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Blackwell Bastards #3
Shame the Devil
*** Book Three in the Blackwell Bastards series featuring Nolan, Jude, Rafe, and Lilah. ***
364 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 8, 2025
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July 7, 2025
The final moment - the wrap up we needed.
Things I loved about this ending:
They got the resolution that they needed.
Lilah lived up to her badassery
She got her moments with her guys 🩶
We got to meet the new guys - eeekkkk bring on the butchers
I loved the way her relationship with her mom turned out - not great by any means but it shows that just because your blood doesn’t mean anything. And she got the closure she needed
Things I wish I saw more of:
More of the creepy mansion place
More of why Sandoval was doing what he was doing
And more resolution as to why the guys took the pictures- maybe I missed it but I felt like I didn’t get that closure.
Overall the trilogy is a 4.5 for me 2.5-3 🌶️’s and I just loved them all. Can’t wait for the next!
Things I loved about this ending:
They got the resolution that they needed.
Lilah lived up to her badassery
She got her moments with her guys 🩶
We got to meet the new guys - eeekkkk bring on the butchers
I loved the way her relationship with her mom turned out - not great by any means but it shows that just because your blood doesn’t mean anything. And she got the closure she needed
Things I wish I saw more of:
More of the creepy mansion place
More of why Sandoval was doing what he was doing
And more resolution as to why the guys took the pictures- maybe I missed it but I felt like I didn’t get that closure.
Overall the trilogy is a 4.5 for me 2.5-3 🌶️’s and I just loved them all. Can’t wait for the next!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 16, 2025
Lilah and her boys get an adrenaline filled finale!
Thank you so much Sadie for the arc!
I can't believe that their story is wrapped up, it felt like Lilah just stumbled into their house a few months ago. 🥺
I have really enjoyed this series of books and the twists & turns that happen in the story!
The previous two cliffhangers had me devouring the following books bc I couldn't wait to see what would happen.
I'll try to be spoiler free, but obviously there's a group of bad guys that are going after all of them, especially the one that is in charge of said secret organization that is trafficking girls.
I love Lilah as an FMC. She's strong, smart, fierce and capable. It's very much her calling the shots and the guys making it happen.
I think, by now they realized that they can't control her or stop her from doing something that she's determined to do lol
She's very much over anyone who tries to boss her around or make her feel bad for the choices she's made. She's left her religious life behind and is determined to help her younger brother escape too.
I loved the darker setting of this one. Each group of characters feel like we're getting deeper. More to the root of the trafficking and organizations behind the missing girls.
There's a whole purity, religious theme going on with them and it's super creepy, plus totally my vibe. 😂
They are also vulnerable with each other, with their different struggles and trauma that they have dealt with in the past.
Sure, none of them are perfect, but they help make each other stronger and better versions of themselves.
I have a feeling that they will be featured in the next series, since their business is very much not done and they are still looking for answers. Lilah does not seem to be the type to let things go.
I'm eagerly awaiting the next series bc it's been hinted and it sounds soo good!
Thank you so much Sadie for the arc!
I can't believe that their story is wrapped up, it felt like Lilah just stumbled into their house a few months ago. 🥺
I have really enjoyed this series of books and the twists & turns that happen in the story!
The previous two cliffhangers had me devouring the following books bc I couldn't wait to see what would happen.
I'll try to be spoiler free, but obviously there's a group of bad guys that are going after all of them, especially the one that is in charge of said secret organization that is trafficking girls.
I love Lilah as an FMC. She's strong, smart, fierce and capable. It's very much her calling the shots and the guys making it happen.
I think, by now they realized that they can't control her or stop her from doing something that she's determined to do lol
She's very much over anyone who tries to boss her around or make her feel bad for the choices she's made. She's left her religious life behind and is determined to help her younger brother escape too.
I loved the darker setting of this one. Each group of characters feel like we're getting deeper. More to the root of the trafficking and organizations behind the missing girls.
There's a whole purity, religious theme going on with them and it's super creepy, plus totally my vibe. 😂
They are also vulnerable with each other, with their different struggles and trauma that they have dealt with in the past.
Sure, none of them are perfect, but they help make each other stronger and better versions of themselves.
I have a feeling that they will be featured in the next series, since their business is very much not done and they are still looking for answers. Lilah does not seem to be the type to let things go.
I'm eagerly awaiting the next series bc it's been hinted and it sounds soo good!
July 7, 2025
YESSS!!!! This was everything!!
I was so excited and yet so sad for this ending all at the same time. I am so glad they got their HEA they deserved.
This one was not what I was expecting and I loved the way this story went.
This was growth and love and affection.
The spice was pure perfection and so hotttt!!
The character growth and the strength as a group was amazing and everything you need. Rafe, Jude and Nolan are so good to Lilah and she gives them strength in the things they need as individuals as well.
Now on to the next series and I can’t wait for them either!!!
I was so excited and yet so sad for this ending all at the same time. I am so glad they got their HEA they deserved.
This one was not what I was expecting and I loved the way this story went.
This was growth and love and affection.
The spice was pure perfection and so hotttt!!
The character growth and the strength as a group was amazing and everything you need. Rafe, Jude and Nolan are so good to Lilah and she gives them strength in the things they need as individuals as well.
Now on to the next series and I can’t wait for them either!!!
June 9, 2026
I am a hard grader -- takes a bit for me to give four or five stars -- but I will give any book that's competent and readable three stars unless it's an outright wallbanger for me, does not achieve the basic requirements for the genre, or the author does something really stupid. But if I switched to letter grades, the Aventine University and Blackwell Beasts trilogies would be a C plus, while this series is C minus. And it would probably be lower than C minus if I hadn't just read the other two, because I went into this one expecting "unedited seat of the pants writing," where plot lines wander off into nothing and there are a lot of contradictions, so didn't mark off for those.
I don't expect reality from romances, but this one had just too many "trying to be socially conscious" elements that just go wrong. For example, there's a diabetic character who essentially faints from *not* taking his insulin, which is not how Type 1 diabetes works. Skipping insulin doses makes the blood sugars go high, which can result in excessive thirst, excessive urination, stomach upset, etc., and rarely causes unconsciousness. If she wanted her character to faint, she should have had him take his insulin injection and then neglect to eat, and also forget whatever he usually kept on hand for hiking his sugars.
When it's a crucial plot point, regarding a fairly common phenomenon, maybe the author could've done a bit of homework first?
Then there's the heroine's mother, who is supposedly an evangelical. A timely subject; there has been a huge debate raging on the internet, and within Christian communities, about the modesty culture evangelicals support and promote. The results of a massive survey on the subject, exposing the damage modesty culture has done to Christian women, was published in book for in 2021, and has more recently appeared in more official channels.
Sadly, the author of this book has no idea what evangelicals teach about sexuality and no awareness of the profound sexual double standard that is the heart of the problem. She has the heroine struggling with the idea that sex is fun, instead of struggling with the fact that she’s been taught sex is for men, not women. But evangelicals have been publishing books on how great married sex is going way back. They don't teach that sex is evil; they teach that sex is all about the woman pleasing the man. And they blame women for male's sexual failures.
So the heroine’s mother, who seems to be opposed to *all* sexuality, and who furthermore holds men as accountable as she does women, feels like she's been timewarped in from some other time. I don't know what Christians teach that, but it's not evangelicals. Evangelical churches are notorious for shrugging off male sexual sin while brutally punishing women who were the victims of rape, and here the author has constructed the perfect opportunity to grapple with that, as events expose the lie that women are responsible for men's sexual misbehavior to the heroine... and then she doesn’t. Nothing about the religious aspects of the plot make the remotest sense.
Not that I'm reading romances for logical plots, heaven knows. Like I said, I enjoyed the first two trilogies. But the fact that this particular story keeps pulling in "real life" issues, and then missing them by a mile, ends up highlighting the "real life" issue at the center of the whole thing. So instead of sitting back and enjoying a silly story about “trafficking” where white women are kidnapped to be sold to evil rich men all over the world, I start thinking about the fact that the whole "white slavery" myth that goes back to the early twentieth century. It came about when the women actually at risk were mostly from Middle and South America, who were brought to the US and forced into a life of prostitution serving men of the middle and lower classes, not the rich.
It's kind of mindboggling that, now the southern border is again permeable enough to make trafficking women highly profitable, and women of color are again being trafficked in to serve as prostitutes, novelists are again writing stories about the danger to white women of being kidnapped and sold as sex slaves. I was aware of this fact while reading the first two trilogies, but in this one the whole “beautiful white women are in danger!" routine, when in reality white women in the US are among the least endangered by this particular threat, creates a glaring contrast.
What's really mindboggling is that the heroine pretty much states outright says that God is on her side, that the god she believes in is in control of what happens to her and has used these to make her into what she is, and to bless her with what she’s been given in finding these rich guys who've taken her in and made her life wonderful. Which is really annoying in a story that has a major subplot about a woman of color, Rain Adakai (Adakai is a Navajo surname) who is never rescued, and whose kidnapping serves to get the white main character out of her rut and into a place of riches and honor.
I don't mind wish-fulfillment heroines in my romances, and heaven knows the heroines of the first two trilogies had more than a whiff of Mary Sue, but this one is "main character syndrome" run amuck.
I don't expect reality from romances, but this one had just too many "trying to be socially conscious" elements that just go wrong. For example, there's a diabetic character who essentially faints from *not* taking his insulin, which is not how Type 1 diabetes works. Skipping insulin doses makes the blood sugars go high, which can result in excessive thirst, excessive urination, stomach upset, etc., and rarely causes unconsciousness. If she wanted her character to faint, she should have had him take his insulin injection and then neglect to eat, and also forget whatever he usually kept on hand for hiking his sugars.
When it's a crucial plot point, regarding a fairly common phenomenon, maybe the author could've done a bit of homework first?
Then there's the heroine's mother, who is supposedly an evangelical. A timely subject; there has been a huge debate raging on the internet, and within Christian communities, about the modesty culture evangelicals support and promote. The results of a massive survey on the subject, exposing the damage modesty culture has done to Christian women, was published in book for in 2021, and has more recently appeared in more official channels.
Sadly, the author of this book has no idea what evangelicals teach about sexuality and no awareness of the profound sexual double standard that is the heart of the problem. She has the heroine struggling with the idea that sex is fun, instead of struggling with the fact that she’s been taught sex is for men, not women. But evangelicals have been publishing books on how great married sex is going way back. They don't teach that sex is evil; they teach that sex is all about the woman pleasing the man. And they blame women for male's sexual failures.
So the heroine’s mother, who seems to be opposed to *all* sexuality, and who furthermore holds men as accountable as she does women, feels like she's been timewarped in from some other time. I don't know what Christians teach that, but it's not evangelicals. Evangelical churches are notorious for shrugging off male sexual sin while brutally punishing women who were the victims of rape, and here the author has constructed the perfect opportunity to grapple with that, as events expose the lie that women are responsible for men's sexual misbehavior to the heroine... and then she doesn’t. Nothing about the religious aspects of the plot make the remotest sense.
Not that I'm reading romances for logical plots, heaven knows. Like I said, I enjoyed the first two trilogies. But the fact that this particular story keeps pulling in "real life" issues, and then missing them by a mile, ends up highlighting the "real life" issue at the center of the whole thing. So instead of sitting back and enjoying a silly story about “trafficking” where white women are kidnapped to be sold to evil rich men all over the world, I start thinking about the fact that the whole "white slavery" myth that goes back to the early twentieth century. It came about when the women actually at risk were mostly from Middle and South America, who were brought to the US and forced into a life of prostitution serving men of the middle and lower classes, not the rich.
It's kind of mindboggling that, now the southern border is again permeable enough to make trafficking women highly profitable, and women of color are again being trafficked in to serve as prostitutes, novelists are again writing stories about the danger to white women of being kidnapped and sold as sex slaves. I was aware of this fact while reading the first two trilogies, but in this one the whole “beautiful white women are in danger!" routine, when in reality white women in the US are among the least endangered by this particular threat, creates a glaring contrast.
What's really mindboggling is that the heroine pretty much states outright says that God is on her side, that the god she believes in is in control of what happens to her and has used these to make her into what she is, and to bless her with what she’s been given in finding these rich guys who've taken her in and made her life wonderful. Which is really annoying in a story that has a major subplot about a woman of color, Rain Adakai (Adakai is a Navajo surname) who is never rescued, and whose kidnapping serves to get the white main character out of her rut and into a place of riches and honor.
I don't mind wish-fulfillment heroines in my romances, and heaven knows the heroines of the first two trilogies had more than a whiff of Mary Sue, but this one is "main character syndrome" run amuck.
June 17, 2026
I didn’t write individual reviews for each book in this series, so while I rated them separately, this review covers the series.
I had some mixed emotions about this series as it went - the religious fanaticism, the trafficking story continuation, and how the FMC becomes a warrior overnight 😂 But I was pleasantly surprised at how the topics were handled and really enjoyed all three books.
- Religious fanaticism: I wasn’t sure I wanted her trained gospel recitations to surface frequently in the book, but as it turned out, the way they came to mind in the beginning and then tapered over time allowed a way of seeing her change and her growth. Also, when religious tones re-surfaced later, I felt it was all handled intellectually with curiosity, and I appreciated that too. There was some interesting narrative about control and the role that various behaviors played, and I found that to be a better angle to incorporate the topic than what I expected.
- Trafficking women (and men it turns out): I was worried about the perpetuation of this same background story through this series since it has persisted through two prior series, but it wasn’t well done. I was worried when Lila’s voluntarily turned herself over to the group, repeatedly in my head because the boat in Greece was just ridiculous that she would go… So if she had really gone through all the pain, I was going to have a hard time making sense of it with the genre. It may have been a little too easy to save her both times (every time really), but chalk that up to how talented the Bastards are I guess!
- Overnight Warrior: I thought she went from barely scraping by to being too confident too quickly. However, as the story went on, I started to see the narrative that she’d always been strong - was just worn down by her circumstances. But her strength is what pulled her through despite her circumstances and she ultimately was trying to protect others like her who couldn’t get away from their circumstances or were too ignored by society to have people help them. So as the story went on, I started appreciating this part of the story instead of feeling like it was contrived. Somewhere along the way, the author used enough words to convince me, so I really think it was due to the writing.
As usual with these books, you have to suspend belief about how real the circumstances can be and just go with the entertainment of the story. And like the prior two series, the spice was still good and entertaining and interesting!
I never thought I’d be into all these series when I started, but I’m excited to keep going. And they teased Bram’s intriguing “consensual” activities just enough that I’m truly interested in the next series already!!
I had some mixed emotions about this series as it went - the religious fanaticism, the trafficking story continuation, and how the FMC becomes a warrior overnight 😂 But I was pleasantly surprised at how the topics were handled and really enjoyed all three books.
- Religious fanaticism: I wasn’t sure I wanted her trained gospel recitations to surface frequently in the book, but as it turned out, the way they came to mind in the beginning and then tapered over time allowed a way of seeing her change and her growth. Also, when religious tones re-surfaced later, I felt it was all handled intellectually with curiosity, and I appreciated that too. There was some interesting narrative about control and the role that various behaviors played, and I found that to be a better angle to incorporate the topic than what I expected.
- Trafficking women (and men it turns out): I was worried about the perpetuation of this same background story through this series since it has persisted through two prior series, but it wasn’t well done. I was worried when Lila’s voluntarily turned herself over to the group, repeatedly in my head because the boat in Greece was just ridiculous that she would go… So if she had really gone through all the pain, I was going to have a hard time making sense of it with the genre. It may have been a little too easy to save her both times (every time really), but chalk that up to how talented the Bastards are I guess!
- Overnight Warrior: I thought she went from barely scraping by to being too confident too quickly. However, as the story went on, I started to see the narrative that she’d always been strong - was just worn down by her circumstances. But her strength is what pulled her through despite her circumstances and she ultimately was trying to protect others like her who couldn’t get away from their circumstances or were too ignored by society to have people help them. So as the story went on, I started appreciating this part of the story instead of feeling like it was contrived. Somewhere along the way, the author used enough words to convince me, so I really think it was due to the writing.
As usual with these books, you have to suspend belief about how real the circumstances can be and just go with the entertainment of the story. And like the prior two series, the spice was still good and entertaining and interesting!
I never thought I’d be into all these series when I started, but I’m excited to keep going. And they teased Bram’s intriguing “consensual” activities just enough that I’m truly interested in the next series already!!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 17, 2026
We begin the book with Lilah panicking about Nolan… and then she is angry with Nolan. Nolan kept secrets from her and put himself in danger unnecessarily. On top of that, they are all in another country with no way to get home because a bounty is on their heads.
Luckily, the men are able to use their resources, and their money, to get one person to safely transport them back home. It is when they get back home that things get even more intense. They need information and they need a plan. What happens now that the event they were at ended in disaster? Unfortunately, when things seem to settle slightly, Lilah gets bad news in the mail. If she wants to protect and save someone she loves, she has to sacrifice herself. And of course, against the desires of the men she loves, she agrees.
She is forced to go to this place where girls are trained and forced to submit before being sold off to rich and vile men. ‘Mother’ controls the girls and beats them, all in the name of religion. Lilah is there to serve a purpose. She was raised by a religious mom and strayed from faith and now they are using her to show that even when you stray, you can always find your way back, which is odd because Lilah never found her way back. She is forced to marry the man in charge… which unfortunately is the same man that her and her men are at war with. On her ‘wedding night’ she sees him and there is a stream occurring for people to bid on the girls and boys in the church who have to pledge to Lilah. It is very cultish and creepy. Lilah ends up getting one over on the man she would never marry and Nolan, Rafe and Jude come rushing in to save her and they are able to help the rest of the captives escape.
When they get home, they tell the world about the darkness lurking and information about a certain enemy that could get him into quite a lot of controversy with the political position he is in. Their enemy goes under the radar while they prepare for the incoming issues. They enlist the help of Bram, the person who ‘controls’ Blackwell falls and he helps them, somewhat begrudgingly. But he is able to notify them when their enemy is drawing closer to them. Their enemy ends up breaking past their defenses and has a thirst for revenge, bringing along some hired help. Together, Lilah, Jude, Rafe and Nolan are able to take out the enemies and when their enemy is talking nonsense and acting like he still has the upper hand, we are shocked to see how he is eliminated. I was impressed and actually very happy about it. The book had a happy ending with Rafe, Nolan, and Jude doing something sweet for Lilah and her brother, which also ended in her telling her men that she never wants to leave them.
I absolutely loved this trilogy and cannot wait to read more!
Luckily, the men are able to use their resources, and their money, to get one person to safely transport them back home. It is when they get back home that things get even more intense. They need information and they need a plan. What happens now that the event they were at ended in disaster? Unfortunately, when things seem to settle slightly, Lilah gets bad news in the mail. If she wants to protect and save someone she loves, she has to sacrifice herself. And of course, against the desires of the men she loves, she agrees.
She is forced to go to this place where girls are trained and forced to submit before being sold off to rich and vile men. ‘Mother’ controls the girls and beats them, all in the name of religion. Lilah is there to serve a purpose. She was raised by a religious mom and strayed from faith and now they are using her to show that even when you stray, you can always find your way back, which is odd because Lilah never found her way back. She is forced to marry the man in charge… which unfortunately is the same man that her and her men are at war with. On her ‘wedding night’ she sees him and there is a stream occurring for people to bid on the girls and boys in the church who have to pledge to Lilah. It is very cultish and creepy. Lilah ends up getting one over on the man she would never marry and Nolan, Rafe and Jude come rushing in to save her and they are able to help the rest of the captives escape.
When they get home, they tell the world about the darkness lurking and information about a certain enemy that could get him into quite a lot of controversy with the political position he is in. Their enemy goes under the radar while they prepare for the incoming issues. They enlist the help of Bram, the person who ‘controls’ Blackwell falls and he helps them, somewhat begrudgingly. But he is able to notify them when their enemy is drawing closer to them. Their enemy ends up breaking past their defenses and has a thirst for revenge, bringing along some hired help. Together, Lilah, Jude, Rafe and Nolan are able to take out the enemies and when their enemy is talking nonsense and acting like he still has the upper hand, we are shocked to see how he is eliminated. I was impressed and actually very happy about it. The book had a happy ending with Rafe, Nolan, and Jude doing something sweet for Lilah and her brother, which also ended in her telling her men that she never wants to leave them.
I absolutely loved this trilogy and cannot wait to read more!
July 13, 2025
Wow
What a saga. Sadie, girl, you rock.
Traded for her brother, Lilah willingly goes into the devil's den. Strong, determined, and a force to be reckoned with, Lilah is a true heroine.
Fearful about what she's going through, the men prepare to get her back. Allowed only her heart meds, two cameras are secretly smuggled in through the cap. The first one she places in her room, the second she manages to get into the head "mistresses" office. Both devices record both audio and visual, giving the men vital information about the operation.
Both male and female captives are present at this place. Never one to rely on chance, Lilah takes advantage of two things: A piece of chicken wire found on the ground and a loose floor tile in the bathroom. This clever girl fashions them together to make an impromptu weapon, which she later hides within her garter belt.
On the third night, when she knows her men are coming for her, a ceremony occurs that introduces her as the sanctuary bride. Each captive is on display wearing intimate apparel, pledging they will be subservient to their new master (aka the highest bidder).
During the ceremony, explosions erupt on the compound just as Race and Bola enter the chapel to rescue her. The master grabs Lilah, but she's grabbed her weapon and slashes his face, causing him to let go. She runs to Nolan, tells them they all need to be rescued.
Needless to say, it doesn't end there, but I'm not going to spoil it for you.
I have loved this three book series, as well as the beasts story before it, and recommend it for more than the hot men.
What a saga. Sadie, girl, you rock.
Traded for her brother, Lilah willingly goes into the devil's den. Strong, determined, and a force to be reckoned with, Lilah is a true heroine.
Fearful about what she's going through, the men prepare to get her back. Allowed only her heart meds, two cameras are secretly smuggled in through the cap. The first one she places in her room, the second she manages to get into the head "mistresses" office. Both devices record both audio and visual, giving the men vital information about the operation.
Both male and female captives are present at this place. Never one to rely on chance, Lilah takes advantage of two things: A piece of chicken wire found on the ground and a loose floor tile in the bathroom. This clever girl fashions them together to make an impromptu weapon, which she later hides within her garter belt.
On the third night, when she knows her men are coming for her, a ceremony occurs that introduces her as the sanctuary bride. Each captive is on display wearing intimate apparel, pledging they will be subservient to their new master (aka the highest bidder).
During the ceremony, explosions erupt on the compound just as Race and Bola enter the chapel to rescue her. The master grabs Lilah, but she's grabbed her weapon and slashes his face, causing him to let go. She runs to Nolan, tells them they all need to be rescued.
Needless to say, it doesn't end there, but I'm not going to spoil it for you.
I have loved this three book series, as well as the beasts story before it, and recommend it for more than the hot men.
July 18, 2025
What a conclusion to the Blackwell Bastards trilogy! Everything has come full circle and Lilah has found and cemented her place with her three hulking ex-military men, because; why choose? This final installment, like the previous books was riveting, heart pumping, adrenaline excitement from start to finish. This foursome burned up the pages with their hot, sizzling chemistry. The hotter the men burned for Lilah, the stronger the bond and the more the love grew! Yes, they’ve found love, redemption, happiness, healing family and for Lilah, safety, peace, security and acceptance! But taking down Imperium Fratrum remained their main focus. What now seems to be the norm, trouble finds Lilah once again but she has learned to stare the devil in the face and find a way to make it to the other side without being tainted, with her men always there to protect her. Her life has become a series of never ending dangerous situations and her men have come to accept it as their new normal because it comes with the Lilah package, a package they intend to keep safe because being without her is simply not an option, especially with the devil nipping at their heels. This was another artful masterpiece, great characters that felt real and relatable! It’s another hit series by Sadie Hunt and I can’t wait for what’s next, because it’s still not over but Lilah and her men have done their part!
If you’ve never read one of Sadie’s books, pick up the Aventine University series with the Kings and be prepared to be taken down alleys, rabbit holes and dark corners while experiencing heightened passion, electric chemistry mixed in with betrayal!
If you’ve never read one of Sadie’s books, pick up the Aventine University series with the Kings and be prepared to be taken down alleys, rabbit holes and dark corners while experiencing heightened passion, electric chemistry mixed in with betrayal!
May 19, 2026
“Shame the Devil”DARK Reverse harem ADULT ROMANCE💝BLACKWELL BASTARDS (BOOK 3) by:SADIE HUNT
DARK Reverse harem ADULT ROMANCE💝BLACKWELL BASTARDS (BOOK 3) by:SADIE HUNT
This is a REVERSE HAREM ROMANCE❤️🔥
M/FMM BOOK 👀 no MM in book
📑Another magnificent book📚by SADIE HUNT
🔞Spice level 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (out of 5 🌶️)
If I could add more spicy peppers🌶️I would. This is an extremely spicy 🥵book📕.
📌Ohhhhh👀 the down right filthy🥵dirty talk‼️holy moly. WOW.😮And the rough and spicy scenes. I think I am in love 🥰. I gave it a 5 rating because I love dirty talk and a man that is aggressive and knows what he wants and takes charge.
🥰 I loved this book. I did not put this book down unless I needed coffee or to use the restroom. I devoured this book. These are the type of books that I enjoy most. They have the ability to just suck you in and you can’t put it down.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📌If📒Book Hangover' was a medical⚕️diagnosis🩻, I’d be in the 🏥 ICU right now. This story hit every single emotional💧note with the precision of a🌍world-class orchestra🎶 .
📌It has that rare🏖️vacation 🪄magic' where you forget your own name for 200 something pages📑 and then wake up at the end feeling like a brand new person. A TRUE 5-star🌟 experience is supposed to feel like a high-end holiday for your imagination, and this one delivered a first-class ticket🔖.
📌It has that sense of completion🏁 that is so hard to find where every thread 🪡is tied, every emotion is earned, and you’re left sitting in silence 🤐 for twenty minutes🕔 after the final period just staring👀 at the wall .
DARK Reverse harem ADULT ROMANCE💝BLACKWELL BASTARDS (BOOK 3) by:SADIE HUNT
This is a REVERSE HAREM ROMANCE❤️🔥
M/FMM BOOK 👀 no MM in book
📑Another magnificent book📚by SADIE HUNT
🔞Spice level 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (out of 5 🌶️)
If I could add more spicy peppers🌶️I would. This is an extremely spicy 🥵book📕.
📌Ohhhhh👀 the down right filthy🥵dirty talk‼️holy moly. WOW.😮And the rough and spicy scenes. I think I am in love 🥰. I gave it a 5 rating because I love dirty talk and a man that is aggressive and knows what he wants and takes charge.
🥰 I loved this book. I did not put this book down unless I needed coffee or to use the restroom. I devoured this book. These are the type of books that I enjoy most. They have the ability to just suck you in and you can’t put it down.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📌If📒Book Hangover' was a medical⚕️diagnosis🩻, I’d be in the 🏥 ICU right now. This story hit every single emotional💧note with the precision of a🌍world-class orchestra🎶 .
📌It has that rare🏖️vacation 🪄magic' where you forget your own name for 200 something pages📑 and then wake up at the end feeling like a brand new person. A TRUE 5-star🌟 experience is supposed to feel like a high-end holiday for your imagination, and this one delivered a first-class ticket🔖.
📌It has that sense of completion🏁 that is so hard to find where every thread 🪡is tied, every emotion is earned, and you’re left sitting in silence 🤐 for twenty minutes🕔 after the final period just staring👀 at the wall .
July 8, 2025
Seriously Addictive!!!!!
This book owned me from page one. The moment I stepped into the shadows of this world, I knew I wasn’t leaving unscathed. Twisted fates, broken boys, and a heroine who refuses to break—this is dark reverse harem at its finest.
This is the last book of the trilogy. The story is raw, intense, and full of suspense. The tension? Palpable. The spice? Explosive!!! What truly sets this book apart is how it balances brutality with vulnerability. The darker themes aren’t just there for shock—they serve the story, deepen the characters, and pull you deeper into the chaos of their love and trauma. It’s messy, it’s passionate, it’s painful—and it’s absolutely unforgettable.
Jude, Nolan and Rafe were uniquely complex, dangerous, and damaged guys (particularly Rafe) but watching the dynamic shift between them and the main character was pure obsession fuel. I devoured this book in one sitting and now I’m just waiting for the next series to be ready. Although some questions have been answered in this series, some are very likely going to be transferred to the next series (Blackwell Butchers). Lilah is safe for now and got her happy end with Jude, Nolan and Rafe, but the robust organisation that is behind the kidnapping of the girls is still out there!
If you’re into possessive anti-heroes, morally grey everything, and a fearless main character who refuses to choose, this book is your next addiction.
This book owned me from page one. The moment I stepped into the shadows of this world, I knew I wasn’t leaving unscathed. Twisted fates, broken boys, and a heroine who refuses to break—this is dark reverse harem at its finest.
This is the last book of the trilogy. The story is raw, intense, and full of suspense. The tension? Palpable. The spice? Explosive!!! What truly sets this book apart is how it balances brutality with vulnerability. The darker themes aren’t just there for shock—they serve the story, deepen the characters, and pull you deeper into the chaos of their love and trauma. It’s messy, it’s passionate, it’s painful—and it’s absolutely unforgettable.
Jude, Nolan and Rafe were uniquely complex, dangerous, and damaged guys (particularly Rafe) but watching the dynamic shift between them and the main character was pure obsession fuel. I devoured this book in one sitting and now I’m just waiting for the next series to be ready. Although some questions have been answered in this series, some are very likely going to be transferred to the next series (Blackwell Butchers). Lilah is safe for now and got her happy end with Jude, Nolan and Rafe, but the robust organisation that is behind the kidnapping of the girls is still out there!
If you’re into possessive anti-heroes, morally grey everything, and a fearless main character who refuses to choose, this book is your next addiction.
February 1, 2026
This was such a satisfying ending to the trilogy.
Page one picks up right where we left off in the previous book and things are looking pretty bleak for our favorite group of people. We hit the ground running, dealing with a massive slew of problems that won’t be easy to navigate the way out of.
This book sees Lilah really start to learn to stand on her own two feet, become more of a fighter (which is saying something since she’s been a heck of a fighter from the beginning) and start to accept the love and other deep feelings she has for the trio of guys. She becomes a real force of nature in this one and a fierce protector of the people who have been taken.
The guys help empower her and encourage her when all they really want to do is keep her safe and protected. The love between the guys and Lilah really ramps up in this one and the relationships all deepen. She learns so much more about them: Nolan’s chronic illness, Rafe’s nightmares and his relationship with his parents and Jude’s drawing.
We finally reach (sort of?) a conclusion with the trafficking ring which is very satisfying. The only thing that would have made this better is if they expanded on that ending. What happened to rain and the other people who were taken? We don’t get those answers. Since a lot of the books were around finding rain it is a little disappointing we don’t find her or shut down everything by the end of the book but overall this was still amazing.
4.5⭐️
3🌶️
Page one picks up right where we left off in the previous book and things are looking pretty bleak for our favorite group of people. We hit the ground running, dealing with a massive slew of problems that won’t be easy to navigate the way out of.
This book sees Lilah really start to learn to stand on her own two feet, become more of a fighter (which is saying something since she’s been a heck of a fighter from the beginning) and start to accept the love and other deep feelings she has for the trio of guys. She becomes a real force of nature in this one and a fierce protector of the people who have been taken.
The guys help empower her and encourage her when all they really want to do is keep her safe and protected. The love between the guys and Lilah really ramps up in this one and the relationships all deepen. She learns so much more about them: Nolan’s chronic illness, Rafe’s nightmares and his relationship with his parents and Jude’s drawing.
We finally reach (sort of?) a conclusion with the trafficking ring which is very satisfying. The only thing that would have made this better is if they expanded on that ending. What happened to rain and the other people who were taken? We don’t get those answers. Since a lot of the books were around finding rain it is a little disappointing we don’t find her or shut down everything by the end of the book but overall this was still amazing.
4.5⭐️
3🌶️
July 8, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Shame The Devil by Sadie Hunt
Sadie Hunt delivered 🔥 with the third and final book in the Blackwell Bastards trilogy. From chapter one, I was hooked — this story grabbed me by the throat and didn’t let go until the very last word.
This is why choose at its best: raw, suspenseful, sinful, and dripping with emotion. These men don’t just claim her — they worship her, protect her, and set the whole damn world on fire for her. 🔥❤️🔥
“You don’t have to say anything. I said it because it was true, because I wanted you to know in that fucked-up place that you were…” His voice cracked. “That you were loved. That you are loved. By me.” 🫠
They see her for the fierce warrior she is — and they remind her she’ll never stand alone:
“I wanted to draw her as she really was: a warrior. And I wanted to remind myself that even though she was a warrior, she wasn’t alone. Because we would do anything to keep her safe. Walk through hell for her. Burn for her. Set the whole fucking world on fire for her.” 🔥🖤
And my heart? Yeah, I’m not sure it knows how to beat without them either:
“I wasn’t sure my heart would remember how to beat without him.” 🫶
If you love suspense, heat, and a love that bleeds off the page — pick this up now. Shame The Devil is the perfect, brutal, beautiful end to Lilah and her bastards’ story. I’d walk through hell for them too. 😈✨
Sadie Hunt delivered 🔥 with the third and final book in the Blackwell Bastards trilogy. From chapter one, I was hooked — this story grabbed me by the throat and didn’t let go until the very last word.
This is why choose at its best: raw, suspenseful, sinful, and dripping with emotion. These men don’t just claim her — they worship her, protect her, and set the whole damn world on fire for her. 🔥❤️🔥
“You don’t have to say anything. I said it because it was true, because I wanted you to know in that fucked-up place that you were…” His voice cracked. “That you were loved. That you are loved. By me.” 🫠
They see her for the fierce warrior she is — and they remind her she’ll never stand alone:
“I wanted to draw her as she really was: a warrior. And I wanted to remind myself that even though she was a warrior, she wasn’t alone. Because we would do anything to keep her safe. Walk through hell for her. Burn for her. Set the whole fucking world on fire for her.” 🔥🖤
And my heart? Yeah, I’m not sure it knows how to beat without them either:
“I wasn’t sure my heart would remember how to beat without him.” 🫶
If you love suspense, heat, and a love that bleeds off the page — pick this up now. Shame The Devil is the perfect, brutal, beautiful end to Lilah and her bastards’ story. I’d walk through hell for them too. 😈✨
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 20, 2026
I’m not ready for this series to be over! I still have some unanswered questions! Maybe we will get them answered in the next series?
Lilah was my favorite MFC of all the different series. If you love a strong MFC who takes no crap, learns from her mistakes, and truly grows as a person, Lilah is absolutely your girl. One of my favorite things was seeing her give back exactly what she was given—perfectly matched energy every time.
That said, I did feel like the balance leaned a bit too heavily in her favor at times, and I wasn’t always a fan of how the men seemed to walk on eggshells around her. By this final book, though, they’ve definitely done their due diligence. They really grew into their characters! if you've been upset with the 'Rafe antics', you'll be loving him by the time you get to this book 😉
One thing I will note is that the author clearly emphasizes the importance of consent, which I fully support. However, toward the end of the series, it started to feel a bit overdone for me. It can be a little distracting when a moment is interrupted for repeated check-ins—especially when consent has already been clearly established.
From Lilah, "if accepting the pleasure they gave me and giving it to them in return — shamed the devil, then maybe the devil needed to stop being a f**king prude."
Lilah was my favorite MFC of all the different series. If you love a strong MFC who takes no crap, learns from her mistakes, and truly grows as a person, Lilah is absolutely your girl. One of my favorite things was seeing her give back exactly what she was given—perfectly matched energy every time.
That said, I did feel like the balance leaned a bit too heavily in her favor at times, and I wasn’t always a fan of how the men seemed to walk on eggshells around her. By this final book, though, they’ve definitely done their due diligence. They really grew into their characters! if you've been upset with the 'Rafe antics', you'll be loving him by the time you get to this book 😉
One thing I will note is that the author clearly emphasizes the importance of consent, which I fully support. However, toward the end of the series, it started to feel a bit overdone for me. It can be a little distracting when a moment is interrupted for repeated check-ins—especially when consent has already been clearly established.
From Lilah, "if accepting the pleasure they gave me and giving it to them in return — shamed the devil, then maybe the devil needed to stop being a f**king prude."
July 8, 2025
She’s done it again 🔥🔥🔥
Guys if you are sleeping on Sadie Hunt and her dark bully why choose romances you are seriously missing out!
Once upon a time three men almost broke me
Now they’re willing to die for me.
This is the 3rd book in the Blackwell B@stards trilogy and I do recommend reading them in order. Start with Into the Fire, Hell to Pay then Shame the Devil.
Liliah our bad @ss FMC was bullied by them in high school ruining her life especially with a religious zealot for a mother. She found her strength though and then was taken for it when she escaped she found the last three men she never wanted to see again. Nolan. Jude and Rafe. All ex-military adrenaline junkies, point break style. Nolan former medic who is obsessed with Lilah’s heart, specifically because she has a heart condition. Jude the artist of the group who always wanted Lilah. Rafe the worst of them all seemingly unfeeling and uncaring and was the orchestrator of the bullying they did in high school thinking Lilian was weak.
What has Liliah gotten herself into and will the guys help or abandon her?
This is a dark bully why choose romance that is 5⭐️ with spice that will leave you sweating 5🌶️ it has a great suspenseful sub plot that will keep you guessing on what will happen and who’s behind it.
Highly recommend anything by Sadie Hunt but this trilogy specifically is just 🔥🔥🔥 and sets the world up perfectly for Blackwell Butchers coming October 2025!
Guys if you are sleeping on Sadie Hunt and her dark bully why choose romances you are seriously missing out!
Once upon a time three men almost broke me
Now they’re willing to die for me.
This is the 3rd book in the Blackwell B@stards trilogy and I do recommend reading them in order. Start with Into the Fire, Hell to Pay then Shame the Devil.
Liliah our bad @ss FMC was bullied by them in high school ruining her life especially with a religious zealot for a mother. She found her strength though and then was taken for it when she escaped she found the last three men she never wanted to see again. Nolan. Jude and Rafe. All ex-military adrenaline junkies, point break style. Nolan former medic who is obsessed with Lilah’s heart, specifically because she has a heart condition. Jude the artist of the group who always wanted Lilah. Rafe the worst of them all seemingly unfeeling and uncaring and was the orchestrator of the bullying they did in high school thinking Lilian was weak.
What has Liliah gotten herself into and will the guys help or abandon her?
This is a dark bully why choose romance that is 5⭐️ with spice that will leave you sweating 5🌶️ it has a great suspenseful sub plot that will keep you guessing on what will happen and who’s behind it.
Highly recommend anything by Sadie Hunt but this trilogy specifically is just 🔥🔥🔥 and sets the world up perfectly for Blackwell Butchers coming October 2025!
July 11, 2025
Such a satisfying end!
This whole series was great and I’ve loved being on the ARC team for it. I was worried because Sadie really likes to get us with the cliffhangers but I’ve just loved it! The final conclusion to the Bastards story was just so satisfying. There’s still some little sneak peaks for the next trilogy that will be coming this year so everything isn’t a perfectly neat little bow and I love that. It keeps my brain guessing as to what comes next. (May be spoilers from here on)
I love that the Bastards helped Lilah stand on her own vs trying to coddle and protect her. Even though it was against what they were feeling, they only wanted her to truly feel safe and happy with them and she needed to feel strong on her own for that to happen. Definitely not excusing what they did to her in high school but they were sorry and are doing their best to make it up to her. I absolutely love that she had a hand in Sandoval’s demise but that Rafe had the final blow. Lilah grew so much in this series from the girl that she was and I can’t wait to see more of her!
This whole series was great and I’ve loved being on the ARC team for it. I was worried because Sadie really likes to get us with the cliffhangers but I’ve just loved it! The final conclusion to the Bastards story was just so satisfying. There’s still some little sneak peaks for the next trilogy that will be coming this year so everything isn’t a perfectly neat little bow and I love that. It keeps my brain guessing as to what comes next. (May be spoilers from here on)
I love that the Bastards helped Lilah stand on her own vs trying to coddle and protect her. Even though it was against what they were feeling, they only wanted her to truly feel safe and happy with them and she needed to feel strong on her own for that to happen. Definitely not excusing what they did to her in high school but they were sorry and are doing their best to make it up to her. I absolutely love that she had a hand in Sandoval’s demise but that Rafe had the final blow. Lilah grew so much in this series from the girl that she was and I can’t wait to see more of her!
July 18, 2026
Reading this series is like riding a roller-coaster.. in pitch black.. with a shady safety harness. This entire Blackwell series from The Kings, The Beasts, and now The Bastards has been so so good. I will be swiftly moving on to The Butchers series next.
For Jude, Nolan, and Rafe they are ex-SEALs who had Lilah stumble back into their lives after almost breaking her entirely 5 years before. She hated them, did not trust them, and wanted nothing to do with them but ended up on their doorstep after being hunted through the woods after seeing something she shouldn't have.
The guys want nothing to do with her after doing something so heinous to her in high school that their guilt and embarrassment have driven them to stay as far away from her as possible, until they can't.
The ongoing background story with the kidnapping and sex trafficking is now coming to a head when Lilah is targeted and needs protection.
This series has had me in a chokehold since I started the very first book and I intend on reading this final 3 book series as soon as I am done with this review. Great story, great writing, super hot sexy times, and love/support/growth to warm the blackest of hearts.
For Jude, Nolan, and Rafe they are ex-SEALs who had Lilah stumble back into their lives after almost breaking her entirely 5 years before. She hated them, did not trust them, and wanted nothing to do with them but ended up on their doorstep after being hunted through the woods after seeing something she shouldn't have.
The guys want nothing to do with her after doing something so heinous to her in high school that their guilt and embarrassment have driven them to stay as far away from her as possible, until they can't.
The ongoing background story with the kidnapping and sex trafficking is now coming to a head when Lilah is targeted and needs protection.
This series has had me in a chokehold since I started the very first book and I intend on reading this final 3 book series as soon as I am done with this review. Great story, great writing, super hot sexy times, and love/support/growth to warm the blackest of hearts.
October 3, 2025
“My mom would say what we'd done together would shame the devil, but nothing in my life had ever felt so right. And if loving the Bastards - if accepting the pleasure they gave me and giving it to them in return - shamed the devil, then maybe the devil needed to stop being a fucking prude.”
This 3 book series kept me engaged and I wanted to literally do nothing but read it.
This foursome burned up the pages with their chemistry. A virgin to living in a reverse haram🥵They loved her…” Because we would do anything to keep her safe. Walk through hell for her.Burn for her. Set the whole fucking world on fire for her.”
They all were damaged but they found love, redemption, happiness, healing and now they are a family.
While keeping Lilah safe, bringing down Imperium Fratrum remained their primary focus. They wanted to save as many girls as they could. Their mission has been hard, and maybe not 💯 accomplished but they made a fracture in its foundation.
I would love a book that brings Lilah and Daisy together more!
This 3 book series kept me engaged and I wanted to literally do nothing but read it.
This foursome burned up the pages with their chemistry. A virgin to living in a reverse haram🥵They loved her…” Because we would do anything to keep her safe. Walk through hell for her.Burn for her. Set the whole fucking world on fire for her.”
They all were damaged but they found love, redemption, happiness, healing and now they are a family.
While keeping Lilah safe, bringing down Imperium Fratrum remained their primary focus. They wanted to save as many girls as they could. Their mission has been hard, and maybe not 💯 accomplished but they made a fracture in its foundation.
I would love a book that brings Lilah and Daisy together more!
July 9, 2025
My heart rate can settle down now I’ve finished this book! What a roller coaster of mystery & intrigue & of course, off the chart spice!
Sadie has created another brilliant ending (as all her books) to this web of high drama. Our Fab Four, Lilah, Rafe, Nolan & Jude are sent off in a direction I never saw coming! The ending is a brilliant show of courage & strength from our Lilah. I do love how Sadie writes her FMC’s - gutsy, self aware and full of growth & strength.
Oh to have 3 gorgeous men to cater to my every need like Lilah does! The spice! 5 ⭐️🌶️! Of course I love that this is an alt POV, it’s well written and the time line flows easily & is explained well.
I highly recommend this series as you can read it as a standalone however, I suggest that you start with Willa & the Kings of Aventine & Daisy & her Blackwell Beasts first! It will give you a little more background but totally not necessary.
Can’t wait for the Blackwell Butchers!
Enjoy!
Sadie has created another brilliant ending (as all her books) to this web of high drama. Our Fab Four, Lilah, Rafe, Nolan & Jude are sent off in a direction I never saw coming! The ending is a brilliant show of courage & strength from our Lilah. I do love how Sadie writes her FMC’s - gutsy, self aware and full of growth & strength.
Oh to have 3 gorgeous men to cater to my every need like Lilah does! The spice! 5 ⭐️🌶️! Of course I love that this is an alt POV, it’s well written and the time line flows easily & is explained well.
I highly recommend this series as you can read it as a standalone however, I suggest that you start with Willa & the Kings of Aventine & Daisy & her Blackwell Beasts first! It will give you a little more background but totally not necessary.
Can’t wait for the Blackwell Butchers!
Enjoy!
April 17, 2026
Another INCREDIBLE book from Sadie!!
We already saw that Lilah was a badass and had an absolutely brilliant mind from all of her actions in the last two books. This book blew that out of the water with her secret undercover mission to finally find the people responsible for the dark happenings not only in Blackwell Falls but internationally as well.
Mr. Shady (my nickname for him so there’s no spoilers) being involved with the trafficking ring was a small surprise in book 2 but to see that he’s the one in charge was a shock.
This was the perfect ending to another amazing trilogy! The plot, world building and character development throughout each book was amazing to see and witness. I love that we get to see a small glimpse into the next series that will follow the ever elusive Bram and his butchers and the dark sinful game they play as he helped them get Mr. Shady.
Cant wait to see what Sadie comes up with next!!
We already saw that Lilah was a badass and had an absolutely brilliant mind from all of her actions in the last two books. This book blew that out of the water with her secret undercover mission to finally find the people responsible for the dark happenings not only in Blackwell Falls but internationally as well.
Mr. Shady (my nickname for him so there’s no spoilers) being involved with the trafficking ring was a small surprise in book 2 but to see that he’s the one in charge was a shock.
This was the perfect ending to another amazing trilogy! The plot, world building and character development throughout each book was amazing to see and witness. I love that we get to see a small glimpse into the next series that will follow the ever elusive Bram and his butchers and the dark sinful game they play as he helped them get Mr. Shady.
Cant wait to see what Sadie comes up with next!!
July 9, 2025
Wow, wow, wow
What can I say about this book? Part 3 of the Blackwell Bastards Trilogy, and it did not disappoint. A RH dark romance series. Book 2 had left us with a cliffhanger, Nolan had a health concern and it was touch and go. As soon as you get over the health issue, you get the drama of the Sanctum and the missing girls and the danger from the Devil and his men. The characters are well written, there is a lot of character development along the way, and I felt their pain. I am not ashamed to say I cried especially at the ending. The men in this series Rafe, Jude and Nolan broke our FMC Lilah as a high-schooler and ended up being her saviours. Definitely recommend, drama, spice and a roller coaster of emotions and if you have never read a Sadie Hunt book, you are missing out. 5 stars is not enough. LOVE this author.
What can I say about this book? Part 3 of the Blackwell Bastards Trilogy, and it did not disappoint. A RH dark romance series. Book 2 had left us with a cliffhanger, Nolan had a health concern and it was touch and go. As soon as you get over the health issue, you get the drama of the Sanctum and the missing girls and the danger from the Devil and his men. The characters are well written, there is a lot of character development along the way, and I felt their pain. I am not ashamed to say I cried especially at the ending. The men in this series Rafe, Jude and Nolan broke our FMC Lilah as a high-schooler and ended up being her saviours. Definitely recommend, drama, spice and a roller coaster of emotions and if you have never read a Sadie Hunt book, you are missing out. 5 stars is not enough. LOVE this author.
July 9, 2025
𝙊𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙐𝙥𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙚.
𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚.
WOW! 🤩
So we went Into the Fire, where there was Hell to Pay and now Shame the Devil has arrived.
It’s no wonder the summary is almost nonexistent cause I know I wouldn’t want this book spoiled. I’m so grateful to have received an ARC. This whole series was so good and a roller coaster of a ride.
I’m a sucker for an HEA that doesn’t just get handed to the characters. They have to work for that happy ending and boy did they ever.
If you haven’t read this series, then you need to. Come Into the Fire, where there’ll be Hell to Pay and Shame the Devil for the perfection of this finale.
Join Nolan, Jude, Rafe, and Lilah in their final book where the angst is angst-ing, the spice is spicing and the HEA is hard fought, sorely won and worth every second of reading every book.
𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚.
WOW! 🤩
So we went Into the Fire, where there was Hell to Pay and now Shame the Devil has arrived.
It’s no wonder the summary is almost nonexistent cause I know I wouldn’t want this book spoiled. I’m so grateful to have received an ARC. This whole series was so good and a roller coaster of a ride.
I’m a sucker for an HEA that doesn’t just get handed to the characters. They have to work for that happy ending and boy did they ever.
If you haven’t read this series, then you need to. Come Into the Fire, where there’ll be Hell to Pay and Shame the Devil for the perfection of this finale.
Join Nolan, Jude, Rafe, and Lilah in their final book where the angst is angst-ing, the spice is spicing and the HEA is hard fought, sorely won and worth every second of reading every book.
July 14, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I received an ARC copy of this book for an honest review! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This is the third and final book in the Blackwell Bastards trilogy and Sadie did not let us down with the ending! This book picked up right where the second left off, and had me attached to it until the very end. I have been hooked on these 3 men (Jude, Nolan and Rafe) and our girl Lilah for months now, and finally seeing them get the HEA they deserved was beautiful. I thought the second book had a lot of character growth, but this one we really got to see the strength this team has when together. The spice had me in a chokehold 🔥🔥🔥🔥 the love the guys have for Lilah and her for them is to die for, and the action is POPPING!! Give this book a chance if you love OTP guys, a feisty heroine and spice that'll keep you up at night ;)
Bring on the Blackwell Butchers!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is the third and final book in the Blackwell Bastards trilogy and Sadie did not let us down with the ending! This book picked up right where the second left off, and had me attached to it until the very end. I have been hooked on these 3 men (Jude, Nolan and Rafe) and our girl Lilah for months now, and finally seeing them get the HEA they deserved was beautiful. I thought the second book had a lot of character growth, but this one we really got to see the strength this team has when together. The spice had me in a chokehold 🔥🔥🔥🔥 the love the guys have for Lilah and her for them is to die for, and the action is POPPING!! Give this book a chance if you love OTP guys, a feisty heroine and spice that'll keep you up at night ;)
Bring on the Blackwell Butchers!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
July 9, 2025
Sadie does not disappoint with this final book in the Blackwell Bastards series. The book starts where book 2 cliff hanger left off with one of the character's in a life and death situation. During dealing with the situation we hear from our FMC how she saw herself in the beginning and where she is and wants to be with her men. The story is a push and pull of the group learning to allow Liliah the freedom to become the woman she they had seen underneath and reigning in their desire to shield and protect her. Utilizing all of the special skills our MMC's have shown through the previous books and adding a female with a passionate cause for them to fight the evil and rot there. It was quite a ride and the ending was perfect. It left me super excited for the next book after meeting it's MMC.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 13, 2025
4.5 ⭐️s! I appreciate the ARC read. This was a great end to a series and I’m excited for the next set of Blackwell characters to come.
Rafe is my guy and I’m glad he got it together for himself and Lilah. Lilah was not my favorite Blackwell FMC but I enjoyed reading her growth and love for the Bastards. Her love for her brother never wavered and she finally learned her mom will never change. Nolan and Jude made the group complete and I will say Jude ended up being my favorite guy.
Human trafficking is very real and it’s just as heart wrenching reading it in fiction. Not every girl or boy can be saved, but it’s nice to see that some were. I’m sad that we didn’t find closure for Rain. I need an epilogue or hopefully we’ll see her in the next set of Blackwell books.
Rafe is my guy and I’m glad he got it together for himself and Lilah. Lilah was not my favorite Blackwell FMC but I enjoyed reading her growth and love for the Bastards. Her love for her brother never wavered and she finally learned her mom will never change. Nolan and Jude made the group complete and I will say Jude ended up being my favorite guy.
Human trafficking is very real and it’s just as heart wrenching reading it in fiction. Not every girl or boy can be saved, but it’s nice to see that some were. I’m sad that we didn’t find closure for Rain. I need an epilogue or hopefully we’ll see her in the next set of Blackwell books.
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July 21, 2025
One of the things I love about Sadie's books is that each trilogy ends with the HEA for the FMC and her guys, but there is still an overarching mystery that spans across all 3 (so far) trilogies. We get a couple of new pieces in each trilogy, but it keeps you coming back again and again! And I love that we got to see Daisy and the Beasts pop up in this trilogy.
So happy Lilah and her guys got their Happily Ever After, even if it took some (a lot) of work to get there! The 4 of them have come so far since that night they reconnected in Into the Fire!
This book was such a quick read. There was action from start to finish, with plenty of spice thrown in! 🥵 The characters were great, the story kept moving and kept me engaged.
Highly recommend, but check your TWs first!
So happy Lilah and her guys got their Happily Ever After, even if it took some (a lot) of work to get there! The 4 of them have come so far since that night they reconnected in Into the Fire!
This book was such a quick read. There was action from start to finish, with plenty of spice thrown in! 🥵 The characters were great, the story kept moving and kept me engaged.
Highly recommend, but check your TWs first!
July 22, 2025
Sadie never disappoints when it comes to her trilogies and the Beasts are no exception.
Glad to see that Sandoval got what was more than coming to him. But since we know that all of Sadie’s stories are much deeper than the big bad in each trilogy—we know that he was merely a single head on a giant beast of awful.
I’m sad that the question of where Rain ended up was never answered, but I’m hoping that if we don’t hear about her in the Butchers’ book we will in the future.
The ending tied up everything for Lilah and her Beasts and that they got the HEA they deserved. I’m also happy that Lilah got that connection to her brother that she fought for and that she got to tell her mom off for the way she treated her.
Glad to see that Sandoval got what was more than coming to him. But since we know that all of Sadie’s stories are much deeper than the big bad in each trilogy—we know that he was merely a single head on a giant beast of awful.
I’m sad that the question of where Rain ended up was never answered, but I’m hoping that if we don’t hear about her in the Butchers’ book we will in the future.
The ending tied up everything for Lilah and her Beasts and that they got the HEA they deserved. I’m also happy that Lilah got that connection to her brother that she fought for and that she got to tell her mom off for the way she treated her.
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July 25, 2025
Warning - this will spoil books 1 &2, so read those first!
After barely getting out of the Masquerade Rafe, Jude, Lilah, and an unconscious Nolan are running for their lives. After arriving at the safe house, they begin to make their plans to get home. Once home, the real trouble starts....
Despite their need to protect Lilah, the Bastards stand by as she enters the Devil's den.
Sadie did a fantastic job wrapping this part of the story up. I was on the edge of my seat in some parts and barely breathing at others. I am anxiously awaiting Bram's story and how it's all connected!
Thank you to Sadie and her fantastic team for the opportunity to be an ARC reader. Your ability to create dynamic characters that touch those that read them is fantastic.
After barely getting out of the Masquerade Rafe, Jude, Lilah, and an unconscious Nolan are running for their lives. After arriving at the safe house, they begin to make their plans to get home. Once home, the real trouble starts....
Despite their need to protect Lilah, the Bastards stand by as she enters the Devil's den.
Sadie did a fantastic job wrapping this part of the story up. I was on the edge of my seat in some parts and barely breathing at others. I am anxiously awaiting Bram's story and how it's all connected!
Thank you to Sadie and her fantastic team for the opportunity to be an ARC reader. Your ability to create dynamic characters that touch those that read them is fantastic.
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July 7, 2025
I had the absolute pleasure of receiving this book as an ARC, and it was so good that I couldn't put it down. I stayed up after midnight and finished it. I don't even care that I had to get up the next morning. I just had to finish it to find out what happens to Lilah. I fell in love with the Bastards just like the Beasts. They will burn the world down to protect Lilah. This is an absolute must-read series, especially now that this book completes it. I am eager to read the next series, The Blackwell Butchers. Sadie Hunt You did it again!!!
July 7, 2025
Wow!
I don’t know how to explain how much I love this book and this series. I think the B**tards might be my favourite of all the Blackwell books, but then I say this about each new one.
Lilah was so strong, fighting for herself, the other captives, for her men. Her throwaway line as she leaves was so on point for her, no time to deal with messy feelings etc and fear whether the guys would reply.
I could go on and on about how much I love these books, these characters and Sadie Hunt for the twisted spicy action that comes from her brain, but all I can say is that this is a five-star read, and you need it!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️
I don’t know how to explain how much I love this book and this series. I think the B**tards might be my favourite of all the Blackwell books, but then I say this about each new one.
Lilah was so strong, fighting for herself, the other captives, for her men. Her throwaway line as she leaves was so on point for her, no time to deal with messy feelings etc and fear whether the guys would reply.
I could go on and on about how much I love these books, these characters and Sadie Hunt for the twisted spicy action that comes from her brain, but all I can say is that this is a five-star read, and you need it!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️
July 8, 2025
This book is the 3rd and final book for the BB! It picks up right where book 2 left off, and it doesn’t slow down until the very end. Lots of action, some WTF moments, some HOT moments, and some heartbreaking moments. I loved every page of this book and I’m so sad that this is the end. I have grown to love these characters, Lilah has grown so much and I just love how she has become so confident by the end of this. Also, Rafe turned out to be a total softy (for Lilah) I just knew he had a squishy side. What a ride this has been! I’m looking forward to what’s going on next! Blackwell Butchers is coming soon!
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