Review | Half Truths (Secret Society #1) by Claire Contreras --> 5 Stars
TITLE: Half Truths AUTHOR: Claire Contreras GENRE: Romantic Suspense
RELEASE DATE: October 21st, 2019
You’ve heard of these groups – the secretive ones that only the crème de la crème are invited into, the ones outsiders speculate about for centuries – I’m the second in my family invited to attend, but to them, I’m fresh meat. New blood. New money, too.
They think they’ll elbow past me, that I’m here for their amusement, for them to walk all over, they’ll find out soon enough that I’m not.
I may look like one of them, with my designer bags and clothes straight from the Parisian runways, but I’m not. I’m here for answers, to take revenge for blood spilled on their centuries-old Persian rugs.
I transferred here in search for answers about what happened to my older brother, who hightailed out of here, and my friend who seemingly disappeared into thin air. I certainly wasn’t here for the attention of the star hockey player, regardless of how much he willed my eyes his way. I wasn’t here for his scrutiny or his judgment or to read into his mysterious aura. I was here for the society, because only they held the answers I needed. That was, until I found out that in order to get those answers, I needed to go through him. He’s saying if I want in, I have to play by their rules, follow their lead.
It’s a game I’m willing to play.
I may be the second person I know of to be invited into their society, but I’ll be the first to make it out intact.
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⭐️ 5 "Black Cloaks" Stars ⭐️
I absolutely loved Half Truths! My copy was waiting in my kindle for a few weeks and I was so eager to finally start it with all the great things I’d heard about this story! It certainly lived up to the hype! I was hooked from the start by this mysterious world of secret societies! Claire Contreras created a great balance between romance and suspense that had me completely ensnared!
Logan Fitzgerald is the big man on campus as the star hockey player of Ellis University! He’s rather arrogant and from his first meeting with Amelia, the animosity is palpable between them. He surely likes to provoke the young woman with sexy innuendos then turns cold and distant. I’ll admit that I enjoyed this mischievous side of him, but the real man is even more appealing! Fitz is truly protective and caring! He develops romantic feelings for Amelia that had me melting for him!
Mae is so much more than a rich, superficial girl! She’s ambitious, fearless and determined to seek answers about the mysterious cloaked people wandering on campus. She embarks on a quest for answers about the strange disappearance of a fellow student and her brother accident, where everything seems to be related with the secret societies. The more she searches, the more she’s linked to Fitz and their relationship evolves into something meaningful! But she also enters a secretive, dark, privileged world! Strange things happen forging a gripping, obscure ambiance that had me grasping for air at all the shocking revelations!
I just couldn’t put this book down! I needed to get answers as much as Mae! The chemistry between the main couple was amazing and their interactions very entertaining and sweet! The supporting characters also brought some questions and suspicious events! Claire Contreras utterly captivated me with Half Truths! It was everything I wanted and more! I’m so excited for more from this Secret Society standalone novels!!!
CLAIRE CONTRERAS
Claire Contreras is a New York Times Best Selling Author. Her books range from romantic suspense to contemporary romance and are currently translated in seven different languages. She lives in Miami, Fl with her husband, two adorable boys, three bulldogs, and two stray cats that she refuses to admit are hers (even though they live on her porch, she named them, and continues to feed them). When she's not writing, she's usually lost in a book.
