4.5 Stars. I have fallen in love with this series. The story
is truly enthralling, and this book is by far the best of the three. As with
the first two books it’s Samantha Young’s characters that have sucked me in to
this story. They are deep and complicated and each of them evolves beautifully
from the beginning of the story to the end as well as from one book to another.
There are no flat characters here, everyone from Ari, Charlie and Jai, to the
White King and all of his brothers are complex. I particularly love, when it
comes to the kings, trying to figure out just what side they’re on, because
they each have their own set of opinions and morals and views on the world that
make them who they are. There are no simple good or bad guys here, they all
have reasons behind their choices and they all make both good and bad decisions.
I loved the fast pace of this book, something’s always
happening, but at times I felt scenes went by a little too quickly. All three
of these books are defiantly indie books. They lack some fine tuning, could
probably still be weeded for clichés (“pinned in place” in particular was a
little overused in this book) and even have some places that could use further
scene development. However, I’ve always believed that a good story will win out
over grammatical, and style mistakes and these books are a perfect example of
this.
This book is filled with surprises and ties back nicely with
the first two. Ari is still selfless and honest, but in this book she has to
make some hard choices and because of this is learning to let go of things that
were holding her back in the past. As she matures so does the story. Her
relationship with Jai is also growing and I loved reading about things getting
steamier between them. I hope they continue to heat up in the fourth book. Ari
and Jai are both overcoming the hardships that were put on them by their
parents and it brings them closer. They’re learning to be on their own and not
under the power of someone else. On the other hand Charlie continues to be
sucked down by his selfishness and need for vengeance. The rift that’s growing
between him and Ari is bound to end with heartache. I am eagerly awaiting the
next book to see where this story goes from here.
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