At the beginning I wasn't really into this book. I understood that the main character (whose name we never find out) was a  con artist but the whole lying to the reader thing was sort of over the top. I don't know if the author was going for an unreliable narrator sort of thing but they gave it up like twenty pages into the book so I found it sort of unnecessary.

Everything in this book seemed extremely unlikely to happen. I don't mind  unrealistic things as long as they're entertaining. The beginning of this book wasn't. It was just me following a con artist doing impossible things. There was no thrill to it. When When Daniel's siblings come pick him up, all the things that happened seemed impossible to be allowed. In short, it was just like watching some unsafe alternate reality. The FBI not doing anything about anything really threw me off.

As for the characters themselves, you can clearly see which ones were well thought out and which ones were rushed through. Some characters I found interesting to read about and others I aimlessly followed. There was a lot of suspense in this book but not much substance for it. Nicholas was mad at his traumatized brother because he was a brat? That's stupid.

The romance seemed forced. I wasn't sure how I was supposed to be believe fake Daniel Tate fell in love so quickly when he's spent his entire life hiding his emotions. And how is it coincidentally a social pariah and not someone in the 'in' crowd so he can fit in? If the love story was actually interesting, I might've let it pass, but it was just a cookie cutter love story. It seemed like the author added it in as an afterthought instead of a device that actually helps the plot develop. (At some point it does but it seemed too convenient.)

Final Thoughts: An okay thriller if you just want to pass time. 

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