THE LIES THAT HIDE WITHIN
(The Darkness Duology Book 2)
by Megan Boley
Reviewed by Matt Adcock
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Built for vengeance. Not teamwork. Not trust. Certainly not romance.
But the end of the world doesn't care about her comfort zone...
Strap in once again, survivor.
Megan Boley is back with the blistering conclusion to The Darkness Duology, and The Lies That Hide Within is a deliciously dark cocktail of post-apocalyptic mayhem, shadowy conspiracies, steamy tension, and knife-edged banter.
It's fair to say things aren't going will at the end of the world - resistance’s messengers have gone missing. Ritualistic killings are creeping closer. And somewhere in the woods, something is watching.
Penny’s got a theory though and it’s not a good one.
She's convinced the murderous cult she failed to erase is still out there, licking its wounds and ready to burn the world (again).
Naturally, she’s hell-bent on finishing what she started. But one woman versus an insidious death cult with biotech backing? Even Penny... voted "most likely to stab someone in the face"... knows she can’t do it alone.
Enter Mal.
Her commanding officer.
Her walking headache.
Her very large, very growly, extremely inconvenient maybe-love-interest.
She needs manpower. He needs her to follow orders. Neither of them plans to play nice.
Hopefully you get the picture, and if you've read book one you'll know that Boley is a great fun author to read. Cue: barbed flirtation, tactical bickering, and emotional whiplash...
Plus we get future Tesla *sorry* the equally morally-bankrupt megacorp: Pharmatrox.
Yep, if you like your villains with a corporate logo and a side of science-gone-wrong, prepare to get happy!
There's a lot packed in here: simmering romance, shocking twists, tick and tick. All woven into a cat-and-mouse narrative where everyone’s wearing a mask and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
It even gets a little steamy.
Not smut, but enough heat to fog up your tactical goggles.
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Jump back to my review of The Darkness All Around Us here: REVIEW
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Thank you so much for being a part of the tour x
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