False Hearts: A Novel Kindle Edition

The city of San Francisco serves as the backdrop to this original science fiction novel concerning a pair of conjoined twins who have been separated, but whose lives are still intimately enmeshed. Featuring futuristic drugs that allow for lucid dreaming, a sinister cult leader, organized crime and going deep undercover to solve a murder, Laura Lam's False Hearts is a fast paced read that never lets up on the intrigue. My only criticism is that we don't hear enough of Tila's story, which is fascinating in its sparse details and wraps up a little too neatly at the end. Still, a fine way to spend an afternoon, reading just to see what happens next.

After a slow start the book picks up and is hard to put down. Reminded me of inception. Was sad we didn't get to hear more about the politics of the world but was entertaining nonetheless.

I love a good sci-fi novel, and this book absolutely fits the bill! The setting is feels familiar and entirely new, as does the story, and I highly recommend it. In particular, I enjoyed the worldbuilding--the San Francisco of the future is both slick and gritty, and the everyday details are effortless, which makes everything seem all the more realistic.

I started this book with high expectations, and boy, did it ever meet them. Lam's intense, fast paced storytelling kept me captivated from the first page to the last. I cannot recommend this book heartily enough.

Laura Lam is awesome! If you haven't read Pantomime, you need to! Add it to the top of your tbr list right now! You have plenty of time to read it and its sequel Shadowplay before the third book comes out in March. Also, you should follow Laura Lam on twitter @LR_Lam. But I should get back to this book...False Hearts takes place in a near future San Francisco where a drug called Verge is popular. The worldbuilding, even from the start, has so much depth and realness. It is futuristic, but plausible. Laura Lam's writing is beautiful.The structure of the story is done in an interesting way. Tila is in the present. Taema tells the story of the past in parallel. This is the perfect medium for this story to be told. I just am so amazed how much of an amazing storyteller Laura Lam is.There is so much in this book that sounds weird out of context, but comes together so well. Conjoined twins. Feelings of loss. Togetherness. Cults. Technology. Drugs.Obviously, I give this book a 5/5. I HIGHLY recommend it and everything else Laura Lam does.

I liked it. The story and flow moved along smoothly for me. Even with the switching between the two perspectives it was easy to follow. Having the location in the Bay Area of course makes it easy to visualize. It also wasn't so far into the future that it seemed improbable. Perhaps in the not too distant future this kind of society could exist. The big brother aspect of it definitely has already started. Mostly I liked how the relationship between the two girls started and then changed with the physical separation. Not being one body limited the amount of information that was common to them both. The lack of knowledge caused them to question themselves and the other.

It's not very often that I find a book by a new author that I haven't read before that I am excited to read, but False Hearts was one.I will be checking out others of Laura Lam's books.

Lam's writing sings, the plot grips, and the characters compel. Highly enjoyable book.

Really enjoyed this book.