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Dirty Red (Love Me with Lies, #2)

Tarryn Fisher

Start date: January 16, 2013

Finish date: January 31, 2013

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Aug 29, 2012 Megan • Reading Books Like a Boss (book blog) rated it it was amazing

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*DO NOT READ MY REVIEW IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE OPPORTUNIST. IT MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS.

I'M WARNING YOU...

"My name is Leah, and I will do anything to keep my husband."

I was extremely scared and apprehensive about reading this book. I hated HATED Leah in The Opportunist. Even though she made only brief appearances in book #1, she left quite the impression and a horrible taste in my mouth. Those feelings only intensified when I read Dirty Red. I ...more

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Sep 27, 2012 Melissa Brown rated it it was amazing

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The Opportunist is my favorite book....my very favorite book. It was like nothing I had ever read and has stayed with me no matter how many other books I read. So, needless to say I had very high expectations for Dirty Red....and Tarryn Fisher exceeded EVERY SINGLE ONE. And now, I'm not sure which one is my favorite----I think it's a tie...that's how good Dirty Red is. This book made me cry, made me heart skip a beat, it made me feel emotions for someone I never thought I could, and it made me f ...more

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Jul 26, 2013 Keighley rated it it was amazing

I wasn't sure about being inside Leah's head, some of her 'mother techniques' had me reading through my fingers. And I did miss Olivia and Calebs story. But I found myself warming to Leah, shes a bitch but at least she is who she is, and shell do anything for what she believes she loves. If anything Caleb dropped dramatically from my starry-eyed opinion of him in Book 1, he showed himself to be kind of weak and flaky - not attractive.

This book was as much of a rollercoaster as Book 1, The Opport ...more

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Aug 17, 2012 Luisa rated it really liked it

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Jul 12, 2013 Lizzie rated it it was amazing

Woooooooow D: fue demasiadoooo Caleb sigue manteniendome en este estado amor-odio-frustración pff u.u pobre al estar atado a una mujer como Leah pero a la vez es lo que se merece por idiota ¬¬ igual espero en Thief me haga quererlo más y no solo darle un par de bofetadas, aunque igual me gusta que no es el prota bueno que no rompe un plato, se arriesga al ir x lo que quiere y no le importa las trampas que deba usar hasta que queda atrapado en las trampas de Leah.
Olivia no estuvo tan presente co ...more

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Dec 27, 2012 Anne OK rated it really liked it

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And the saga continues . . . liars, liars -- each and every one! This series has hooked me with all its lies and manipulations. And I can't wait for "Thief," the third book!! I hope the release date is very soon. ...more

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Apr 09, 2013 Laura rated it it was amazing

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I'm not sure how to review this without including spoilers, but I'll try my damndest.

"I didn't choose her," his voice breaks. "Love is illogical. You fall into it like a manhole. Then you're just stuck. You die in love more than you live in love."

Leah. Oh, Leah. I almost felt a little sympathy for her, then I snapped out of it :)

This is one of those books I HAD to finish because well, the good guys always win, right? RIGHT?

I have absolutely NO idea where Tarryn will go with Thief, but one thing ...more

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Jul 24, 2013 Suz rated it it was amazing

The "New Moon" of the trilogy...a necessary evil. What a bitch! ...more

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Aug 30, 2012 Erica Alyson rated it it was amazing

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Oct 23, 2012 Lydia Laceby rated it really liked it

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Dirty Red stomped all over the spectrum of my feelings. I loathed Leah from the first page, even more than I did in The Opportunist. She was vile, selfish, and her self-absorption made me want to shove her off a building, particularly as there was an innocent, defenseless infant involved. But Fisher does something amazing with her writing. She waves a wand and magically you’re feeling sorry for her characters – even the most vile ones. By the end I wanted Lea
Originally reviewed at Novel Escapes.

Dirty Red stomped all over the spectrum of my feelings. I loathed Leah from the first page, even more than I did in The Opportunist. She was vile, selfish, and her self-absorption made me want to shove her off a building, particularly as there was an innocent, defenseless infant involved. But Fisher does something amazing with her writing. She waves a wand and magically you’re feeling sorry for her characters – even the most vile ones. By the end I wanted Leah to have her happy ending – okay, I mostly did because I was still not one hundred percent convinced about her. But I did understand her better, and I liked that – even if I didn’t love her.

Caleb comes across as man in this sequel to The Opportunist, rather than a boy. He steps up to the plate and takes care of his baby when Leah obviously has issues with being a mother. That’s not to say he doesn’t have issues. He does – he’s still in love with Olivia and he did what he did in the previous book (no spoilers!) which I still haven’t forgotten. He is not my favourite male lead character, but for some reason I want him to succeed and be happy too. Fisher strikes again.

Overall though, I can’t say I loved Dirty Red as much as The Opportunist. I did enjoy following along to Leah’s side of the story and learning more about her. I really appreciated that the novel was a continuation and didn’t cover the same ground as The Opportunist. There were frequent flashbacks though, which shed light on Leah and Caleb’s past, as well as delved further into Leah’s past and how she comes to be so messed up, which was needed to become sympathetic to her. I did find these became a bit too frequent for me though.

True to form, Dirty Red contains ample twists and turns, and in the end I didn’t find I had as much sympathy for Leah as I did with Olivia in The Opportunist. In fact, I never really liked Leah, where I actually liked Olivia and because of this, I don’t think I liked the novel as much. Or maybe the difference in my enjoyment was because The Opportunist was such a raw, unique read, and completely different from what I had been reading at the time. Regardless, I’m eagerly awaiting Caleb’s side of the story – the third installment in the trilogy – because, like a train wreck, I can’t look away!

Thank you to myself for buying this book. All opinions are my own.
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