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A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer
4.0

This reviews a full-copy ARC received from Bloomsbury.

Okay, my full review for VOW contains a whole bunch of spoilers so I'm tidily hiding it at this link for you:
https://bookshelvesandbabble.com/2021/01/24/a-vow-so-bold-and-deadly-review-cursebreak-and-heartbreak-and-a-smashing-finale/

Suffice it to say, though, I think this third novel satisfyingly wraps up the trilogy and was well worth the agonizing wait. By now Kemmerer has done a masterful job of getting us to care for each of her four main characters, and I feel that the narrative arc that she has created for them does them justice. (Except, possibly, slightly, Rhen. Which I talk about a little in my spoiler-y review.)

Do I want more? OF COURSE I WANT MORE. I love these characters and I want to spend more time with them, especially with the path that Kemmerer has laid out for them by the novel's ending. But considering how many trilogy/duology finales have left me:

a) scratching my head
b) tearing my hair out
c) feeling like I've wasted a whole lot of time on these people for no reason, apparently,

...I feel that A VOW SO BOLD AND DEADLY is a triumph!