Fourth a Lie (Goddess Isles #4) by Pepper Winters

“If you wanted a girl who obeys, you shouldn’t have chased after a dream.”

I’m going to start off by saying this book isn’t for the faint-hearted. This one made me feel sick.

Pepper managed to turn my stomach so many times in this book and put me on the edge of the seat. It was tense and I don’t do this kind of tension well. It felt like I was living what they were a lot of the time and it was intense.

Sully and Eleanor (along with Jealousy and Cal) really go through it in this instalment. They’re pushed, they’re pulled, they’re hurt and they face death constantly. They didn’t have a chance to stop and take a breath and I didn’t either because there was no good place to leave it, no good place to stop and take a break …

I. Had. To. Keep. Reading.

During this book, we see a little more of the human Sully crack through and I think we needed to really. He was someone who I didn’t really like for a long time. Yes, he was passionate and he didn’t hide who he was, but there has to be some redemption for a character or else, they’re just the villain, aren’t they?

Eleanor shows she’s brave and will fight—She follows what her gut is telling her, even when she knows it’s an ambush and won’t end well. She battles on, she puts her life on the line for Sully and does it pay off … you’ll have to read to find out.

For me, this is the best book so far in the series and I hope the next book is even better. But please, Pepper, can it be a little less intense, please?

•Needless to say, if you’re unsure if dark is for you, then please do your research and read the trigger warnings for this book.

It’s not light. It’s not fluffy. Please read responsibly.

You can find trigger warnings on Pepper's website.

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