Review: Secrets, Lies and Kisses
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 29, 2014
**I was gifted a copy of this book****2.5 Stars**I was honestly really disappointed with this book. I fell in love with Seth and Olivia in Consumed and was very happy with how that book ended. I understand (after reading the author's note at the beginning of Forever Consumed) that Skyla Madi wanted to make readers/fans happy by continuing the series, but this was probably not the best way. A novella, after Consumed would have been great or an update in Selena and Jackson's book could have worked as well. I do appreciate when an author cares enough about her readers to do something like this but for me, it didn't work this time.*****SPOILERS*****I absolutely can not deal with secrets, lies and cheating in my books. I'm upset that the author would wait until the third book to write about Seth betraying Olivia! In this story, I really expected hearts and flowers with maybe a little drama involving Don. Nope, I got a husband who obsesses over his wife but then kisses her best friend and another woman. A best friend who he didn't even really like! A best friend who IMO is not really a friend at all! Selena has been really sketchy this entire series and for her to do something like this and keep it a secret?? It was even worse when Olivia found out...she IMMEDIATELY forgives them...there was no hesitation on her part with Seth and it took maybe 5 minutes for her to forgive Selena. It was interesting that Seth mentioned a few times in the book that he can do almost whatever he wants and Olivia will forgive him. I do understand forgiveness because I in fact forgive people pretty quickly as well, but not without some screaming and maybe some time spent apart.Next, the author felt the need to explain some of the actions of the characters. When Olivia was turned on by Selena and Jackson by the car, we got an entire paragraph of why that happened. These explanations happened quite often in the book and it bothered me a bit that the author felt the need to explain herself.Overall, this was not my favorite in the series but I'm happy that Seth and Olivia got their HEA. Great epilogue!