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My most anticipated read/release of the year and it did not disappoint. It was the perfect ending to the series and my new favourite book. I loved the first two books but the tension and torrid-pasts of Lucian and Sloane had been building for 1100 pages or so and I couldn’t wait to delve into their characters. I loved that we got some chapters set in the past (which differs from the previous two books where the mcs didn’t have a past with each other) and as usual, I loved that the chapters flitted between both mcs so you get both of their perspectives. Lucy wrote their backstory perfectly, it was heart-wrenching and felt like a valid enough reason to make them true childhood friends-to enemies-to lovers, but it didn’t make the characters irredeemable. Their history, present, and character growth in this book were incredible to read, would recommend it to everyone. Perfection!

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

5.0

My favourite of the three!

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emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I don’t know if it’s because I read books 2 and 3 right in a row in the span of 24-hours and compared to 2 this book doesn’t seem that outlandish, but I thought this one actually kind of made sense. The other very likely scenario is I am just a sucker for a second chance love story.

I really liked both Slone and Lucien, so I was always rooting for them. However, they didn’t always make it easy. There were some frustrating and unreasonable decisions, but they were dealing with different serious emotional and mental damage, so not necessarily unexpected.

I do wish their story had very different pacing. Like many rom-com books everything is ridiculously rushed at the end of the story. Why o why can’t people in this town date? Why must they be engaged?

As always with these books, the crime sub-plot really didn’t make sense. Why were those people even remotely involved in these crimes? How in the world was that the resolution? I don’t know, so I am just kind of ignoring it.

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