Mirjam's Reviews > Throne of Truth

”I’ve wanted you since the first moment I saw you. I want you so damn much it interferes with my head, my heart, my very fucking existence.”



Book 2 picks up right where book 1 had left off. Throne of Truth, the much anticipated conclusion of Penn’s & Elle’s story. This book is told from a dual POV and I loved getting to know Penn, reading the flashbacks of his former life, who he was and how he has become who he now is, what and why he's been hiding, why he was not able and willing to share the truth.



The story evolves from Penn’s POV in prison and Elle’s from her life in her office and her apartment trying to get to Penn. We learn about the lies that are converted into truths for both of them.



With Penn in prison because of an alleged assault on Greg, Elle & Lars fight to get him a fair trial and out of prison.

I’d know destitution and abandonment, I’d known terror and shame and respect and confusion and every fucking emotion on the roulette called life.
But I’d never known love until her.
And I’d never known hate until her.

When Elle senses Penn losing hope of ever getting out of jail she arranges to remind Penn why he should keep fighting.

Penn slammed to his knees. His fingers traced my bra, then my naked belly, before teasing the topline of my panties.



A slowly build story filled with angst and an expected outcome. I only wish that the ending and the consequential events were a bit more elaborated and detailed. I loved reading their story but I did find the time they spend apart dragging on too long.
But, as always, another compelling and engaging book from Pepper Winter that had me hooked from the beginning and made me forget I had things to do. At least hubby was supporting enough to hand me some take out dinner.

We’d love. We’d argue. We’d protect. We’d evolve. We were a family. And that was all that fucking mattered.



ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.




Part of the Truth and Lies Duet series and has to be read in order:

Read at your own risk because you will get hooked!