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False Hearts
False Hearts | Laura Lam
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Laura Lam's adult sci-fi debut False Hearts: Two formerly conjoined sisters are ensnared in a murderous plot involving psychoactive drugs, shared dreaming, organized crime, and a sinister cult. Raised in the closed cult of Mana's Hearth and denied access to modern technology, conjoined sisters Taema and Tila dream of a life beyond the walls of the compound. When the heart they share begins to fail, the twins escape to San Francisco, where they are surgically separated and given new artificial hearts. From then on they pursue lives beyond anything they could have previously imagined. Ten years later, Tila returns one night to the twins' home in the city, terrified and covered in blood, just before the police arrive and arrest her for murder--the first homicide by a civilian in decades. Tila is suspected of involvement with the Ratel, a powerful crime syndicate that deals in the flow of Zeal, a drug that allows violent minds to enact their darkest desires in a terrifying dreamscape. Taema is given a proposition: go undercover as her sister and perhaps save her twin's life. But during her investigation Taema discovers disturbing links between the twins' past and their present. Once unable to keep anything from each other, the sisters now discover the true cost of secrets.
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hissingpotatoes
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Bailedbailed

2/5⭐ There's nothing wrong with it, just 25% in I'm still not hooked. #bookspinbingo #booked2022

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Twainy
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🎧 This book was a complicated wild ride. It‘s a science-fiction thriller. I read it last week.

Set in the near future. Advanced technology & multiple techie implants are common.

Conjoined twins escape a cult, are separated & given mechanical hearts. Ten years later one twin shows up looking guilty of a crime so her twin goes undercover as her to find the truth.

The summary is pretty thorough!

Enjoyed the book!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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GloVerdino
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Mehso-so

Just so-so for me, I would give it about 3.5 stars. I did like how the story all came together in the end but like I said, it kinda read like a YA book for some of the time. I definitely wanted to hear more about when they were conjoined (that's the whole reason I wanted to read the book!) and I felt some details were not necessary because they didn't enhance the story or play a part in the ending.

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GloVerdino
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Prosecco, book, knitting, pup. Saturday snowy night. ✅✅✅✅

GloVerdino @Penny_LiteraryHoarders, my kind of night! (edited) 7y
TommieMarie74 A perfect night!! 7y
GloVerdino Oh, and there's olympics on too! 7y
GloVerdino @TommieMarie74 hope your night is similar, it's the best! 7y
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GloVerdino
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Is this considered a YA book? I'm enjoying it, but it feels a little YA at times. It might just be that the main character is naive because of the time she spent in the cult

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GloVerdino
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Just downloaded my first ebook from the library, not that I needed more books to read, I just wanted to try it out! I'm a little concerned about the time frame I have to read it in (I'm a slow reader) but this might be a great alternative to buying every book!

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JessicaThunstromNelson
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Been waiting awhile to read this one! #scifi

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Kristy_K
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What an amazing futuristic thriller featuring a diverse cast of characters & a complex, twisting plot. Taema & Tila are conjoined twins who grew up in a cult. At 16 they escape to the technologically advanced SF &are surgically separated. Fast forward 10yrs, Tila gets involved w/the the local crime syndicate & kills someone. Taema must go undercover to try & absolve her sister. Think Minority Report meets Inception meets Jonestown.

#diversereads

Cinfhen Love your review! 7y
Ms_T Sounds interesting! 7y
Laura317 That's quite the smash up! 7y
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Kristy_K @Cinfhen Thanks! 7y
moranadatter I loved this one too. Have you read her Micah Grey series? 7y
Kristy_K @moranadatter I haven't; this is my first book by her. I'm assuming her other series is just as good? 7y
moranadatter I assume so too! I was going to ask you how it is. 7y
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JessicaThunstromNelson
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Yay, book mail! Expecting another later.

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shanaqui
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Why did I take so long to get round to reading this? I enjoyed it a lot, especially the effortless diversity and the sense that most of the characters were decent people in a tough position.

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Sumi
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Another book featured in the Tor.com column on books featuring sisters. Set in a future-Sam Francisco: about identical twin sisters who become entangled in the criminal underworld. Very good.

JazzFeathers Sounds intersting... and l love that cover :) 8y
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Bokayokay
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Pickpick

Fun sci-fi noir thriller while I'm snowed in

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rach_simone
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#SeasonsReadings2016 #LastBookYouStacked There are always so many good ones I see!

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booksareallyouneed
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This book sounds so awesome, I just can't wait to read it. I will be starting it once I have finished with 1984, which I am coming to the end of.

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IReadThereforeIBlog
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Laura Lam's standalone science fiction thriller is an imaginative, slick affair and the central relationship between Tila and Taema is deftly drawn such as to justify the book being a breakout success.

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thebreemae
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Not usually my genre, but I loved FALSE HEARTS. I need more Laura Lam on my shelves ASAP.

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ShansMousey
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Finally getting some time to read for fun and picked up where I left off in Laura Lam's False Hearts.

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Lauramag
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Just got this lovely book in post

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