We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart takes place in a fictional island called Beechwood. The island is off the coast of Massachusetts, and close to Martha’s Vineyard. The theme of this book is family. Cadence spends her summers in isolation on an island with only her family for company. Sure, she gets fancy houses and private boats, but all of it comes at a price. Cadence Sinclair, the narrator and main character of this romance and tragic filled novel, lives in a big house in Vermont and has a family island in Massachusetts. She spends the summers there where things can get crazy at times. She has a summer boyfriend named Gat who she has a deep connection with. Cadence, Gat, and her cousins Johnny and Mirren in whom in which they call themselves
