A review by librarian_lady
Beautiful Deceptions & Sweet Miseries by Steph Macca

2.0

ARC provided by author for honest review. I've read other Steph Macca books, I especially loved the Lies We Keep series, but I did have a bit of trouble with this book. This is not a bad review by any means, just some observations. The book started really good, I fell in love with the characters from the get go, but I'm not sure what happened that the story dragged a bit and as we got closer to the end everything was resolved very quickly. Something else I noticed was the timelines. It isn't clear in what year this book is, since there is mention of current social media platforms, but it seems like our MFC is not familiar with using a USB drive, or certain technology, which is a bit odd when the FMC is in her third year of college. The setting for what I could tell was in Texas, but the way some of the characters express themselves, or certain settings don't match. Maybe a little bit more research would have helped a lot. I truly believe this could have been an excellent book, with a bit more time and editing. Again, these are my opinions and in no way am I telling you not to read this book.