one series. How many more is Shepard planning on writing? The more it becomes, the more I firmly believe she is less in this for the thrill and joy of writing and more in it for the money fans will shell out to read what is really the same book over and over again, only with a new suspect and more...more
Janelle Dazzlepants
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Monica
Oh Doamne! Ce carte! Si eu care eram atat de sigura atat de sigura atat de sigura ca este ultima. Ma gandeam eu: stai, cum, aflu eu cine a omorat-o pe Sutton. Da de unde! Si ma mai si gandeam ca "Prettu little liars" este mult mai complexa decat "The lying game". Ironica replica "sa mori tu" isi face aparitia, pentru ca lucrurile se complica serios, piesele de puzzle se amesteca, si mai lipsesc doar cateva, pana la aflarea crudului adevar.
Sara Shepard este geniala. Cu "Hide and seek" a depasit r...more
Anna Serra i Vidal
Argh, why are there two books more and they aren't out till next year? I can't wait that long to know who killed Sutton.
Yes I know it's kind of repetitive (every single books goes with the formula - Emma suspects someone is the killer only to be cleared out at the end). This one had a new approach to the formula because it does clear out two different suspects in the same book but it was kind of cheating.
We do learn a few more things about Sutton and Emma and also about their real blood family,...more
♥Beauty With a Brain♥
You can also find this review on: http://cr4teens.blogspot.com/2013/01/...

When I first began this series, I was really enjoying discovering the secrets and killer lies this story brought force, bringing out my inner sleuth along with it. I thought the plot was fairly unique and the writing style smoothly played along the continuous flipping of pages. But I found that as the story continues, it lacked the depth and mysterious thrills that tagged nearby.

I never particularly liked the games Sutton...more
Eleanor
This is the fourth installment in The Lying Game series by Sara Shepard, as you can see, and it was, by far, the best. Unlike the first three, which seemed to just focus on one suspect the whole book and then discover at the end that it couldn't be them, this one had a lot more twists and turns and surprises. I honestly enjoy The Lying Game more than Pretty Little Liars. I think it's because it's still new-ish, but also because Emma isn't crazy. And Sutton, in death, isn't either. While I love P...more
Nicolette
The book "Never Have I Ever", Is a mystery book by Sarah Shepard. It is the forth book of the series "the Lying Game", and really comes to life. " Never Have I Ever" is about a girl,named Sutton Mercer, whos identical twin sister goes looking for her thinking she's alive. When her twin gets to where her sister lived, she realizes that her sister was dead. She is forced to act as her sister, and she must find her sister's murderer, before her sister's murderer hurts her. In order to do this she...more
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Who do you think killed Sutton? 17 65 Jun 17, 2013 10:15am  
theory that ethan is the killer 19 120 May 31, 2013 06:31am  
Could Sutton actually be in a coma? 21 73 May 31, 2013 04:14am  
Crazy for Young A...: Hide and Seek (The Lying Game #4) by Sara Shepard → Start Date: January 2, 2013 10 20 Jan 03, 2013 08:37am  
PRETTY LITTLE LIA...: Hide and Seek 1 7 Sep 04, 2012 11:32pm  
Sara Shepard Book...: Opinion of Hide And Seek 1 19 Aug 05, 2012 01:26pm  
Sutton dead? 3 60 Jul 31, 2012 08:52am  
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Sara Shepard graduated from NYU and has an MFA from Brooklyn College. She currently lives in Tucson, Arizona. Sara's Pretty Little Liars novels were inspired by her upbringing in Philadelphia's Main Line.
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