Lauren's Review of Black Lies by Alessandra Torre

Summary: Brant: Became a tech billionaire by his twentieth birthday. Has been in a relationship with me for 3 years. Has proposed 4 times. Been rejected 4 times.

Lee: Cuts grass when he’s not banging housewives. Good with his hands, his mouth, and his cock. Has been pursued relentlessly by me for almost 2 years, whether he knows it or not.

Go ahead. Judge me. You have no idea what my love entails. If you think you’ve heard this story before, trust me – you haven’t.

Rating: 4 Stars

What I Loved: I have to be extra careful with this review because there is so much going on and I do not want to ruin this book for our followers. I love when a book is so captivating that I secretly read in places I shouldn't be because I just HAVE to keep going. Alessandra Torre gives us a new perspective where every turn of the page, I was trying to figure out where this story was going. There is a big secret which I did figure out relatively early in the book and while I like to think I am a smarty pants, there are enough clues to figure it out before it is revealed. I wouldn't say this is a five star read but it does offer an original story that keeps you immersed. And in all honesty, what woman wouldn't mind having a little bit of Brant and Lee in their lives. I actually wouldn't mind having a little more Lee in my life. "I'm worried I'll fuck you so well I'll ruin you for life." Well c'mon baby, ruin me for life ;)




Cons:
The book drags a bit in the beginning and it does get a little annoying at the end of each chapter when the characters keep discussing the "lies". Once the secret is revealed I don't think there is much left in the book. The "secret" is what kept the book flowing to me and once I confirmed what I was thinking, there was not a lot of places the story could go for me. Also, there were was too many moments when I wanted to punch Layana in the face that kept this book from going any higher than a four star read for me.

My biggest issue with Layana is how she stressed in the beginning of the book that she was a child of wealth and she was expected to go off to an Ivy League school to meet her future rich husband. She wanted nothing of that world and tries to avoid it with a couple of wild nights with strangers but then she ends up with Brant, a billionaire with limos, multiple houses and private jets. It seems like everything she didn't want to become is everything that she became and that just annoys the hell out of me.