A review by kitsuneru
Tempted by Deception by Rina Kent

dark emotional sad tense

4.25

the backstory. i still have many questions. also all adrians and lias problems would’ve been fixed if they swallowed their pride and actually talked. instead of being quiet whenever a question is asked, making it seem so suspicious or if they didn’t fuck in replacement of talking things out or if they just didn’t flat out lie?? like lia wtf are you doing?

i just don’t understand why adrian didn’t tell her why he was acting the way he was and

lying to sergei.

even though it’s a dick move, i get where he’s coming from. 

and idk why lia doesn’t understand that her life is in danger now. and then she goes and gets so upset with adrian when he doesn’t do smth she likes but she literally send him so many different signals. a headache all around. i applaud adrian’s patience. 

it also has one of my least favorite micro tropes of all time. the one where the girl knows the man’s job is dangerous, falls in love with him but then when they see it first hand, they hate the man and wants to leave. like girl you knew what you were getting yourself into and yet you still got yourself into it and now it’s suddenly such a big problem.

 

lia is really insecure she’s always talking about idk if he loves me, but then will have paragraphs after paragraphs explaining all the things he does to care for her. like girl. 

i’m just ranting at this point but i swear there were more things i did enjoy about this book and i liked it. it was entertaining and i love adrian and lia, if only they had better communication skills and if lia would open her eyes and stop playing victim for everything bc half of them she is to blame for why happens to her. but i love them.