A review by steca2
Leather & Lies by Emma Slate

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Wow this is probably my favorite in the entire series! Hayden and Bones/Royce are so unbelievably cute, their humor was top tier (literally laughed out loud a few time), and the spicy was great with a strong mix of closed door and on the page (and a little kinky). This one and Brooklyn/Slash’s are probably most distanced from the MC world and tbh, I loved that about this story. The tie in with the SINNERS books was also noticeable,

especially when the Russian names were being dropped as the people behind her dad’s death and her assassination attempt…

so if those books ever end up on Libby or KU, I’m 100% reading them! Also — hallelujah, Brooklyn finally had her baby! So I guess Brooklyn, Willa, Sutton, and Logan’s stories all happen in the span of 10 months? 
My biggest complaint is the timeline — I feel like the timeline got a little muddled a few times during the story but it was fine, bc instead of reading like insta-love it was more of a whirlwind romance (I’m telling myself they were together 6 weeks before the gala night).

I also feel like Arthur’s betrayal could have been hinted at earlier in the story bc it did feel a little out of left field. And Darcy’s death was so sad and unexpected, but it didn’t hit me the same way. I wish we could have had a Darcy-Hayden moment to really remind the reader how much we loved the unofficial mom of the MC

Can’t wait until the next one! Maybe a Savage and Charlie love triangle? Or Brielle and a prospect?? Whoever’s story it is, I’m reading it!