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Wicked Liars
by Laura Lee
Jazz is supposed to be a hardened but pretty sister from the other side of the tracks whose father brings her into high society. Supposedly. I do like her vulnerability, but I expected her to fight better. I expected her to make good decisions. She doesn’t. The first party she drinks something spiked. The next party she walks drunkenly with a friend into the woods expecting her *hot* almost boyfriend to meet her after midnight?
Well, there are hints the alcohol has affected her judgement, so I can understand. But still…
Kingston is hot. We get to read about his motivations, but I really like his interest in digging up the dirt on their parents, and I wonder why Jazz doesn’t do the most basic research on him and his friends. She studies in a library, duh. Kingston is primed to take a part in his father’s company, but we don’t know what he really wants to do after graduation.
Their friends are just as interesting, but Jazz’s dad is complicated. I found him fascinating to explore. He is cold. He might or might not be attracted to underaged women. He is misogenist. Yet he legitimizes his daughter, asks Kingston to tame her (hopefully as a socialite), and treats her as a daughter. I keep wondering if he is actually not the cruel and depraved person, but maybe Melissa, his wife, is? I get the impression she is pretending to cow to his demands.
There are so many questions left, I might download the next one. But the twist at the end left me depressed.
Warnings:
* Potential Rape or almost Rape
* Murder
* You won’t be able to put it down. Expect lost, tortured sleep.
* Definitely NOT Young Adult
I think a contemporary romance must have an exotic setting and powerful characters. You will get both, and a twisted plot. Don’t read this if you are depressed.
Well, there are hints the alcohol has affected her judgement, so I can understand. But still…
Kingston is hot. We get to read about his motivations, but I really like his interest in digging up the dirt on their parents, and I wonder why Jazz doesn’t do the most basic research on him and his friends. She studies in a library, duh. Kingston is primed to take a part in his father’s company, but we don’t know what he really wants to do after graduation.
Their friends are just as interesting, but Jazz’s dad is complicated. I found him fascinating to explore. He is cold. He might or might not be attracted to underaged women. He is misogenist. Yet he legitimizes his daughter, asks Kingston to tame her (hopefully as a socialite), and treats her as a daughter. I keep wondering if he is actually not the cruel and depraved person, but maybe Melissa, his wife, is? I get the impression she is pretending to cow to his demands.
There are so many questions left, I might download the next one. But the twist at the end left me depressed.
Warnings:
* Potential Rape or almost Rape
* Murder
* You won’t be able to put it down. Expect lost, tortured sleep.
* Definitely NOT Young Adult
I think a contemporary romance must have an exotic setting and powerful characters. You will get both, and a twisted plot. Don’t read this if you are depressed.