{"id":7553,"date":"2013-02-08T23:11:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T04:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=7553"},"modified":"2016-05-11T09:48:02","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T13:48:02","slug":"review-lying-season-experiment-in-terror-4-by-karina-halle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=7553","title":{"rendered":"Review: Lying Season (Experiment in Terror, #4) by Karina Halle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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OMG, I am exhausted! I can\u2019t believe all that I\u2019ve been through while reading this book! TOO MANY FEELINGS!!!!! I was ecstatic, heartbroken, and scared out of my head, over and over, the whole time I was reading. Seriously, there wasn’t a ‘calm down’ section, it was full on from start to finish. And that ending!! OMG, what was that ending?!<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s backtrack a bit\u2026<\/p>\n

Again, the focus in this book is very much the relationship between Dex and Perry as they continue their flirty, banter-filled, dripping-with-chemistry \u2018friendship\u2019 *snort*. There\u2019s a different dynamic in this one though, as Perry travels to Seattle for an assignment with Dex, and the Shownet Christmas party, and she stays with Dex and his up-until-now-MIA girlfriend, Jenn. Yep, right there in their apartment with them. Cosy! And not a little bit awkward.<\/p>\n

The love triangle storyline is played out in nauseating detail, and this is where Dex\u2019s behaviour drove me absolutely batshit crazy!

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\u00a0He\u2019s clearly crazy about Perry, and he knows he\u2019s dating an uber-bitch that he doesn\u2019t even love (seriously, this chick is a piece of work!), but he does nothing about it! He\u2019s stuck in a relationship that he\u2019s too scared and\/or lazy to change, so he just continues to flirt with Perry, with swoony moments like this\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI want you to stay with me,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s the problem. Every time you leave me, I need you a little bit more.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2026 and then in the next minute he\u2019s being all sweet with Jenn right in front of Perry. WTF????\u00a0 <\/div><\/div>\u00a0But towards the end he opens up and admits his vulnerability, and my heart broke for him and all that he had been through, and what he does to try and cope with it all. It really says something about Halle’s writing, that I can watch a character behave like he does, yet I still love him madly! Throughout all the turmoil, he still manages to pull that little smirk that just kills me every time, and come out with something brilliantly sarcastic and I melt all over again. But it was his big epiphany that was the highlight for me and had me squeeing with excitement!

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\u201cYou\u2019ve always been there for me, Perry \u2026 Even from the very beginning, even if you never meant to be, even when you shouldn\u2019t have been. You\u2019re the light in all this madness. You\u2019re my light. I should have been with you\u2026\u201d The thought hit him as his face crumpled in amazement. \u201cOh God, why am I not with you?\u201d
\n\u201cBecause you\u2019re an idiot,\u201d I said.
\nAnd then I kissed him.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

WOOHOO!! Oh yeah, Perry, you go girl!!! We finally get some relief from the UST that has been building for four books! It\u2019s about damn time, and it was absolutley worth the wait! <\/div><\/div>\n

But, as I have come to expect, these two certainly don\u2019t make it easy on themselves! They both have some questionable behaviour throughout the story, both of them making me want to hurl my kindle across the room multiple times. And it all just snowballs into the most horrifically brutal ending. I screamed, I cried, and I swore\u2026 loudly!<\/p>\n

The spook factor in this one is HUGE! Amidst all of the angst and drama, our ghost-hunting duo are investigating an old mental institution, and have some incredibly terrifying encounters; but at the same time, a secondary supernatural storyline is very cleverly woven into the story which also completely freaked me out! And it all leads to further revelations about Dex and Perry\u2019s pasts, with some\u00a0very<\/u>\u00a0interesting developments stemming from that.<\/p>\n

There are some additional characters introduced \u2013 Jenn, who we all love to hate (and who will now always be associated by a particular label given to her, very appropriately, by Perry \u2013 hahaha, epic smackdown!), along with the rest of the Shownet team, including the brilliant Rebecca, who is Jenn\u2019s partner from work, and who is shamelessly outspoken and wonderfully supportive of Perry,<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you and Dex?\u201d
\n\u201cWhat about us?\u201d \u2026
\n\u201cWhat\u2019s the deal with you?\u201d
\n\u201cThere is no deal. We\u2019re just partners.\u201d
\n\u201cAre you sure? Because we all have bets on whether you guys are banging each other or not.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is another really intense read from Karina Halle, I couldn\u2019t put this book down, reading it in one day and finishing it at 3am this morning. I feel like I\u2019ve been on an emotional rollercoaster (as you can probably tell by looking at my ranty updates!), but despite being driven insane, and wanting to smack pretty much all of the characters at some point, I loved every moment of it – the highs and the lows – and I can\u2019t wait to see where things go from here!<\/p>\n

Big thanks to my EIT posse for being right there with me for the entire book and putting up with my ranty outbursts. It\u2019s so much easier going through this knowing that you guys have my back!!!<\/p>\n

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Experiment in Terror series<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"Darkhouse\u00a0\u00a0\"Red\u00a0\u00a0\"SONY\u00a0\u00a0\"Dead\u00a0\u00a0\"Lying\u00a0\u00a0\"SONY\u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

\"The\u00a0\u00a0\"Into\u00a0\u00a0\"And\u00a0\u00a0\"Come\u00a0\u00a0\"Ashes\u00a0\u00a0\"Dust\u00a0\u00a0\"Perception<\/p>\n

Darkhouse (#1)<\/strong>
\nReview<\/a>
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Red Fox (#2)<\/strong>
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The Benson (#2.5)<\/strong>
\nReview<\/a>
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Dead Sky Morning (#3)<\/strong>
\nReview<\/a>
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Lying Season (#4)<\/strong>
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On Demon Wings (#5)<\/strong>
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Old Blood (#5.5)<\/strong>
\nReview<\/a>
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The Dex Files (#5.7)<\/strong>
\nReview<\/a>
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Into the Hollow (#6)<\/strong>
\nReview<\/a>
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And With Madness Comes the Light (#6.5)<\/strong>
\nReview<\/a>
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Come Alive (#7)<\/strong>
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Ashes to Ashes (#8)\u00a0<\/strong>
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Dust to Dust (#9)<\/strong>
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Please see our Karina Halle\u00a0Author Spotlight<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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