Review: Lies, Secrets, and Truths
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2014
***Received from Entangled Publishing for an honest review***How far would you go to find your brother or sister? Would you put yourself in potential danger to find him or her? Would your faith and trust in them continue to stand firm despite the mounting evidence that says otherwise?For Emma, the answer is yes to every one of those questions. And you know what? I loved that about her. Despite everything and everyone she faces in her search for her brother Jacob, she is still willing to do whatever it takes to find him, she is still willing to believe her brother is not who everyone says he is.Cole was an agent through and through. For that, I couldn’t blame him for the way he looked at Jacob. With the evidence stacked against him, what else could he do but act in accordance with the law? He’d been through hell once when close friends of his were targeted by the same madman he believes Jacob works for. The love, affection, and protectiveness Emma felt for Jacob is what Cole felt for his friends.Cole and Emma battled constantly throughout this story, each trying to persuade the other of Jacob’s innocence or guilt. Their frustration with each other, with their lack of persuasion powers really showed in the way they come across during those heated moments. I could hear mildly irritated voices raise in volume until they were yelling, snapping at each other. Their arguments circled around the same thing but their passion in what they believed to be true didn’t waver.From the opening line to the end, every word of this book drew me in, made me a part of Cole and Emma’s lives, gave me a front row seat to the action, suspense, and romance. The twists Ms. Marlowe wrote were–wow!–amazing. Some were completely unexpected. But every part made for one hell of a story that I loved from beginning to end.