Leigh RiversDark Romance · Romance
Little Liar
Synopsis
Malachi Vize has one obsession: his foster sister, Olivia. When she finally chooses him, he vows to keep her forever. But their happiness is short-lived as powerful enemies emerge, determined to claim Olivia for themselves. After losing her, Malachi must forge unlikely alliances and confront his own demons to get her back, no matter the cost.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (2)
AbuseTrauma
- Plot : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Story :⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spice :🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Rating :⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tropes : siblings to lovers, (foster siblings), dark romance, (please read the warnings) Pacing : medium to fast. Characters : i) Olivia — I’ve liked her in the first book, and i liked her in this one too. Despite her attempts to stop her mom to not follow the tradition, she tries her best to stay with malachi and that should be taken into account too, Olivia isn’t just a doll who follows orders, she does stand for herself, and Malachi too. She decided to not get married to Xander, she also asks xander’s family members to let her wear a gas mask so that Malachi can easily find her at the party of Reznikovs. ii) Malachi — as in the first book, i’ve loved this man, and always will. The way Malachi’s nervousness, anxiety, wanting to protect Olivia, molly and his father touched my heart. This man almost panicked and jumped when he woke up in the hospital only to find Olivia gone. I also loved the banter between base and kai. Base really pisses kai off, and I love to see that. Malachi tries his hardest to protect the people he can protect now, since he couldn’t protect spikey or his mother. Malachi really is a good man, underneath all that violence, hatred, anger, Malachi was a man with a soft heart, he got nervous and would overthink when he’d do something Olivia might hate, he also made sure that his little friend furry was not left like everyone left him, he also wanted Olivia to feel comfortable with his spider friends. How can I forget the time when he was a kid and he accidentally killed a spider, he cried all the way home with his father. There is no way i’d hate this man. Ever. What I loved : i loved the story, especially told from Malachi’s pov. Yeah, I needed that with my whole soul, I wanted to be inside his head all the time. And i loved to see a part of the story from his pov, and then the story progression to the next part where the characters from the edge of the darkness trilogy are introduced is so good. (Now i’m looking forward to reading that series!) What I struggled with : literally nothing. Loveable characters or not : so loveable. Especially Malachi. Strong character development : it is complicated ; Malachi and Olivia’s father refused to reverse the adoption, so they chose to not get married legally, they also have a son, and the other characters from the Reznikovs’s family, i didn’t expect them to help Olivia and Malachi, i really thought a snitch was coming, but breath a sigh of relief when it didn’t. Plot driven / character driven : both. Plot driven, and character driven because of Malachi. Favorite quotes/ highlights : there were so many moments that were my favorite. But i’ll just write them as a paragraph : i really loved how Malachi tries to explain his side, but Olivia does not listen, and he decides to just eat her, because well he didn’t know what else would make Olivia feel better. Then, the moment when their father tries to yank him away from Olivia but he attacks him, and the violence is brutal, but why do I love it? (I need therapy, along with malachi 😭😵💫) I also loved base from the reznikovs’s family, wish there was a book for him too, would love to read his book, and if Malachi made an appearance, mm, ever better! Any other details : this book was unlike anything, I have ever read. I am so glad my dark romance journey is starting with books that i’m loving to read. Malachi is and will always be my favorite man, his love for spiders makes me fall in love with them too, and take care of them, thank you Malachi. I did not expect that i’d love this book so much, but i did. I don’t have enough words to describe this book, it’s just so good, and definitely in my re- read list! 💗 It tops all the other books. My favourite mute psycho who loves spiders, has a soft heart, burns for one girl in the world, would do anything for her, tries his best to be what he thinks his girl wants, cries and wants someone to choose him, and love him, curses at the world, but then also is grateful for the life he has, because he’d have never met his girl, if he was not adopted, feels bad for what he did to his father, makes amends for the wrong he did, inserts a f•••••• metal ruler in his girl’s mouth, Malachi why? 😭 Anyways, it’s not like i don’t love you already, hmph! Promises to protect his girl and his son. Fulfills his girl’s wishlist, that she wrote in her diary, also saves his precious words for the people he loves, because that was his way of protecting himself. Spikey and furry are not just his friends, they are his strength when he was abused. Malachi kept winning my heart as the story progressed more and more + a f•••••• screwdriver? into …uhm 🫣 okieee. HE : Obsesses over his girl, loves the scent of her hair, buries his nose in them because it makes him feel safe, also throws away the shampoo bottle which is not strawberry — the scent he loves. Thinks about buying her many bottles of strawberry scented shampoo later. 🤌🏼🥹 Malachi, i love you, thank you for existing. 💗
- This book wasn’t quite what I expected! The main thing I did not like about this one is that so much time was spent rehashing the past. I feel like so much more could have been added to the story if we’d just stuck to the current timeline. However I will say that I understand why it was written the way it was. I loved the ending and would absolutely read more of Malachi and Olivia if given the chance.
- <div>It was… okay? I don’t know, I love a bit of messed up love 😉 but like, this felt rushed at some points. Honestly, if you haven’t read Psychotic Obsession or EOD, you may find this more enjoyable than I did but knowing what the rest of the series is like, this felt surface-level</div>