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Jessica Sotelo (Angie & Jessica's Dreamy Reads)
5.0 out of 5 stars this breathtakingly beautiful romance is ON ANOTHER LEVEL OF PHENOMENAL
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2018
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5 INTOXICATING, HEARTBREAKING, ANGSTY, BEAUTIFUL STARS

Romance novels are, for the most part, predictable. Let's face it, you know you're getting an HEA. You know there's going to be some conflict. You can probably gather who your hero is by the points of view the story is told from. And you can typically guess who's going to get the girl just by looking at the cover.

But this book? Oh Lord, not this book.

Kandi Steiner has broken the mold with this romance novel and it confused the hell out of me in all the best ways. There is absolutely nothing predictable about this storyline. Who gets the girl when this story is told from the points of view of ALL THREE legs of this love triangle? Who is the hero of our story when the author crafts the story in such a way that you find yourself falling desperately in love with both of them equally right along with our heroine? And who the heck is the guy on this deliberately ambiguous cover? What He Always Knew gave me whiplash, gave my heart palpitations, left my stomach in knots and had me needing a drink. The angst and uncertainty within this breathtakingly beautiful romance is ON ANOTHER LEVEL OF PHENOMENAL and I can't even tell you how much I loved it.

I've had a lot of time to obsess over who I hoped Charlie would choose after finishing What He Doesn't Know. It was impossibly hard, but, yes, I eventually chose a team. I wavered between Reese and Cameron repeatedly as I read that first book but eventually I found myself leaning in one direction even though I had no confidence that the story would play out the way I imagined. But then What He Always Knew picked up exactly where the first book left off and I immediately found myself swept away once again in Charlie's emotionally tortuous predicament. Once again, my heart was pummeled and pulled in different directions. It was IMPOSSIBLE to predict how this duet might play out. Even if you choose a team, as I did, you can still typically anticipate the path an author is leading you toward even when the characters don't know it yet. But with this duet, there was no path!! It's a relentless war we take with Charlie and the emotional uncertainty never wavers until the very end.

This is a dangerously ADDICTIVE duet. I can't tell you the last time I read something that held me so tightly in it's snare. Everything from the exquisite writing to the sharp dialogue to the wholly torturous heartache that bleeds from these pages gripped me. This is easily a top favorite storyline of the year. It's perfection and it doesn't even matter whether Charlie chose my guy or not. (I'm not telling you!) It doesn't change how much I felt as I read, how difficult this story is, how brilliantly it evolves. It doesn't change how sweet and romantic and heartfelt and hopeful this journey is. It's deliciously brutal and I couldn't stop reading.

What He Always Knew completes an unbelievably intense, spellbinding love story and, in all of its wrongness and all of its rightness, IT IS PERFECTION. I loved EVERYTHING about it. The pain, the steam, the lust, the tug of war, the fight, the heartache, the absolute joy, the blissful romance, the stunning words and the wholly satisfying finish. It's everything, this duet. It's better than anything I could've  hoped for. It's Steiner's masterpiece. It's maddening and beautiful and angsty and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.
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Angie McKeon @Angie and Jessica's Dreamy Reads
5.0 out of 5 stars BEST DUET I'VE EVER READ!
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2018
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“I hated them both.
But I loved them both, too.
And for that, I hated myself.”

I don’t know where to begin. I don’t even know how to wrap up my thoughts. Everything I thought I knew at the end of the first book shifted violently in What He Always Knew and I have so many feelings when it comes to these characters. So. friggin. many! This duet is complicated. A messy, dysfunctional, agonizingly turbulent ride that encompasses so many things! And oh my gosh, what a wicked web Kandi Steiner weaves. It is whoaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

The first book, What He Doesn’t Know, truly destroyed me, single-handedly becoming my best reading experience of the year. But the sequel, What He Always Knew, took that and expanded on it, amplifying my already crazy feelings by 1 million. It was EVERYTHING! Everything I wasn’t expecting. In fact, this duet is wholly UNPREDICTABLE. The twists are wild and you never get a handle on them. Reese and Cameron and Charlie are dysfunctional people with a tumultuous dynamic.

In this sequel the angst packs an even bigger and more powerful punch than it did in the first book. We pick up right where we left off and hit the ground running. And I’m telling you, I have never felt so twisted up, so infuriated and devastated at the very same time. There are moments that cut you, that make you bleed in ways I can’t even describe. What He Always Knew is truly a whirlwind. A knotted, mangled mess of heartbreak that BLEW ME AWAY.

And you know what? I thought I knew what I wanted to happen going in. I thought I knew EXACTLY who the characters were. But I knew NOTHING. Kandi took everything I thought I knew and added new dimensions. She peeled back layers, unearthed ugly truths that convinced me I loved characters I thought I hated in the first book. And I had to ask myself, “How did that even happen?!” In all the time I’ve been reading, I have never fallen in love with both guys in a love triangle.

NEVER.
EVER.
EVER.
EVER.

I have always had a team.

I DON’T SWAY!

Yet in this duet I swung back and forth the ENTIRE time. It’s unbelievable. My opinions on Reese and Cameron are intense, so loud and passionate, I can’t even go into them or I’ll just end up spoiling things! That said, these two drove me insane. Almost as insane as Charlie did. There were moments where I hated these men almost as much as I loved them. And man, did I cry! I cried so hard my eyes hurt. The journey is excruciating. The emotions take on a life of their own. It’s so all consuming.

Overall, I don’t know what else to say. This duet is unforgettable. It challenges you. Challenges your boundaries. And makes you uncomfortable. It definitely made me think, analyze, and obsess. And it is hands-down one of my most favorite duets I’ve ever read. I know this review says nothing about plot. That’s intentional. I can’t go into detail without making this a spoiler review, and I would never do that. So I’ll say this, read this story. It’s layered. Messy. Complicated. Unexpected. And angsty. And I’m in awe of the journey. 5 stars!
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Terri T.
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely amazing story !!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2018
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OMG this book !!! I'm emotionally drained !!! My poor poor heart has been put though the ringer but oh my what a way to go. Truly suburb in every way possible, the writing, the story, the feels that it bought me. I wouldn't have missed it for the world.
This is the second and final part in this duet about three people who didn't know which paths to choose. Three people who loved each other but in different ways and F***** up in the process of trying. We all make mistakes, but we hope we learn from them too.

I was absolutely cock sure of myself with who Charlie might choose, then I hesitated, I was unsure one minute and positive in my mind the next. Then I would start to question the whole process again; it was torture and so very very emotional and heartrending but she chose the right man.

God how I loved these two books, I took this journey with these three characters and in the process I watched them break, watched them love, watched them grow wiser and watched them love all over again. A remarkable story and one that I will always remember.
Outstanding in all ways !!!
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Fawn
4.0 out of 5 stars What He Always Knew
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2019
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I did enjoy reading this conclusion to the love triangle between Charlie Cameron and Reece. Charlie did annoy me though on how she kept going from one to the other and back again I thought that was very selfish and unfair of her and also two wrongs don't make a right. If only Cameron was honest with Charlie and they went to counselling in the beginning they could have avoided all this heartache. I wasn't at all surprised in who she chose to be with in the end because the one who lost her has his own story which is already out and what I'm going to be reading next.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2019
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Well I feel utterly deflated.I loved these books.I've done nothing but cry throughout the two books. It's bewitched me I've been drawn into a fantastic story that should be made into a film it's that good.
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Mary A. Martin
4.0 out of 5 stars Angsty and a real roller coaster ride.
Reviewed in Germany on March 29, 2018
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4 ☆'s für the duet series.
I'm a bit speechless at the moment. Still trying to absorb the impact of the ending. I got carried away to the world of the characters, which is a proof that Kandi Steiner is a real good Author. This is well expressed and written. And I have proven that in this series and from her novel "On My Way To You" which I really loved (it was my first read from all her books).
Again, I am quite critical of "love triangle" plots. But that didn't stop me. Cause I kind of gotten into the suspense and story lines of this novel. "Who's gonna win?", "Who's she gonna choose?"- ending. And it takes me a real convincing twist and story turnout to really undoubtedly love a love triangle story.
I liked the character of Charlie. She was sensitive, selfless, loving and forgiving woman. Loyal, until Reese (her childhood to teenage crush and love) came back to their town and into her life. Reese is a charmer and had loved Charlie in her tender age of sixteen, but stayed away from touching her in respect of her age and because her Bro is his best friend. Reese see's through Charlie like a glass. And could read her just by talking and seeing her that she is unhappy and miserable in her marriage. And that gave him an opening to reach for her and give him the chance to love her. Cameron, is her husband, who is a closed type of a man (considering he had a past full of abuse from his father). After a tragedy that happened, Charlie noticed that he had changed and was not the sweet, attentive, thoughtful husband and the man she loved during their college years. With Reese, Charlie felt the life and love again. And that is the start of the whole roller coaster ride of emotions.
It was a good read. I enjoyed the dialog and writing.
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A Step
5.0 out of 5 stars ALL THE TEARS!!
Reviewed in Canada on March 30, 2018
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OH MY GOD! Kandi Steiner just rocked my world! 😭😭😭 This was such an emotional, heart-wrenching, painful, beautiful ending to this duet! I have so many emotions right now that I can’t even verbalize my feelings properly. The weight of the words is felt on your heart throughout every single page. It’s dripping with pain, heart break, indecision, struggle, fear and anguish! The characters are all broken and hurting in their own ways and at times I didn’t even know who I was rooting for to win in the end. I had multiple feelings towards each of them that were ever changing. It was hard to read this story without feeling their pain yourself, which speaks to Kandi’s amazing ability to write such raw, realistic, deep emotions so perfectly. Hands down, she is one of my favourite angsty romance authors, due to the phenomenal way she crafts such beautiful and real life stories about romance, heartbreak and finding happiness! Absolute perfection and definite must read for everyone!
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