Everyone tells lies … I just tell them better than most.Elliot Wilmington came from the gutter, kicked dirt and teeth in with equal measure, and found a life surviving by his wits alone. Taken at birth for ransom never paid, his entire life had been a lie. He’d find a way to take what belonged to him, and when the dust settled, he’d be the one holding the gun. But first, he’d start by gaining … start by gaining entrance to Infidelity and making sure they took notice.
Everyone tells lies … I’ve learned to trust nothing.
Upon her mother’s death, Ilaria Paolo receives the key to one man’s future in a safety deposit box, and by bringing him his fortune, she’d secure hers. Lost, alone, and facing life on the streets, a chance encounter with a cobalt-eyed devil ushers her into the arms of Infidelity.
It’s a risky move, but she has nothing left, and until she understands what is in the locked box, she has no choice but to survive. Her companion is a liar, her past a fabricated tale, and Ilaria is bound to possible destruction.
Or the worst lie of all … love.
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I love The Fidelity World and I totally enjoy reading the insights that other authors have on the characters within this world and how they integrate them into Aleatha Romig’s Infidelity series. LIAR is LeTeisha Newton’s third book within this spinoff series and she nails it each and every time. Adding her dark flair and storytelling powers the reader is provided with further possible vision for some of the secondary and tertiary characters within this world.
When all you’ve known is lies, the truth is hard to recognize. When one’s life is built on nothing but lies and deceit, they expect nothing but betrayal. Ilaria learned from a young age the craft of deception and illusion. Constantly on the run with her mother her world is full of fabricated untruths.
Elliot working his way up from nothing, a stolen boy who was a significant in an influential family, based his whole life on lies. He was denied his birthright and would do whatever that required to gain back that privilege.
Both products of vicious lies, caught in a place where the truth was too foreign to accept.
~Lies destroy. Lies ruin. But the truth will set you free.~
Lies and deceit as implied are abundant and in this case they make for a juicy read and there’s a LOT packed into not a lot of words.
This is a super fun quick read that had me all kinds of twisted for a couple hours – in a good way. I later – hours later – realized my head was still in that book. More than your average book hangover, I’d become hooked to this world, and craved more like a drug.
It’s a short read, but I honestly felt it was made shorter by the fact I couldn’t put it down, couldn’t absorb it fast enough.
Ilaria has been through some s— , being made to live on the run and just when she thinks she finds a plan, the reader can see that her drama is about to escalate.
Elliot seems like a jerk but is he, or has – he just been screwed over by the world?
The writing is brilliant, I found line after line after line that I was in love with. Any ONE of them would suck me in, let alone when you have over 100 pages of this style and they’re all put together.
We get alternating first person point-of-views and it’s always clear who is ‘speaking’, concise, easy to follow and flows really well. The book is written in past tense and past participle tense.
The continuity is really good. And while I predicted some of the general idea, there were some twists and surprises along the way so I was left impressed.
I’ve not read any books from the Fidelity World until now, and the little piece I got here has me wanting more. This book does not end on a cliffhanger, so it’s truly just a good time and won’t leave you hanging.
Overall, I’d call this 4.5 stars and thank Newton for the good time. Highly recommend.