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Tangled Lies #2
Two is a Lie
Two lies.
Two men who don’t share.
I never stopped loving Cole. Not when he left me. Not when he disappeared for three years. Not when he crashed back into my life in a violent explosion of testosterone and fury.
His sudden reappearance questions everything I thought I knew, including how I came to love another man.
Trace is an intoxicating breeze of seduction over ice. My rock. My second chance at forever.
And he’s committed to annihilating the competition.
The battle that ensues wrenches me back and forth between them.
Fighting and fucking.
Resisting and submitting.
Together, they entangle me in a web of lies, rivalry, and desire that weaves as deeply as their devotion to me.
I love two men, and if I can only have one, I choose none.
The TANGLED LIES series must be read in order.
One is a Promise
Two is a Lie
Three is a War
Two men who don’t share.
I never stopped loving Cole. Not when he left me. Not when he disappeared for three years. Not when he crashed back into my life in a violent explosion of testosterone and fury.
His sudden reappearance questions everything I thought I knew, including how I came to love another man.
Trace is an intoxicating breeze of seduction over ice. My rock. My second chance at forever.
And he’s committed to annihilating the competition.
The battle that ensues wrenches me back and forth between them.
Fighting and fucking.
Resisting and submitting.
Together, they entangle me in a web of lies, rivalry, and desire that weaves as deeply as their devotion to me.
I love two men, and if I can only have one, I choose none.
The TANGLED LIES series must be read in order.
One is a Promise
Two is a Lie
Three is a War
341 pages, ebook
First published July 11, 2017
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About the author
Pam Godwin
44 books11.8k followersNew York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author, Pam Godwin, lives in the Midwest with her husband, cats, retired greyhounds, and an old, foul-mouthed parrot. She traveled the world for seven years, attended three universities, married the vocalist of her favorite rock band, and retired from her quantitative analyst career in 2014 to write full-time.
Her interests veer toward the unconventional: bourbon, full-body tattoos, and tragic villains. Equally peculiar are her aversions to sleeping, eating meat, and dolls with blinking eyes.
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Her interests veer toward the unconventional: bourbon, full-body tattoos, and tragic villains. Equally peculiar are her aversions to sleeping, eating meat, and dolls with blinking eyes.
SIGNED BOOKS and MERCH: pamgodwin.com/shop
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/pamgodwinauthor
TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@pamgodwinauthor
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/pamgodwinbooks
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July 1, 2017
Holy angst-fest, people.
***Warning: This book is NOT a standalone and this review contains what could be considered spoilers for book one.
ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK***
Moving on.
As I said in my review for book one, this series has pretty much everything I loathe...everything I usually avoid like the plague...
...Everything I usually throw back in the return pile like one of those flow-y boxy tunic things that make me look pregnant.
Namely?
A love triangle of beyond epic proportions.
That said...
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I can't fucking get enough of it.
Seriously though.
This book is like crack.
GROVELING crack.
That's right, my friends.
This book has so much groveling it's like food to my soul.
And for that alone, five fucking big ones, my friends.
Five fucking big ones even in the face of a massive cliffhanger and my wanting to passive-aggressively bitch slap some of the characters.
Now, mind you, I was expecting the cliff ending being that the first book also ended in a pretty massive one.
And normally I would avoid reading such a cliff-ridden series until its culmination, but, well, ARC.
Just keepin' it real.
All that said, I am announcing here and now that I am 100% #TeamThreesome.
But if that ain't in the cards?
#TeamTrace
Now the wait for book three...
***Warning: This book is NOT a standalone and this review contains what could be considered spoilers for book one.
ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK***
Moving on.
As I said in my review for book one, this series has pretty much everything I loathe...everything I usually avoid like the plague...
...Everything I usually throw back in the return pile like one of those flow-y boxy tunic things that make me look pregnant.
Namely?
A love triangle of beyond epic proportions.
That said...
*
*
*
I can't fucking get enough of it.
Seriously though.
This book is like crack.
GROVELING crack.
That's right, my friends.
This book has so much groveling it's like food to my soul.
And for that alone, five fucking big ones, my friends.
Five fucking big ones even in the face of a massive cliffhanger and my wanting to passive-aggressively bitch slap some of the characters.
Now, mind you, I was expecting the cliff ending being that the first book also ended in a pretty massive one.
And normally I would avoid reading such a cliff-ridden series until its culmination, but, well, ARC.
Just keepin' it real.
All that said, I am announcing here and now that I am 100% #TeamThreesome.
But if that ain't in the cards?
#TeamTrace
Now the wait for book three...
September 25, 2017
Picking up where 'One is a Promise' left off, 'Two is a Lie' is an emotional rollercoaster from start to finish. Poor Danni is left with an impossible decision to make. Lucky enough to find two men that she loves immensely, she must now choose between them. It just isn't fair!
My heart broke for Danni, Trace and Cole. While I knew from the start that Cole's return was inevitable, I couldn't help but be angry with him at the same time. I was definitely team Trace, all the way. After all, Cole made his choices and one of them was leaving Danni for his job.
As much as I liked Cole and sympathized with Danni, I couldn't help but feel like Trace got a raw deal for most of this book. There was a big part of me that just wanted Cole to fade away again. Couldn't he just leave well enough alone?
Of course, if he had, I would have missed out on one hell of an angsty story. In fact, it is the very same things that drove me nuts about this story that also had me completely hooked. I'm kind of a masochist that way. I love the emotional pain and turmoil that a story like this brings to the surface.
While I might have wished for Cole to take a hike, Danni clearly wasn't in agreement. I get that, but it left a bad taste in my mouth. She is over the moon that her lost love has returned and is just grateful to have him back in her life, in any capacity.
In my opinion, Trace got a bum deal. He was forced to sit back and watch while Cole did everything in his power to win Danni back. He used every advantage and worked every angle. Honestly, I found him to be a little underhanded and selfish. Although, I completely understood where he was coming from.
Then, when I've convinced myself that Trace is a total victim, new information comes to light. Suddenly, he's looking every bit as deceptive as Cole. At that point I had half a mind to think that Danni should just wash her hands of both of them -- sexy as hell or not.
As expected, this second book ends with another big twist. The game has changed again. Given what was revealed about Trace and Cole, I was left feeling nervous and a little worried for Danni. I didn't know what kind of danger was in store for her.
This book left me feeling conflicted, but completely addicted. There was no doubt that I would jump into the third book immediately. Like the first book, this one had me hooked. Every time I think that I know what I want to happen, something else will happen that makes me reconsider. I'm so torn!
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My heart broke for Danni, Trace and Cole. While I knew from the start that Cole's return was inevitable, I couldn't help but be angry with him at the same time. I was definitely team Trace, all the way. After all, Cole made his choices and one of them was leaving Danni for his job.
As much as I liked Cole and sympathized with Danni, I couldn't help but feel like Trace got a raw deal for most of this book. There was a big part of me that just wanted Cole to fade away again. Couldn't he just leave well enough alone?
Of course, if he had, I would have missed out on one hell of an angsty story. In fact, it is the very same things that drove me nuts about this story that also had me completely hooked. I'm kind of a masochist that way. I love the emotional pain and turmoil that a story like this brings to the surface.
While I might have wished for Cole to take a hike, Danni clearly wasn't in agreement. I get that, but it left a bad taste in my mouth. She is over the moon that her lost love has returned and is just grateful to have him back in her life, in any capacity.
In my opinion, Trace got a bum deal. He was forced to sit back and watch while Cole did everything in his power to win Danni back. He used every advantage and worked every angle. Honestly, I found him to be a little underhanded and selfish. Although, I completely understood where he was coming from.
Then, when I've convinced myself that Trace is a total victim, new information comes to light. Suddenly, he's looking every bit as deceptive as Cole. At that point I had half a mind to think that Danni should just wash her hands of both of them -- sexy as hell or not.
As expected, this second book ends with another big twist. The game has changed again. Given what was revealed about Trace and Cole, I was left feeling nervous and a little worried for Danni. I didn't know what kind of danger was in store for her.
This book left me feeling conflicted, but completely addicted. There was no doubt that I would jump into the third book immediately. Like the first book, this one had me hooked. Every time I think that I know what I want to happen, something else will happen that makes me reconsider. I'm so torn!
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July 9, 2017
4 stars!!!
Cole and Trace. Both are in the picture. It’s so very hard on Danni having both of them in her life. One is her first love, the man she fell for instantly and who she’d thought she’d spend her life with. The other is the man who helped heal her, the one she thought was her new forever. Gah! There is one man I’m more partial to (although after the ending of this book… I don't even know anymore) but lets just say I don’t envy Danni and her decision at all!
This book was so freaking angsty. But it sucked me in. It was addicting and once I stared it I couldn’t stop reading it. Things are so complicated. I have no idea what is going to happen in this third book. Not only with the love triangle, but with the crazy twist at the end of this one. That was a cliffhanger of epic proportions. I don’t know what is to come, all I know is I can’t wait to find out!
Lines will be drawn. Rivalry will ensue.Holy mother of all love triangles! Pam did it again. Another book that has completely immersed me and an ending that made my jaw drop! I said it in my review of the first book, and I’ll say it again- THIS is how you do a love triangle, people! It has been a long time since I’ve enjoyed a love triangle this much, or felt this conflicted about one!
Cole. My first love. My greatest loss. My second chance stands beside me... Trace. He’s supposed to be my new beginning. My future.
Cole and Trace. Both are in the picture. It’s so very hard on Danni having both of them in her life. One is her first love, the man she fell for instantly and who she’d thought she’d spend her life with. The other is the man who helped heal her, the one she thought was her new forever. Gah! There is one man I’m more partial to (although after the ending of this book… I don't even know anymore) but lets just say I don’t envy Danni and her decision at all!
This book was so freaking angsty. But it sucked me in. It was addicting and once I stared it I couldn’t stop reading it. Things are so complicated. I have no idea what is going to happen in this third book. Not only with the love triangle, but with the crazy twist at the end of this one. That was a cliffhanger of epic proportions. I don’t know what is to come, all I know is I can’t wait to find out!
July 6, 2017
5 STARS
Have you ever read a book with a feeling of dread in the pit of your stomach? A book that kept you equal parts riveted to the pages and utterly terrified of what will come next? A book that gave you so much anxiety you felt like you may need therapy after it? A book that you can't stop thinking about days after you finished reading? A book that gave you indigestion, heartburn, anxiety, and a case of the day drinking? Hmmm? HAVE YOU? Because I just did and I want my mommy!
I was sucked in with One is a Promise but it's nothing compared to what Pam Godwin did to me with this book. NOTHING. I have no words to describe the level of anxiety it brought me to. This, my friends, is why I avoid love triangles like venereal disease. But practicing abstinence. As in I won't read the damn things. But this is Pam here. And I don't care if she drive me to drink and rip my hair out, because I'll read everything she writes. Period. Even when I'm reading like this...
But I digress as usual. So let's bring it back to the subject at hand. This book. GAH!
Danni is now faced with an impossible choice between two men that she loves equally and recklessly. Trace was her second chance. Her new beginning. But when her long believed dead finance is back in the picture, their lives get turned upside down. Thrown into a tug of war between two alpha males that will do everything and anything to be with her, Danni doesn't know what to do. She can't choose between the men that both hold her heart. They couldn't be more different from each other, but one thing they share is their unquestionable and fiery love for Danni.
Now let me tell you, if this book won't drive you to drink, I don't know what will. For serious. But if there's one thing it will do, is make you feel. Too much so.
I will say that some will hate some of the decisions that Danni made here. This girl, though? I completely understood. Stuck between two flames, she made the decision to put them all on equal footing and start from the beginning. To date both men and see where her heart leads. But how do you choose between the man that stole your heart in the past and the man that owns it in the present?
As much as you want to judge her for her choices, you simply can't. I went back and forth between Cole and Trace for the entire book. And in the end, all I can tell you is that I'm #TeamTorn. It's simply impossible.
I'll also tell you that this book had one of the hottest sex scenes I have ever read in my entire life. I'm not even kidding. You'll never look at scuba diving the same ever again.
When the secrets that Trace and Cole are keeping from Danni begin to unravel, no one is safe, especially not my sanity. Because Oh My GOD!!! That freaking ending. I don't think I'll survive the end of this trilogy. I'm not even sure I'll survive the wait for book three. So in the interim, I'll be that pathetic looking thing rocking herself in a dark corner, clutching her wine and quietly sobbing.
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The vibrating silhouette of my past paces a few feet away, staring at me like an ethereal presence.
Cole.
My first love. My greatest loss.
My second chance stands beside me, his expression as naked as his upper body, chilling in the cold mist.
Trace.
He’s supposed to be my new beginning. My future.
Have you ever read a book with a feeling of dread in the pit of your stomach? A book that kept you equal parts riveted to the pages and utterly terrified of what will come next? A book that gave you so much anxiety you felt like you may need therapy after it? A book that you can't stop thinking about days after you finished reading? A book that gave you indigestion, heartburn, anxiety, and a case of the day drinking? Hmmm? HAVE YOU? Because I just did and I want my mommy!
I was sucked in with One is a Promise but it's nothing compared to what Pam Godwin did to me with this book. NOTHING. I have no words to describe the level of anxiety it brought me to. This, my friends, is why I avoid love triangles like venereal disease. But practicing abstinence. As in I won't read the damn things. But this is Pam here. And I don't care if she drive me to drink and rip my hair out, because I'll read everything she writes. Period. Even when I'm reading like this...
But I digress as usual. So let's bring it back to the subject at hand. This book. GAH!
Danni is now faced with an impossible choice between two men that she loves equally and recklessly. Trace was her second chance. Her new beginning. But when her long believed dead finance is back in the picture, their lives get turned upside down. Thrown into a tug of war between two alpha males that will do everything and anything to be with her, Danni doesn't know what to do. She can't choose between the men that both hold her heart. They couldn't be more different from each other, but one thing they share is their unquestionable and fiery love for Danni.
Now let me tell you, if this book won't drive you to drink, I don't know what will. For serious. But if there's one thing it will do, is make you feel. Too much so.
I will say that some will hate some of the decisions that Danni made here. This girl, though? I completely understood. Stuck between two flames, she made the decision to put them all on equal footing and start from the beginning. To date both men and see where her heart leads. But how do you choose between the man that stole your heart in the past and the man that owns it in the present?
As much as you want to judge her for her choices, you simply can't. I went back and forth between Cole and Trace for the entire book. And in the end, all I can tell you is that I'm #TeamTorn. It's simply impossible.
I'll also tell you that this book had one of the hottest sex scenes I have ever read in my entire life. I'm not even kidding. You'll never look at scuba diving the same ever again.
When the secrets that Trace and Cole are keeping from Danni begin to unravel, no one is safe, especially not my sanity. Because Oh My GOD!!! That freaking ending. I don't think I'll survive the end of this trilogy. I'm not even sure I'll survive the wait for book three. So in the interim, I'll be that pathetic looking thing rocking herself in a dark corner, clutching her wine and quietly sobbing.
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July 4, 2017
*****FIVE STARS*****
{ARC Generously Provided by Author}
FABULOUS!!!!!
Love is a deep breath with wings. It flutters in the chest, swooping and dancing to the beat of the heart. Without it, I feel strangled and lifeless. Without them, I might never breathe again.
This is one exceptionally fabulous series!! I am well and truly addicted! Be warned that this story is not for the faint hearted and for those who can’t handle a good angst fest! Pam Godwin has one seriously naughty and devious mind! I think this just might be my FAVORITE love triangle story ever! TWO IS A LIE will take you on a ridiculously wild and steamy ride.
At the end of book one, we learned that Cole wasn’t dead and that he’s now come back to claim his life with Danni, but she’s no longer only his to claim. Trace, the one man he entrusted with Danni’s safety also ended stealing her heart. Things are not so black and white in this situation. Danni loves both men with all of her heart, one represents her past and was once her forever and the other was the one who brought her back to life. Since both Cole and Trace deceived Danni and are still keeping many secrets from her, neither can fault her for her indecisiveness. They all agree to give her as much time as she needs to make her decision. Danni’s one stipulation to the deal is that there will be no sex while she tries to choose between the two loves of her life.
Danni splits her time up between both men as best as she can and as time goes on her mind gets even more fogged by confusion. Every moment spent with Cole and Trace only links her heart even stronger to theirs. She is clearly in a no-win situation because the thought of letting either one go makes her feel like she’ll die from a broken heart.
The ”no sex” rule gets blown to hell when Danni is thoroughly seduced by one of them and wowza that was one of the hottest scenes I’ve ever read!! But sex during a terribly confusing and complicated time only ends up making things even messier when the truth is revealed.
This ends on one incredible mind shattering cliffhanger! I’m not sure how I can actually survive the month-long wait to get to book three! It’s going to be pure torture, and I’m not even close to being able to pick which man I love more.
TWO IS A LIE releases on July 11th. Do not miss out on this incredible series!!
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{ARC Generously Provided by Author}
FABULOUS!!!!!
Love is a deep breath with wings. It flutters in the chest, swooping and dancing to the beat of the heart. Without it, I feel strangled and lifeless. Without them, I might never breathe again.
This is one exceptionally fabulous series!! I am well and truly addicted! Be warned that this story is not for the faint hearted and for those who can’t handle a good angst fest! Pam Godwin has one seriously naughty and devious mind! I think this just might be my FAVORITE love triangle story ever! TWO IS A LIE will take you on a ridiculously wild and steamy ride.
At the end of book one, we learned that Cole wasn’t dead and that he’s now come back to claim his life with Danni, but she’s no longer only his to claim. Trace, the one man he entrusted with Danni’s safety also ended stealing her heart. Things are not so black and white in this situation. Danni loves both men with all of her heart, one represents her past and was once her forever and the other was the one who brought her back to life. Since both Cole and Trace deceived Danni and are still keeping many secrets from her, neither can fault her for her indecisiveness. They all agree to give her as much time as she needs to make her decision. Danni’s one stipulation to the deal is that there will be no sex while she tries to choose between the two loves of her life.
Danni splits her time up between both men as best as she can and as time goes on her mind gets even more fogged by confusion. Every moment spent with Cole and Trace only links her heart even stronger to theirs. She is clearly in a no-win situation because the thought of letting either one go makes her feel like she’ll die from a broken heart.
The ”no sex” rule gets blown to hell when Danni is thoroughly seduced by one of them and wowza that was one of the hottest scenes I’ve ever read!! But sex during a terribly confusing and complicated time only ends up making things even messier when the truth is revealed.
This ends on one incredible mind shattering cliffhanger! I’m not sure how I can actually survive the month-long wait to get to book three! It’s going to be pure torture, and I’m not even close to being able to pick which man I love more.
TWO IS A LIE releases on July 11th. Do not miss out on this incredible series!!
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y68P2CZ
Other retailers: https://www.books2read.com/twoisalie
February 6, 2020
4 torn in two Stars
This is going to be a short review because I want to get to the next book asap. Well I now know which team I am.... I am totally Team Trace. Wow this read was angsty af. Danni was a hot mess. Torn in two trying to figure out which man she loved more. Which man she should pick. The men in question Cole and Trace both had a lot of secrets they were hiding. Cole's though were just too much for me. I felt his lie about what he was really "DOING" while on the mission made me sick. Especially knowing how many times he told Danni Fuck that I don't know about Danni but I'm done with Cole. I'm team Trace all the way. I can't wait to see what happens next!
This is going to be a short review because I want to get to the next book asap. Well I now know which team I am.... I am totally Team Trace. Wow this read was angsty af. Danni was a hot mess. Torn in two trying to figure out which man she loved more. Which man she should pick. The men in question Cole and Trace both had a lot of secrets they were hiding. Cole's though were just too much for me. I felt his lie about what he was really "DOING" while on the mission made me sick. Especially knowing how many times he told Danni Fuck that I don't know about Danni but I'm done with Cole. I'm team Trace all the way. I can't wait to see what happens next!
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October 25, 2017
Ever read one of those books where you actually have to sit it down or you will literally go crazy, that's this book for me😕
My heart hurts so bad from reading this book, my hair is about gone from the pulling, my blood pressure is absolutely skyrocketed, I can't even begin to imagine how the next book will go. Ughhhh, I have no words, I'm scared to Read on.. My emotions are everywhere on this book......
If you want angst, this book, this series is for you...
I won't bore you with a review, I'm short on words anyways..............
On to get my much needed answer, I'm too invested not to at this point. I'm crazy, I love this crap!!!!
My heart hurts so bad from reading this book, my hair is about gone from the pulling, my blood pressure is absolutely skyrocketed, I can't even begin to imagine how the next book will go. Ughhhh, I have no words, I'm scared to Read on.. My emotions are everywhere on this book......
If you want angst, this book, this series is for you...
I won't bore you with a review, I'm short on words anyways..............
On to get my much needed answer, I'm too invested not to at this point. I'm crazy, I love this crap!!!!
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July 5, 2017
“Nothing good can from being with a woman who loves two men.
There’s plenty of reasons why I avoid love triangles like the plague. Number one, I don’t like the way I feel when I’m reading them and it’s not the reason you think. Sure there’s a slight amount of guilt because you know that the situation is not ideal and someone is going to get hurt but for me, this crap makes me certifiably crazy!! All of my emotions come out at full force and I have to keep my temper in check while simultaneously chugging all of the good wine. So with that said I try my best to avoid these kind of stories but for some unbeknownst reason, this series made me break all of the rules and I knew what I was getting myself into and I was fine with that. But do you know what happened to me?
I found myself CARING about some of these characters and wishing they would get their act together so that they could finally have everything they’ve ever wanted.
I found myself feeling SYMPATHY for what they went through and the lengths they took just to make it back to some sort of normalcy and acceptance.
I found myself in an utter fit of indescribable RAGE and disappointment toward these characters and their fucked up and idiotic decisions.
I found myself, in HEARTBREAK.
If you’ve read “One is A Promise”, then you already know that Danni just had her world turned upside down with the return of Cole. Being in love with two men isn’t easy and add in the fact that they’re the complete opposite of each other and they both make her love differently, it’s damn near impossible to choose. So with a plan in place, Danni’s hope is that this will make her decision much easier. But you know what they say about plans: they always have a way of changing.
“Loving her is a privilege, one I don’t deserve, but it was never a choice. Love isn’t a choice.
Due to the serious amount of spoilers, my review is going to end here and the only thing I’m going to talk about is how I felt while reading this book.
It’s no secret that I wasn’t a fan of Danni in book one even though I deeply sympathized with her. But in this story? I still wasn’t a fan and if I’m being completely honest, she was the main source of my drinking problem in this book!! I’m figuring out my alibi, dropping twenty dollar bills in “The Swear Jar”, and trying my best not to throw my tablet because my damn warranty just expired. This chick tested me on another level to the point where I was praying this author would do a plot twist and just get rid of her! I have never hated a heroine so much like I did Danni and I know I’m in the minority on this one, but that’s just how it is and I’m not going to sugar coat it because she got on my fucking nerves!!
Now for the good stuff which is the men. Even though he’s not my choice when it comes to being the chosen one, I really liked Cole’s character. He was honest to a fault and I don’t think there’s anything he wouldn’t do to get Danni back and I admired that about him. It doesn’t hurt that he’s easy on the eyes either but he’s really a good loving man that had his world torn from him. Trace on the other hand is EVERYTHING! I don’t care how many team Cole’s are out there, I’ll be the only one waving my Trace flag because he’s the shit! The power that he exudes, the swagger, his brooding personality that makes you want to rip his face off while begging him to take you with no holds bar, is the reason why I love that man and he doesn’t need to show you why he’s the best. He simply is.
So there you have it. My emotions are all over the place in this review and this book made me lose my freakin mind. Don't get me wrong, I really did enjoy certain parts of it and the men made it that more enjoyable but If someone was to ask me if I would go through this again, I would simply tell them with the kindest voice I can muster up. HELL FUCKING NO!! Just kidding. You need to buy me wine first and then we’ll talk. If you’re looking for an angst book that’s going to make you pull all your hair out, this one is for you.
September 27, 2017
Cue another gif review, doubt anyone reads my blabber anyways :p
July 4, 2017
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Type: Book 2 o 3 from Tangled Lies series
POV: First Person - Female
Rating:
After years of heartbreak and uncertainty, Danni Angelo found love again. But all the progress she made in mending her heart and soul was shattered when the one she's been mourning came crashing back into her life.
When I read book 1, I expect this series to be ansgty, but it didn't satisfy my need of emotional pain. I'm glad to say, if you want feels, you'll certainly get it here.
I'm just going to say it outright I do not like Danni. I sympathized with her in book 1 because of her situation, but I had none for her now. Most of the book I wanted to shove her down a rocky cliff haha!
Trace Savoy was a calm and collected character, and partially detached if looked outwardly. Because of that, I thought I might not feel for him. But when he hurt, I hurt too.
Ok, I thought I might not want to express my choice but I can't help it, I need to shout it that I love Cole Hartman lol! He has been my choice since book 1. The emotionally expressive, raw sex appeal of this bad boy obliterated my panties
As for the story, it's a train wreck I can't look away from. It's like being tugged left and right, but still enjoying the friction lol! And this friction made the sex scenes extra hot with the added illicit feel.
Two Is A Lie is a story of one woman's dilemma in finding her one true love. It would appeal to readers who like tales of angsty love triangle.
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Type: Book 2 o 3 from Tangled Lies series
POV: First Person - Female
Rating:
After years of heartbreak and uncertainty, Danni Angelo found love again. But all the progress she made in mending her heart and soul was shattered when the one she's been mourning came crashing back into her life.
When I read book 1, I expect this series to be ansgty, but it didn't satisfy my need of emotional pain. I'm glad to say, if you want feels, you'll certainly get it here.
No matter the hows or whys that put us here, I seem to be the one pulling the strings now, and what I’m doing is cruel.
I'm just going to say it outright I do not like Danni. I sympathized with her in book 1 because of her situation, but I had none for her now. Most of the book I wanted to shove her down a rocky cliff haha!
I love him so fucking much, but that love feels trampled and wounded beneath a thousand unanswered questions.
Trace Savoy was a calm and collected character, and partially detached if looked outwardly. Because of that, I thought I might not feel for him. But when he hurt, I hurt too.
“I would never move on from you. You’re it for me. My beginning. My end. My fucking forever.
Ok, I thought I might not want to express my choice but I can't help it, I need to shout it that I love Cole Hartman lol! He has been my choice since book 1. The emotionally expressive, raw sex appeal of this bad boy obliterated my panties
As for the story, it's a train wreck I can't look away from. It's like being tugged left and right, but still enjoying the friction lol! And this friction made the sex scenes extra hot with the added illicit feel.
What if I can’t forgive either of them? What if I lose them both in the end?
Two Is A Lie is a story of one woman's dilemma in finding her one true love. It would appeal to readers who like tales of angsty love triangle.
Books in the series:
🖤 ⚖️ 🖤 . . . (F)BR With Twinsie CC . . . 🖤 ⚖️ 🖤
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July 3, 2017
The Tangled Lies series must be read in order to fully understand
1: One is a Promise
2: Two is a Lie
3: Three is a War
‘TWO IS A LIE' is the second book in Pam Godwin’s ‘Tangled Lies' series. It picks up where the first book left off.
What happens when the man you thought you would never see again suddenly makes a reappearance into your life?
The man that you wasted four and a half years waiting for returns only to walk back into your life not expecting that you’ve fallen in love with another man, another kick to the guts is that it’s not just any man but his best friend, the one man he asked to keep an eye on you. To keep you safe. That man wasn’t mean’t to fall in love with you. That man wasn’t mean’t to make you fall in love with him.
➼ Trace is an intoxicating breeze of seduction over ice. My rock. My second chance at forever.
Together these two men has made her question everything she thought she knew. Together they have tangled her up in their lies.
➼ Cole, my first love. My greatest loss.
Deceived
Omissions and secrets
Usually one man is more than enough but when you have two in your life and it has to come down to making a decision of choosing between the two, all bets are off, these men don’t play nicely, they are playing to win. And they are playing dirty!! All's fair in love and war.
➼ They're overbearing, jealous, growly cave-grunters who don't share their toys.
And because I'm one sick bitch here's my most favourite quote out of this book!!
If I put my dick in you again, he'll skin me alive, dry my hide in the sun, and use it as a condom to fuck my mother's corpse.
♕ MY THOUGHTS ♕
God where to start, this put me through the wringer, but funnily enough I enjoyed this a wee bit more than the previous book, it played on every emotion hidden within, the feels, the despair, the gut wrenching need for her to choose the right one, the hurt in my heart with what these two guys would’ve been going through, I felt everything this author threw at me, I cried as my heart was breaking with the guilt, the fuck-up of epic proportions Danni would’ve been feeling, the whole fucked-up situation.
It’s almost like the author is giving the middle finger to all those ones who don’t like books where cheating is involved because this pushes all those hard limits so many people run away from. This author took a huge risk with this series and for me I am thankful she did. This was one fuckery fucked up mess of a book..
And do not get me started on that ending GAH!! What a way to end it!! A mother fucker of a cliffy!! GAH!!
June 30, 2017
4 Stars!
-I don't understand the enigma of love, only that it holds me hostage, cares for and worships me, abandons and breaks me, and always lures me back for more.
Danni Angelo's life has been thrown into pure chaos. Her first love Cole Hartman shows up on her doorstep after disappearing for over four years. Losing him almost destroyed her, but years later she found love again with Trace Savoy. Trace was her second chance & supposed to be her future and her new beginning. Now that a future with Cole is possible again she feels torn between her past and her present. She never stopped loving Cole, but she now is madly in love with Trace. She is engaged to two men, and is a total mess. She needs space to assess her feelings & figure who she has the strongest connection with. Can she choose between them when they each hold a part of her heart.
Danni isn't even sure if her relationship with Cole is recoverable, but she still needs to explore it. Trace has been her stability and is wanting to be her forever. Both men are giving their all to have her in the end. They are committed to taking out the competition & are both deeply devoted to Danni. She desires them & has a unique unexplainable bond with each of them. The sexual tension becomes unbearable when your dealing with two possessive alpha males who don't like to share.
Things soon get even more complicated when Danni learns there have been omissions & lies she didn't know about. She feels deceived and betrayed by both men & realizes she might not really know them at all. There's so many secrets, and nobody will tell her the full truth.
This book was a total mind f**k lol. I was right there with Danni & just as torn between these men. Pam makes you desperately want them both. This is a major love triangle & it's intense between these three. It ends on a bit of a cliffy & left me dying for more.
-They both love me.
-They gave me their hearts, willfully, recklessly. If I choose one, I break the other.
-I want them so badly I can't breathe.
-I'm addicted to this man.
-His mouth is made for this, designed and sculpted to bring a woman the kind of slow-burning pleasure that melts beneath the skin and lingers like a fantasy.
-Not only do I need his love, I need his patience and dominance, the kind only he can give me. It's a soul-deep craving, one I will always come back for, again and again.
-I don't understand the enigma of love, only that it holds me hostage, cares for and worships me, abandons and breaks me, and always lures me back for more.
Danni Angelo's life has been thrown into pure chaos. Her first love Cole Hartman shows up on her doorstep after disappearing for over four years. Losing him almost destroyed her, but years later she found love again with Trace Savoy. Trace was her second chance & supposed to be her future and her new beginning. Now that a future with Cole is possible again she feels torn between her past and her present. She never stopped loving Cole, but she now is madly in love with Trace. She is engaged to two men, and is a total mess. She needs space to assess her feelings & figure who she has the strongest connection with. Can she choose between them when they each hold a part of her heart.
Danni isn't even sure if her relationship with Cole is recoverable, but she still needs to explore it. Trace has been her stability and is wanting to be her forever. Both men are giving their all to have her in the end. They are committed to taking out the competition & are both deeply devoted to Danni. She desires them & has a unique unexplainable bond with each of them. The sexual tension becomes unbearable when your dealing with two possessive alpha males who don't like to share.
Things soon get even more complicated when Danni learns there have been omissions & lies she didn't know about. She feels deceived and betrayed by both men & realizes she might not really know them at all. There's so many secrets, and nobody will tell her the full truth.
This book was a total mind f**k lol. I was right there with Danni & just as torn between these men. Pam makes you desperately want them both. This is a major love triangle & it's intense between these three. It ends on a bit of a cliffy & left me dying for more.
-They both love me.
-They gave me their hearts, willfully, recklessly. If I choose one, I break the other.
-I want them so badly I can't breathe.
-I'm addicted to this man.
-His mouth is made for this, designed and sculpted to bring a woman the kind of slow-burning pleasure that melts beneath the skin and lingers like a fantasy.
-Not only do I need his love, I need his patience and dominance, the kind only he can give me. It's a soul-deep craving, one I will always come back for, again and again.
July 4, 2017
4.5 Stars!
Two is a Lie opens without interruption in the timeline to a scenario that is thoroughly complex and full of emotion. With Cole’s return after four years have passed, Danni tries to reconcile the truth to accept how Cole is alive and to understand how Trace is connected to them both. For Danni, getting answers isn’t easy and finding a solution is even harder as both men are determined to fight for their chance, which leaves Danni in the position of making choice between Cole and Trace.
Finding such a choice impossible, Danni decides to start over in hopes of establishing a connection with one more than the other. Cole is unrestrained, passionate and at times a hot head, while Trace is the master of self-restraint, dominance and is intoxicating. Basically, these men are opposites in personality and looks which leaves Danni in a quandary because she loves each for what they offer. At first, this arrangement seems to work but then as emotions escalate, what ensues is angst ridden to the ninth degree.
Once lines are crossed, the level of betrayal is evident and Danni must accept how these actions affect her future. As Danni reacts to the strong determination imposed, it’s clear how things must proceed during this time. However, no one foresees what happens next as there are elements of suspense weaved into this plot that further add to the tension of the unknown.
As told from Danni’s POV, her perspective underscores just how difficult it is for her to make choice but it’s also evident just how much Trace and Cole are enduring during this process. The layers of feelings and character dimension is immense and there is always the looming finality of which one is going to win Danni’s heart. Of course, no one is perfect but when certain things happen, it feels like a double-edged sword offering pain and pleasure that left me aching for one and hurting for the other.
Typically, I avoid love triangles like the plague because of the angst and wavering feelings that occur during the process, but when I saw Pam Godwin would be crafting this series, I was committed and I am enjoying it all! That being said, there are definitely times when I wanted to exert physical influence over one of the characters and yelled at my Kindle! (lol!)
Two is a Lie offers a very different tone from the first book, One is a Promise, in that the tension level is rising to match the uncertainty surrounding this fragile predicament. For those who thrive on angst and a shitload of feels, I highly recommend Two is a Lie!
Tangled Lies series:
*This was a (F)BR with Twinisie Hawkey!
For more reviews/reveals/giveaways visit:
Two is a Lie opens without interruption in the timeline to a scenario that is thoroughly complex and full of emotion. With Cole’s return after four years have passed, Danni tries to reconcile the truth to accept how Cole is alive and to understand how Trace is connected to them both. For Danni, getting answers isn’t easy and finding a solution is even harder as both men are determined to fight for their chance, which leaves Danni in the position of making choice between Cole and Trace.
“They both love me. We’re not broken. We’re just … stuck.”
Finding such a choice impossible, Danni decides to start over in hopes of establishing a connection with one more than the other. Cole is unrestrained, passionate and at times a hot head, while Trace is the master of self-restraint, dominance and is intoxicating. Basically, these men are opposites in personality and looks which leaves Danni in a quandary because she loves each for what they offer. At first, this arrangement seems to work but then as emotions escalate, what ensues is angst ridden to the ninth degree.
“I’m terrified one day that I’m going to watch you walk away with the one who stole my dance.”
Once lines are crossed, the level of betrayal is evident and Danni must accept how these actions affect her future. As Danni reacts to the strong determination imposed, it’s clear how things must proceed during this time. However, no one foresees what happens next as there are elements of suspense weaved into this plot that further add to the tension of the unknown.
“But I saw the guilt in your eyes the moment you looked at me.”
As told from Danni’s POV, her perspective underscores just how difficult it is for her to make choice but it’s also evident just how much Trace and Cole are enduring during this process. The layers of feelings and character dimension is immense and there is always the looming finality of which one is going to win Danni’s heart. Of course, no one is perfect but when certain things happen, it feels like a double-edged sword offering pain and pleasure that left me aching for one and hurting for the other.
Typically, I avoid love triangles like the plague because of the angst and wavering feelings that occur during the process, but when I saw Pam Godwin would be crafting this series, I was committed and I am enjoying it all! That being said, there are definitely times when I wanted to exert physical influence over one of the characters and yelled at my Kindle! (lol!)
Two is a Lie offers a very different tone from the first book, One is a Promise, in that the tension level is rising to match the uncertainty surrounding this fragile predicament. For those who thrive on angst and a shitload of feels, I highly recommend Two is a Lie!
Tangled Lies series:
*This was a (F)BR with Twinisie Hawkey!
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August 22, 2017
Again. That end!!!! WTF?
Grrr I'm just gonna blame myself for this because me and my fucking curiosity fucked me all over again!!!! Uhhh I should have wait to read this series when they're completed. :(
#stillteamtrace #fuckyoucole
I want last book right now! I need it! :(
Dammit, I'm gonna lose my freaking mind. :-/
July 15, 2017
“Love isn’t a choice.”
TWO IS A LIE is the second book in the TANGLED LIES trilogy by Pam Godwin. The story picks up where book one finishes with our female protagonist torn between the two men in her life. Men who are both close to her heart. Men whom she loves. It’s a story about second chances that can tear you apart, a web of lies, rivalry, and passion.
There’s no doubt that this story is a love triangle in the truest sense of the word. Readers may be drawn to one male character but it will probably not be completely clear cut, both are heroes who have proved easy to fall in love with. In contrast, the female protagonist was not so easy for me to love, I couldn’t figure out what it was about her that made these two men so besotted with her which, on reflection, is quite often the case when reading a love triangle. I sometimes questioned her thought process, got frustrated about her back and forth nature, but again, in order to produce angst this sometimes is a necessary happening in a love triangle. And I do truly love a good love triangle so I relished the prospect of this story and, although I felt the middle section of the book did not develop the plot or character making me feel like some of the prose was redundant and failed to engage my heart the way I wanted it to, the last section was the complete opposite. It raised the angst level, created drama, gave me the story I’d been longing for. I very much feel like the layers of the plot will further flourish in the third and final part of this series simply from reading the closing chapters which firmly showcase the flare this author has for weaving a damn good story.
TWO IS A LIE left me surmising about the events from the final stages of the book and theorising about what may or may not happen in the final part of the series. There’s certainly lots to discuss with friends who have also read! I have absolutely no clue what will happen or ultimately how this author will resolve the love triangle aspect, but one thing is certain, I can’t wait for the ride where I’ll discover all!
Advance copy provided for my honest review thoughts *
TWO IS A LIE is the second book in the TANGLED LIES trilogy by Pam Godwin. The story picks up where book one finishes with our female protagonist torn between the two men in her life. Men who are both close to her heart. Men whom she loves. It’s a story about second chances that can tear you apart, a web of lies, rivalry, and passion.
There’s no doubt that this story is a love triangle in the truest sense of the word. Readers may be drawn to one male character but it will probably not be completely clear cut, both are heroes who have proved easy to fall in love with. In contrast, the female protagonist was not so easy for me to love, I couldn’t figure out what it was about her that made these two men so besotted with her which, on reflection, is quite often the case when reading a love triangle. I sometimes questioned her thought process, got frustrated about her back and forth nature, but again, in order to produce angst this sometimes is a necessary happening in a love triangle. And I do truly love a good love triangle so I relished the prospect of this story and, although I felt the middle section of the book did not develop the plot or character making me feel like some of the prose was redundant and failed to engage my heart the way I wanted it to, the last section was the complete opposite. It raised the angst level, created drama, gave me the story I’d been longing for. I very much feel like the layers of the plot will further flourish in the third and final part of this series simply from reading the closing chapters which firmly showcase the flare this author has for weaving a damn good story.
TWO IS A LIE left me surmising about the events from the final stages of the book and theorising about what may or may not happen in the final part of the series. There’s certainly lots to discuss with friends who have also read! I have absolutely no clue what will happen or ultimately how this author will resolve the love triangle aspect, but one thing is certain, I can’t wait for the ride where I’ll discover all!
Advance copy provided for my honest review thoughts *
July 30, 2017
5 double the highs, double the lows. stars
Two Men. Two of the Greatest Loves. Imperfectly Perfect. Past, present and future colliding in a war that will have no winner. Just loss, pain and the hope that love can mend all things.
The heart wants, what the heart wants, but they heart can't have what it wants when it involves two men who want to possess it completely. But how can you choose between your first love and your new beginning. They are different as night and day. Cole, a man so impulsive and charming, that he makes every day an adventure. Trace, a man so controlled he protects you even from yourself, giving you the wings to fly but wraps you tightly in his arms at night.
Nothing can prepare you for the heart ache that is Two is a Lie ... the first half of the book and I was absolutely overrun by emotion and had no clue how to even turn the next page. Scared for what was to come, but at the same time needing to know so mend my battered heart. It's painfully beautiful falling in love knowing there can only be one in the end.
Two dominant, possessive males, one strong female who loves with all that she is, battle it out for the future they all yearn to have. Fighting and fucking, resisting and submitting, rules that were made to be broken. I don't envy Danni with the choice she has to make, even as the story unwinds and the tangled mess of their lives unravel ... their story is far from over, it's only just begun.
As much as this book made me want to run and hide, throw up and shout, it was such a powerful written book that makes you feel, makes you live their story and is completely unforgettable. I can't wait for the next book, I just pray my poor heart will survive the final ride.
Copy kindly provided by the author, via *Sixty First Reads*, for an honest review.
***Quotes above are taken from the version of the book and may differ upon publication.
I don’t understand the enigma of love, only that it holds me hostage, cares for and worships me, abandons and breaks me, and always lures me back for more. I’m greedy for it.
Two Men. Two of the Greatest Loves. Imperfectly Perfect. Past, present and future colliding in a war that will have no winner. Just loss, pain and the hope that love can mend all things.
“The three of us? We’re fucked to hell. There’s no coming back from this.”
The heart wants, what the heart wants, but they heart can't have what it wants when it involves two men who want to possess it completely. But how can you choose between your first love and your new beginning. They are different as night and day. Cole, a man so impulsive and charming, that he makes every day an adventure. Trace, a man so controlled he protects you even from yourself, giving you the wings to fly but wraps you tightly in his arms at night.
“They gave me their hearts, willfully, recklessly. If I choose one, I break the other. What the fuck am I supposed to do? ”
Nothing can prepare you for the heart ache that is Two is a Lie ... the first half of the book and I was absolutely overrun by emotion and had no clue how to even turn the next page. Scared for what was to come, but at the same time needing to know so mend my battered heart. It's painfully beautiful falling in love knowing there can only be one in the end.
Two dominant, possessive males, one strong female who loves with all that she is, battle it out for the future they all yearn to have. Fighting and fucking, resisting and submitting, rules that were made to be broken. I don't envy Danni with the choice she has to make, even as the story unwinds and the tangled mess of their lives unravel ... their story is far from over, it's only just begun.
As much as this book made me want to run and hide, throw up and shout, it was such a powerful written book that makes you feel, makes you live their story and is completely unforgettable. I can't wait for the next book, I just pray my poor heart will survive the final ride.
Copy kindly provided by the author, via *Sixty First Reads*, for an honest review.
***Quotes above are taken from the version of the book and may differ upon publication.
July 9, 2017
"I want to be your lover, your husband, your home. I want to be your everything."
The wait for book two was excruciating! I became so invested in Trace and Maddie during book one. The ups and downs of their relationship left me emotionally drained. Then wham, the surprise ending totally knocked my breath away. I've never loved a cliffhanger more. Talk about leaving readers panting for more...that's what Pam Godwin achieved. So, we're here in Two Is A Lie all reeling from Cole's return and attempting to adjust to the new reality. You see how I inserted myself into the narrative? That's how invested I am!!
The emotional turmoil is palpatable. I can't imagine ever being in a similar position, however I can empathize with the confusion and mixed feelings.
"It feels as though I have two hearts, and I'm waiting for someone to tell me I have to rip one out and hand it over. And it's going to going to hurt like hell."
That quote sums up the entire book perfectly. This is an angsty, emotional, gut-clenching read. My heart nearly pounded out of my chest and I've never flipped pages so fast in my life.
Throughout the drama, the characters respond as expected. There are some brilliantly romantic moments between Maddie and each of her guys. Unfortunately, I must admit I was as drained as they all were near the end. The lies, omissions, and back and forth drama beat me down just a tad. The turning point came at the very end. Once again, the ending was mind-blowing.
Overall, I'm enjoying the series immensely. As I stated before, the character interactions and their emotional please jump off the page! I recommend this series to romance lovers who enjoy love triangles and emotional reads.
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The wait for book two was excruciating! I became so invested in Trace and Maddie during book one. The ups and downs of their relationship left me emotionally drained. Then wham, the surprise ending totally knocked my breath away. I've never loved a cliffhanger more. Talk about leaving readers panting for more...that's what Pam Godwin achieved. So, we're here in Two Is A Lie all reeling from Cole's return and attempting to adjust to the new reality. You see how I inserted myself into the narrative? That's how invested I am!!
The emotional turmoil is palpatable. I can't imagine ever being in a similar position, however I can empathize with the confusion and mixed feelings.
"It feels as though I have two hearts, and I'm waiting for someone to tell me I have to rip one out and hand it over. And it's going to going to hurt like hell."
That quote sums up the entire book perfectly. This is an angsty, emotional, gut-clenching read. My heart nearly pounded out of my chest and I've never flipped pages so fast in my life.
Throughout the drama, the characters respond as expected. There are some brilliantly romantic moments between Maddie and each of her guys. Unfortunately, I must admit I was as drained as they all were near the end. The lies, omissions, and back and forth drama beat me down just a tad. The turning point came at the very end. Once again, the ending was mind-blowing.
Overall, I'm enjoying the series immensely. As I stated before, the character interactions and their emotional please jump off the page! I recommend this series to romance lovers who enjoy love triangles and emotional reads.
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So this one should probably actually be called Two Men Should Just Fucking Get Over Themselves.
It’s an entire book of angst and handwringing over the fact the heroine has fallen in love with two men who insist she has to choose when clearly the answer is:
Okay, to be non-frivolous for a moment, I do actually recognise (and I think it’s important *to* recognise) that polyamory is … a state of being, not the automatically correct solution to a love triangle. Obviously I would love for there to be more openness in general to non-standard relationship configurations, in the romance genre and in the world, but at the same time treating polyam as a logistical convenience, rather than something significant and identity-driven, is messy as fuck.
And to be fair to Two Men Should Just Fucking Get Over Themselves, the book does make a clear case that neither man has any bisexual leanings (although neither Ashley Cutler nor The Other One were supposedly even slightly men-inclining either; in the Godwinverse not being queer is no impediment to two hot dudes dicking each other down) and that they’re both soundly monogamous. Unlike the heroine who could be polyamorous in the right context.
In any case, I didn’t … *not* enjoy this. But it also felt simultaneously like a reset button and a case of treading water.
SPOILERS, by the way. For the first book and this book.
So, surprise. As we learned at the end of the first book, The Other One isn’t dead after all. He was just in hiding because DANGER. And now he’s back. And Tracie Cutler was his best friend all along who he’d tasked with looking after his womanz while he was away on his mysterious government job. Except, while looking after The Other One’s womanz, Tracie Cutler fell for The Other One’s Womanz: and given The Other One had been presumed dead for about for years it and his womanz showed signs of mourning him forever Tracie Cutler finally let himself act on his feels.
This is, of course, utter bobbins but I confess I did appreciate how it recontextualised the push-pull dynamic of the first book. I sort of took Tracie Cutler’s behaviour for granted while I was reading it because it came across to me as typically dickish repressed alpha bullshit. BUT NO. Unlike Ashley Cutler who is, in fact, just like that (I need to stop comparing every man, real or imagined, to Ashley Cutler: it’s not healthy), Tracie Cutler (his actual name is Trace Savoy, btw, which is even worse) is actually a better man than his actions paint him. There’s something … something about that that genuinely kind of got me.
Anyway, once they’ve spent about five chapters talking all this through, running from room to room, and breathing heavily at each other they decide that they should start again from the beginning? Like, Danni should date both of them until she decides which one she wants. At which point decides she can’t/won’t have sex with either of them because … something something jealousy something something emotions.
This is clearly the most nonsense plan that every nonsensed and makes the book feel quite static. I think it might have felt less so, had I managed to care more about The Other One but I just do not … can not … care about The Other One. In my review of the first book, I spoke a little bit about how The Other One is not well-served by this particular structure (his relationship with the heroine is pre-established and effortless, compared to the relationship that she builds with Tracie Cutler over the course of the book) and I don’t think trying to take him and Danni back to the beginning makes a difference, unfortunately?
Like they do bang while scuba diving which is slightly intriguing although struck me as super impractical (I mean even fucking in the bath is uncomfortable because water, ironically, dries everything out). But I guess having joined the mile high club in a hot air balloon with Tracie Cutler, Dani is now a member of the mile … under club?
Worse, all this page count given over to making The Other One credible and/or interesting just leaves Tracie Cutler nothing to do except stand by supportively. And, don’t get me wrong, it’s weirdly romantic and amazing that he does, especially after his and Danni’s complicated relationship in the first book, but I think books need momentum to sustain their length. And this has none. While I do appreciate that, once he’s in love Tracie Cutler is 100% committed to being in love … there’s no opportunities for growth or development here, either personally or in his relationship with Danni or even, for that matter, his relationship with his best friend whose womanz he inadvertently stole.
Like I thought I’d never stop melting for lines like this:
But there genuinely came a point where I was just like, Jesus man, stop saying romantic shit and advance the fucking plot, will you? It’s kind of ironic, in a way, that Dani spends quite a lot of time in this book, and the first book, disparaging “passive men” – and yet the entire structure, such as it is, of Two Men Should Just Fucking Get Over Themselves demands its best man (yes, Tracie Cutler is the best man, haven’t you been paying attention) adopt a position of tedious passivity in order to prove his love.
I also wish the book didn’t sort of take it as read that if you put enough testosterone in a relationship it will just sort of inevitably lead to violence. Tracie Cutler and The Other One get in a literal fight in this book, though they reassure the heroine that this is just a normal part of their dynamic and sometimes one or the other of them needs a good punch in the face. Maybe I’m one of those Passive Men who are worth so much contempt in the Godwinverse but I’ve never got in a physical fight with one of my male friends ever. And if one of them concluded at any point that what I needed was a good punch in the face then … we would not stay friends for long.
On the other hand, we are treated to another glorious manwanking scene where the bloke in question, overcome by the sexiness of the heroine, has stealthed off to depressurise his libido and yet has still remembered to supply himself with lube for the occasion. Sadly it’s The Other One, not Tracie Cutler this time. But it still reduced me to absolute hysterics. These men are actually beginning to make me feel inadequate. It’s not their vast dongs, their rippling musculature, or their dominant masculinity, it’s the way they’re always so fucking prepared to jack off. Don’t get me wrong, a lubed up wank is a better experience than a non-lubed up wank but who plans their masturbation with that kind of precision and foresight? Not me that’s for damn sure.
Finally, for all the things that didn’t work for me about this book (which admittedly are fairly extensive), it does contain perhaps the most breathtakingly beautiful line I have read, not just in romance, but in the whole of literature:
DIDN’T I TELL YOU HE WAS THE BEST MAN?
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So this one should probably actually be called Two Men Should Just Fucking Get Over Themselves.
It’s an entire book of angst and handwringing over the fact the heroine has fallen in love with two men who insist she has to choose when clearly the answer is:
Okay, to be non-frivolous for a moment, I do actually recognise (and I think it’s important *to* recognise) that polyamory is … a state of being, not the automatically correct solution to a love triangle. Obviously I would love for there to be more openness in general to non-standard relationship configurations, in the romance genre and in the world, but at the same time treating polyam as a logistical convenience, rather than something significant and identity-driven, is messy as fuck.
And to be fair to Two Men Should Just Fucking Get Over Themselves, the book does make a clear case that neither man has any bisexual leanings (although neither Ashley Cutler nor The Other One were supposedly even slightly men-inclining either; in the Godwinverse not being queer is no impediment to two hot dudes dicking each other down) and that they’re both soundly monogamous. Unlike the heroine who could be polyamorous in the right context.
In any case, I didn’t … *not* enjoy this. But it also felt simultaneously like a reset button and a case of treading water.
SPOILERS, by the way. For the first book and this book.
So, surprise. As we learned at the end of the first book, The Other One isn’t dead after all. He was just in hiding because DANGER. And now he’s back. And Tracie Cutler was his best friend all along who he’d tasked with looking after his womanz while he was away on his mysterious government job. Except, while looking after The Other One’s womanz, Tracie Cutler fell for The Other One’s Womanz: and given The Other One had been presumed dead for about for years it and his womanz showed signs of mourning him forever Tracie Cutler finally let himself act on his feels.
This is, of course, utter bobbins but I confess I did appreciate how it recontextualised the push-pull dynamic of the first book. I sort of took Tracie Cutler’s behaviour for granted while I was reading it because it came across to me as typically dickish repressed alpha bullshit. BUT NO. Unlike Ashley Cutler who is, in fact, just like that (I need to stop comparing every man, real or imagined, to Ashley Cutler: it’s not healthy), Tracie Cutler (his actual name is Trace Savoy, btw, which is even worse) is actually a better man than his actions paint him. There’s something … something about that that genuinely kind of got me.
Anyway, once they’ve spent about five chapters talking all this through, running from room to room, and breathing heavily at each other they decide that they should start again from the beginning? Like, Danni should date both of them until she decides which one she wants. At which point decides she can’t/won’t have sex with either of them because … something something jealousy something something emotions.
This is clearly the most nonsense plan that every nonsensed and makes the book feel quite static. I think it might have felt less so, had I managed to care more about The Other One but I just do not … can not … care about The Other One. In my review of the first book, I spoke a little bit about how The Other One is not well-served by this particular structure (his relationship with the heroine is pre-established and effortless, compared to the relationship that she builds with Tracie Cutler over the course of the book) and I don’t think trying to take him and Danni back to the beginning makes a difference, unfortunately?
Like they do bang while scuba diving which is slightly intriguing although struck me as super impractical (I mean even fucking in the bath is uncomfortable because water, ironically, dries everything out). But I guess having joined the mile high club in a hot air balloon with Tracie Cutler, Dani is now a member of the mile … under club?
Worse, all this page count given over to making The Other One credible and/or interesting just leaves Tracie Cutler nothing to do except stand by supportively. And, don’t get me wrong, it’s weirdly romantic and amazing that he does, especially after his and Danni’s complicated relationship in the first book, but I think books need momentum to sustain their length. And this has none. While I do appreciate that, once he’s in love Tracie Cutler is 100% committed to being in love … there’s no opportunities for growth or development here, either personally or in his relationship with Danni or even, for that matter, his relationship with his best friend whose womanz he inadvertently stole.
Like I thought I’d never stop melting for lines like this:
“You can’t take advantage of what I’m freely offering, and I’m offering everything— time, support, respect, love, protection… The list goes on. Just know that you have me. I’ll be what you need for as long as you let me.”
But there genuinely came a point where I was just like, Jesus man, stop saying romantic shit and advance the fucking plot, will you? It’s kind of ironic, in a way, that Dani spends quite a lot of time in this book, and the first book, disparaging “passive men” – and yet the entire structure, such as it is, of Two Men Should Just Fucking Get Over Themselves demands its best man (yes, Tracie Cutler is the best man, haven’t you been paying attention) adopt a position of tedious passivity in order to prove his love.
I also wish the book didn’t sort of take it as read that if you put enough testosterone in a relationship it will just sort of inevitably lead to violence. Tracie Cutler and The Other One get in a literal fight in this book, though they reassure the heroine that this is just a normal part of their dynamic and sometimes one or the other of them needs a good punch in the face. Maybe I’m one of those Passive Men who are worth so much contempt in the Godwinverse but I’ve never got in a physical fight with one of my male friends ever. And if one of them concluded at any point that what I needed was a good punch in the face then … we would not stay friends for long.
On the other hand, we are treated to another glorious manwanking scene where the bloke in question, overcome by the sexiness of the heroine, has stealthed off to depressurise his libido and yet has still remembered to supply himself with lube for the occasion. Sadly it’s The Other One, not Tracie Cutler this time. But it still reduced me to absolute hysterics. These men are actually beginning to make me feel inadequate. It’s not their vast dongs, their rippling musculature, or their dominant masculinity, it’s the way they’re always so fucking prepared to jack off. Don’t get me wrong, a lubed up wank is a better experience than a non-lubed up wank but who plans their masturbation with that kind of precision and foresight? Not me that’s for damn sure.
Finally, for all the things that didn’t work for me about this book (which admittedly are fairly extensive), it does contain perhaps the most breathtakingly beautiful line I have read, not just in romance, but in the whole of literature:
“[Tracie Cutler] cleans up after me constantly and never complains.”
DIDN’T I TELL YOU HE WAS THE BEST MAN?
June 29, 2017
***** 5 Stars *****
Cannot be read as a standalone.
"Cole. My first love. My greatest loss."
"Trace. He's supposed to be my new beginning. My future."
Pam Godwin is the QUEEN of love triangles!!!
I literally couldn't stop reading this book. Finished this is one day... and reread a few chapters.
This series is insanely addicting. It checks all my boxes: Wickedly sexy. Full of angst. Simmering jealously. Shocking twists.
Second books in trilogies often lack many things, but Two is a Lie dives more into everything. I fell in love with the characters even more, and now my heart is torn into pieces.
Cole or Trace? Personally... I'm on both teams. But I understand that these two alphas most likely can't share.... or can they?
I'm going around in circles trying to figure out how things are going to play out in Three is a War.
READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!
Cannot be read as a standalone.
"Cole. My first love. My greatest loss."
"Trace. He's supposed to be my new beginning. My future."
Pam Godwin is the QUEEN of love triangles!!!
I literally couldn't stop reading this book. Finished this is one day... and reread a few chapters.
This series is insanely addicting. It checks all my boxes: Wickedly sexy. Full of angst. Simmering jealously. Shocking twists.
Second books in trilogies often lack many things, but Two is a Lie dives more into everything. I fell in love with the characters even more, and now my heart is torn into pieces.
Cole or Trace? Personally... I'm on both teams. But I understand that these two alphas most likely can't share.... or can they?
I'm going around in circles trying to figure out how things are going to play out in Three is a War.
READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!
July 1, 2018
3 Stars
Overall Opinion: I'm bummed that I didn't get emotional here. I'm hoping that the next book with tap into those emotions that everyone seemed to have but me. I did, however, like Trace more! I'm definitely team Trace right now, but who knows what will happen in the next book. I'm still feeling a little underwhelmed, but will finish this up with the last book, Three is a War...
**If you haven't read the first book, One is a Promise, or if you don't want the trilogy spoiled -- please don't continue reading this review**
Overall Opinion: I'm bummed that I didn't get emotional here. I'm hoping that the next book with tap into those emotions that everyone seemed to have but me. I did, however, like Trace more! I'm definitely team Trace right now, but who knows what will happen in the next book. I'm still feeling a little underwhelmed, but will finish this up with the last book, Three is a War...
**If you haven't read the first book, One is a Promise, or if you don't want the trilogy spoiled -- please don't continue reading this review**
July 11, 2017
4 Angsty Stars
ANGST ANGST ANGST and More ANGST.......
Lordy, this second book in the Tangled Lies series brings angst front and center. Don't get me wrong, I love angst and I can deal with triangles and cheating but the indecisiveness almost killed me.
I love the drama of Cole and Trace both wanting Danni. Danni and Cole, Danni and Trace......each relationship is hot and sexy yet emotional and loving. Danni wants to start over with each and see where her heart leads her. But Danni loves two men and dating two men only can lead to fire and combustion. Can Danni's heart survive two men who are hell bent on being her victor? Can she give really give up one and move on with the other? Oh the angsty!!!
I understood Danni's dilemma. A new love and an old love competing for her heart. An old love that never really died because of the circumstances. She went back and forth between Cole and Trace, never having alone time with herself to reflect on these two men. And that "never having alone time" caused Danni to betray one of her loves. It's emotional and as a reader, I must say that Danni's indecisiveness at that point made me frustrated with her. But even after all that, she still hadn't decided between her men. As you can imagine, secrets and truths finally become exposed and the heart isn't strong enough to bear the consequences.
And then the ending......more lies and more secrets are revealed. It completely blows up and the ending will leave you 😳😳😳
I will say that the writer has me hooked with this threesome. She has kept me twisted in knots thinking about how this will all end. How can there be a happy ending for all? My heart is all aflutter with anxiety for Cole, Danni and Trace. I want them all to be happy so I'm trusting the author after she has planted me on Angst Mountain to ever so gently plant me on Greener Pastures with Three is a War. (But that title has me worried😬😬)
*advanced copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review*
ANGST ANGST ANGST and More ANGST.......
Lordy, this second book in the Tangled Lies series brings angst front and center. Don't get me wrong, I love angst and I can deal with triangles and cheating but the indecisiveness almost killed me.
I love the drama of Cole and Trace both wanting Danni. Danni and Cole, Danni and Trace......each relationship is hot and sexy yet emotional and loving. Danni wants to start over with each and see where her heart leads her. But Danni loves two men and dating two men only can lead to fire and combustion. Can Danni's heart survive two men who are hell bent on being her victor? Can she give really give up one and move on with the other? Oh the angsty!!!
I understood Danni's dilemma. A new love and an old love competing for her heart. An old love that never really died because of the circumstances. She went back and forth between Cole and Trace, never having alone time with herself to reflect on these two men. And that "never having alone time" caused Danni to betray one of her loves. It's emotional and as a reader, I must say that Danni's indecisiveness at that point made me frustrated with her. But even after all that, she still hadn't decided between her men. As you can imagine, secrets and truths finally become exposed and the heart isn't strong enough to bear the consequences.
And then the ending......more lies and more secrets are revealed. It completely blows up and the ending will leave you 😳😳😳
I will say that the writer has me hooked with this threesome. She has kept me twisted in knots thinking about how this will all end. How can there be a happy ending for all? My heart is all aflutter with anxiety for Cole, Danni and Trace. I want them all to be happy so I'm trusting the author after she has planted me on Angst Mountain to ever so gently plant me on Greener Pastures with Three is a War. (But that title has me worried😬😬)
*advanced copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review*
July 12, 2017
4.5
TEAM TRACE FOREVER!!!
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(I apologize for my English but I am Italian and as far I can read books in English, I do not speak it perfectly ... I hope everything is clear! If not, please do not hesitate to correct me,so that I can learn English better :) )
Already in the first book I had a preference for Trace, but I also loved Cole. After the discoveries at the end of this second book I have no doubt: TRACE all life!
To tell the truth, even without the discovery of the photos, as I read TWO IS A LIE, I began to notice the features of Cole that I didn't like: his insecurity, his immaturity, his little control, and the fact that he did not plans for the future and should ask a friend for a job that leaves him dissatisfied ... I saw Cole too weak and out of control in this book, he was not the man who supported his woman but it was Danni many times to having to support him. And yet, the fact that he could have chosen not to go in a 4-year mission but he did the same to make a career, knowing that there were many dangers and that he could not return to the woman he loved and wanted to marry, I did not like it at all.
But, again, there were still some good things I could see in him even though I could see more in Trace.
After discovering his mission, having sex with another woman to get information while his woman was at home crying for his death, I do not just prefer 100,000 times Trace but I can safely say that I didn't like Cole at all! Is a selfish man who after asking his woman to marry him, leaves her for four years for a mission to which he could give up and where he has sex with another woman ... NO THANKS BUT NO!
Beyond my personal opinion about Cole, I want to explain why Danni should finish with Trace: Danni and Cole know each other and fall in love, they are young, happy and carefree. From the very first moment they meet, they live a passion without brakes and fall in love at the first glance; nothing to say about this, it's a beautiful love story, both are crazy about each other. But then Cole "dies" ... Danni is a woman who is destroyed, broken, lost what she thought was the love of her life. For four long years she does not live; after a first time trying to drown the pain in the alcohol, she gets up, writhes her sleeves and tries to go ahead with her passion for dancing and volunteering in the homeless shelter . I do not mind doubting, however, she is not the same woman as before, lives half a lifetime, loves a dead man, and can not go on. And here she meets Trace, at the darkest moment of her life, when she is sad, broken and she thinks she can never love ... and instead she is in the darkest moment ,when she no longer hopes, that she falls in love again and THIS IS for me the kind of strongest love: not the love born on a quiet sunny day when everything is fine, but the one born in the toughest conditions when you have already loved and lost everything.
THIS IS THE LOVE!
Best quotes ever: “I like you.” Angel, who’s been quiet all night, directs her big brown eyes at Trace.
The hand between my legs retreats to my knee, and he scowls at the four-year-old. “That’s good, because I like your aunt.”
“I don’t like him.” She points at Cole and narrows her eyes. “I’m going to rip his spine out.”
TEAM TRACE FOREVER!!!
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(I apologize for my English but I am Italian and as far I can read books in English, I do not speak it perfectly ... I hope everything is clear! If not, please do not hesitate to correct me,so that I can learn English better :) )
Already in the first book I had a preference for Trace, but I also loved Cole. After the discoveries at the end of this second book I have no doubt: TRACE all life!
To tell the truth, even without the discovery of the photos, as I read TWO IS A LIE, I began to notice the features of Cole that I didn't like: his insecurity, his immaturity, his little control, and the fact that he did not plans for the future and should ask a friend for a job that leaves him dissatisfied ... I saw Cole too weak and out of control in this book, he was not the man who supported his woman but it was Danni many times to having to support him. And yet, the fact that he could have chosen not to go in a 4-year mission but he did the same to make a career, knowing that there were many dangers and that he could not return to the woman he loved and wanted to marry, I did not like it at all.
But, again, there were still some good things I could see in him even though I could see more in Trace.
After discovering his mission, having sex with another woman to get information while his woman was at home crying for his death, I do not just prefer 100,000 times Trace but I can safely say that I didn't like Cole at all! Is a selfish man who after asking his woman to marry him, leaves her for four years for a mission to which he could give up and where he has sex with another woman ... NO THANKS BUT NO!
Beyond my personal opinion about Cole, I want to explain why Danni should finish with Trace: Danni and Cole know each other and fall in love, they are young, happy and carefree. From the very first moment they meet, they live a passion without brakes and fall in love at the first glance; nothing to say about this, it's a beautiful love story, both are crazy about each other. But then Cole "dies" ... Danni is a woman who is destroyed, broken, lost what she thought was the love of her life. For four long years she does not live; after a first time trying to drown the pain in the alcohol, she gets up, writhes her sleeves and tries to go ahead with her passion for dancing and volunteering in the homeless shelter . I do not mind doubting, however, she is not the same woman as before, lives half a lifetime, loves a dead man, and can not go on. And here she meets Trace, at the darkest moment of her life, when she is sad, broken and she thinks she can never love ... and instead she is in the darkest moment ,when she no longer hopes, that she falls in love again and THIS IS for me the kind of strongest love: not the love born on a quiet sunny day when everything is fine, but the one born in the toughest conditions when you have already loved and lost everything.
THIS IS THE LOVE!
Best quotes ever: “I like you.” Angel, who’s been quiet all night, directs her big brown eyes at Trace.
The hand between my legs retreats to my knee, and he scowls at the four-year-old. “That’s good, because I like your aunt.”
“I don’t like him.” She points at Cole and narrows her eyes. “I’m going to rip his spine out.”
July 4, 2017
5 'angst fest' stars
I knew reading Two is a lie would mess with my head completely and it did! I can't form correct thoughts and words even less! Pam Godwin your tangled lies series is so brilliant!! Three is war is going to be epic! To be honest I'm not ready to have my heart broken. I already know that I'm gonna have to take back the pieces of it and I'm already nervous.
"I keep telling myself this isn’t the end. It’s the beginning of a new chapter. But if that’s true, why does it hurt so much?"
The amount of angst in Two is a lie was unbearable. I can't count how much time I spent holding my breath or just not breathing at all. Love triangles have that kind of effect on me. You could be Team Cole or Team Trace, you won't find any respite until the end. And even there your head will be spinning with questions.
“Do you know what it’s like to watch your dreams come true?” He curves a hand around my waist. “To hold the end of your story tight in your grip, only to have it unravel from your fingers and slip away?”
Of course I have a "favourite" guy and I truly think he isn't going to get the girl but then I'm thinking about the other guy and I'm as much heartbroken because to be honest I want this to end as a threesome and everyone would be happy, I mean the readers of course, I already know Trace or Cole won't be.
We’ll work through it. We’ll fight and shout and say hurtful things, because that’s what people do when they care, and I care more than you’ll ever know.”
Adding to all this, the steam reaches its maximum limit! The sexual tension escalates quickly leaving you hot and bothered many times. Trace and his self restrains got my respect! Cole and his dirty talk was a total turn on.
We’re connected by something precious, something bigger than ourselves. It’s led us through a million miles of separation and death and unimaginable pain. Where it takes us next, I don’t know. I can only focus on the present and the unshakable love I feel for him.
To sum it all, Two is a lie is a angst fest of epic proposition, a love triangle that will set you on fire and so many secrets & questions leaving you with an headache BUT everything is worth it! Just read it.
~I read voluntary a copy of Two is a lie provided by the author ~
I knew reading Two is a lie would mess with my head completely and it did! I can't form correct thoughts and words even less! Pam Godwin your tangled lies series is so brilliant!! Three is war is going to be epic! To be honest I'm not ready to have my heart broken. I already know that I'm gonna have to take back the pieces of it and I'm already nervous.
"I keep telling myself this isn’t the end. It’s the beginning of a new chapter. But if that’s true, why does it hurt so much?"
The amount of angst in Two is a lie was unbearable. I can't count how much time I spent holding my breath or just not breathing at all. Love triangles have that kind of effect on me. You could be Team Cole or Team Trace, you won't find any respite until the end. And even there your head will be spinning with questions.
“Do you know what it’s like to watch your dreams come true?” He curves a hand around my waist. “To hold the end of your story tight in your grip, only to have it unravel from your fingers and slip away?”
Of course I have a "favourite" guy and I truly think he isn't going to get the girl but then I'm thinking about the other guy and I'm as much heartbroken because to be honest I want this to end as a threesome and everyone would be happy, I mean the readers of course, I already know Trace or Cole won't be.
We’ll work through it. We’ll fight and shout and say hurtful things, because that’s what people do when they care, and I care more than you’ll ever know.”
Adding to all this, the steam reaches its maximum limit! The sexual tension escalates quickly leaving you hot and bothered many times. Trace and his self restrains got my respect! Cole and his dirty talk was a total turn on.
We’re connected by something precious, something bigger than ourselves. It’s led us through a million miles of separation and death and unimaginable pain. Where it takes us next, I don’t know. I can only focus on the present and the unshakable love I feel for him.
To sum it all, Two is a lie is a angst fest of epic proposition, a love triangle that will set you on fire and so many secrets & questions leaving you with an headache BUT everything is worth it! Just read it.
~I read voluntary a copy of Two is a lie provided by the author ~
July 5, 2017
Two is a Lie is the second book in the Tangled Lies trilogy, and Pam Godwin mic drops the hell out this turbulent story. I thought the love triangle was fairly easy to handle in the first book, but apparently that was just foreplay. Two is a Lie is like Kryptonite to angst junkies, and only three things got me through this book: ranting on social media, lots of red wine, and a bottle of Tums. True story.
Trace and Cole are extremely different, yet Danni’s love for them is equally fierce. Being engaged to two men is impossible, but neither man is willing to give her up. This puts Danni in the awkward position of being like the newest Bachelorette trying to decide which man, if either, she wants to give the final rose. Tensions rise as Trace and Cole fight hard and dirty for her heart.
These powerful men are used to being in total control, but they make themselves completely vulnerable, laying all their feelings on the line knowing they will be destroyed if they lose her. It’s utterly gut wrenching. Danni is torn and while I sympathized with her, I also wanted to slap her more than once. It was Trace and Cole for whom my heart ached the most. Having said that, go #TeamTrace.
I was delighted to see the beautiful silhouette illustrations that once again preface each chapter. Expect deception, lies, jealousy, and plot twists to feature prominently in the plot. This tumultuous, sultry story is positively riveting and will keep you up all night with heart pounding suspense. The last few chapters in particular will knock the wind out of you. I need the final book NOW!
Recommended for fans of:
Love triangles
Angst
Playlists
Gorgeous book formatting
**ARC received in exchange for an honest review.**
Trace and Cole are extremely different, yet Danni’s love for them is equally fierce. Being engaged to two men is impossible, but neither man is willing to give her up. This puts Danni in the awkward position of being like the newest Bachelorette trying to decide which man, if either, she wants to give the final rose. Tensions rise as Trace and Cole fight hard and dirty for her heart.
These powerful men are used to being in total control, but they make themselves completely vulnerable, laying all their feelings on the line knowing they will be destroyed if they lose her. It’s utterly gut wrenching. Danni is torn and while I sympathized with her, I also wanted to slap her more than once. It was Trace and Cole for whom my heart ached the most. Having said that, go #TeamTrace.
I was delighted to see the beautiful silhouette illustrations that once again preface each chapter. Expect deception, lies, jealousy, and plot twists to feature prominently in the plot. This tumultuous, sultry story is positively riveting and will keep you up all night with heart pounding suspense. The last few chapters in particular will knock the wind out of you. I need the final book NOW!
Recommended for fans of:
Love triangles
Angst
Playlists
Gorgeous book formatting
**ARC received in exchange for an honest review.**
July 5, 2017
Two is a Lie continues where One is a Promise end, Danni face to face with the two men who rocks her world.
Cole, a man from her past returns after over four years of absence without any specific explanation of what really happened to him.
Trace, who presently owns her heart, her second chance at love.
Both men want her. But Danni knows she can’t choose one without hurting the other. Her decision on how to deal with the situation doesn’t please me, she’s just being selfish. And her stupid rule (her word not mine), with two alpha males vying for her love and attention, is doomed from the start. But I do understand where she’s coming from, if I was in her shoes I’ll be in a dilemma too. Things get more complicated towards the end of the story. The unpredictability of every scene is a real page-turner.
Pam Godwin once again sent my mind into a what-will-happen-next frenzy. This book is angst-ridden, completely engrossing, heart-wrenching, fun-filled dialogues and that scuba scene, sweetbabyjesus, it’s sizzling even underwater. The concluding book, Three is a War, is definitely one my most anticipated book this coming month. I highly recommended this series!
***Note: ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review.
Cole, a man from her past returns after over four years of absence without any specific explanation of what really happened to him.
Trace, who presently owns her heart, her second chance at love.
Both men want her. But Danni knows she can’t choose one without hurting the other. Her decision on how to deal with the situation doesn’t please me, she’s just being selfish. And her stupid rule (her word not mine), with two alpha males vying for her love and attention, is doomed from the start. But I do understand where she’s coming from, if I was in her shoes I’ll be in a dilemma too. Things get more complicated towards the end of the story. The unpredictability of every scene is a real page-turner.
Pam Godwin once again sent my mind into a what-will-happen-next frenzy. This book is angst-ridden, completely engrossing, heart-wrenching, fun-filled dialogues and that scuba scene, sweetbabyjesus, it’s sizzling even underwater. The concluding book, Three is a War, is definitely one my most anticipated book this coming month. I highly recommended this series!
***Note: ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review.
July 6, 2017
What the ever fucking hell did I just read??? Two Is A Lie fucked with my sanity and to be honest right about now I'm seconds away from getting crazy just because of this book! It tested my patience and honestly it took me several hours to convey my emotions into writing that I know will just end up a rambling. So bear with me because I was so stressed out with this book. But please... it's a good stress kind of (insert cheeky grin and grabby hands and dreamy eyes..because Cole and Trace!!!!) I guess because you know, I finished it and I wanted more from it!
Pam Godwin is a new author for me and reading One Is A Promise made me want to kiss her...like french kiss...with tongue and all that because she made an impression that made me nuts big time. I do not usually read books with a heroine I wanted to punch throat and kill slowly but with her words, I rooted for the book. Man, that first book was etched in my system and after that cliffy I could not contain my excitement to start Two Is A Lie. I was thrilled because again, I can't help not to. Pam Godwin's plot in as much as I wanna say I loathed it, I could not deny I was addicted to it. Her words are my drug and no matter how I wanted to get it out of my system it was impossible. It's embedded in me that's why right fucking now I wanna scream so loud and fuck the hell out of it. I was seconds away from saying fuck me in the ass, sideways, HARD!That's how I'm so out of my system righ now. Fuck this book! But no... read this book but at your own expense.
Now, you ask me why? Well, the book is all sorts of a tease, filled with angst that I feel like I was gutted and a lot of emotions I could not explain. All I know was that, reading this made my life hell. I love to read love triangles in a way but this one just tested what little patience I had but again, I love this book and I love Pam's writing. She writes the best book and she could evoke plenty of emotions with her brilliant words.So here I am, conflicted, stressed out yet so excited for the final book and still hang up on the second one. Two Is A Lie is not your ordinary love triangle, it's so much more!
Danni,Cole and Trace's relationship was nothing like an ordinary one. Secrets here and there, questions left un-answered on top of a fucked up decisions and arracngements. But what lies in the middle is who's gonna end up who.
Cole. My first love. My greatest loss.
Trace. He's supposed to be my new beginning. My future.
Gahd! I could not even choose between these two men. I was torn in between that all I wanted was please just end our misery and go with a route that will end up everbody happy. Yes, I was rooting for a threesome. Greedy much? Perverted much? But no... when you read this book you'll understand where I'm coming from. I pained for both of them. I feel like my heart was wrenched. I did not know if I'm gonna scream or just go with the flow. Their arrangement wasn't easy but I could not deny it made the story edgier. The sexual tension at it's peak. It made my emotions into topsy turvey. That's why, I live for books like this, I love the angst it brings, I am looking forward to whatever painful and gutted scenes it will bring me. But Pam wasn't giving me any other choice but be greedy with her hero's. I want both men to Danni. I hate to choose because there was no choice at all. I may hate Danni, because I really do admit this woman was testing my sanity, her rules fucked with my head but I needed her HEA too. More than that, it was her imperfections that made me even more addicted to this book. I keep on turning the pages looking forward to her decision, seeking answers and wanting for more. But I guess, indeed Two Is A Lie. Loving two men is wrong. But then, Love is Love right?Why not just love them both and the rest will work it out?
But that ending!!! Holy shitballs I need Three Is A War ASAP!
Overall, I love this book. I enjoyed reading it even with the state I was in right now. Will I recommend it? Hell, YES! I want to you to experience the rollercoaster journey I have with them through Pam Godwin's excellent writing. It's not easy but it was worth your every fucked up emotions! You will not be disappointed with this book but read this with your heart and mind open. It will push your limit, it will not just test your boundaries. In the end, you may feel like your fucked several times in the head but deep down, you know for a fact that this series, this particular book for that matter will make a helluva lasting impression!
August 26, 2017
3.5 Stars.
Definitely a filler book. I love Trace, I don't love Cole but Danni definitely does. I found Danni to be extremely stupid, annoying and naive on this one compared with Book 1. But I'm definitely intrigued by how this one will end. Pam better blow me away with the conclusion. Good thing the ARC is sitting pretty on my kindle.
Definitely a filler book. I love Trace, I don't love Cole but Danni definitely does. I found Danni to be extremely stupid, annoying and naive on this one compared with Book 1. But I'm definitely intrigued by how this one will end. Pam better blow me away with the conclusion. Good thing the ARC is sitting pretty on my kindle.
August 27, 2017
4 ★'s
"You're the song I'd never heard."
Cole or Trace...Trace or Cole. What will Danni do?
OMG...I don't know what to say about this book! All the intensity, all the drama, all the angst was almost off the charts and I wasn't sure my little heart could take it.
And it all boils down to that little heart already picking a guy! I tried not to do it but it just couldn't be helped. And now I'm stuck...biting my nails, sweating, wishing on a star...anything for MY guy to be the one. ~Sigh~ It's gonna be a hard road.
Although I am kinda jealous of Danni and also kinda pissed at her for breaking her rule. It just caused all kinds of problems although, hay~sus , that was one HOT scene! And between the two guys...there's enough to make your head spin.
Then there's the ending...HOLY COW! Are you kidding me? Could this possibly get any more suspenseful? Come on August 29th (when the last book comes out)...we NEED you to get here faster!
"You're the song I'd never heard."
Cole or Trace...Trace or Cole. What will Danni do?
OMG...I don't know what to say about this book! All the intensity, all the drama, all the angst was almost off the charts and I wasn't sure my little heart could take it.
And it all boils down to that little heart already picking a guy! I tried not to do it but it just couldn't be helped. And now I'm stuck...biting my nails, sweating, wishing on a star...anything for MY guy to be the one. ~Sigh~ It's gonna be a hard road.
Although I am kinda jealous of Danni and also kinda pissed at her for breaking her rule. It just caused all kinds of problems although, hay~sus , that was one HOT scene! And between the two guys...there's enough to make your head spin.
Then there's the ending...HOLY COW! Are you kidding me? Could this possibly get any more suspenseful? Come on August 29th (when the last book comes out)...we NEED you to get here faster!
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