Truth (Consequences #2) by Aleatha Romig

Truth ( Aleatha Romig)

SUMMARY

Claire survived the consequences.

Through strength and compartmentalization, Claire Nichols captivated her captor. Though Anthony Rawlings thought he taught Claire to behave, his domination became desire, and his obsession morphed into love. Or was it? When her choices pushed Anthony's relentless vendetta too far, Claire barely survived the consequences.

Discover the truth.

Now, armed with new information and more questions than answers, Claire works to uncover the truth behind the dangerous game at play. As she begins anew, she must decide whom she can truly trust, especially with a new set of players on the move.

New set of rules.

With everything to lose and a manipulative game master controlling the board, Claire and Tony duel by a new set of rules. When thrust together once again, can they learn to trust each other to overcome new dangers? Or will this be Tony's second attempt at domination? Can Claire resist the man she'd never before been able to resist? Hatred and love. Deception and truth. Old habits and new beginnings. As this real-life game of chess plays out, past sins will come to light and new secrets will be revealed. With so much riding on each move, the stakes have never been higher.

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered. The trick is to discover them. - Galileo

MY REVIEW 

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me

If the first book was the perfect nightmare, the second book is the perfect fairytale.

So Claire will have a second chance for happiness.
Finally free from jail, free from Tony, free from debts; she will be surrounded with old and new friends, her family, new allies and a new boyfriend.

Tony definitely will not like losing control of Claire and her life. He has never wanted to let her go.

But what about Claire? Surely she should be happy. But something is missing.
Maybe deep down Claire never wanted to be free.

Claire apparently does not like taking decisions. She prefers it when someone chooses her clothes and her food at the restaurant. Her new boyfriend gives her the freedom of choice. He always asks her opinion. But maybe Claire is well trained by Tony. She is the perfect submissive. She can only take what she is given. She does not ask.

Tony….the rapist, the sadist, the possibly killer, the respectable businessman, the shark. I tried very hard to understand him, but I gave up.

Tony and Claire’s love is twisted. Not many of the people that they really know them understand it. But that is okay in the fiction world.

Some may say that Claire when she gets a normal boyfriend, she also gets a new chance in love.
It just looks as a distraction to me. A way to postpone the inevitable. Not a really important relationship, because Claire undoubtedly craves the dominance of Tony.

There are different kinds of monsters and devils in this world. If the “victim” agrees to her torture, then she is not a victim. And if the “tormentor” is accepted, then he is not really a tormentor.

Claire is a perfect match for Tony. I wouldn’t take him, but this is her life.

What I did not like in the book:
-Still there is PP (product placement). At least this time is less extensive in comparison to Consequences. Reading about all these brands that I cannot afford can be very painful LOL.
-While “Consequences” was an extremely slow book; “Truth” is a bit too fast in some instances that I want it to be really slow. When good things are happening I really want to savor them. I want to appreciated them and learn all the details. Especially towards the end, when Claire is winning battles. I want to know everything. Instead I get a perfect moment fast-forward in a perfect isolated tropical island in the future, where I need to speculate the facts and imagine the most important scene of the book.

I was not bored with this book. There are many twists and many surprises. There is also another mastermind more ruthless, psychotic and devilish than Tony.

Additionally, the moments that Tony is trying really hard not to be such a frighteningly controlling, manipulated bastard are really satisfying and amusing.