Elle ♡ [semi-hiatus]'s Reviews > Bad Liar

Original read: 2020
First re-Reed: 4/5-4/6/2021
I love Lauren Rowe. She writes some truly entertaining books and I love her version of an asshole Hero. Reed Rivers in particular has been the mysterious asshole who's story I'd been salivating for since I first met him in The Club/Josh & Kat series' and has been featured in the Morgan Brothers series as well. In fact edited to add this tidbit from my review of Rockstar (Morgan Brothers 5):
"And. Reed. Fucking. Rivers. When is he getting a book? I kept hoping Lauren would slip his in somewhere along the way to no avail. I love me some alpha assholes and Reed is that and more. I've been intrigued by him for a while..."

While this book didn't disappoint, I'm not a fan of authors making trilogies just for shits and giggles which feels like the case here. This book was 188 pages long which is what I consider novella length and definitely did not contain a full novel's plot arc. The ending of this 'novel' felt more like the end of a chapter rather than a book. The next two books are around the 250 page mark. I could see this series maybe stretching to a duet, but a trilogy was unnecessary. I'm not too mad about it because I remember these all released really quickly so it wasn't a long wait, but seriously what's the fascination with making stories trilogies or duets when they don't need to be? I mean I know it's $$, but don't do it unnecessarily lol.

Overall although this story isn't perfect it's highly entertaining and exactly what I was in the mood for. The dialogue is cheesy at times, but I really enjoy Reed and Georgie's back and forth. Georgie's career path straight out of college requires a little suspension of disbelief, but hey that's fiction for you and generally stuff like that doesn't really bother me. Can't wait to re-experience whatever offense thing Reed says in the next installment of this series 😏