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Kelsey Sutton does it again with a wonderful installment in the Fortuna Sworn series.
This has to be my absolute favorite so far in the series. I love the fact that it touches on mental health and the importance of accepting who you are, scars and all.
That being said, Fortuna seriously needs to either create a RH or pick someone because I am STRESSED. I went into this one still pissed about Collith's actions, loving Laurie (because, honestly, who wouldn't?), and confused about Ollie. I ended it loving Collith again, still loving Laurie (like I said, who wouldn't?), and with hope for Ollie.
Fortuna really made progress in this book with her mental health and accepting who she is, and we finally got some answers!!!
There really wasn't a dull moment in this book. Between the action, the healing, the love, and the information it kept me wanting more the ENTIRE time. And that cliffhanger?! COME ON!!!! I need more! I seriously cannot wait for book 5, and I will recommend this series to everyone, including people who don't ask for it. This series has a special spot on my bookshelf and I'm anxiously awaiting the next one to add to it.

ashwyn's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Felt unnecessarily long and dragged. But still funny and a good read. My least favourite out of the series so far.

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5.0

Reread
My god this book is amazing. This series is still unmatched. The angst and tension, the plot and the found family is so brilliantly done. I remembered that Laurie was in this book a lot and I loved to see it. He’s just beautiful. By the end I feel like I almost fully forgave Collith. He’s been through a lot of shit. I loved Ollie in this book! I feel like I have a new appreciation for him because he’s the only one that hasn’t disappointed Fortuna. I still love my boys though. I still have no idea what the fuck he is. My favourite character will always be Fortuna though. I new the Devil was coming but I completely forgot how brutal that cliffhanger is! I’m glad I have a book to read after that now! I’m so excited but so so scared.

Original Review
This book was fucking amazing and I can’t cope with the fact that I have to wait until next year for the next one. A series hasn’t excited me like this in years, probably since TOG.

Each book in this series gets better and better and this book was a thick bitch but I flew through it. This book was angsty, emotional and had amazing sexual tension, friendships, action, funny moments and plot. It has so many twists and turns but also slower moments that were amazing.

We have many new characters in this book but first of all I am still in love with Fortuna Sworn. She has to endure so much pain and you she still continues to fight, and to be selfless and protect those she loves. She has such an amazing family that she has built which she would do anything for and I am so glad she receives so much love in return which she absolutely deserves. Seeing how far she has come since the first book is insane. In every book she learns to make intelligent decisions that are less rash but you see her becoming more scared of her power and of becoming a monster. She deserves the world but the poor thing can’t catch a break.

LAURELIS DONDARTE. OMG THIS MAN. I was so hoping to see more of him in this book and I definitely got my wish. I’ve said it before and I will say it again. Laurie is always there for Fortuna. I literally died when he saved her and they stayed together for a while. He is cheeky, wicked and cunning but also so caring towards Fortuna (even though he tries to hide it) and we see him open up in this book. He is always making her feel safe and protected. The sexual tension between them in this book was fucking amazing. When Laurie left her room and then came back two seconds later to kiss her! And when they had sex for the first time and he asked if she was okay because he knew she had flashbacks!! And then they proceeded to have sex multiple times!!!! I just can’t get over their chemistry!! I understand why Fortuna was trying to not vcontinue what they have between them despite her obviously loving him and I was so sad that he told her she wouldn’t see him for a while and was going for the throne.

I constantly go back and forth between my feelings for Collith. Sometimes I don’t like him and sometimes I do and he surprisingly grew on me in this book even though he wasn’t there for a lot of it. I loved his grovelling and hope he does more but you can tell he genuinely loves her. He also became vulnerable for her for the first time by letting her in and I thought that was really brave of him. He is no where near perfect but neither is any other character. Fortuna still loves him too and when she showed him the vision of their baby I died inside. Speaking of baby I can’t believe there was a pregnancy scare and Collith was so lovely about it and I felt so bad for Fortuna when she was disappointed she wasn’t. I don’t want her to have a baby now but I think she would make a great mumma bear.

Ollie was amazing in this book. He is so sweet and gentle but he is becoming tougher and he knows what he wants now. He just wants to be real so he can be with fortuna so bad its so sad. I understand why he would get a little mad when she didn’t say I love you back because he just adores her so much and he would be so frustrated he couldn’t be with her but he even said in the book that he felt bad for trying to force her. I just love how protective he and there were so many moments in this book where me made her feel safe when she hadn’t in a long time. I love that he helped her to relive painful memories and saved her life several times.

I don’t want to bloody choose between these men because they are all so different and they give something different to Fortuna. I wouldn’t mind a RH or throuple but Collith and Laurie but if it comes down to it I would choose Laurie…

Finn is seriously such an amazing character. His loyalty and devotion to Fortuna is just beautiful and they have such an sweet relationship with amazing chemistry. This poor man also can’t catch a break. I can’t believe that Finn started with being tortured again and then ended up being possessed by a fucking demon which nearly killed him!! But like Fortuna he still continues on. He is so strong and he is still dealing with the trauma of not being able to save his daughter.

I also love Gil. He is such a funny character and I love his loyalty to Fortuna as well.

I loved that was saw Gwyn again and that they even made out and Fortuna tricked her!! And she admired her for it lol!

Can we talking about the fucking ending. Like OMFG. She has literally been hunted by Lucifer!?!?! I may be jumping the gun but I fucking love him already and I want him to be another potential love interest…(don’t judge me).

novaxnovels's review

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1.0

DNF @80%

I thought I could do it. I thought I could finish the series solely on the basis of wanting more Laurie… I could not.

Dare I ask … WHERE. WAS. THE. PLOT. ? What is the plot? God…. I miss you book : Fortuna Sworn. It should have started and ended there. There were literally so many things thrown into this book I feel like I got whiplash. What’s even relevant anymore honestly?? I’ve sunk so much time into this series that I was really reluctant to give up on it but hey, life’s too short to read books I’m not enjoying.

zie22214's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

bookloverjulie's review against another edition

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emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Not pulling any punches on this one, this was awful.

The only way I can make any sense of the current 4 star rating is that I think only super fans are making it this far. Finishing this was pure torture. I began this book mistakenly thinking that it was the final book in the series and that I could finish it out, but it turns out there are at least two more and I NEED to stop myself from going any further.

Ms. Fortuna has terrible instincts and zero forethought and the author tries to sell her as a badass. Everybody and their mom is out to kill her and she just tramps around without backup or telling anyone where she’s going on the regular. It’s no surprise that she is captured (sometimes multiple times) in literally every book. 🙄 Main character’s in captivity is my LEAST favorite fantasy plot point by a mile. It is so boring and pretty much guarantees that nothing interesting will happen for like 200+ pages.

Fortuna seems much more interested in choosing a love interest than in solving any of her literal life or death problems. She collects men like they’re Pokemon in pretty much every paranormal variety. We have not one, but two former Fae Kings that were directly or indirectly dethroned because of her, a vampire and a wolf that are bound to her (just friends, but still - where are the gal pals?), and my personal favorite, a man who is a literal figment of her imagination. Homegirl is unhinged. The only females in this series are either barely mentioned or the “bad guys” and then of course we have Gwen who is also now bound to her that Fortuna felt the need to kiss because three love interests just weren’t enough.

I think what it comes down to is that I just hate Fortuna. Her powers are likely headed in an interesting direction, but the author should have gotten there like 2 books ago because she has lost my interest.

Someone yell at me if I start book 5.

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