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Review: All Her Lies by Matt McGregor

★★★☆☆ 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...

Book Tour + Review: Save Us by Mona Kasten




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Series: Maxton Hall, Book 3

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.

Three books in three days

Did I binge this entire series in three days?

Yes. Yes, I did.

Once again, Ruby feels betrayed. After forgiving James and protecting his sister, she discovers that he is responsible for her expulsion from school. Even as the series reaches its conclusion, the blows just do not stop for Ruby!

I was really impressed with how the author handled difficult topics such as drug abuse, alcoholism, grief, etc., in the earlier books, so I was eager to finish the series and finally get the happily ever after Ruby and James deserved. After all that happened in the story, I was hoping for a bit more from the finale, but overall, it brought everything together in a satisfying way. I will definitely be watching the Amazon Prime series to see how well it was adapted!

Audience: upper YA/new adult
Trigger warnings: none
Recommended for fans of: school romance, rich/poor, hurt/comfort, forbidden romance

Publisher's Synopsis:

The third and final book in the international bestselling Maxton Hall series, now in English for the first time.

Can they save themselves? Or will they destroy each other?


Ruby is in shock: Her worst nightmare has come true, and now Oxford and all her dreams that finally seemed within reach are at risk. Worst of all, everything points to James as the one responsible, even after everything they’ve been through together. Ruby thought that she had met the real James—the one who has his own dreams, the one who makes her laugh and makes her heart beat faster with a single glance.

However, after an explosive fight between the two, they discover a terrible truth. Together, Ruby fights to graduate, as James tries to clear her name at school. But that means once again James must challenge his father and his expectations for him. And despite everything, James still threatens to break under the obligations to his family. Ruby and James must ask themselves if the worlds they live in are perhaps too different after all, or if they can finally find a way back to each other.

Source:

NetGalley

©Berkley: November 4, 2025
Edition: digital ARC
331 pages

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