I feel like this story could have easily been told in the first book. It was a extremely fast read full of angst, drama and sex scenes, too many. The whole thing became a bit repetitive, the first book was definitely better.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

I didn't love the first book in the series and after skimming the first part of this book, I have decided not to continue. It didn't capture my attention at all.

Honestly this book came off pretty unnecessary to me. The drama from the previous book was wrapped up almost immediately and the rest of the book was just filled with stupid drama and unlikable characters. The past comes knocking for both MCs and its Dillons’ that ends up causing them the most strife. I just don’t see the point of much of it and I really hated after all that how suddenly it all ended and was wrapped up. It felt at times like it was more the story of side characters than it was Dillon and Annie. I particularly hated how his so called BFF dealt with his estranged brothers wife. Any woman in a shit situation like she was would not be wrong to take money and run especially if it provides a safe escape for her and her kids. I’m more mad how he deprived his own mother of ever knowing her grandkids because he didn’t want her to get hurt. His brothers wife never even knew her hubby had family so his whole treatment of her just really pissed me off especially since the hero called him first to “deal with her.” He knew what kind of man his friend was and I’m sorry the whole situation was just wrong and only made the hero appear like an asshole mostly because of how his friend mother took him in and still cares for him 🤦🏽‍♀️ I dunno I just did not mesh with this book at all and I was really hoping the story would play out way different than it did.
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We played our roles, told each other lies. But now Dylan is no longer just a mysterious deep voice on the other end of the line. We’re face-to-face and our relationship is very, very real. We still have secrets—but so much is crystal clear: The thrilling danger. The raw, naked desire. The need to keep feeling the way he makes me feel. Forever. Dylan is putting up walls, trying to keep me safe, but he can’t shut me out. He has seen my darkness and rescued me. Now it’s my turn, if only he will let me.

This was a continuation of the story from Dylan’s POV (well, both books are from both characters’ POV, but Everything I Left Unsaid is Annie-first person and Dylan-third person, and The Truth About Him is the opposite). Janine reviewed The Truth About Him here. I honestly think the two books can be read as one longer story since the plot of the second is just a continuation of the first (though the second has more action, external conflict and violence). Dylan is a much less interesting character to me than Annie. It kind of annoyed me to have such a collection-of-romance-cliches hero paired with an unconventional heroine who I thought deserved better. Dylan checks off most of the standard romance hero boxes: brooding, terrible childhood, feels unworthy of the heroine’s love, improbably rich, improbably attractive to women in spite of being supposedly horribly scarred (I felt like the issue of his physical scars was built up in the first book and then ignored in the second). I liked some of the secondary characters a lot better than I did Dylan: Joan, Ben, and the morally ambiguous Tiffany (whom I’m guessing will be paired with Blake in a future book, though I hope I’m wrong; I LOATHED Blake). I ended up giving this one a B too, because it was readable and still somewhat different for all the cliches it hit, and because it had a number of characters I genuinely liked and found interesting.

This is the second book in the series Everything I Left Unsaid by Molly O'Keefe. We were left with tons of unanswered questions in the first book. I am so glad that within the first few chapters of this one that we get those questions answered and get more of Dylan and Annie.

This book is more in the POV of Dylan, hence the title, and I am so glad that we got to know Dylan a little better. In this story we see more of a transformation in both of the characters as their actions have caused them to do some serious soul searching.

Dylan has an intense internal struggle about Annie going on with himself. Annie is questioning everything about herself and wondering if she is even worthy of someone's time. It was really quiet nice seeing Annie come to know what she wants and what she wants to give though. Annie did a lot of growing up through these two books.

I thought these books were very well written and gave us something to look forward to from the first to the second. Molly O' Keefe should write more suspense books with how she left with such a cliffhanger in the first one! Great job!

This book is one of love, female empowerment, and sensual erotica. The sequel to Everything I Left Unsaid is a perfect ending for the Characters, with all emotions brought to the surface at one time or another. I really loved this book for that, everything from anger to sexy heat. This is a a good book for those that want everything.

Great second half of this exciting and intense duology by Ms. O'Keefe! Loved how each part was written in one character's voice, yet the story arc continued from one part to the next - that was a unique was to tell the story. There's a reason this author is on my auto-buy list, and she delivers every time.

This was a wonderful continuation of the story of Dylan and Annie after the cliffhanger ending of the last book. These two fragile, damaged characters have a touching romance with scorching chemistry. I loved watching their relationship deepen and seeing them overcome their pasts together. This was a great followup to the first book!