A review by belle13
When We Lied by Claire Contreras

medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Amount of spice:🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Explicitness: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

❤️Sports Romance
❤️Hockey Player x Basketball Player
❤️Dislike to Lovers
❤️High Heat
❤️He falls first & harder
❤️A bit of mystery
❤️Possessive MMC
❤️No 3rd act break-up

Hello? Is the hockey romance in the room with us? Because I can’t seem to find her. This book made a mistake that is a huge pet peeve of mine - a hockey romance with little to no hockey. You know what there was a lot of though? Sex. Like, A LOT of sex. I’m not exactly complaining because I’ll admit, it was really hot but sometimes I find that when there is just sex scene after sex scene they can get a little repetitive. I think at least four of the spicy scenes could have been cut and it would still have been just as hot.

This book was good, not great. It had a lot of potential though - I wish it was slightly darker and that they had kept that animosity and tension they had in the beginning going for slightly longer. However, the narration for this audio book gets a solid 5/5 because they were both fantastic.

I would recommend it if you’re looking for a spicy romantic suspense with a MMC that falls first and definitely falls harder. 

Thanks to Dreamscape Select & The Wicked Pen for the audio ARC ❤️ 
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