The Lies We Steal by Monty Jay 💀
Book Tropes:
- enemies to lovers
- slight murder mystery solving
My Review:
☆☆☆☆ stars
after months, if not a year or more, of leaving this series on my tbr, I decided to finally jump right into it and damn was I ever served.
“I will tear throughout the sky, rip heavens gates apart if that’s what it takes to prevent you from being at risk again. They will have to raise hell to stop me from protecting you. You understand?”
overall, these characters kinda reminded me of If the Devil's Night and Legacy of Gods series’ had a Baby. similar events (very slightly though), similar character traits, and all in all similar worlds - I’m not complaining though.
Alistair and Briar were such a power couple in the end. I loved both of their characters equally as much and I loved how they ended up together. with that being said, the reason why I am giving this book 4 stars rather than 5 is because something was missing for me. As much as I love Alistair and Briar, I didn’t really feel the connection or chemistry between them.
the sexual chemistry and romance were definitely there between them at the end but it felt as though these two got together kinda out of nowhere? I mean yes they had their eyes on one another for a while and I get that, but the tension and suspense leading up to them actually getting together wasn’t there.
however, with all that being said, aside from the lack of connection I felt between these two, I loved everything else. I’m so so excited about all of the other guys’ books and what ends up happening in them.
Book Blurb:
It’s been months since the day we stood above that empty grave that stunk of burnt flesh and secrets. All of us were dressed to the nines, one of us wearing a wedding dress, a day that was supposed to mark the beginning of a new adventure.
It marked the bitter end of our vengeance.
We have done things that have marked our souls for eternity.
But before we get there, we have to go back.
Back to where it all started.
The place I could find in my sleep.
Hollow Heights University in the macabre, somber seaside town of Ponderosa Springs.
A college for prestigious, wealthy children to receive the highest education. A town drowning in treachery and secrets that became our damnation.
But it wasn’t the forest surrounding the grounds or even the mysterious hidden mausoleum that haunted me.
It was them.
The ones that lurked in the night, things so wicked, so twisted, so evil, they would become the rulers of my nightmares.
The Hollow Boys.
One wrong move and I landed myself directly in their line of fire.
This is not a story about love, it is not a story of happy endings.
Love just happened to blossom in our sorrows, in our pain, our fear, our blood.
Every terrible thing they ever did, we watched, we helped, we loved them anyway.
Some run from their monsters, we fell in love with ours.
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