Review of Nets and Lies by Katie Ashley
4 Stars
**Warning, this story does contain the topic of rape**
Melanie is the Newton High School girls Varsity basketball
team Capitan, their best player and Coach Thompson’s favorite. She is also dating the coach’s son Will and
they are very much in love with each other. One day, Melanie suffers an injury
and Coach Thompson does the unthinkable. Melanie struggles with what has
happened to her and doesn’t know what to do. Does she admit to what happened
and ruin her relationship to Will along with his family or does she lie and
pretend she is ok and ruin her life?
Jordan is the schools “easy” girl and she has had it bad for
Coach Thompson. When he breaks her heart she threatens to turn him in but he
tells her no one will believe her because of her bad reputation. When Jordan see’s Melanie running out of
Thompson’s office, crying and looking disheveled she confronts him. Feeling
like he has slapped her in the face, Jordan decides to accuse him of rape and
that accusation changes their lives forever.
The school and community are in shock and the students are
treating Jordan like she is the bad guy. Things get so bad and scary for her
and she has no choice but to transfer to a different school. Jordan struggles
with the lie she has told and also discovers the person she wants to be, with
the help of her friend Nick.
Melanie struggles with the lie she has told and when the
truth finally comes out it is then she realizes this is the only way she can
begin her road to recovery.
Nets and Lies is a dark story, but one that also sends the
message of courage, the importance of telling the truth, facing your fears and
learning to heal.
Katie Ashley did such a wonderful job telling this story on
such a hard and sensitive topic of rape.
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