A review by jessthebookdemon
Lies that Break Us by Rae Douglas

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

🍒 𝓐𝓡𝓒 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 🍒

thank you Rae Douglas and Good Girls PR for an eARC of 𝑳𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝑼𝒔

“𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐’𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦?”

this is the 2nd book in the 𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒆 series. even tho you don’t <i>need</i> to read the first book in the series, i would highly recommend bc you get a better understanding of the overarching plot and all the different characters and their personalities. they all make frequent appearances. 

“𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘬𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦—𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯. 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺.”

this is Rae’s second book and i was so impressed with their debut novel and it extends into this book. you wouldn’t know that this is a newer author bc of the way they write.

you pick up from the first book and well… Clara needs to get married to take over The Syndicate. and Clara thinks that Deniz and his line of work would make him the perfect candidate for a husband. and so she blackmails him into marrying her. but little does she know that the guilt she is feeling about the blackmail is nothing compared to how Deniz has been stalking her and the reason why he’s trying to infiltrate her family. 

this is a true enemies to lovers so the tension between them 🔥🥵

“𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘵, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘬, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯. 𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘐’𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴.”

Clara is the hbic who is going to take over for her mother and she walks the walk and owns it all. she knows her what is expected of her and steps up to all of it.

if you love mafia romances but love them more when the women are just as badass as the men and even in charge, you’ll love this book and series. the author also has great queer representation and is just woven into the book without making it a thing or different, reminding you that queer people exist in our lives, even if we don’t know it. 

i can’t wait until the next book in the series about Emily and to the family’s continued search to find the man who tried to unalive Clara and Charlie’s mom.