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The Truth About Him by M. O'Keefe
This is the sequel to Annie and Dylan's story. The first book, Everything I Left Unsaid, ended in a cliffhanger. The Truth About Him picks up right where that book left off. This story is intense. There's really no other way to describe it. The first few chapters of this book is action-packed and I just couldn't put the book down until everything was resolved. The majority of the story shows how the characters lived in the aftermath of those events.
Throughout book one, we don't really get to see Annie and Dylan interact face-to-face with one another, their interactions mainly limited to their voices over the phone. Now, they have to learn who the other is, truly is, with no barriers between them. There are dangers lurking in this book for both the characters, even though they think their biggest concern has already been taken care of. There's a constant push-and-pull between Annie and Dylan and I feel like the story stalls a bit around the 70% mark? The story was just a bit longer than I would have liked for this to be a story told in two books, but overall, I really loved reading Annie and Dylan's story.
It does take a little bit of...relearning, I guess, to get into this book. While Everything I Left Unsaid was told from a first-person POV from Annie, this story is told from a first-person perspective from Dylan, and a third-person perspective from Annie. It's a switch, but after a while, I did get into the swing of reading the book.
I loved Tiffany getting her moment. Tiffany is a mother of three young children at the trailer park and she comes from a similar situation with Annie and her husband. Except in Tiffany's case, she has children she has to look after, so running like Annie did to get away? It really isn't an option for her. So, when she gets her moment to take control of her own life, in more ways that one in this book, I really fell in love with her.
I think that the author has a way of writing tropes that I wouldn't usually like reading, and changing it enough, or giving enough backstory to it, where I'm okay with it? Like with this story, Annie was still married to her abusive husband when she started something up with Dylan. Even when they had sex (Dylan didn't know she was married), she had left her abusive situation and husband, so was it cheating? It's a bit of a grey area, I think, for these characters, so I was totally rooting of Annie and Dylan to get together despite everything.
As dark as the characters' stories got, the one that really made me tear up was Ben's story. It just really got to me and the epilogue was a surprise. I liked getting introduced in this book to Max (Dylan's brother) and Blake (Dylan's really wealthy business partner). There were some tender moments in this book that I enjoyed reading, as well as some sexy moments. Again, this book ends on a bit of a shocking note as far as the storyline is concerned. But, Annie and Dylan's story ends with a HEA, and for fans of this couple, that's what really matters.
Because I wasn't sure if I was a good person who did some bad things or a bad person who'd done some good. I had no damn idea.
But Annie deserved someone good. And I used to think I could be the guy to give it to her. But it looked like that was only a dream.
Throughout book one, we don't really get to see Annie and Dylan interact face-to-face with one another, their interactions mainly limited to their voices over the phone. Now, they have to learn who the other is, truly is, with no barriers between them. There are dangers lurking in this book for both the characters, even though they think their biggest concern has already been taken care of. There's a constant push-and-pull between Annie and Dylan and I feel like the story stalls a bit around the 70% mark? The story was just a bit longer than I would have liked for this to be a story told in two books, but overall, I really loved reading Annie and Dylan's story.
It does take a little bit of...relearning, I guess, to get into this book. While Everything I Left Unsaid was told from a first-person POV from Annie, this story is told from a first-person perspective from Dylan, and a third-person perspective from Annie. It's a switch, but after a while, I did get into the swing of reading the book.
I loved Tiffany getting her moment. Tiffany is a mother of three young children at the trailer park and she comes from a similar situation with Annie and her husband. Except in Tiffany's case, she has children she has to look after, so running like Annie did to get away? It really isn't an option for her. So, when she gets her moment to take control of her own life, in more ways that one in this book, I really fell in love with her.
I think that the author has a way of writing tropes that I wouldn't usually like reading, and changing it enough, or giving enough backstory to it, where I'm okay with it? Like with this story, Annie was still married to her abusive husband when she started something up with Dylan. Even when they had sex (Dylan didn't know she was married), she had left her abusive situation and husband, so was it cheating? It's a bit of a grey area, I think, for these characters, so I was totally rooting of Annie and Dylan to get together despite everything.
As dark as the characters' stories got, the one that really made me tear up was Ben's story. It just really got to me and the epilogue was a surprise. I liked getting introduced in this book to Max (Dylan's brother) and Blake (Dylan's really wealthy business partner). There were some tender moments in this book that I enjoyed reading, as well as some sexy moments. Again, this book ends on a bit of a shocking note as far as the storyline is concerned. But, Annie and Dylan's story ends with a HEA, and for fans of this couple, that's what really matters.