Review: This was definitely a 5 star book for me!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2014
Masquerade is book #3 in the Game series by Nyrae Dawn. Charade and Facade (books 1 & 2 in the series) were awesome reads so I was more than ready to dive into this book! Masquerade is the story of Maddox Cross (Delaney's brother from Facade) and it is very important that you read Facade before Masquerade.Maddox Cross is the strong and silent type. In Facade I felt like we barely knew Maddox... he was always disappearing. In Masquerade we see why. He hangs out in the shadows watching people and working security at a nightclub. I kind of picture him as a Marlboro Man and every girl's fantasy. Who wouldn't want to run away with him on the back of his motorcycle for a night? I loved peeling back the layers of our mystery man and reading about what makes him tick.“He’s real and doesn’t paint the universe as a happy place like so many people try to.”- BeeI thought Bee's backstory was really unique. It's not a story that gets told often and the emotions were honest and heartfelt. It seems like many writers fall back on the same old abused/abandoned issues for tormented characters so I was delighted to see something different, but equally heartbreaking. Bee was so strong too - she kept her issues tight to her chest, and still offered support for others when they needed it.“Neither of us gets close or uses words to show who we are, but we use actions. We both use strength as our defense.” --BeeNyrae Dawn has such a way of writing complex stories that both break your heart and put it back together again. Masquerade was no different, putting raw, ugly wounds up front and center... forcing the reader to really FEEL the turmoil of the Maddox and Bee. She doesn't fool the reader into thinking there is a quick and easy answer to their problems. This was definitely a 5 star book for me!