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Secrets and Lies (Capital Girls #2)

by Ella Monroe (Goodreads Author)

3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 · rating details · 47 ratings · 13 reviews

Jealousy, rivalry, and dark secrets threaten to tear the girls apart in this sizzling follow-up to Capital Girls

It’s the start of senior year, and Excelsior Prep is on Code 3 lockdown. Secret Service agents swarm the halls searching for the First Son’s girlfriend, Jackie Whitman. Outside a SWAT team hunts for the man who’s been threatening the First Family for weeks. Only...more

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Published November 13th 2012 by St. Martin's Griffin

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Dec 04, 2012 Liviania rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Capital Girls are back! Jackie is dealing with a stalker, Lettie is threatened with deportation, Laura Beth's boyfriend's parents are accused of being terrorists, and Whitney just wants to return to LA. Just another day on the Hill.

I liked that SECRETS AND LIES called out a few of its sillier aspects in this entry. It's pointed out that gossip about the president and her generation matters a lot more than whatever their kids are doing. One of her classmates calls her out for continuing to ha...more

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Nov 29, 2012 Chelsey rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is the second book in the Capital Girls series, and I am hooked! I reviewed the first book in the series on its release date, August 7, and absolutely could not wait until I could get my hands on this book. This story picks up right where the last one left off with Lettie, Laura Beth, Jackie, and unfortunately, Whitney Remick. They are all harboring secrets in this book and their lives are consumed of one lie after another. I think the reason that I love this series so much is because of th...more This is the second book in the Capital Girls series, and I am hooked! I reviewed the first book in the series on its release date, August 7, and absolutely could not wait until I could get my hands on this book. This story picks up right where the last one left off with Lettie, Laura Beth, Jackie, and unfortunately, Whitney Remick. They are all harboring secrets in this book and their lives are consumed of one lie after another. I think the reason that I love this series so much is because of the snarky girls, web of lies, and constant pit in my stomach to know what is going to happen next!

Jackie Whitman is my absolute favorite Capital Girl, and she is also known as Washington D.C.’s It Girl! Jackie was let in on a HUGE secret by her boyfriend Andrew Price, the president’s son, which could change their lives forever. Not to mention she is also receiving threats from someone and fears of a possible kidnapping are roaming around the White House. Jackie is just such a held together kind of person, and to see her completely falling apart in this book was a nice change. I really saw her develop as a character and her love life is what is now interesting me the most. By the end of this book, Jackie has entered into a possible love triangle. Eeeekkkk! I am so excited, but I am not going to spoil anymore for you.

I loved the political atmosphere from the first book and I could really see a change in the sequel. In the first book more talk of current politics and the political scene were described, but that didn’t happen as much in this book. I did kind of miss it this time around, but the drama and intrigue was enough to fill its place. I wish that I could find more books like this on a daily basis. I read each page faster and faster because I am constantly dying to know what happens next. It takes a talented author to truly keep me this intrigued in a sequel. Once I had finished this book even more questions without answers had been placed on the table and we are still up in the air as far as what really happened on the night that Taylor Cane, former Capital Girl, died. I was hoping so badly that I would have some more answers by the end of this book, but sadly I only have developed more questions. I have a long time to wait until April 2013!

If you like stories about friendships, secrets and lies, and webs of deceit then I highly recommend that you pick up this series of books. I am sold and will forever cherish them on my personal shelves!

***I cannot thank the publishers at St. Martin’s Griffin enough for all of their hospitality towards me. I received this book in exchange for my honest review***
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Nov 17, 2012 Kate rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, chick-lit, contemporary

Secrets and Lies is the perfect title for this book - there's not a character that's not lying and carrying secrets around with them. After the accident in the end of the first novel, Capital Girls, Lettie, Laura Beth and Jackie are all trying to come to terms with the loss of their friend. But the drama doesn't stop there. Several kidnapping threats have been made regarding Jackie, Lettie's facing deportation and Laura Beth still has Whitney on her tail causing trouble wherever she goes.

This bo...more Secrets and Lies is the perfect title for this book - there's not a character that's not lying and carrying secrets around with them. After the accident in the end of the first novel, Capital Girls, Lettie, Laura Beth and Jackie are all trying to come to terms with the loss of their friend. But the drama doesn't stop there. Several kidnapping threats have been made regarding Jackie, Lettie's facing deportation and Laura Beth still has Whitney on her tail causing trouble wherever she goes.

This book has a Gossip Girl vibe to it but instead of just the social politics there's a Capital Hill flavour to it all. I thought the characters were mostly well written and interesting but I didn't really feel like I connected with any of them. They're all a little selfish and well... a little bitchy if I'm being completely honest. They all get preoccupied with their own drama that they aren't all that supportive of their friends but they're the first to recognize the shortcomings in others. Mean Girl Whitney was probably my favourite but that's mostly because she knows how awful she is and makes no apologizes for her behaviour.

I liked the time frame in which Secrets and Lies took place - roughly a six month period - with different stories having time to develop. I did feel a little dissatisfied with the plot in terms of action. I thought the first couple of chapters were more dramatic than the ending and I felt a little let down by that.

The supporting characters - boyfriends and mothers - were an interesting touch. For the most part the boyfriends are shown in a negative light. There's a cheater, a suspected cheater, a stoner who's father's political connections are what get him out of trouble and a very angry young man who's convinced that one of the other boyfriends is a murderer... Like I said, interesting. I felt like more could have been explored with each of them. And the mothers are fascinating in their own way.

If teen series that deal with the social politics of high school along with healthy doses of sex, lies and the White House are your thing then I can definitely recommend Secrets and Lies. However if you want a little more plot, action and likeable character, it's probably not the book for you.(less)

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Oct 25, 2012 Patricia Marie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2012, young-adult, bitchy-ness-and-slutiness-all-over, arc-netgalley, pub-2012, high-school, ella-monroe, 3

Secrets and Lies.... those are the things that revolves around the Capital girls' lives.

Jackie, Laura Beth, Lettie and Taylor were inseparable. Until some tragic accident killed Taylor. They don't know who killed her, but they did know who she was with before she died. But can they dig up the secret about Taylor's death, when the last person she's with is the son of the President, who can cover up any secrets and lies...

Jackie is Washington's IT girl, best friend of the dead leader of their cliq...more

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Nov 22, 2012 Christine H rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: YA fans who like politics and intrigues

Shelves: young-lit, first-reads-arcs

The thing with adults who can’t get enough of YA books is that we tend to read a lot faster than we used to when we actually were of the YA ages. Well, at least I do. So when I pick up something nice like Secrets and Lies by Ella Monroe, and I like it a lot, I end up reading it in a couple of days. And then my jaw drops in silent frustration at the cliffhanger at the end of the novel. The first two chapters of the next book don’t help much, as I’m still left to deal with the carpal tunnel in my...more

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Jan 03, 2013 Grace rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013-all, 2013-new, young-adult, ya-contemporary, united-states-of-ya, first-reads

I wasn't particularly impressed by the first book in the Capital Girls series, and I was even less impressed by this, the second book in the series. It's disappointing because I really wanted to like this series. The potential is definitely there, but unfortunately, the execution is lacking.

The real problem here is not the plot, which is just about what you would expect of a Gossip Girl/soap opera type story (admittedly the book is fairly ambitious/busy on the soap opera plot front). The problem...more

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Jan 05, 2013 Soma "Insomnia Of Books" rated it 4 of 5 stars

I am very sorry that I haven't read the first book in the series; I didn't even

know that this was a series! But when I started reading this one, I didn't feel

confused. Just a few times. But this was a great read, throughout.
Jackie, Laura-Beth, and Lettie are the Capital Girls. They are fun, they are

beautiful, but their lives are far from perfect. Jackie can't escape the rumors

surrounding her, and her boyfriend, Andrew, and their off-and-on relationships.

But Jackie has a very good reason t...more

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Dec 10, 2012 Maria Martin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads

I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads Giveaways in exchange for a review.

Secrets and Lies the second Capital Girls novel by Ella Monroe starts off soon after the first novel left off. Lettie, Laura Beth, and Jackie are all still friends with Whitney circling them for information and using her blackmail over Laura Beth to her advantage. Laura Beth seems content with her boyfriend Sol and is less obsessed with Jackie's boyfriend, Andrew. Lettie and Daniel are in limbo as eith...more I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads Giveaways in exchange for a review.

Secrets and Lies the second Capital Girls novel by Ella Monroe starts off soon after the first novel left off. Lettie, Laura Beth, and Jackie are all still friends with Whitney circling them for information and using her blackmail over Laura Beth to her advantage. Laura Beth seems content with her boyfriend Sol and is less obsessed with Jackie's boyfriend, Andrew. Lettie and Daniel are in limbo as either friends or a couple. Andrew and Jackie can't even stand to be in the same room as each other.

Chaos ensues in each of the girls lives while they still try to hold onto their friendship. Lettie and her family are being deported. Jackie has a stalker. Laura Beth decides she's ready to go all the way with her boyfriend. And Whitney keeps up with her scheming spying ways in hope of getting good dirt on the Capital Girls so she can go back home.

Jackie is still my favorite. I like how the character is more rounded in this book, volunteering for vetrans advocacy and modeling in a fashion show. How she shows so much dispair over what happened with Andrew and Taylor but needing to keep up the facade of America's favorite couple "Ankie".

Lettie is still the niciest. The way she always stumbles around her thoughts and feelings around Daniel is endearing. She is also the only one who gives Whitney a chance and gets to know her. Lettie is probably the most real character coming from humble means and trying to make her way in the world. Her character also brings the topics of wars, deportation, and gangs to light to add more depth to the novel and the character.

Laura Beth is still a mess even though she's not mooning over Andrew anymore all she can see, speak, hear is her boyfriend Sol. And even when his family is suspected of terrorism and she is forbidden from seeing him that doesn't stop her from planning how to seduce him and give up her virginity. Laura Beth is the sterotypical homemaker woman believing in theory that the man is always right and that she could forgive anything to not hurt his image. Until that theory is put to the test for her.

New secrets are both dangled and brought to light and new characters are brought into the mix including the intriguing younger brother of Andrew and the bad boy older brother of Lettie. With political sides shifting in all of the girls families and many more secrets still under wraps the next novel promises to be even more addicting!(less)

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Nov 19, 2012 Patrice Hoffman rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: giveaways

*Won ARC through Goodreads giveaway*

I think I'm hooked to this series. Although its young adult chick-lit this group of characters is fun to watch. The drama continues from the first book Capital Girls. This book is a little less cliched than the first but the ridiculousness of the lives of these socialites is still unbelievable. It was especially fun to escape my everyday life to take a glimpse into a world I will never be a part of. This series is highly entertaining and just plain fun. I look...more

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Apr 03, 2013 Mitsy rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Mystery lovers

Shelves: mystery, books-read-in-2013

This came as a surprise with my Capital Girls book and I'm glad it did.

From the very beginning, Jackie Whitman is under Secret Service protection. Someone has been sending threats to the White House and her school. Jackie is understandably scared and an emotional wreck. This mystery overshadows every aspect of the story.

As for Jackie's best friends, they have their own issues. Lettie is about to get deported with her parents. Laura Beth has a new boyfriend, Sol, who her parents disapprove o...more

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Jan 27, 2013 Nisha Patel marked it as read-the-book

I got this book from NetGalley

This is second book is from the Capital Girls. It about Lettie, Laura Beth and Jackie , who are good friends . They also have another friend who died in an accident. The storyline goes from there. In this second book we see how the girls are still coming to the terms of her death. In the last addiction we saw that Jackie just found out that her boyfriend Andrew had slept with Taylor. Lately everything is going wrong for Jackie. First she found out her bf cheated on...more

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Dec 08, 2012 Janine rated it 4 of 5 stars

Great second book to Ella Monroe's first Capital Girls novel. Adds layers to the complexity of the story and introduces new dimensions. Can't wait until the third book comes out!!

Disclosure: This book was provided to me free of charge through Goodreads First Reads but all opinions are entirely my own.

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Apr 04, 2013 Ashley Mann rated it 5 of 5 stars

Love it! I've read right threw these books! So ready for the 3rd one!

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Nov 30, 2012 Kim rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, arc, fiction, netgalley, young-adult

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Jan 20, 2013 Nenia Campbell rated it 1 of 5 stars

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I couldn't get into this. I was hoping for something smart and substantial, and instead I got Gossip Girl, Washington DC edition. :/

DNF.

1 star.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. This in no way biased or shaped my reading or opinion of the book.

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Ella Monroe is the pen name of authors Maz Rauber and Amy Reingold. Maz grew up in Australia and was a New York Post reporter before turning to fiction-writing. In her previous life, Amy was a Cordon Bleu trained chef and textile artist. After leaving her Midwestern hometown, Amy moved to Chicago, London, and Hong Kong. Both of us now live in Washington D.C., where each of us raised two kids. Maz...more

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