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Hollow Boys #5
The Oath We Give
“On this day, I vow to make your rage my own, to weather the storm of your revenge, and keep you forever safe.”
Two years.
That’s all the peace we had before our past awoke from the dead.
Rose from the grave with malicious hands, famished, and ready to bury us six feet below. The tombstones of our enemies have been overturned, and we are reminded that we can never escape the chains of the corrupt.
Seeking retribution for my lost love consumed my past, but that violence and desire for punishment now jeopardized the future of those closest to me.
We are given one choice, a singular option.
Return to Ponderosa Springs. Or reap the consequences.
But it’s more than the infamous Hollow Boys in danger this time.
It’s her.
The cursed one.
A mirage of a woman too stubborn for her own good.
Coraline Whittaker and I share a common enemy. Her fear of him and his possession over her is the only reason she agrees to work with me.
We promise to protect one another. Share the weight of his return and the misery his presences brings; Till death do us part or the man plaguing her dreams is finally sent to the grave.
What she doesn’t know is there is more than a villain weaving us together.
It’s not just the revenge I want. It’s not the satisfaction of ruining the town that tainted us.
I want her.
Once again, I’ve taken a vow to protect someone, took her vengeance and made it my own.
Still waters have always run deep.
Ponderosa Springs isn’t the only one with secrets. I’ll let the world know mine before they take her away from me. That rotting town knows what I do to people who take things that belong to me.
A mistake repeated?
Not even God himself will deliver them from my evil.
Two years.
That’s all the peace we had before our past awoke from the dead.
Rose from the grave with malicious hands, famished, and ready to bury us six feet below. The tombstones of our enemies have been overturned, and we are reminded that we can never escape the chains of the corrupt.
Seeking retribution for my lost love consumed my past, but that violence and desire for punishment now jeopardized the future of those closest to me.
We are given one choice, a singular option.
Return to Ponderosa Springs. Or reap the consequences.
But it’s more than the infamous Hollow Boys in danger this time.
It’s her.
The cursed one.
A mirage of a woman too stubborn for her own good.
Coraline Whittaker and I share a common enemy. Her fear of him and his possession over her is the only reason she agrees to work with me.
We promise to protect one another. Share the weight of his return and the misery his presences brings; Till death do us part or the man plaguing her dreams is finally sent to the grave.
What she doesn’t know is there is more than a villain weaving us together.
It’s not just the revenge I want. It’s not the satisfaction of ruining the town that tainted us.
I want her.
Once again, I’ve taken a vow to protect someone, took her vengeance and made it my own.
Still waters have always run deep.
Ponderosa Springs isn’t the only one with secrets. I’ll let the world know mine before they take her away from me. That rotting town knows what I do to people who take things that belong to me.
A mistake repeated?
Not even God himself will deliver them from my evil.
427 pages, Paperback
First published October 13, 2023
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Monty Jay
15 books4,163 followersMonty Jay is a dark romance author with titles published in multiple countries. Their books are for hopeless romantics with wicked hearts looking for their next morally grey hero. They call the Appalachian mountains home, along with their two furry friends, Poe and Maeve. When they aren’t writing you can find them reading anything Stephen King, in a tattoo chair or binging a new true crime documentary.
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October 15, 2024
sitting on his lap would probably fix me
November 6, 2025
4.5⭐️ Wait no it can’t be over I absolutely REFUSE! The arranged marriage in this book was absolutely scrumptious. Silas is the quiet one with an absolutely filthy mouth and I’m sat. The way he loves Coraline melted my heart and had me giggling and kicking my feet the whole time. Both of their stories broke me and healed me at the same time. I love them sm. This series was so fun and really surprised me by how much I loved it! Im begging you even if you don’t like book 1 to PLEASE KEEP GOING ! Finally a dark romance series with a well developed plot and characters with so much depth to them!! I fell in love with this found family of psychopaths. Nothing like a book series that follows four insane and possessive men who only have eyes for her!! I need the next gen series like NOW!
May 10, 2024
this 😭 series 😭 was 😭 so 😭 good
August 23, 2024
3 stars
To be honest, this book was okay! I had a good time, but it had insta-lust, if you can say it that. They met after 2 years and had 2 brief interactions before, but Silas started feeling something for Coraline.
╰┈➤ Silas Hawthorne & Coraline Whittaker:
Coraline's — trauma is not portrayed well. She molded herself into a person who's rude and hurts others if needed, just like Sage. Otherwise, she wasn't healing properly and kinda became rude and confident 2 years later. I would've preferred some more vulnerable scenes from her.
Silas — he was actually pretty different from the other guys and was genuinely nice. He wasn't toxic or manipulative or had any issues and I thought that his povs would have long paragraphs about Rosemary (his ex) but there weren't! He grieved and accepted her death!
This book had nice scenes too, and Silas was caring for her, helped her a lot, and was patient. Also, the revelation about his schizophrenia was shocking. 😭 His dirty talking skills were just 🤭
Adding Silas to the list of 'mmc who fucked their girl with the gun'. 🧎♀️
ANDDDD The couples will have kids, and their series will be called 'River Styx Heathens' OSMSGSHSH 🥺
Couple Ratings:
1. SageRook
2. ThatcherLyra
3. AlistairBriar
4. SilasCoraline
Favourite Hollow Boy:
1. Thatcher
2. Rook
3. Silas
4. Alistair
Favourite fmc:
1. Sage
2. Lyra
3. Briar
4. Coraline
╰┈➤ RATINGS:
The Lies We Steal - 4 stars
The Truths We Burn - 5 stars
The Blood We Crave pt 1 - 4 stars
The Blood We Crave pt 2 - 3.75 stars
The Oath We Give - 3 stars
To be honest, this book was okay! I had a good time, but it had insta-lust, if you can say it that. They met after 2 years and had 2 brief interactions before, but Silas started feeling something for Coraline.
╰┈➤ Silas Hawthorne & Coraline Whittaker:
Coraline's — trauma is not portrayed well. She molded herself into a person who's rude and hurts others if needed, just like Sage. Otherwise, she wasn't healing properly and kinda became rude and confident 2 years later. I would've preferred some more vulnerable scenes from her.
Silas — he was actually pretty different from the other guys and was genuinely nice. He wasn't toxic or manipulative or had any issues and I thought that his povs would have long paragraphs about Rosemary (his ex) but there weren't! He grieved and accepted her death!
This book had nice scenes too, and Silas was caring for her, helped her a lot, and was patient. Also, the revelation about his schizophrenia was shocking. 😭 His dirty talking skills were just 🤭
Adding Silas to the list of 'mmc who fucked their girl with the gun'. 🧎♀️
ANDDDD The couples will have kids, and their series will be called 'River Styx Heathens' OSMSGSHSH 🥺
Couple Ratings:
1. SageRook
2. ThatcherLyra
3. AlistairBriar
4. SilasCoraline
Favourite Hollow Boy:
1. Thatcher
2. Rook
3. Silas
4. Alistair
Favourite fmc:
1. Sage
2. Lyra
3. Briar
4. Coraline
╰┈➤ RATINGS:
The Lies We Steal - 4 stars
The Truths We Burn - 5 stars
The Blood We Crave pt 1 - 4 stars
The Blood We Crave pt 2 - 3.75 stars
The Oath We Give - 3 stars
May 4, 2025
I am so happy I reread this.. this series is everything to me and more. A Roman Empire series forever
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As a whole - this series is ♾️ to me. I am absolutely in love & this was just the perfect ending to the series
This book broke me. BROKE ME. Silas + Coraline are perfection. Absolute perfection. I freaking bawled my eyes out in this book. I don't think I'll ever get over it.
Silas' story is absolutely heartbreaking so I knew this book was going to break me but I am so happy he found his HEX 😭😭😭 Coraline has an equally heartbreaking story and my heart just broke SO HARD for her. They are just perfect for each other. 🥹🥹
IF YOU TAKE ANY REC FROM ME, PLEASE LET IT BE THIS SERIES!!
Highlights:
"You're my favorite everything."
"You're not a curse, baby. You're a fucking blessing."
"Could look at you forever, Hex."
"I think you might be my love language, Hex."
Tropes:
-Dark Romance
-Revenge
-Marriage of Convenience
-Mental Health
-Touch Her & Die
-Forced Proximity
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As a whole - this series is ♾️ to me. I am absolutely in love & this was just the perfect ending to the series
This book broke me. BROKE ME. Silas + Coraline are perfection. Absolute perfection. I freaking bawled my eyes out in this book. I don't think I'll ever get over it.
Silas' story is absolutely heartbreaking so I knew this book was going to break me but I am so happy he found his HEX 😭😭😭 Coraline has an equally heartbreaking story and my heart just broke SO HARD for her. They are just perfect for each other. 🥹🥹
IF YOU TAKE ANY REC FROM ME, PLEASE LET IT BE THIS SERIES!!
Highlights:
"You're my favorite everything."
"You're not a curse, baby. You're a fucking blessing."
"Could look at you forever, Hex."
"I think you might be my love language, Hex."
Tropes:
-Dark Romance
-Revenge
-Marriage of Convenience
-Mental Health
-Touch Her & Die
-Forced Proximity
December 26, 2025
umm… DNF’ed at page no. 227 😃😃😃
starting was pretty interesting… Silas is a tech hacker👀i was genuinely intrigued and i loved those hacking scenes… Coraline is a survivor 👀 i love this woman…
so yea extra star only for their character & passion
but 😭😭😭 it was like i’m reading cheap lust☠️☠️
i was hoping for some grief tho but nvm-😭
THE HOLLOW BOYS SERIES ✅
LOVED THE OTHER BOOKS EXCEPT THIS ONE (FIRST HALF WAS GOOOOOD BUT THE OTHER HALF I’M SO SORRY😭😭)
my favorite book from THB:
The Lies We Steal (The Hollow Boys #1); liked the plot twist 💍
my favorite MMC from THB:
Thatcher freakin’ Pierson 👀 (The Hollow Boys #3,4)
my favorite FMC from THB:
Lyra Pierson 🤭 (The Hollow Boys #3,4)
my ranking of couples from THB:
Thatcher x Lyra (the best MMC AND FMC DUO TO EVER EXIST)💍💍💍 (The Hollow Boys #3,4)
Rook x Sage (MY CUTE BABIES; I’LL ALWAYS DEFEND YOU)🖤🖤🖤 (The Hollow Boys #2)
Alistair x Briar (MY SAVAGE BABIES; THANKYOU FOR THE START)👀💌💌 (The Hollow Boys #1)
Silas x Coraline (HOT AND GORGEOUS DUO😍; second half could be better)😃😃 (The Hollow Boys #5)
starting was pretty interesting… Silas is a tech hacker👀i was genuinely intrigued and i loved those hacking scenes… Coraline is a survivor 👀 i love this woman…
so yea extra star only for their character & passion
but 😭😭😭 it was like i’m reading cheap lust☠️☠️
i was hoping for some grief tho but nvm-😭
THE HOLLOW BOYS SERIES ✅
LOVED THE OTHER BOOKS EXCEPT THIS ONE (FIRST HALF WAS GOOOOOD BUT THE OTHER HALF I’M SO SORRY😭😭)
my favorite book from THB:
The Lies We Steal (The Hollow Boys #1); liked the plot twist 💍
my favorite MMC from THB:
Thatcher freakin’ Pierson 👀 (The Hollow Boys #3,4)
my favorite FMC from THB:
Lyra Pierson 🤭 (The Hollow Boys #3,4)
my ranking of couples from THB:
Thatcher x Lyra (the best MMC AND FMC DUO TO EVER EXIST)💍💍💍 (The Hollow Boys #3,4)
Rook x Sage (MY CUTE BABIES; I’LL ALWAYS DEFEND YOU)🖤🖤🖤 (The Hollow Boys #2)
Alistair x Briar (MY SAVAGE BABIES; THANKYOU FOR THE START)👀💌💌 (The Hollow Boys #1)
Silas x Coraline (HOT AND GORGEOUS DUO😍; second half could be better)😃😃 (The Hollow Boys #5)
November 19, 2025
➳ i am so sorry ☆
i really wanted to love this, but i think the slump is beating my ass. this entire series — if i'm gonna be transparent — has been overrated, in my opinion. i don't think i fully enjoyed any of these books, and that's ok. i know this series has its ups, but the whole time i was reading it, i felt like this was the devil's night series from shien. seeing as this is the finale book — i just expected way too much, and that's my own fault. i personally don't think there is anything wrong with these books. they are just really watered down and mundane.
again, there is nothing wrong with the book, i just felt so bored reading it. i might try this series again when i am out of a slump, but for now, this was not my taste.
i really wanted to love this, but i think the slump is beating my ass. this entire series — if i'm gonna be transparent — has been overrated, in my opinion. i don't think i fully enjoyed any of these books, and that's ok. i know this series has its ups, but the whole time i was reading it, i felt like this was the devil's night series from shien. seeing as this is the finale book — i just expected way too much, and that's my own fault. i personally don't think there is anything wrong with these books. they are just really watered down and mundane.
again, there is nothing wrong with the book, i just felt so bored reading it. i might try this series again when i am out of a slump, but for now, this was not my taste.
November 9, 2024
I knew Silas was going to be my favorite from the moment I read book one. When I read the second book and saw how precious and vulnerable Silas was, I couldn’t help but skip thatcher book and start his! 😭 He is my favorite; I love him so much! 🤍✋🏻
Silas and coralina are so precious to me 🥹 their talks and how silas made her feel like she wasn’t cursed and how he didn’t look at her like she was anything other than Carolina was so beautiful. And how Carolina listened and spoke to him and believed him 🥹 i love them sm 🤍🤍
quotes i loved 🥹🤍
“You will always be safe with me, even from me.”
“I think you might be my love language, Hex.”
“Touching you has always felt like more of a gift than any curse, Hex.”
“And if it kills you?”
“Would hurt less than never kissing you again.”
“Silas does not make me feel cursed. He makes me feel loved.”
“I'm your favorite color?"
"You're my favorite everything, Hex.”
“I’m not calling you cursed, I’m saying you’re a special language only I can decode.”
“You’re not a curse, baby. You’re a fucking blessing.” ”
“But she’s worth it. Worth the pain, worth the fear, worth the grief if she goes before me. Worth her weight in gold, and I’d like to destroy anyone that made her feel like she wasn’t. Like loving her is a hard thing to do.Loving Coraline Whittaker is worth inevitable death.”
Silas and coralina are so precious to me 🥹 their talks and how silas made her feel like she wasn’t cursed and how he didn’t look at her like she was anything other than Carolina was so beautiful. And how Carolina listened and spoke to him and believed him 🥹 i love them sm 🤍🤍
quotes i loved 🥹🤍
“You will always be safe with me, even from me.”
“I think you might be my love language, Hex.”
“Touching you has always felt like more of a gift than any curse, Hex.”
“And if it kills you?”
“Would hurt less than never kissing you again.”
“Silas does not make me feel cursed. He makes me feel loved.”
“I'm your favorite color?"
"You're my favorite everything, Hex.”
“I’m not calling you cursed, I’m saying you’re a special language only I can decode.”
“You’re not a curse, baby. You’re a fucking blessing.” ”
“But she’s worth it. Worth the pain, worth the fear, worth the grief if she goes before me. Worth her weight in gold, and I’d like to destroy anyone that made her feel like she wasn’t. Like loving her is a hard thing to do.Loving Coraline Whittaker is worth inevitable death.”
unsafe-not-to-be-read
May 11, 2024self note: after a lot of contemplation, i've decided not to read this. insta love and marriage of convenience for a man who's spent the past four books pining and hurting over his dead gf? no thank you because i know it's gonna make me sick. i don't fw the dead wife/dead gf trope. i don't like seeing the fmc come second to anyone (as wretched as it sounds). there's no ow drama at all in this nor a mention of the dead gf but knowing me, i'll torture myself over it and keep thinking if the mmc is truly over her and in love with the fmc. pass.
July 12, 2024
“to the styx” silas and coraline my babiesss
December 28, 2025
ill be honest.. this was hard to get through. i felt like the pacing sucked and this wasn't bingeablelike the other books. not to mention we don't get. many scenes of the 4 guys together like we did the previous books. coraline and silas are fine but this book just felt super boring and took me days to finish this because i was kinda skimming the book lol.
November 17, 2025
This one was my favorite 😭🥰👏🏻
June 19, 2024
Tropes + What to Expect:
- Marriage of convenience
- Touch her and you die
- Forced proximity
- Found family
- Mental health rep
- Revenge plot
- Dark themes
I have been waiting for Silas's story since BOOK ONE. I knew he was going to be a favorite of mine from the start. It's always the broken boys who win me over.. every single time.
Coarline, I LOVE YOU for loving Silas. For making him happy. My god.
This book had me HEAVING with sobs. It was beautiful and such a perfect ending to The Hollow Boys series.
I think Rook is my favorite man, but Silas's story + his book (this one) is my favorite of the series. I loved all of the books and all of the characters in this story though, don't get it twisted.
This is my favorite series of 2024.
- Marriage of convenience
- Touch her and you die
- Forced proximity
- Found family
- Mental health rep
- Revenge plot
- Dark themes
I have been waiting for Silas's story since BOOK ONE. I knew he was going to be a favorite of mine from the start. It's always the broken boys who win me over.. every single time.
Coarline, I LOVE YOU for loving Silas. For making him happy. My god.
This book had me HEAVING with sobs. It was beautiful and such a perfect ending to The Hollow Boys series.
I think Rook is my favorite man, but Silas's story + his book (this one) is my favorite of the series. I loved all of the books and all of the characters in this story though, don't get it twisted.
This is my favorite series of 2024.
October 16, 2023
5 HEXagonal Stars 🧡
this book truly was my joker, the anticiapation for it got me through the first month of school 😙.
this book was a fucking masterpiece, out of this earth and on a planet called hex.
i devoured this book whole, not a single bite was taken.
a full review will come soon enough, i spent reading this book instead of working on my bloody essay, oppsie daisy.
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ONE OF THE TROPES IS MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE !
THIS BOOK IS MY MOTHERFUCKING JOKER.
IM SO FUCKING EXCITED FOR SILAS AND HIS WITCH (she's definitely dark too, i LOVE).
i just BEG there's not much mention or talk of his dead girlfriend, because she dead for a reason 🤷🏻♀️. stay 6 feet down fucker. 😁
this book truly was my joker, the anticiapation for it got me through the first month of school 😙.
this book was a fucking masterpiece, out of this earth and on a planet called hex.
i devoured this book whole, not a single bite was taken.
a full review will come soon enough, i spent reading this book instead of working on my bloody essay, oppsie daisy.
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ONE OF THE TROPES IS MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE !
THIS BOOK IS MY MOTHERFUCKING JOKER.
IM SO FUCKING EXCITED FOR SILAS AND HIS WITCH (she's definitely dark too, i LOVE).
i just BEG there's not much mention or talk of his dead girlfriend, because she dead for a reason 🤷🏻♀️. stay 6 feet down fucker. 😁
July 28, 2024
✩‧₊ 2.25 stars ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
･ ｡ﾟ☆:The Oath We Give *.☽ .*:☆ﾟ
⁺₊★·.´🎧✩°｡ 0:56 ──♡───── 3:32 ⁺₊🎧★·.·´
🎶 I said, "No one has to know what we do. His hands are in my hair, his clothes are in my room” 🎶
Haunted by the memory of lost love, Silas Hawthorne (H) finds himself consumed by a thirst for retribution. Yet, this insatiable desire jeopardizes the safety of those he holds dear, forcing him to confront a grim choice: return to Ponderosa Springs or face dire consequences. But this time, the stakes are higher than the infamous Hollow Boys; all his efforts center around her— Coraline Whittaker (h).
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: THOUGHTS *.☽ .*:☆ﾟ. ───
You know, I've been thinking a lot about Rose and Silas's relationship in this book, and honestly, I feel like it totally got the short end of the stick. It’s like we’re suddenly being asked to believe that Silas’s love for Rose was just this trauma bond, and that's a massive shift from how their connection was portrayed throughout the series. He famously said he never had a choice in falling for Rosie, which gives it this heavy, inevitable feeling, but then when it comes to Coraline, it’s like he had all the agency to choose. It kinda cheapens everything they had. I mean, for most of the series, he was madly in love and heartbroken over her, and then we get to this book, and it feels like their relationship is reduced to something less significant. Don’t get me wrong; I totally understand that he deserves to move on and find closure—it's been years. But there were moments introduced that made it seem like Rose and Silas were just using each other to heal. They definitely had this deep understanding of each other, which played a huge part in their love story initially, and suddenly, it feels like that gets overshadowed. Like, Silas knew Rose's secret—he saw something he shouldn't have, and it was this intense, unbreakable connection. That bond was a big deal, and then she dies, and just like that, he’s left with nobody who really understands him at that level anymore. It’s really frustrating because the book sort of makes it seem like Rose and Silas’s love was kind of a coincidence rather than something real and lasting. That feels so unfair to what they built together. I don’t know; it just leaves me feeling a bit cheated, like their story didn’t get the respect it deserved.
It was mentioned that Rosie taught Silas how to love, so that he could be prepared to love Coraline for real. I think what he had with Rosie was authentic, and no one could take that from him. Rosie was truly the love of his life. Even though they shared secrets, that doesn’t diminish the years of friendship and love they built. Rosie loved Silas not just because he kept her secret, but because she saw the real him. Silas kept his circle small. Even though he loved the boys, he never truly shared the whole truth about his diagnosis with them, but Rosie knew the entire time. To discredit their relationship because she asked him to keep her abuse a secret just felt wrong. She wasn’t blackmailing him, and Rosie would never have been upset if he told the guys; it simply wasn’t his story to tell, just as it wasn’t hers to tell Silas’s secret. In another universe, Rosie and Silas would have gotten their happy ending, along with the other Hollow Boys. I’m really sad because she seemed like such a pure soul, someone who made each boy want to be better. They loved her like a sister—with the exception of Silas, of course. At this stage, Silas had gotten closure and used his love for Rosie as a life lesson. He knew she would have wanted him to be happy, but it still felt like she was in second place after all. Like there was no one but Coraline for him. It seemed as if he’d have ended things with Rosie if he had crossed paths with Coraline, as if she would have always been his priority. I think that’s a lie because he never really noticed Coraline, while she seemed to notice him. Silas was way too obsessed and head over heels for Rosie to pay attention to any other girl. For some reason, he wanted to be the one to help Coraline heal and overcome her trauma; he became her Rosie. It’s just frustrating to see all of that love and connection seem diminished when it should have been celebrated.
I really wanted to love Silas and Coraline together, but honestly, I was still hung up on Rosie. I felt just like Silas did in the first three books, and I know I’m not alone in that. While I appreciate that Silas and Coraline were there for each other and acted as emotional support systems, it felt more like insta-lust to me. From the moment he saw Coraline being rescued, he felt this strong need to get to know her, and it started with him being someone she could talk to. But then it escalated into something more. He became her safe space, the person she could lean on when all the trauma got overwhelming. He saw the good in her when all she wanted was to be perceived as a villain. But honestly, I felt like I didn’t really know Silas at all. He turned out to be super into physical touch and talked a lot, which says something about Coraline’s appeal, but still. We were introduced to Silas as someone who had a schizophrenic disorder, and then suddenly, that seemed to disappear. He suffered in silence for years to protect Rosie’s secret, and it baffles me that they played it off like that was just a plot point. I love Silas, I really do, and I want him to be happy, but the transition from “I like Coraline” to a marriage agreement felt way too fast. I honestly don’t know when they really got to know each other—enough to the point where she’s pregnant by the end of the book. I think he genuinely cared for her, but loving her felt like a stretch. It almost seemed like he wanted to be someone’s person and felt obligated to be with someone because of his father’s company. While he clearly had Coraline in mind, it felt more like a mutually beneficial arrangement than a deep emotional connection. It just didn’t sit right with me.
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: OVERALL *.☽ .*:☆ﾟ. ───
That two-year time jump really threw me off too. I had no idea the boys had drifted apart during that time. They came back home out of nowhere, and it was all because they were being threatened for what happened two years ago. It felt like a decent conclusion to the series, but honestly, it didn’t wow me at all. It was pretty underwhelming, and I found myself only continuing to read for the Thatcher-Alistair pettiness and banter, which were definitely highlights. I really think the story would have had more depth if Silas had been allowed to be openly schizophrenic. That wouldn’t have made any of us love him less. It’s just so sad that his silence stemmed from not being able to tell anyone the truth about what he was going through. I’m honestly disappointed with how things played out. There was so much potential for deeper exploration of those themes, and it feels like we missed out on a more fulfilling narrative.
･ ｡ﾟ☆:The Oath We Give *.☽ .*:☆ﾟ
⁺₊★·.´🎧✩°｡ 0:56 ──♡───── 3:32 ⁺₊🎧★·.·´
🎶 I said, "No one has to know what we do. His hands are in my hair, his clothes are in my room” 🎶
Haunted by the memory of lost love, Silas Hawthorne (H) finds himself consumed by a thirst for retribution. Yet, this insatiable desire jeopardizes the safety of those he holds dear, forcing him to confront a grim choice: return to Ponderosa Springs or face dire consequences. But this time, the stakes are higher than the infamous Hollow Boys; all his efforts center around her— Coraline Whittaker (h).
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: THOUGHTS *.☽ .*:☆ﾟ. ───
“It’s that part of me that refuses to love again. I’ve damned up my soul because I know what the pain of losing someone feels like. I won’t do that to myself again.”
You know, I've been thinking a lot about Rose and Silas's relationship in this book, and honestly, I feel like it totally got the short end of the stick. It’s like we’re suddenly being asked to believe that Silas’s love for Rose was just this trauma bond, and that's a massive shift from how their connection was portrayed throughout the series. He famously said he never had a choice in falling for Rosie, which gives it this heavy, inevitable feeling, but then when it comes to Coraline, it’s like he had all the agency to choose. It kinda cheapens everything they had. I mean, for most of the series, he was madly in love and heartbroken over her, and then we get to this book, and it feels like their relationship is reduced to something less significant. Don’t get me wrong; I totally understand that he deserves to move on and find closure—it's been years. But there were moments introduced that made it seem like Rose and Silas were just using each other to heal. They definitely had this deep understanding of each other, which played a huge part in their love story initially, and suddenly, it feels like that gets overshadowed. Like, Silas knew Rose's secret—he saw something he shouldn't have, and it was this intense, unbreakable connection. That bond was a big deal, and then she dies, and just like that, he’s left with nobody who really understands him at that level anymore. It’s really frustrating because the book sort of makes it seem like Rose and Silas’s love was kind of a coincidence rather than something real and lasting. That feels so unfair to what they built together. I don’t know; it just leaves me feeling a bit cheated, like their story didn’t get the respect it deserved.
In the beginning, breathing hurt without her. Waking up, knowing she’d never open her eyes again, made it physically impossible to inhale and exhale. Like oxygen was a reminder that I was alive and she was not.
I sometimes hate that it’s easier now.
That time has, in fact, made the loss of her hurt less.
Rosemary Donahue deserved someone who would hurt for her for lifetimes.
It was mentioned that Rosie taught Silas how to love, so that he could be prepared to love Coraline for real. I think what he had with Rosie was authentic, and no one could take that from him. Rosie was truly the love of his life. Even though they shared secrets, that doesn’t diminish the years of friendship and love they built. Rosie loved Silas not just because he kept her secret, but because she saw the real him. Silas kept his circle small. Even though he loved the boys, he never truly shared the whole truth about his diagnosis with them, but Rosie knew the entire time. To discredit their relationship because she asked him to keep her abuse a secret just felt wrong. She wasn’t blackmailing him, and Rosie would never have been upset if he told the guys; it simply wasn’t his story to tell, just as it wasn’t hers to tell Silas’s secret. In another universe, Rosie and Silas would have gotten their happy ending, along with the other Hollow Boys. I’m really sad because she seemed like such a pure soul, someone who made each boy want to be better. They loved her like a sister—with the exception of Silas, of course. At this stage, Silas had gotten closure and used his love for Rosie as a life lesson. He knew she would have wanted him to be happy, but it still felt like she was in second place after all. Like there was no one but Coraline for him. It seemed as if he’d have ended things with Rosie if he had crossed paths with Coraline, as if she would have always been his priority. I think that’s a lie because he never really noticed Coraline, while she seemed to notice him. Silas was way too obsessed and head over heels for Rosie to pay attention to any other girl. For some reason, he wanted to be the one to help Coraline heal and overcome her trauma; he became her Rosie. It’s just frustrating to see all of that love and connection seem diminished when it should have been celebrated.
“He owes me nothing. Not an ounce of kindness or a second longer on this ridiculous phone call, but he’s here anyway. And it’s that tender generosity that breaks something in me.”
I really wanted to love Silas and Coraline together, but honestly, I was still hung up on Rosie. I felt just like Silas did in the first three books, and I know I’m not alone in that. While I appreciate that Silas and Coraline were there for each other and acted as emotional support systems, it felt more like insta-lust to me. From the moment he saw Coraline being rescued, he felt this strong need to get to know her, and it started with him being someone she could talk to. But then it escalated into something more. He became her safe space, the person she could lean on when all the trauma got overwhelming. He saw the good in her when all she wanted was to be perceived as a villain. But honestly, I felt like I didn’t really know Silas at all. He turned out to be super into physical touch and talked a lot, which says something about Coraline’s appeal, but still. We were introduced to Silas as someone who had a schizophrenic disorder, and then suddenly, that seemed to disappear. He suffered in silence for years to protect Rosie’s secret, and it baffles me that they played it off like that was just a plot point. I love Silas, I really do, and I want him to be happy, but the transition from “I like Coraline” to a marriage agreement felt way too fast. I honestly don’t know when they really got to know each other—enough to the point where she’s pregnant by the end of the book. I think he genuinely cared for her, but loving her felt like a stretch. It almost seemed like he wanted to be someone’s person and felt obligated to be with someone because of his father’s company. While he clearly had Coraline in mind, it felt more like a mutually beneficial arrangement than a deep emotional connection. It just didn’t sit right with me.
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: OVERALL *.☽ .*:☆ﾟ. ───
That two-year time jump really threw me off too. I had no idea the boys had drifted apart during that time. They came back home out of nowhere, and it was all because they were being threatened for what happened two years ago. It felt like a decent conclusion to the series, but honestly, it didn’t wow me at all. It was pretty underwhelming, and I found myself only continuing to read for the Thatcher-Alistair pettiness and banter, which were definitely highlights. I really think the story would have had more depth if Silas had been allowed to be openly schizophrenic. That wouldn’t have made any of us love him less. It’s just so sad that his silence stemmed from not being able to tell anyone the truth about what he was going through. I’m honestly disappointed with how things played out. There was so much potential for deeper exploration of those themes, and it feels like we missed out on a more fulfilling narrative.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 28, 2025
the ending of this book made me kind of emotional. I’m going to miss all of the characters in this series so much. they’re like my family 🔐.
for the romance, I really liked coraline and silas. coraline is the type of heroine I love in books. the ones who are closed off and fierce but they actually care so much about the people they love ☹️🤍. silas was so caring towards her. the romance between them was sweet.
there are a few reasons why I’m not giving this a higher rating. in the first half of the book, there weren’t many interactions between silas and coraline and I wanted some more scenes of them together.
I’m not a fan of the marriage of convenience trope as well so I didn’t fully love this for that reason either. also, in the previous books in the series, silas was hung up on his dead ex-girlfriend. I’m glad she was rarely mentioned in this book, because I hate when male leads have some sort of dead ex-girlfriend or past lover. silas is fully in love with coraline, so I was able to move past the ex thing but I still didn’t completely love the situation lol.
aside from all of that, I did like silas and coraline’s story overall. I loved seeing crumbs of the other couples in this series. thatcherlyra are still my #1 favorite couple in this series and then after them would be rooksage <3.
for the romance, I really liked coraline and silas. coraline is the type of heroine I love in books. the ones who are closed off and fierce but they actually care so much about the people they love ☹️🤍. silas was so caring towards her. the romance between them was sweet.
there are a few reasons why I’m not giving this a higher rating. in the first half of the book, there weren’t many interactions between silas and coraline and I wanted some more scenes of them together.
I’m not a fan of the marriage of convenience trope as well so I didn’t fully love this for that reason either. also, in the previous books in the series, silas was hung up on his dead ex-girlfriend. I’m glad she was rarely mentioned in this book, because I hate when male leads have some sort of dead ex-girlfriend or past lover. silas is fully in love with coraline, so I was able to move past the ex thing but I still didn’t completely love the situation lol.
aside from all of that, I did like silas and coraline’s story overall. I loved seeing crumbs of the other couples in this series. thatcherlyra are still my #1 favorite couple in this series and then after them would be rooksage <3.
February 7, 2024
★4/5! STOPP I WAS NOT READY FOR THIS SERIES TO END! SILAS HAWTHORNE IS EVERYTHINGG!!
Amazing ending for an amazing series i love them all soooo much.
Silas caring for Coraline and being so patient and not pushing her into anything, he’s a gentleman fr - compared to the others atleast. Coraline ugh I just wanted to give her the biggest hug! I wish we got to see more scenes with her guard down around Silas but regardless still perfect.
I’m gonna miss this series so much, going to read all the bonus content and fav scenes because i’m still not reading to say goodbye.
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬
: ̗̀➛ '𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.' I LOVE WHEN CHARACTERS DESCRIBE OTHER CHARACTERS LOVE
: ̗̀➛ '𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠.' MY BABIES! I WILL LOVE THEM FOREVER ♡´･ᴗ･`♡
: ̗̀➛ '𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬? 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭.' PERFECT WAY TO DESCRIBE LYRATHATCHER!!
: ̗̀➛ '𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐬.' SILASCORALINE ( ˘ ³˘)
(don’t hate me this was already hard to do I love them all)
ℛ𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈
𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬:
𝟏- Silas Hawthorne
𝟐- Alistair Caldwell
𝟑- Thatcher Pierson
𝟒- Rook Van Doren
𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬:
𝟏- Briar Lowell
𝟐- Sage Donahue
𝟑- Lyra Abbott
𝟒- Coraline Whittaker
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬:
𝟏- BriarAlistiar
𝟐- SageRook
𝟑- SilasCoraline
𝟒- LyraThatcher
Amazing ending for an amazing series i love them all soooo much.
Silas caring for Coraline and being so patient and not pushing her into anything, he’s a gentleman fr - compared to the others atleast. Coraline ugh I just wanted to give her the biggest hug! I wish we got to see more scenes with her guard down around Silas but regardless still perfect.
I’m gonna miss this series so much, going to read all the bonus content and fav scenes because i’m still not reading to say goodbye.
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬
: ̗̀➛ '𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.' I LOVE WHEN CHARACTERS DESCRIBE OTHER CHARACTERS LOVE
: ̗̀➛ '𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠.' MY BABIES! I WILL LOVE THEM FOREVER ♡´･ᴗ･`♡
: ̗̀➛ '𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬? 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭.' PERFECT WAY TO DESCRIBE LYRATHATCHER!!
: ̗̀➛ '𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐬.' SILASCORALINE ( ˘ ³˘)
(don’t hate me this was already hard to do I love them all)
ℛ𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈
𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬:
𝟏- Silas Hawthorne
𝟐- Alistair Caldwell
𝟑- Thatcher Pierson
𝟒- Rook Van Doren
𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬:
𝟏- Briar Lowell
𝟐- Sage Donahue
𝟑- Lyra Abbott
𝟒- Coraline Whittaker
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬:
𝟏- BriarAlistiar
𝟐- SageRook
𝟑- SilasCoraline
𝟒- LyraThatcher
February 2, 2025
always the quiet ones…🙇🏽♀️
August 23, 2024
Definitely the spiciest but unfortunately the dead ex trope never works for me
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[girls} [boys].
1 Lyra 1 Thatcher.
2 coraline 2 Alistair.
3 briar 3 Silas
4 sage 4 rook
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[girls} [boys].
1 Lyra 1 Thatcher.
2 coraline 2 Alistair.
3 briar 3 Silas
4 sage 4 rook
May 27, 2024
4.5⭐️ 3🌶️
What an ending to one of my new favourite series 🥹
This was absolutely amazing!
I was a bit wary about how much I’d be able to get into this one as Silas was away for 2 of the books and we hadn’t met Coraline at all, so I didn’t know if I’d feel too detached from them compared to the rest of the group, but their story was told brilliantly 🙌🏼
Silas is absolutely everything 😩❤️ I loved him, the kinda man he is behind closed doors 😮💨😮💨 Coraline was written perfectly. I love how everything that happens to the characters in these books ACTUALLY affects their day to day lives & we get to see in depth how they deal with their trauma. We’re still talking about Rosie 5 books in, and the impact she had on Silas etc which I felt was so important.
The scene with Sage & Coraline at Rosemary’s grave was everything 🫶🏽
I would say the first 4 books were a lot darker than this one, but the spice was spicingggggg in this 👀
Also was it a bit insta-lust? Yes, but I chose to see it as trauma bonding (which tbh it kinda was)
This is now in my top 5 favourite dark romance series, and reminds me why I love the genre so much ❤️ it’s so hard to find good ones these days, this did not disappoint
What an ending to one of my new favourite series 🥹
This was absolutely amazing!
I was a bit wary about how much I’d be able to get into this one as Silas was away for 2 of the books and we hadn’t met Coraline at all, so I didn’t know if I’d feel too detached from them compared to the rest of the group, but their story was told brilliantly 🙌🏼
Silas is absolutely everything 😩❤️ I loved him, the kinda man he is behind closed doors 😮💨😮💨 Coraline was written perfectly. I love how everything that happens to the characters in these books ACTUALLY affects their day to day lives & we get to see in depth how they deal with their trauma. We’re still talking about Rosie 5 books in, and the impact she had on Silas etc which I felt was so important.
The scene with Sage & Coraline at Rosemary’s grave was everything 🫶🏽
I would say the first 4 books were a lot darker than this one, but the spice was spicingggggg in this 👀
Also was it a bit insta-lust? Yes, but I chose to see it as trauma bonding (which tbh it kinda was)
This is now in my top 5 favourite dark romance series, and reminds me why I love the genre so much ❤️ it’s so hard to find good ones these days, this did not disappoint
April 8, 2025
Hold on. Let me sit up for this one. mhmm, mhmm. Now, that’s what I’m talking about. 🙂↕️ Look me dead in my eyes when I tell you this 👁️👄👁️. Take this as your sign to start this series if you haven’t already.
I tried. I truly did try to savor this book since it’s the last in this most gloriously delectable series, but… I failed… (shamelessly :). It was just toooooo good. Like, had me blushing, screaming “OMG, STFU!” to my bedroom walls as I read, and gasping so hard from the plot and the things Silas (a.k.a. fine shyt #1) would say. That kind of good 🤭. From page 1, I was hooked, and I dreamt of this book every time my eyelids closed—okay, I’m being dramatic, but you get it!! 😩
Seriously though, what am I going to do now that this series is over? The pain I feel has reached an astronomical level. I don’t know… maybe I need to do a little re-read because I already miss Rook (fine shyt #2) Sage (my fav) , Lyra “Bug Queen” (my #1 fav) Abbott & Thatcher “Angel” (fine shyt #3) Pierson, and last but certainly not least, Silas (fine shyt #1) Hawthorne and Coraline (my wife, who I’d do anything for; she could step on me, and I’d apologize for being in her way) Whittaker. (Yes, I left out the other two…but I love you, Briar.)
Also, _____ did NOT suffer enough. I’m sorry, but for someone who committed such vile and disgusting things to her, he deserved to be tarred and feathered before he— 🙂
I tried. I truly did try to savor this book since it’s the last in this most gloriously delectable series, but… I failed… (shamelessly :). It was just toooooo good. Like, had me blushing, screaming “OMG, STFU!” to my bedroom walls as I read, and gasping so hard from the plot and the things Silas (a.k.a. fine shyt #1) would say. That kind of good 🤭. From page 1, I was hooked, and I dreamt of this book every time my eyelids closed—okay, I’m being dramatic, but you get it!! 😩
Seriously though, what am I going to do now that this series is over? The pain I feel has reached an astronomical level. I don’t know… maybe I need to do a little re-read because I already miss Rook (fine shyt #2) Sage (my fav) , Lyra “Bug Queen” (my #1 fav) Abbott & Thatcher “Angel” (fine shyt #3) Pierson, and last but certainly not least, Silas (fine shyt #1) Hawthorne and Coraline (my wife, who I’d do anything for; she could step on me, and I’d apologize for being in her way) Whittaker. (Yes, I left out the other two…but I love you, Briar.)
Also, _____ did NOT suffer enough. I’m sorry, but for someone who committed such vile and disgusting things to her, he deserved to be tarred and feathered before he— 🙂
August 29, 2024
dead ex trope *eye twitching*
Guess what? It’s as bad as you thought if not worse 😁
Because giving the guy that had a psychiatric break and wanting to die over his dead girlfriend the insta-love trope makes perfect sense 👏🏻👏🏻 💀
This author ran out of dumb fucking ideas 💀 Silas not schizophrenic? Painting Rosie out to be this manipulator that she lowkey forced him to keep a serect……stfu
Please continue trying to convince me they are soulmates 💀💀 but he never noticed her but she did?? He wasn’t blind yet he spared her no glance……..💀💀😂😂
“oh this really who I chose and my ex was never meant for me” BLAH BLAH BLAH
Don’t even know what their connection was?? All they wanted to do was fuck each other! Like I don’t remember a single conversation they had.
fuck this bruh and fuck you silas you ARE NOT THE SAME SILAS FROM BOOK 1-4
Thatcher and Lyra>
Rip Rosie 🥹 I love you girly and I would’ve chosen you
Guess what? It’s as bad as you thought if not worse 😁
Because giving the guy that had a psychiatric break and wanting to die over his dead girlfriend the insta-love trope makes perfect sense 👏🏻👏🏻 💀
This author ran out of dumb fucking ideas 💀 Silas not schizophrenic? Painting Rosie out to be this manipulator that she lowkey forced him to keep a serect……stfu
Please continue trying to convince me they are soulmates 💀💀 but he never noticed her but she did?? He wasn’t blind yet he spared her no glance……..💀💀😂😂
“oh this really who I chose and my ex was never meant for me” BLAH BLAH BLAH
Don’t even know what their connection was?? All they wanted to do was fuck each other! Like I don’t remember a single conversation they had.
fuck this bruh and fuck you silas you ARE NOT THE SAME SILAS FROM BOOK 1-4
Thatcher and Lyra>
Rip Rosie 🥹 I love you girly and I would’ve chosen you
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 28, 2025
4⭐️
"𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙭?"
"𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙭."
To experience the hollow boys again 💔
"𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙭?"
"𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙭."
To experience the hollow boys again 💔
January 6, 2024
“I don’t want one secret from you, Hex. I want them all.”
After being abducted for months and then rescued, Coraline is dealing with her traumas, drowning in them until she calls Silas, who once offered to hear her. Two years after the last book timeline, Silas and Coraline start receiving texts from someone who wants to cause them trouble, and they know it's Stephen, who recently ran out of prison and wants Coraline back. Meanwhile, Silas' father is dying and he needs to take his role as the CEO of a tech business, but for that to happen he needs a wife, and that's when he and Coraline make a deal, they will be married for two years and he will protect her younger sister, Lyra e get her out of that town once everything is solved. Deciding to end this situation at last, the Hollow boys come back to Ponderosa Springs to help Silas put an end to Stephen and, the threats against them.
Honestly, I knew silascoraline would be a great couple from the teaser in the previous book. They complement each other so well, she's the grumpy bitter girl and he's calm and loving, they just match. She doesn't think she can be loved without losing the person and he's the one with enough love to give.
One of the things MJ did right in this book is the fact that Silas loved Rosie first and lost her but his relationship with Coraline isn't based on the grief for his previous girlfriend, he's not mourning her anymore and he's okay to move on and that's amazing bc I wouldn't have stand for them if he was still into his dead girlfriend. He wanted Coraline and he went for her.
For me, there are issues with this book that I just couldn't let go of:
1. The fact that the author wrote a huge text to talk about schizophrenia before the book even started, then told the truth about myths of the disease, and then.. right in the prologue she just tells us the character everyone thought was schizophrenic for three books didn't have it. Now.. I was PISSED because one of the reasons I was looking forward to reading it was the fact that it would be about a character with a condition I've never read before, a unique character. I don't know, it feels a lot like she backed down from the challenge it would be to write him with schizophrenia. Anyway, I'm mad about this.
2. Most of the plot about Rosie and the sex trafficking was already solved in the previous books, so I knew this last one would have the weakest plot. It was just Stephen and Easton. It was boring compared to the other books.
3. The drugs Coraline is using to deal with her trauma. So she says she's been using and then boom! It disappears the moment Silas appears in her life. I thought a huge part of this book would deal with Cora being clean but it wasn't even an issue after 100 pages. The lack of responsibility of the writer is showing.
However, this isn't bad. I liked it, the couple is great, and the smut is good, but the plot is not 'plotting' like the previous books.
Oh, and my final ship ranking:
thatcherlyra > rooksage > silascoraline > alistairbriar
After being abducted for months and then rescued, Coraline is dealing with her traumas, drowning in them until she calls Silas, who once offered to hear her. Two years after the last book timeline, Silas and Coraline start receiving texts from someone who wants to cause them trouble, and they know it's Stephen, who recently ran out of prison and wants Coraline back. Meanwhile, Silas' father is dying and he needs to take his role as the CEO of a tech business, but for that to happen he needs a wife, and that's when he and Coraline make a deal, they will be married for two years and he will protect her younger sister, Lyra e get her out of that town once everything is solved. Deciding to end this situation at last, the Hollow boys come back to Ponderosa Springs to help Silas put an end to Stephen and, the threats against them.
Honestly, I knew silascoraline would be a great couple from the teaser in the previous book. They complement each other so well, she's the grumpy bitter girl and he's calm and loving, they just match. She doesn't think she can be loved without losing the person and he's the one with enough love to give.
One of the things MJ did right in this book is the fact that Silas loved Rosie first and lost her but his relationship with Coraline isn't based on the grief for his previous girlfriend, he's not mourning her anymore and he's okay to move on and that's amazing bc I wouldn't have stand for them if he was still into his dead girlfriend. He wanted Coraline and he went for her.
For me, there are issues with this book that I just couldn't let go of:
1. The fact that the author wrote a huge text to talk about schizophrenia before the book even started, then told the truth about myths of the disease, and then.. right in the prologue she just tells us the character everyone thought was schizophrenic for three books didn't have it. Now.. I was PISSED because one of the reasons I was looking forward to reading it was the fact that it would be about a character with a condition I've never read before, a unique character. I don't know, it feels a lot like she backed down from the challenge it would be to write him with schizophrenia. Anyway, I'm mad about this.
2. Most of the plot about Rosie and the sex trafficking was already solved in the previous books, so I knew this last one would have the weakest plot. It was just Stephen and Easton. It was boring compared to the other books.
3. The drugs Coraline is using to deal with her trauma. So she says she's been using and then boom! It disappears the moment Silas appears in her life. I thought a huge part of this book would deal with Cora being clean but it wasn't even an issue after 100 pages. The lack of responsibility of the writer is showing.
However, this isn't bad. I liked it, the couple is great, and the smut is good, but the plot is not 'plotting' like the previous books.
Oh, and my final ship ranking:
thatcherlyra > rooksage > silascoraline > alistairbriar
May 9, 2025
❗️MINOR SPOILERS❗️
————————————
જ⁀➴ Hey siri, play “The Night We Met” by Lord Huron
﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌
“Take me back to the night we met.”
I did NOT think I would miss these characters after finishing the series this fucking much. The tears I’ve shed? Oh my god. I felt almost every emotion reading about each of the Hollow Boys.
﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌
જ⁀➴ OKAY let’s talk about this marvelous book.
“I don’t know what I’m supposed to do, haunted by the ghost of you.”
The way Rosie was haunting the narrative in these books—especially this one—is just WOW. She was EVERYWHERE. She was the start of everything, it amazes me.
“When the night was full of terrors, and your eyes were filled with tears, when you had not touched me yet.”
This can go both ways. From Coraline’s POV: The terrors she had faced while she was in that basement. How Stephen took every last bit of innocence in her and crushed it underneath his feet with cold blood. How she thought she was broken, cursed, unable to love and be loved, until Silas came along and loved her. Flaws and all.
“I’m not afraid of a curse, especially when they look like Coraline Whittaker.”
He taught her how to love.
“You’re my wife, Coraline Hawthorne. If I want to cover myself in the blood of a thousand more men to protect you, I will. They cannot hurt you without having to answer to me.”
How to live.
“You’re still in survival mode. You just have to learn to turn it off, baby.”
He broke her curse.
“Silas does not make me feel cursed. He makes me feel loved.”
He absolutely adored her.
“All I want is to protect her from this, to shield her from this hurt, because no one else fucking had. No one looked out for her, and that both infuriates and breaks me.”
From Silas’ POV: The terror of living without whom he thought was the love of his life. The denial, the grief, especially when Rosie first died. How he blamed himself for her death. How he always had thought it should’ve been him, and Rosie was supposed to live her life to the fullest. That was until Coraline.
She taught him how to love again.
“But she’s worth it. Worth the pain, worth the fear, worth the grief if she goes before me. Worth her weight in gold, and I’d like to destroy anyone that made her feel like she wasn’t. Like loving her is a hard thing to do. Loving Coraline Whittaker is worth inevitable death.”
She gave him the will to live.
“A few years ago, all I wanted to do was die. Now, I am dying and all I want is another day with her.”
She made him stronger.
“I'd gotten so comfortable speaking to Coraline. She'd given me too much confidence in my own words, how easily she'd accepted my voice.“
She had a light inside of her that matched the darkness in him. She fitted him perfectly like a missing puzzle piece.
“If I could physically remove my soul just to stitch it to hers, I would.”
﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌
જ⁀➴ Their love for one another:
I’m not going to say anything, just read those:
“I think you might be my love language, Hex.”
“You are everything, Silas Hawthorne.”
“I’m your favorite color?”
“You’re my favorite everything, Hex.”
“And I don’t eat meat.”
“Since when?”
“Since you told me you don’t like the smell.”
“You’re in control of a monster, Hex. Whatever you need, it’s already yours.”
“You will always be safe with me. Even from me.”
“He’s the kind of man who buys an entire collection of your artwork because he doesn’t want anyone to have the secret parts of you that you do give to people willingly. He wants them all to himself.”
﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌
જ⁀➴ Quotes:
“Death still has a way of sweeping the rug out from under you every time.”
“In art, you’re given permission to be the ugliest version of yourself just so you can make something beautiful from it.”
“Money can never take that pain away. You’re allowed to hurt. You’re allowed to talk about it just as much as the next person.”
“When you’re alone, no one can hurt you.
But that’s the thing. When you’re alone, no one can help you either.”
“The loss of innocence is inevitable. Happens to us all, you can’t stop fate.”
“The wounds a parent leaves on their child never go away.”
“When you don’t speak, no one knows your story.”
“Falling is fun until you hit the ground.”
“There is no defeat when you refuse to lose. We can only be beaten when we give up on ourselves.”
“Death is not a maybe; it’s a must for all of us. It’s scary knowing at any moment, we can be taken, one second here and gone the next. It’s even more chilling when you think of loving someone, knowing no matter what you do, they’ll die.”
﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌
(Was I being dramatic? Yes. But one thing about me is that i feel every emotion 100 times more than the average human. Do i care? Absolutely not. Why be normal when you can be overdramatic?)
﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌
ANYWAYZ this is my ranking:
જ⁀➴ Books:
1- The Truths We Burn, 5⭐️’s
2- The Oath We Give, 5⭐️’s (still debating the order of these two, my two favorites in the series I GOBBLED THEM UP)
3- The Lies We Steal, 4⭐️’s
4- The Blood We Crave Part II, 3.5⭐️’s
5- The Blood We Crave Part I, 2.75⭐️’s
જ⁀➴ MMCs:
1- Rook Van Doren (🫦)
2- Silas Hawthorne
3- Alistair Caldwell
4- Thatcher Pierson
જ⁀➴ FMCs:
1-Briar Lowell
2- Coraline Whittaker (again, these two are switchable)
3- Sage Donahue
4- Lyra Abott
જ⁀➴ Couples:
1- Cora & Silas
2- Briar & Alistair
3- Rook & Sage
4- Thatcher & Lyra
*i miss my babies☹️*
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જ⁀➴ Hey siri, play “The Night We Met” by Lord Huron
﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌
“Take me back to the night we met.”
I did NOT think I would miss these characters after finishing the series this fucking much. The tears I’ve shed? Oh my god. I felt almost every emotion reading about each of the Hollow Boys.
﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌
જ⁀➴ OKAY let’s talk about this marvelous book.
“I don’t know what I’m supposed to do, haunted by the ghost of you.”
The way Rosie was haunting the narrative in these books—especially this one—is just WOW. She was EVERYWHERE. She was the start of everything, it amazes me.
“When the night was full of terrors, and your eyes were filled with tears, when you had not touched me yet.”
This can go both ways. From Coraline’s POV: The terrors she had faced while she was in that basement. How Stephen took every last bit of innocence in her and crushed it underneath his feet with cold blood. How she thought she was broken, cursed, unable to love and be loved, until Silas came along and loved her. Flaws and all.
“I’m not afraid of a curse, especially when they look like Coraline Whittaker.”
He taught her how to love.
“You’re my wife, Coraline Hawthorne. If I want to cover myself in the blood of a thousand more men to protect you, I will. They cannot hurt you without having to answer to me.”
How to live.
“You’re still in survival mode. You just have to learn to turn it off, baby.”
He broke her curse.
“Silas does not make me feel cursed. He makes me feel loved.”
He absolutely adored her.
“All I want is to protect her from this, to shield her from this hurt, because no one else fucking had. No one looked out for her, and that both infuriates and breaks me.”
From Silas’ POV: The terror of living without whom he thought was the love of his life. The denial, the grief, especially when Rosie first died. How he blamed himself for her death. How he always had thought it should’ve been him, and Rosie was supposed to live her life to the fullest. That was until Coraline.
She taught him how to love again.
“But she’s worth it. Worth the pain, worth the fear, worth the grief if she goes before me. Worth her weight in gold, and I’d like to destroy anyone that made her feel like she wasn’t. Like loving her is a hard thing to do. Loving Coraline Whittaker is worth inevitable death.”
She gave him the will to live.
“A few years ago, all I wanted to do was die. Now, I am dying and all I want is another day with her.”
She made him stronger.
“I'd gotten so comfortable speaking to Coraline. She'd given me too much confidence in my own words, how easily she'd accepted my voice.“
She had a light inside of her that matched the darkness in him. She fitted him perfectly like a missing puzzle piece.
“If I could physically remove my soul just to stitch it to hers, I would.”
﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌
જ⁀➴ Their love for one another:
I’m not going to say anything, just read those:
“I think you might be my love language, Hex.”
“You are everything, Silas Hawthorne.”
“I’m your favorite color?”
“You’re my favorite everything, Hex.”
“And I don’t eat meat.”
“Since when?”
“Since you told me you don’t like the smell.”
“You’re in control of a monster, Hex. Whatever you need, it’s already yours.”
“You will always be safe with me. Even from me.”
“He’s the kind of man who buys an entire collection of your artwork because he doesn’t want anyone to have the secret parts of you that you do give to people willingly. He wants them all to himself.”
﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌
જ⁀➴ Quotes:
“Death still has a way of sweeping the rug out from under you every time.”
“In art, you’re given permission to be the ugliest version of yourself just so you can make something beautiful from it.”
“Money can never take that pain away. You’re allowed to hurt. You’re allowed to talk about it just as much as the next person.”
“When you’re alone, no one can hurt you.
But that’s the thing. When you’re alone, no one can help you either.”
“The loss of innocence is inevitable. Happens to us all, you can’t stop fate.”
“The wounds a parent leaves on their child never go away.”
“When you don’t speak, no one knows your story.”
“Falling is fun until you hit the ground.”
“There is no defeat when you refuse to lose. We can only be beaten when we give up on ourselves.”
“Death is not a maybe; it’s a must for all of us. It’s scary knowing at any moment, we can be taken, one second here and gone the next. It’s even more chilling when you think of loving someone, knowing no matter what you do, they’ll die.”
﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌
(Was I being dramatic? Yes. But one thing about me is that i feel every emotion 100 times more than the average human. Do i care? Absolutely not. Why be normal when you can be overdramatic?)
﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌
ANYWAYZ this is my ranking:
જ⁀➴ Books:
1- The Truths We Burn, 5⭐️’s
2- The Oath We Give, 5⭐️’s (still debating the order of these two, my two favorites in the series I GOBBLED THEM UP)
3- The Lies We Steal, 4⭐️’s
4- The Blood We Crave Part II, 3.5⭐️’s
5- The Blood We Crave Part I, 2.75⭐️’s
જ⁀➴ MMCs:
1- Rook Van Doren (🫦)
2- Silas Hawthorne
3- Alistair Caldwell
4- Thatcher Pierson
જ⁀➴ FMCs:
1-Briar Lowell
2- Coraline Whittaker (again, these two are switchable)
3- Sage Donahue
4- Lyra Abott
જ⁀➴ Couples:
1- Cora & Silas
2- Briar & Alistair
3- Rook & Sage
4- Thatcher & Lyra
*i miss my babies☹️*
April 12, 2025
I really enjoyed it. I knew from the beginning Silas is going to be the IT MAN for me in this series.
I love Cora and my heart breaks for everything she has to go through. I love how even after going through hell she was strong and held her ground.
But I'm still mad at MJ for not giving Silas and Cora two books. Their story had the potential to be so much more and better. she could have delved deeper into their trauma and healing process, which could have added more depth and emotional connection to the characters.
It felt like the book was unnecessarily preoccupied with smut scenes instead of focusing on character development. It feels like she was in a rush 😭. Silas-Cora had a lot to offer but they were left underexplored. Their backstory was so solid but yeah MJ fumbled big time with her storytelling. Also there were very few scenes of four of the hollow boys together.
AND STILL I GAVE IT 4⭐ Bcz I love SILAS motherf*cking HAWTHORNE
I love Cora and my heart breaks for everything she has to go through. I love how even after going through hell she was strong and held her ground.
But I'm still mad at MJ for not giving Silas and Cora two books. Their story had the potential to be so much more and better. she could have delved deeper into their trauma and healing process, which could have added more depth and emotional connection to the characters.
It felt like the book was unnecessarily preoccupied with smut scenes instead of focusing on character development. It feels like she was in a rush 😭. Silas-Cora had a lot to offer but they were left underexplored. Their backstory was so solid but yeah MJ fumbled big time with her storytelling. Also there were very few scenes of four of the hollow boys together.
AND STILL I GAVE IT 4⭐ Bcz I love SILAS motherf*cking HAWTHORNE
April 25, 2024
3.7/5⭐️
Well this was something, and you wanna know what? I’ll tell you; straight up smut!!! I did not sign up for this! I have mixed feelings after finishing this. Since the beginning of the series I was so intrigued by Silas and what his book would hold since he’s an enigma, but this just disappointed me. It was not bad, don’t get me wrong, but it was boring. The plot twist from the prologue was actually really good and shocked me, but the main plot introduced at the beginning was so bland, then all the book is smut between him and Coraline until the last 100 pages where there’s action. Now between him and Coraline, I don’t know I first thought I was gonna love them but as the book went by they tired me. Everything they did as I said was fuck and their emotional connection was shadowed by that. Also Silas really got on my nerves with his extreme dirty talk. It felt so forced and that was annoying. BUT, some scenes were good (like the piercing ones…). His characters besides related are good, I really like Silas and how he’s so caring of everyone he loves and Coraline was so relatable in every possible way it felt like a personal attack reading about her thoughts.
“Your voice is the sound I trust most in the world” quote slayed tho.
Anyways, other than that I adored the “goodbye” scene between Silas and Rosie which literally broke my heart. I want a prequel of the two because that ending only left me with unanswered questions.
Overall I really liked this series and am kinda sad it’s over. The found family was so cute🥹🥹🥹
Final couple ratings;
1.Lyra&Thatcher
2.Sage&Rook
3.Bria&Alastair
4.Silas&Coraline
Well this was something, and you wanna know what? I’ll tell you; straight up smut!!! I did not sign up for this! I have mixed feelings after finishing this. Since the beginning of the series I was so intrigued by Silas and what his book would hold since he’s an enigma, but this just disappointed me. It was not bad, don’t get me wrong, but it was boring. The plot twist from the prologue was actually really good and shocked me, but the main plot introduced at the beginning was so bland, then all the book is smut between him and Coraline until the last 100 pages where there’s action. Now between him and Coraline, I don’t know I first thought I was gonna love them but as the book went by they tired me. Everything they did as I said was fuck and their emotional connection was shadowed by that. Also Silas really got on my nerves with his extreme dirty talk. It felt so forced and that was annoying. BUT, some scenes were good (like the piercing ones…). His characters besides related are good, I really like Silas and how he’s so caring of everyone he loves and Coraline was so relatable in every possible way it felt like a personal attack reading about her thoughts.
“Your voice is the sound I trust most in the world” quote slayed tho.
Anyways, other than that I adored the “goodbye” scene between Silas and Rosie which literally broke my heart. I want a prequel of the two because that ending only left me with unanswered questions.
Overall I really liked this series and am kinda sad it’s over. The found family was so cute🥹🥹🥹
Final couple ratings;
1.Lyra&Thatcher
2.Sage&Rook
3.Bria&Alastair
4.Silas&Coraline
January 21, 2025
silas hawthorne lookalike competition between my legs TONIGHT.
my man. MY man. MY MAN.
the way i’d let silas break me like a glow stick and crawl back for more says a lot.
i want both silas AND coraline. i’m so feral over them it’s not even funny.
my rating of the series & the boys:
1) the oath we give (silas obv 💋)
2) the truths we burn (rook bby 🫶🏼)
3) the lies we steal (don’t hate nor love ali)
4) the blood we crave 1&2 (i’d bitch slap thatcher if given the chance)
honourable duo mentions:
sage&coraline
rook&silas
if u can’t tell i have a thing for mean women who know how to bite, and men who are MEN.
my man. MY man. MY MAN.
the way i’d let silas break me like a glow stick and crawl back for more says a lot.
i want both silas AND coraline. i’m so feral over them it’s not even funny.
my rating of the series & the boys:
1) the oath we give (silas obv 💋)
2) the truths we burn (rook bby 🫶🏼)
3) the lies we steal (don’t hate nor love ali)
4) the blood we crave 1&2 (i’d bitch slap thatcher if given the chance)
honourable duo mentions:
sage&coraline
rook&silas
if u can’t tell i have a thing for mean women who know how to bite, and men who are MEN.
August 11, 2024
How do I say I want to know everything about you more than everything? What you’ll be and where you’ve been. I want to know what it feels like to touch you, really fucking touch you.
5+/5 ⭐ 3/5 🌶️
There is so much to say about the Hollow Boys series but truly you experience it only if you read it. Finishing the last book of the series left me with a bittersweet feeling. I’m glad to read their happy-ever-after and yet I’m not ready to part with them. The Hollow Boys and their girls dug a cavity in my heart, that only belongs to them. But as much as the characters are amazing on their own, it wouldn’t be the same without Monty Jay’s incredible talent and exceptional storytelling.
The book was amazing and ethereal. It captured my mind from page one. Silas and Coraline's story wasn’t an easy nor paved with rose petals more like molded by the hardships both of those characters had endured.
We met Silas in book 1, a very sorrowful and mysterious soul. I wasn’t certain, if I could handle him falling in love again as I cherished his unbreakable bond with Rosemary. I shouldn’t have doubted Monty. Silas and Coraline’s love was born naturally by a very deep part of their souls that left no question about its originality. And our beautiful, tragic Rosie and her fundamental role were paid with so much respect. It offered a sentiment of closure both for the characters and the reader.
Silas was such an experience to read. His povs had me gasping and gave me whiplashes. How can such a broody, silent character love so deeply? He used himself as a shield and a weapon to protect everyone he loves and I adored him, couldn’t get enough of him. He genuinely surprised me with his way of thinking, inner monologues and the secrets he kept hidden, and through my surprise he made me unconditionally love him.
Coraline was a miracle dressed in hard edges and dipped through so much suffering. Every character of the series had gone through some abuse, some more intense like Rook’s, Thatcher’s … and Coraline’s. Her story gave me goosebumps. Not only is it inhuman but when the book starts, Coraline is a livewire, freshly escaped but unable to remove the mental shackles of her capture. We get to experience all her feelings and struggles firsthand and raw. Her whole journey was such a ride. Monty did a wonderful job with it.
When these two collided, it was a breathtaking explosion. Their chemistry was undeniable, they had a bond that was firstly carved from their pain but turned out to be an unstoppable force. I loved them together, they were hot and cold but it was concrete as stone that they were meant to be together. Also, Silas' mouth had my jaw dropping to the floor.
It really was Monty’s spectacular writing that made those characters flourish and shine in dark and light moments. This series is one of my favorites and I can’t choose a favorite among the characters even if you put a gun to my head. I’m so sentimental. To the Styx, it is then!
Did I like it? Adored every single word.
Would I reread it? Yes, yes and yes again.
5+/5 ⭐ 3/5 🌶️
There is so much to say about the Hollow Boys series but truly you experience it only if you read it. Finishing the last book of the series left me with a bittersweet feeling. I’m glad to read their happy-ever-after and yet I’m not ready to part with them. The Hollow Boys and their girls dug a cavity in my heart, that only belongs to them. But as much as the characters are amazing on their own, it wouldn’t be the same without Monty Jay’s incredible talent and exceptional storytelling.
The book was amazing and ethereal. It captured my mind from page one. Silas and Coraline's story wasn’t an easy nor paved with rose petals more like molded by the hardships both of those characters had endured.
We met Silas in book 1, a very sorrowful and mysterious soul. I wasn’t certain, if I could handle him falling in love again as I cherished his unbreakable bond with Rosemary. I shouldn’t have doubted Monty. Silas and Coraline’s love was born naturally by a very deep part of their souls that left no question about its originality. And our beautiful, tragic Rosie and her fundamental role were paid with so much respect. It offered a sentiment of closure both for the characters and the reader.
Silas was such an experience to read. His povs had me gasping and gave me whiplashes. How can such a broody, silent character love so deeply? He used himself as a shield and a weapon to protect everyone he loves and I adored him, couldn’t get enough of him. He genuinely surprised me with his way of thinking, inner monologues and the secrets he kept hidden, and through my surprise he made me unconditionally love him.
Coraline was a miracle dressed in hard edges and dipped through so much suffering. Every character of the series had gone through some abuse, some more intense like Rook’s, Thatcher’s … and Coraline’s. Her story gave me goosebumps. Not only is it inhuman but when the book starts, Coraline is a livewire, freshly escaped but unable to remove the mental shackles of her capture. We get to experience all her feelings and struggles firsthand and raw. Her whole journey was such a ride. Monty did a wonderful job with it.
When these two collided, it was a breathtaking explosion. Their chemistry was undeniable, they had a bond that was firstly carved from their pain but turned out to be an unstoppable force. I loved them together, they were hot and cold but it was concrete as stone that they were meant to be together. Also, Silas' mouth had my jaw dropping to the floor.
It really was Monty’s spectacular writing that made those characters flourish and shine in dark and light moments. This series is one of my favorites and I can’t choose a favorite among the characters even if you put a gun to my head. I’m so sentimental. To the Styx, it is then!
Did I like it? Adored every single word.
Would I reread it? Yes, yes and yes again.
October 14, 2023
What a spectacular way to finish this series off DAMNNNN
Okay yeah Silas is definitely the dirtiest talking man in series. I was on my knees lwad 😭😭😭😭
Coraline is his perfect opposite . She just FITS that is Silas Hawthorne and I’m in as of their relationship.
Silas who suffered arguably the most got his well deserved happy ending. I was in tears.
I love that mental health was very broadly discussed here early on so we could romance.
Cameos of the boys were done well too.
The plot of coralline’s past and entwined with Stephen was very engaging.
Overall. I had great time reading this series. ROOKSAGE is my favourite as I read them first and at the time of reading their book my mood was calling for that back and forth enemies to lovers, pathetic lover boy but THATCHERLYRA were amazing on their own regard. Alistairbriar was good too.
AND I CANNOT SING ENOUGH PRAISE FOR SILASCORA .
This series is finally gaining its well deserved momentum in twitter and other platforms and I’d like to take credit for bullying ALL of my mutuals to read ROOKSAGE. I was so obsessed with them.
Lastly I hope Monty comes up with similar series soon bc imma sucker for these kinda books.
Okay yeah Silas is definitely the dirtiest talking man in series. I was on my knees lwad 😭😭😭😭
Coraline is his perfect opposite . She just FITS that is Silas Hawthorne and I’m in as of their relationship.
Silas who suffered arguably the most got his well deserved happy ending. I was in tears.
I love that mental health was very broadly discussed here early on so we could romance.
Cameos of the boys were done well too.
The plot of coralline’s past and entwined with Stephen was very engaging.
Overall. I had great time reading this series. ROOKSAGE is my favourite as I read them first and at the time of reading their book my mood was calling for that back and forth enemies to lovers, pathetic lover boy but THATCHERLYRA were amazing on their own regard. Alistairbriar was good too.
AND I CANNOT SING ENOUGH PRAISE FOR SILASCORA .
This series is finally gaining its well deserved momentum in twitter and other platforms and I’d like to take credit for bullying ALL of my mutuals to read ROOKSAGE. I was so obsessed with them.
Lastly I hope Monty comes up with similar series soon bc imma sucker for these kinda books.
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