I have mixed feelings about this book. I had mixed feelings while I was reading and this is what took me so long to get through it. I would be really enjoying it, then the perspective would switch and I would feel the story drag and usually I would just put it down because I couldn't be bothered. I'm not normally such a lazy reader, but this book made me one. 
 There Will Be Lies is the story of Shelby Cooper, 17 years old and homeschooled by an overprotective mother. Every day is the same, except for Fridays when they go to the batting cage, have ice cream for dinner and Shelby goes to the library. Until a car accident changes up their routine and sends them on the run, with Shelby dipping in and out of a strange new world that is known as the Dreaming. As she struggles to define what is reality and what is Dreaming, Shelby is left questioning everything she thought she knew about herself. 
 So what did I love about this book? I loved the mystery of Shelby's origins, of who her mother really was, why they had to run. There were so many twists and turns and LIES and it's fantastic. They take off into the middle of Arizona with only a rushed explanation but is it true? Is anything true? This part of the story had me turning the pages (not quite literally - it was on the ereader) and I couldn't unravel the mystery quick enough. It was this part that was addictive and compulsive reading. It was awesome! I only wish that the whole book could have been like this. I really liked Shelby's character, too - her inner dialogue was snarky and funny and entertaining to read when it could have been annoying. 
 So what didn't I love about this book? The Dreaming. It just felt so forced and unrealistic and just....boring. I was bored. The Dreaming chapters, which had its basis on Native American culture, was where the book really slowed for me and towards the end of the book it was getting to the point of insufferable. It was about a Coyote and a Crone and a Child (all capitalised, mind you) and while I got the symbolism, it didn't feel necessary. The whole book could have been done, and maybe even done better, without it. It didn't feel magical or other-worldly the way it was supposed to, it just dragged on, without answers and felt ridiculous to read. Can something feel ridiculous to read? Because that seems like the best way to describe it. 
 It's so hard to get through a book like this, when half of it is riveting and the other half drags along. When you can tell this book could have been really great, but it's not. I didn't hate it but it was hard to get through, and even though the mystery was intense, the trips into the Dreaming detracted from it and lost my interest. 
 3 stars. Wish I could have loved it more.