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3.0
medium-paced

Thank you to PRHAudio for the audiobook and Berkley for the gifted book.

SO MANY LIES.

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I desperately wanted to love this book, but I could not get past all of the lying. It was rampant, it was over done and I felt like Ember deserved what was coming to her because of it, some I understood, and then it just spiraled. I do think there were a lot of important topics and discussions throughout and I felt like I learned a lot.

I had kind of the same thoughts about the romance. I liked some pieces of it, I thought Danuwoa was sweet and endearing and easily my favorite person in this book. I loved his honest demeanor and the way he cared for Ember.

The audiobook is well done and if you’re interested in trying this book I would easily recommend that format. While everything didn’t come together for me, I would like to read another book by this author. I think the potential is there for future books.

Overall audience notes:
- Contemporary Romance
- Language: moderate
- Romance: 2-3 open door
- Content Warnings: racism, racial slurs, cultural appropriation, abandonment, classism