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A review by fortheloveoffictionalworlds
True Deceptions by Veronica Forand
4.0
I received an eARC of the book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Who doesn’t love themselves a hardened spy who softens with the love of a good strong woman who doesn’t take his crap?
This book started off high – like really high – I absolutely loved Simon and Cassie’s interactions – because Simon is a Class A Douchebag and Cassie is the sweet sweet desk jockey who is now going to be used as a pawn in a game that not even we know is being played.
You know why I liked Simon despite him being Class A Douchebag? First, the author was quick in explaining why he was quick in cutting Cassie off without even giving her the time of the day? And yes, while I understood those reasons, I wasn’t quick in forgiving him but it made reading him a lot easier. Second, once he was decided in giving Cassie his loyalty, he never faltered, never looked back, and never ever doubted it even when Cassie did. He was, once he got his ass in gear, ROCK SOLID and I absolutely adored him for it!
Cassie on the other hand, goes through the biggest transformation there I, and not even the bad kind. When you first meet her, she is this mousy, trembling, little girl who was way out of comfort league. But it took Simon’s gruff and assholish-ness to get her back up and grow a spine and she did it magnificently!
This story is complicated – there is a diverse amount of underlying plots going on that you don’t even get half the picture and that is when this book is in Dual POV (thankfully!) and yet you don’t get bored. Every single assessment, every single plot twist has its place and while at the start, I had my doubts on how it would all be resolved, it was and the sense of satisfaction that I received was off the Charts!
Now, you might all be wondering, why is this book still a 4 Star read for me? Because while intellectually I loved everything in this book, emotionally I just wasn’t able to connect it. I do know that it was a bad time in my life, when I read this book, so I am erring on the side of caution to realise that maybe when I do read it again (and I will), I will be able to emotionally invest in this book better!
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Who doesn’t love themselves a hardened spy who softens with the love of a good strong woman who doesn’t take his crap?
This book started off high – like really high – I absolutely loved Simon and Cassie’s interactions – because Simon is a Class A Douchebag and Cassie is the sweet sweet desk jockey who is now going to be used as a pawn in a game that not even we know is being played.
You know why I liked Simon despite him being Class A Douchebag? First, the author was quick in explaining why he was quick in cutting Cassie off without even giving her the time of the day? And yes, while I understood those reasons, I wasn’t quick in forgiving him but it made reading him a lot easier. Second, once he was decided in giving Cassie his loyalty, he never faltered, never looked back, and never ever doubted it even when Cassie did. He was, once he got his ass in gear, ROCK SOLID and I absolutely adored him for it!
Cassie on the other hand, goes through the biggest transformation there I, and not even the bad kind. When you first meet her, she is this mousy, trembling, little girl who was way out of comfort league. But it took Simon’s gruff and assholish-ness to get her back up and grow a spine and she did it magnificently!
This story is complicated – there is a diverse amount of underlying plots going on that you don’t even get half the picture and that is when this book is in Dual POV (thankfully!) and yet you don’t get bored. Every single assessment, every single plot twist has its place and while at the start, I had my doubts on how it would all be resolved, it was and the sense of satisfaction that I received was off the Charts!
Now, you might all be wondering, why is this book still a 4 Star read for me? Because while intellectually I loved everything in this book, emotionally I just wasn’t able to connect it. I do know that it was a bad time in my life, when I read this book, so I am erring on the side of caution to realise that maybe when I do read it again (and I will), I will be able to emotionally invest in this book better!
For more reviews don't forget to visit For The Love of Fictional Worlds