A review by sammy234
Black Lies by Alessandra Torre
3.0
Black Lies is an extremely engrossing romantic thriller, that kept me entertained despite having someone spoil the plot twist for me. The main protagonist is a total bad ass, and I enjoyed reading about her ruthless attempts to keep the men in her life in love with her.
Alessandra Torre's male leads in her books however, never really do it for me. I don't fall in love with them. That's probably because her romances happen too quickly, and then she relies on plot to carry the story through.
Her plots are always amazing and inventive, but I wish she spent more time making me fall in love with the romance, since that's what is supposed to tie her stories together most of the time.
So I think that the romance deserves three stars. But the plot line and writing deserves four. I could not put this book down.
I read until two in the morning just so I could get to the big reveal (which was mostly emotionally satisfying). The sex scenes were vanilla and boring, but if you ignore them and focus on the thriller like aspects of this story, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Overall, I recommend this book. The Ghostwriter by her is also pretty good, in my opinion.
Alessandra Torre's male leads in her books however, never really do it for me. I don't fall in love with them. That's probably because her romances happen too quickly, and then she relies on plot to carry the story through.
Her plots are always amazing and inventive, but I wish she spent more time making me fall in love with the romance, since that's what is supposed to tie her stories together most of the time.
So I think that the romance deserves three stars. But the plot line and writing deserves four. I could not put this book down.
I read until two in the morning just so I could get to the big reveal (which was mostly emotionally satisfying). The sex scenes were vanilla and boring, but if you ignore them and focus on the thriller like aspects of this story, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Overall, I recommend this book. The Ghostwriter by her is also pretty good, in my opinion.