Review: Even Better than the First!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2014
I’ve read a lot of books. However, there are very few that made me feel the way that this one did. I could literally feel my heart experiencing the emotions alongside these characters. I was so completely engrossed that at times, I felt like I was Josie. I was her in that moment; not reading about her experiences in a book.Josie was just, wow, in this book. We saw her unbelievable strength in That’s A Promise, and now we got to experience her weakness. Although it was extremely difficult to watch play out, I was really grateful that we saw this more vulnerable side to her. It made her seem that much more real of a character. We also got a whole lot more of Seth (which I was dying for reading the first book). I LOVE a friends to lovers story and the way Seth never gave up and they were learning about each other in whole new ways just really hit that sweet spot for me. I think every girl wants a little bit of a Seth in her life! Lastly, oh Blake. I went from adoring him, to feeling sorry for him, to downright hating him, and back to feeling remorseful. It was truly a roller coaster ride that I didn’t want to get off of! Even though he was being a complete jerk through most of this book and left me wanting to slap the crazy out of him, the author just had to go and try to redeem him in the end.I really enjoyed the first book of this series, but That’s A Lie was even better than I could have expected. Victoria Klahr showed a tremendous amount of growth which is something I do appreciate seeing as a reader. You will easily get sucked into this book and have a hard time putting it down! It’s got love, romance, heartbreak, and agony…truly a little bit of it all. My only issue is that I know have to sit and wait for the third and final installment – especially after that epilogue. I absolutely cannot wait to see how Josie’s story ends and to experience what will happen!