Reviews for Beautiful Lies (Ridley Jones Series #1)

The average rating for Beautiful Lies (Ridley Jones Series #1) based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-09-19 00:00:00 Mike Huthmaker 3.5 "exciting, interesting, logical" stars !!! We have been on the road for ten hours or so ....coming home from vacation and what am I doing instead of unpacking. Well first of all picked up kitty and squeezed him o so tight and now he is on my lap while I type out this review. Unpacking can wait !! I very much enjoyed this book and my time spent with the heroine, Ms. Ridley Jones. Ms. Unger is able to write a very good thriller/mystery and I understand that this is one of her first novels. Although I was able to predict most of what was to happen I was still mostly interested and at the edge of my seat as the action unfolded in a logical and layered way. The characters were fairly well fleshed out and alive. The author did not pull any tricks on the reader that were jarring and you were constantly left with satisfying ahas or wonder how dilemmas would be resolved. The love story was both sweet and hot and as a reader I so wanted it to work out between them. I very much like how the protagonist spoke to the reader and would ask questions as the action played out. The story was extremely interesting and was not in black-white but in shades of grey that lent a sophistication and complexity that is often lacking in these types of books. It was cool that it was set in New York and it really felt that it was 2006 as I was reading. The supporting cast was also interesting, diverse and full of their own quirks...I like how they would re-appear throughout the novel. Why not 4 stars Jaidee? Well I would say I would have liked a surprise or two and more importantly I did not find Ridley's reactions to some of the trauma she witnessed believable. These are minor issues but important ones. All in all a very good and mostly satisfying read. I would definitely pick up another of Ms. Unger's books !

Review # 2 was written on 2016-09-20 00:00:00 George Jones Glad to have stumbled across this in the audio section of my library, although I do own the hard copy. That's okay as I'm going to pass it onto a friend that likes this genre. My three star rating doesn't mean I didn't enjoy this, obviously, though I do find it hard sometimes to rate and review audio books. I enjoyed the character development of Ridley (excellent name) and can see her being a great fit for a series that I will read at some stage. She's a cool woman, sure of herself and will not put up with anything, as she is just discovering. The elusive and very cool Jake would be a good pairing for Ridley. It seems her life has been had on some beautiful lies, and it was fun to unravel these as she went along. An inquisitive freelance writer with a sharp mind. She has ended up on the front cover of Vanity Fair after saving a child, this brings on a chain of events that leaves her running for her life. I enjoyed the people she came across in her search for the truth. Of course lots of well to do folk with bad morals as we seem to see everywhere in fiction books! The pace was always exciting and the storyline interesting. Lisa Unger is a writer I will look out for. As an aside, this review has been bothering me. I think what it comes down to is this. When it comes to audio books I do not completely concentrate, it's inevitable. So, sorry about my I ability to articulate! I'm not happy with it.