Tuesday, 7 April 2020

RELEASE BLITZ & REVIEW: Tell Me Pretty Lies by Charleigh Rose

 

TELL ME PRETTY LIES 
by Charleigh Rose

    


AVAILABLE NOW!!
FREE in Kindle Unlimited!!


 

Blurb:


Three things my mother acquired when she became engaged: 

1. A brand new Tiffany’s ring. 
2. A lavish home on Heartbreak Hill. 
3. Three privileged stepsons.

The last thing I expected was to fall for one of them, least of all Thayer Ames.
Beautiful, brooding, and untouchable. 
I knew it was a bad idea. He warned me himself. 
But he was a thunderstorm, and I never could resist the rain. 
It was perfect…
Until it wasn’t. 
One night was all it took for our world to crumble around us, leaving only secrets and lies between us.

Now, I have to face him again, and the boy I used to know has become the man who loves to hate me.


Caroline's Review

🌟🌟🌟🌟1/2


4.5 stars - This was a sexy, angsty and pacy read!

"No one would ever expect the two of us would fall for each other...But he knew the real me and I thought I knew the real him."

Shayne Courtland's life is upended when a tragedy rocks her world and those closest to her. She spends one year in another town before coming back to where it all happened. However, going back to school as a senior, and outside of the popular crowd, is going to be tough. Not least, when those that she loved the most are now her tormentors. And then, there's Thayer Ames...

"I shouldn't have allowed myself to be alone with her. I underestimated the effect she still has on me."

Thayer is all kinds of messed up. When Shayne comes back to town, he's determined to keep her at arm's length but also find out the truth the behind the tragedy that destroyed them. He hates her for everything she stands for, but he can't extinguish the deeper connection he's always had with her.

So...I've read some negative reviews about this book and I can see where people are coming from, but I actually loved it! It wasn't just a bully romance...it evolved into something of a mystery with a touch of suspense.

What readers need to remember is that this is fiction. It's not real. It's escapism. No matter how you react to it, fiction takes us out of our real world into some place else. Sometimes it's believable and you can relate to it, and sometimes not so much. Any girl/woman in their right mind would not fall in love with someone who bullied them, but Shayne lived under the same roof as Thayer for three years before it all fell apart. What would have really rounded this story off was seeing more of their history and how they grew close. I think people found it disjointed because we only got glimpses of their past.

"I'm drawn to her for the same reason I hate her. She makes me feel."

I thought this book was pacy, angsty, and sexy. I saw Shayne as lonely and needy. Her mother was often absent and she'd had a lot of upheaval in her life. She'd had something real but forbidden with Thayer before things fell apart, so her attraction to him couldn't be denied because she really knew him. However, we can't assume that her neediness meant that she was weak because she was actually pretty gutsy. I admired her strength and courage when it was needed.

Thayer was a guy dealing with guilt, suspicion, and a love and desire that he felt was wrong on a lot of levels. He was pretty messed up about a few things. However, I liked that he really didn't care what other people thought. He was a character who felt deeply about things and I think the reader just needed a bit more visibility on his thoughts and what made him tick.

Overall, I thought this was a fab read and I spent a happy few hours in the sunshine gripped by it!


 

About the Author: 

Charleigh Rose lives in Narnia with her husband and two young children. She’s hopelessly devoted to unconventional love and pizza. When she isn’t reading or mom-ing, she’s writing moody, broody, swoony romance.

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