Love, love, LOVE this book!!! Perfectly written with an amazingly cute and cliche storyline! It did take a while to warm up to the main character (Estella) because of how harsh she was compared to the people helping her but I finish the book with a smile. :)

I wanted a little more from the ending, but overall it ended well and I enjoyed it.

Good, easy read

A few twists and turns among several predictable paths. I enjoyed the story. It's worth the ebook price on Amazon.com.

I absolutely loved this book. The ending was amazing and I loved how all the built up suspense finally poured out. I loved the characters and there was never a dull moment in this book. I definitely recommend it

I have one problem with this book (well, I have more than one but only one I care enough about to write here); Why build up a strong, independent, badass female protagonist only to have a man save her in the end? I’m so annoyed.

Otherwise, I LOVED this. It got me out of my reading slump and I’m SO thankful.

Actual Rating: 3.5 stars

Dangerous Lies have a few similarities with Fitzpatrick's standalone debut, Black Ice.

For one, they are both an entertaining read. It's proven, this author could write a mystery thriller novel, though they are a little bit predictable.

Second, the heroines are capable of handling themselves.

Third, it wouldn't be a Fitzpatrick novel, if there is no problematic aspect that would make you cringe and consider your rating.

This is a book that is filled with bad decisions and more.

Full review to come.

OH MY GOD
I’m not normally one to read books like this—it’s been so long since I’ve read a book that didn’t have a fantasy or supernatural twist to it—but for Becca, I’ll do anything. I loved her other books, so felt confident that I’d love this one too, and I was so right!!!
Becca knows how to keep me hooked. I finished this book in two sittings and I need more. I have a couple of unanswered questions and I need more Chet and Stella ASAP. Omg.

Update:

I may not have related to Stella very much, if at all, because she was pretty much the opposite of me. She had a hard home life, divorced parents, a father who abandoned her, a drug-addicted, alcoholic mother, a boyfriend who later turned out to be one of the bad guys, a rude and uppity attitude. None of which I could personally relate to. Well, maybe the attitude part, but she took it to levels I wouldn't have LOL. Honestly, she was a bitch, but I still enjoyed reading her story. She started very low, but was given plenty of room for character growth and was redeemed in my eyes.
I adored Chet. Absolutely adored him. He had me wrapped around his finger and I was SO MAD at little miss priss for taking so long to let herself be swooned by him. Made the payoff much better, but the tension was killing me.
Becca always got me with the plot twists in her Hush, Hush books, and this one was no different. There were several twists I didn't see coming that had me gasping aloud or saying WHAT THE FUCK to myself. But one of those WTF moments didn't have the payoff I was hoping for, and left me with questions I need answers. And considering it's been five years since this book released, it doesn't look like I'll be getting them :(
First, her boyfriend Reed was later shown to maybe be the bad guy--if I'm supposed to take the word of one of the antagonists as truth. And I wouldn't put it past the douche to make up something to hurt Stella, but as a reader, I never found out if his accusations were true, and we never saw Reed after the first scene in the book. We only caught glimpses of him in notes he'd written to Stella, but the conflict between the two was never solved and it bothers me. Did he really provide drugs to Stella's mom? Was he really only in a relationship with her to get closer to his client? Did Danny kill him, or did he remove himself from everyone's radar willingly? Is he dead?
Also the hitman sent to kill Stella said that more men would be sent for her if he didn't return and he defintely wasn't returning. I don't believe a drug dealer in so deep with the cartel that he had hitmen would let Stella go so easily, even if the mess she caused went away after the events hinted at in the final scenes. There's no way he wouldn't hold a grudge. Especially after one of his men was killed and he was still facing prison.
Now, I do want to say that I've seen soooo many bad reviews of this book—which is FINE, not everyone has the same tastes and everyone has the right to their own opinion—but many of them commented on how annoying the MC Stella was, or how dumb she was being. Hello. She's a teen. Teens do dumb shit and don't think things through. Mind you, many of these reviews are NOT from teens, but from adults. In reading YA, it should be obvious that the character(s) probably won't reflect the rational thinking of an adult—because they're not adults.

I'm enjoying Becca Fitzpatrick's realistic YA. Easy to read with compelling characters and a quick plot. Looking forward to more!

This book was so bland. Not much happened in it and it mostly just felt like it was dragging on more than anything. Even at the point that you would probably call the climax I couldn’t really bring myself to care about the story. With the title “Dangerous Lies” I honestly expected a lot more danger, but what we mostly got was an unlikeable protagonist being a teenager. Like honestly, Estella is one of the most annoying protagonists that I’ve read in a while. She was bratty, and judgmental for most of the book and despite proclaiming to have ‘loved’ Reed she moved on pretty quickly to Chet. Also several issues in the book were never given full closure like we never really knew what happened to Reed?? Estella just kind of assumes that he sold her mom drugs but never followed it up to check or find out what really happened to him. Also, I would have liked more info on what was going to happen with Dusty, Inny, and the baby? Overall an was just entirely dissatisfied with this book. The only reason it got two stars instead of one is because I have in fact read worse books and I at least liked Chet okay so it had that going for it.

Ok first off if you have read Becca's other books (Hush, Hush series & Black Ice) you will LOVE this book. It starts off with our main character "Stella Gordon," who has been put into the Witness Protection Program for witnessing a terrible crime. The Witness Protection Program sends Stella to a small town in the middle of nowhere away from everything and everyone she knows. Starting over isn't going to be easy but with a new name and different surroundings Stella hopes she will be safe here and the people she's hiding from wont find her. This book has drama, suspense, and even romance. I love this book & hope you will also:) Happy Reading!