My friend Ari asked me if I had read any books by Lisa De Jong. I told her I had read and enjoyed her Ruin series. Ari said I had to read the Flawed Love series. I honestly think she just wanted to torture me. If you want to find out why I think that, check out my reviews below.
Lies Unspoken
Series: Flawed Love, #1
Author: Lisa De Jong
Publication Date: December 14, 2014
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ½
My thoughts:
I don’t even know how to explain my feelings about this book. The writing is exceptional, and De Jong hit me in all the feels — both good and bad. I loved Lila and liked Blake. Their relationship was a disaster in the making, but I still managed to fall for them as a couple.
Things weren’t that simple, though. This is kind of a love triangle towards the end. I’m not a fan, so that’s when things started to get iffy for me. Lies Unspoken went places I didn’t want to go. Blake and Lila both disappointed me. I wasn’t a fan of the third wheel, Pierce. I didn’t like the feelings I got from him. There was just this underlying thing that kept me from liking his character.
Then, there was that cliffhanger. It kept me reading. That’s all I will say about that.
Love Unspoken
Series: Flawed Love, #1
Author: Lisa De Jong
Publication Date: October 17, 2015
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance
Rating: ★ ★ ★
My thoughts:
I hated this book. HATED. It took me places I didn’t want to go. It’s getting 3 stars for 3 reasons:
- Lisa De Jong is a talented writer. She wove a complicated tale.
- I understood Lila’s up and down feelings and why she made some of the dumb choices she did.
- The last couple of chapters and epilogue. They pretty much wiped away my anger.
So, what didn’t I like?
Pretty much everything else. The love triangle was in full swing. I was not a fan of Pierce. He was controlling, jealous, and manipulative. Pierce would have done anything to get what he wanted: Lila. It didn’t matter what he knew her true feelings to be. He was more worried about having her for himself. The way Lila played to his demands made me angry. I was so fed up with them both for most of the story.
I do have one complaint about the end, too. There was supposed to be a novella about Blake’s sister. I don’t know that it was released, and I really need it right now.
Overall thoughts on this series: If you like a good love triangle and aren’t scared off by OW/OM drama, this has some great angst and even better writing.