The Liars of Mariposa Island by Jennifer MathieuMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Elena’s mother keeps a very tight rein on her during the school year, but when summer comes, so do the Callahans and the freedom that comes with babysitting their children. It is the summer of 1986, the summer before her junior year of high school and the summer she meets J.C. Joaquin is Elena’s brother and he has all the freedom he could want, except he wants to leave Mariposa Island. He is now a high school graduate and is thinking of going to California to find their father.
The Liars of Mariposa Island is a stand-alone novel that chronicles the summer of these two siblings with flashbacks to the teen years of their mother and her experiences in Cuba and moving to the United States. Mathieu has taken a family with many secrets and even more liars and has crafted a story for the masses. Whether readers are looking for a coming of age story, a summer romance story or a fun book with just a little bit of history, they will be happy with these pages. Although I enjoyed this book, it isn’t as good as Moxie. We readers need to make sure we don’t judge one book based on other books by the same author. This is a totally different type of novel and must be enjoyed on its own merits.
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