Review: Nets and Lies is a tangled web of emotions....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2013
What a tangled web we weave. Emotions run very high in this book, so let that be a warning.This book really was captivating and I couldn’t put it down.  Katie does a wonderful job developing this story, from the opening chapter to the very end; I never knew what was going to happen next.A shattered spirit is what Melanie is left with after her basketball coach, friend and teacher, shatters a sacred trust.  Melanie endures something that no girl should ever have to experience in her lifetime.  Coach Thompson is also her boyfriend’s father.  But a man he is not!  No real man can do what he did, lie about it and call himself a man.  Melanie’s whole life is torn apart and keeping the secret to protect her relationship with her boyfriend is ripping her apart a little at a time.Melanie is such a loving, trusting and caring girl.  She was admired by everyone so when she hid what happened and lied to everyone, nobody suspected a thing.  She kept it together until she couldn’t hide it anymore.If Jordan, Melanie’s class mate hadn’t accused Coach T of the unspeakable acts, what happened to Melanie might never have been known.  Jordan’s hurting because she feels wronged so she lies about Coach T and sets the events that unravel into motion. Jordan was raised by a woman who brow beat into her that men are not capable of loving her.  I felt horrible for Jordan, even though at her age she should know right from wrong.People always say that you are a product of your environment and Jordan had allowed herself to be abused and used at a very young age.  Just like her mother.  She harbors some dark secrets that only her mother and one other knows about, and these demons haunt her mind. She is riddled with regrets of things in her life, yet she feels she deserves every bad thing that happens to her for her mistakes.  You cannot help but feel for her even though she lied about what happened with the coach.  When Jordan meets Nick she starts to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  Seeing her redeem herself and become a person of worth was rewarding in the end.  She didn’t deserve the things that happened to her, but she needed to believe in herself and Nick helped her see that she didn’t deserve the bad and had to put the past behind and focus on the future.Nick was one of my favorite characters in this book!  I felt like he added so much value to Jordan’s story.  He was sweet and loving and had been through hell and back.  He saw that Jordan was hurting and took it upon himself to help her even as he continued to struggle with his own demons.  I really truly loved his character.The character development throughout this book was solid and gave us a lot of insight to each of them, their thoughts.  The story wasn’t just about the acts that happened and dwelling on them. It was truly about healing, forgiveness, redemption and true love.Katie hits it out of the park with this book, but then again I had no doubts that she would.  I rate this book at 5 stars. FANTASTIC READ!!!!!