The Color of Lies

The Color of Lies
by C.J. Lyons

Ella, a senior in high school, lives with her grandma; her parents died when she was little.  A rare medical condition called synesthesia runs in her family.  It affects family members different.  Her grandma see sound,  her uncle tastes words.  For Ella she sees color that reveals people's emotions.

One day Ella meets Alec, a journalist working a story about her parents.  For some reason, she can't see any color around him, which is odd as she always sees colors revealing people's emotions.

Alec tells Ella that her parents were murdered.  It changes everything as she was never told the truth of what happened to her parents.  But is that the truth, or is there more to it?  Alec and Ella eventually discover the truth.

I liked this one, it was a good story.  The elements of synesthesia made it a little different, made the character of Ella interesting.  And I was eagerly reading trying to find out what had actually happened to her parents.  They were murdered, but I wasn't sure who was involved.