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★★★☆☆ Review: First, I would like to thank Inkubator Books for providing me with a free advanced reader copy of this book. This is my honest review. Fiction or rehearsal? Taking a job on a homestead owned by a thriller author and her husband seems like the ideal fresh start for Brie, who is escaping a controlling relationship. But being barred from using internet-enabled devices is unsettling, and is the author contemplating new twists for her next novel, or something more sinister? Brie’s entanglement in the couple’s lives leaves her questioning who can be trusted. All Her Lies starts out strong, and I quickly became engrossed in the plot. Brie is an unlikeable protagonist, but it’s hard not to root for her. As the novel progressed, though, I began to lose interest. Not only was the romantic subplot rushed and unbelievable, but the twists began to feel overdone. The story has good bones but lacks depth. Audience : adult Trigger warnings : violence Recommend...
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Book Tour + Review: Save You by Mona Kasten



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Series: Maxton Hall, Book 2

Review:

First, I would like to thank Berkley for inviting me to join the book tour and providing me with a free advanced reader copy of this book. This is my honest review.

Groveling for a second chance

After the way Save Me ended, I dove straight into Save You. I needed to know what could be done to salvage Ruby and James’s relationship, if anything. With so many outside factors working to keep them apart–now with a heavy dose of betrayal–I was invested.

If you like groveling, you will find it here, but James is not the only one who experiences character growth. And with a new devastating secret to keep, Ruby is juggling more than her fair share.

The drama in this series makes it a definite page-turner. While the romance is slow-burning over the course of the trilogy, there is enough happening outside the central relationship to keep you invested.

Audience: upper YA/new adult
Trigger warnings: drug/alcohol use, grief
Recommended for fans of: school romance, rich/poor, hurt/comfort, forbidden romance

Publisher's Synopsis:

The second book in the international bestselling Maxton Hall series—now an Amazon Prime streaming series—in English for the first time.

After all the hurt between them, will they be able to find their way back to each other?

Ruby Bell thought that she and James Beaufort had something special. She’s never had such strong feelings for someone. And after his betrayal, she’s also never felt this much hurt. Ruby just wants her old life back before she knew anyone at Maxton Hall, before she knew James. She used to be able to rely on her studies to keep her focused, but school is no longer a refuge—not when she sees James everywhere. But she has to stay on track, especially with university looming over them and the uncertainty of what the future holds.

Despite everything, Ruby wants to support James as he struggles with his father’s expectations of him taking over the family business. But she makes one thing very clear: she is not willing to forgive him or give him a second chance. As love and hate compete for Ruby's heart, James will try everything he can to win her back.

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NetGalley

©Berkley: September 2, 2025
Edition: digital ARC
350 pages

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