Review: The Lies We Steal by Monty Jay

The Lies We Steal by Monty Jay
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I received this free eARC novel from the author and Wildfire Marketing Solutions.  This is my honest review.

I adored this book!  Which may say something about me since it was a dark, twisted story, but I was absorbed throughout the entire story and basically read it in one sitting. 

Monty Jay did a fantastic job describing the shadows and the dark intent around the four boys: Alistair, Silas, Thatcher, and Rook.  I felt like I was there, witnessing everything when Briar commented on their aura and how they oozed ominous thoughts and intents.  But tell me why I fell in love with all 4 of them?!

Being able to get inside Alistair's mind was honestly the best part about this novel.  I think if this was just in Briar's point of view, I may not have loved Ali as much as I did because his actions would have been quite crazy.  I mean, he's still a bit crazy, but being able to get the backstory of why he is the way he is really helps the reader be able to understand the logic behind his choices. 

Briar is a fighter.  I appreciate that she was scared at first, because I believe any human would have been afraid, but then to see her start to fight back and really embrace her own dark part to stand up to Alistair was wonderful.  And I love her determination to do and be better than her past - to make her future something worth wild. 

I have ready Monty's other series -  her hockey series - and this novel is so different from that!  I didn't know what I was expecting, but this novel really rose high on my "loved" list of books I've read this year and now I must have all of the boys's stories.  The possibility of Thatcher's story (not sure if it's going to happen, so I'm not saying with who) would be mind boggling considering how their lives are intertwined from the past events.  And now Rook's story will be very intriguing after that ending.  Silas is still an unknown, but I know when his story comes around it will be breathtaking.  

I'm so glad I discovered this author and this series and I definitely recommend you read it!

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