{"id":1838,"date":"2019-02-26T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2021-03-28T19:07:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T23:07:19","slug":"blog-tour-a-soldier-and-a-liar-by-caitlin-lochner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-a-soldier-and-a-liar-by-caitlin-lochner\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: A Soldier and A Liar by Caitlin Lochner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/xpressobooktours.com\/2018\/12\/11\/tour-sign-up-a-soldier-and-a-liar-by-caitlin-lochner\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ASoldierAndALiarTourBanner.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: A Soldier and A Liar by Caitlin Lochner\"><\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Happy Tuesday and welcome to my (<em>very late<\/em>) review for <em>A Soldier and A Liar<\/em>!!! This is an AMAZING book, so read on to find my review, information about the author and tour, and a giveaway! <!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><p>I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/a-soldier-and-a-liar-cover.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: A Soldier and A Liar by Caitlin Lochner\" title=\"Blog Tour: A Soldier and A Liar by Caitlin Lochner\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>A Soldier and A Liar<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/caitlin-lochner\/\">Caitlin Lochner<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  February 19, 2019 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/macmillan\/\">MacMillan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/swoon-reads-macmillan\/\">Swoon Reads<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/futuristic\/\">Futuristic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/science-fiction\/\">Science Fiction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 352 <br><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/formats\/arc\/\">ARC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/formats\/earc\/\">eARC<\/a> <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> NetGalley <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/39073385-a-soldier-and-a-liar\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><span class=\"star_rating\"><i class=\"fa fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-star\"><\/i><\/span> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p><b>In a world on the brink of war, four superpowered teens must learn to work together for peace in Caitlin Lochner's action-packed debut novel, <i>A Soldier and A Liar<\/i>. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lai Cathwell is good at keeping secrets. As a Nyte, a supernaturally gifted teenager who is feared and shunned by the ungifted, this skill is essential to survival. Orchestrating her own imprisonment to escape military duty has only honed her ability to deceive others. But when rebels start attacking the city, Lai is dragged back into the fight with a new team of Nytes.<\/p>\n<p>Thrown together with Jay, a self-conscious perfectionist consumed by the desire to be accepted; Al, a short-tempered fighter lying for the sake of revenge; and Erik, an amnesiac hell-bent on finding his memories and his place in the world, Lai realizes she\u2019s facing an entirely different kind of challenge\u2014one that might just be impossible. But if this team can't learn to work together, the entire sector will be plunged into war.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2019-02-26T15:00:06+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Tuesday and welcome to my (very late) review for A Soldier and A Liar!!! 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Either way, this is an AMAZING book, and I&#8217;m so glad that everyone can go read it right now!\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My Least Favorite Part<\/strong><\/h2>\nI feel like my least favorite part of every book recently is just that I took so long to read it. Surprise surprise, it&#8217;s my least favorite part of this one, too.&nbsp;\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Summing it Up with a GIF<\/strong><!-- \/wp:post-content --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/h2>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/telepathic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Judging a Book by its Cover<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I feel like all my cover discussions for Swoon Reads books are just me going &#8216;Yes! They picked the cover I wanted!&#8217;, but&#8230; they picked the cover I wanted! I <strong>love love love<\/strong> the gradient colors, and the light vs. dark theme. The font is perfect and I just love this cover so much! 10\/10 stars!<\/p>\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read Alikes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For more dystopian sci-fi, read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/39109661-the-similars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Similars<\/em> by Rebecca Hanover<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For more high stakes disaster teens, read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-the-disasters-mk-england\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Disasters<\/em> by M.K. England<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Let&#8217;s Discuss<\/strong><\/h2>\nWhat would you want your power to be if you were a Nyte? Personally, I&#8217;ve always wanted the ability to stop time like Piper in <em>Charmed<\/em>, but I&#8217;m curious to see what everyone else wants!\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Author Info<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1869\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/caitlin-lochner-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/caitlin-lochner-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/caitlin-lochner-768x730.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/caitlin-lochner.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I\u2019m a nerd, traveler, and architecture enthusiast who worked as an assistant English teacher in Tokyo for three years before pursuing my MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Central Florida. I love reading and writing anything with magic, adventure, and complex found-family relationships. I can typically be found absorbed in books, games, or manga, or else obsessing over said books, games, and manga. <em>A Soldier and a Liar<\/em> is my debut novel.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Author Links<\/strong><\/h2>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.caitlinlochner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaiLochner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cailoc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinlochner.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n&nbsp;\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tour Info<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tour Schedule<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>February 18th<\/strong>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bookreviewsbysteph.blog\/\">Book Reviews by Steph<\/a>&nbsp;| Excerpt\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bookandbroadway.blogspot.com\/\">Booked J<\/a> | Review\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kaitgoodwin.com\/books\">Kait Plus Books<\/a> | Review<\/strong>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/moviesshowsnbooks.blogspot.com\/\">Movies, Shows, &amp; Books<\/a> | Excerpt\n<a href=\"https:\/\/diaryofawannabewriter.blogspot.com\/\">diary of a wannabe writer<\/a> | Review<\/p>\n<strong>February 19th<\/strong>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mythicalbooks.blogspot.com\/\">Mythical Books<\/a> | Guest post\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bookreviewsbyjasmine.blogspot.com\/\">Jazzy Book Reviews<\/a> | Excerpt\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdiesbibliotheca.com\/\">Birdie\u2019s Bibliotheca<\/a> | Review\n<a href=\"http:\/\/smadasbooksmack.blogspot.com\/\">Smada\u2019s Book Smack<\/a> | Review\n\n<strong>February 20th<\/strong>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tfaulcbookreviews.wordpress.com\/\">tfaulcbookreviews<\/a> | Excerpt\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bookreaderchronicles.com\/\">Book Reader Chronicles<\/a> | Review\n<a href=\"https:\/\/jenabaxterbooks.blogspot.com\/\">Character Madness and Musings<\/a> | Excerpt\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abookaddictsbookshelves.blogspot.co.uk\/\">A Book Addict\u2019s Bookshelves<\/a> | Guest post\n\n<strong>February 21st<\/strong>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thhernandez.com\/blog-tours-4\/\">Adventures in Writing<\/a> | Review\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theheartofabookblogger.com\/\">The Heart of a Book Blogger<\/a> | Interview\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovebooksgroup.com\/\">Love Books Group<\/a> | Review\n<a href=\"https:\/\/the-avidreader.blogspot.com\/\">The Avid Reader<\/a> | Review\n\n<strong>February 22nd<\/strong>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mybooks-myworld.com\/\">My Books-My World<\/a> | Guest post\n<a href=\"https:\/\/rantsandravesofabibliophile.wordpress.com\/\">Rants and Raves of a Bibliophile<\/a> | Review\n<a href=\"http:\/\/acsquaredbookblog.com\/\">AC Squared Book Blog<\/a> | Excerpt\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookwormforkids.blogspot.com\/\">Bookworm for Kids<\/a> | Review\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thecovercontessa.com\/\">The Cover Contessa<\/a> | Interview\n\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Giveaway<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/d04251232886\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enter here to win a print copy of <em>A Solider and A Liar<\/em>!<strong> US\/Canada ONLY!<\/strong><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1254 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wellwishescandyfishes003.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wellwishescandyfishes003.png 600w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wellwishescandyfishes003-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><p>Reading this book contributed to these challenges:<\/p><ul class=\"ubb-contributed-challenges\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pagmwu-qf\">2019 Reviews<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Tuesday and welcome to my (very late) review for A Soldier and A Liar!!! 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