A review by cumstead
Game of Hate and Lies by LJ Andrews

5.0

My Ratings:
5⭐️ 1🌶️ 5🎧

“𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔.”
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THIS FREAKING BOOK 🤌🏻
Between forced separation and an extremely well done memory loss trope, the tension and angst in this installment is SECOND to NONE! 😮‍💨
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“𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚖𝚎. 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚝. 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚜, 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝙺𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝙴𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚗.“
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Mal, the Kryv, and the Falkyns are SCHEMING hard to free Kase and it’s so fun to witness Mal’s relationship with the guilds really solidify and form into a tight knit found family for her 🫶🏻 The side characters really start to bloom with their own little subplots and I became so attached to many of them (💔 RIP *spoiler*😭)
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𝚃𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚑𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜.
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Kase’s inner turmoil is heart wrenching - his head says he needs to think one thing while his heart is screaming the truth 🖤 Only Malin can bring him back to reality 🥺 and it’s so delicious!
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“𝙱𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍, 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎.”
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The NORTH SHOWS UP at the end 👏🏻 and we go into Book 6 with a MAJOR crossover between the North + East!  *cue happy dance* 
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“𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚢.”
“𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚛.”