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Review: Bury Me With Lies, S. M. Soto

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Some secrets are better left buried…
Stuck between life and death, Mackenzie is hell-bent on proving her innocence, and getting revenge on the men who murdered her sister. With one series of unfortunate events after another, Mackenzie must outrun her own fate—death.
When secrets unravel and lies become twisted betrayals, Mackenzie finds herself in more danger than she could’ve realized. Her only saving grace is Baz, the elusive playboy she’s given her heart to. But will placing her trust in a man like Baz be her downfall?
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REVIEW

Read this review at your own discretion. Although I didn't outright give spoilers, I think there is a lot of clues and things you might be able to read in what I say about how it all made me feel.

 I'm not gonna lie, the first 50% of this book were really disapointing me. Lots of things happened that I wasn't expecting and it felt like there was no progress towards the heroine's goal, only setbacks and the hope that I had for her getting her revenge and justice for her sister was dwindling with each new chapter. And how things were going with Baz weren't good either. There were too many pointless fights where they were supposed to open up to each other and tell each other things gthey knew and it never happened, they always ended u fighting and things were left off worse than before. That really got on my nerves and left me feeling frustrated with both of them.

 BUT about half way into the book, things started to turn around... even when things weren't okay with their relationship, Baz helped Mack get her life back on track. He gave her a new start with all the things she wanted for her future, well except the justice she still craved and deserved for her and her twin. This second half did the first book justice and was just as good. There were still so many things happening, unexpected things that made you second guess everything at every turn... you wondered who the bad guys really were... the things you thought you knew to be true might not be and it was all a big mystery that I was DYING to learn. And I did.. and I was completely shook. It was all so much more complex than I had ever imagined, so many more things and people were at play in the lead up and the murder of Madison.

 We learned bits and pieces here and there, never really knowing if we could trust what we were learning or not, it all depended on the source. But it gave us back that suspense thrill of the first book and made this story even more heartpounding and breathtaking once it all came out. I'm still so shook over the whole truth you guys. Once the pieces all started to click, it made me so emotional. I hated some characters less, other characters more and I felt so much for Madison. I'm glad that in the end she was able to find peace. Her relationship with Mack was so strong, and it might not have seemed like it when she was alive because Madison was going through a lot and came off as a b*tch to her sister but there was a lot of love between them. It felt like after her death, their connection became stronger and the love between them too. It made everything all the more emotional and a tad bittersweet in the end. But even if Mackenzie would never get her sister back, Madison helped her get a family that would love her and support her unconditionally.

 Baz was still fire. He was still the sexy alpha and gosh his dirty talk, damnnn. But we got to see a whole new side to him too... a protective, loving, will do everything to protect those I love side that had me swooning so hard. He was seeking the truth too, not just for Mack but for himself too. The Savages had been his friends for years and they all had been hidings things from him, things that he was not okay with in the least. Once he learned it all, he too would get his revenge on the brothers he once trusted but never should have.

 Yes, I still wish these two had been more forthcoming with one another, till the very end they were still keeping secrets from each other and it never felt like the trust between them was real, there was always a second guessing under the surface and I didn't like that. If only they had trusted each other more and had been willing to work together, I feel like a lot would have been different and maybe better, at least better sooner. There was a lot wrong in their relatiosnhip that could have been better, but there was a lot right too. And what matters is that they worked, they clicked, they belonged and in the end they got the happy they deserved.

 Bury Me With Lies was messy but it kind of mirrored the plotline of the duet. It's an emotinal, heart-palpitating, nail-bitting, frustrating read. It was a rollercoaster with its up and downs, back and forths but the ending was exactly how an ending should be for this kind of trope - shocking, mindblowing, emotional and pretty amazing. Baz and Mack got the ending they deserved and Madison while she never deserved the ending she really got, she got a good ending too, one of piece where she got to see the people she left behind moving on with their lives, seeking happiness together.

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My head feels grainy as though someone recklessly shook a carbonated can; everything is fuzzy and bubbling inside. A continuous beep rings in my ears, and someone is saying something. Whispered tones that sound like they’re coming from every direction. They’re so loud, so clear and distinct, yet every time I actively try to clear away the fuzz in my brain to listen, I can’t. I can’t make any of it out.

But I know one thing for certain.

 I recognize one of the voices. I don’t know who or where I know it’s from, but I recognize the voice as though I’ve heard it my entire life. It tugs at someplace deep inside me. The place where I hide my emotions, the closet where I stuff my skeletons and force myself to box them up for good. Only someone had the key to that closet, and they were slowly opening drawers and emptying the shelves of my past and a pain that was long forgotten.

Summoning all my strength, I blink, trying to push past the sleepiness weighing my eyelids down, but nothing happens. That stark darkness still calls to me, trying to pull me back under like a black weighted blanket.

 It would be so easy.

 I can feel just how simple it would be to pretend the pain isn’t there and go back to that dark, cold place that somehow felt like home. I didn’t even truly know what home felt like anymore since I hadn’t had one in so long. I wasn’t sure I ever knew what the true feeling of home was.

 After several struggle-filled attempts, my eyes open to bright white lights, sterile walls, and dark silhouettes. I home in on the hazy figures hovering around me. I feel a deep throb behind my eyes, and my mouth is painfully dry. My mind actively tries to decipher the commotion surrounding me, failing with every thought. Where I am, how I got here, and what is wrong with me.

I can’t form a single coherent thought or calculate an answer to any of those questions.

 Steering through the fog clouding my thoughts, I blink past the film covering my eyes, and the second I look up, my breath catches when my eyes land on a familiar pair of blue. It’s a shock to my system. A deeply rooted bomb to the core. I shake my head, certain I’m imagining things, but immediately stop when pain rips down my spinal column from the movement.

 This can’t be right.

This can’t be happening.

 I never thought I’d see this person again. Hell, I never thought I’d see them both again, but I was wrong. So very wrong.

SMSotoLogoAbout S.M. Soto
S.M. Soto was born and raised in Northern, California where she currently resides with her son. Her love for reading began when she was a young girl, and has only continued to grow into adulthood. S.M. lives for reading books in the romance genre and writing novels with relatable characters. She refers to herself as a bit of a romance junkie. S.M. loves to connect with readers and eat copious of donuts that will surely lead to her demise.

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