Exodus failed to accomplish what this book did and I was a sobbing mess on and off to the last 15% of it.
4.5 🌧️ stars
Someone said Cecilia and dom were like a chase Atlantic song and I couldn’t agree more besides the neighborhood as i listened to them while reading but also Alexa play tv by Billie eilish and the night we met by lord Huron 😭
The Ravenhood trilogy brought us to this book—Dominic’s book. The events that took place in Flock and Exodus are told here in Doms pov. I laughed, gasped, and sobbed—there’s no in between. Utter heartbreak, profoundness, healing, beauty and brilliance is all I saw here. This undeniably gives more substance to the trilogy itself
“Whoosh. Whoosh. “You have found love.”Delphine’s whisper trickles in. It found me. Whoosh. Whoosh.”
THIS BOOK. This book that I have so many words for yet none can do it justice. I wish Kate had wrote these books as dual pov initially because reading this changed my entire perspective on Dom and this series as a whole.
Doms a man of many secrets and internalized so much of how he felt. I was amazed by the inner workings of his brain especially in how he processed everything so deeply in every way possible ❤️🩹
I honestly didn’t know how to feel about Dom at first—about any of them. In flock, he was presented as cryptic, cold, and utterly hot lol (dare I say stormy) from Cecilia’s (fmc from the books pov) and wouldn’t say I was completely obsessed with the man although I did love him. However, it was only until I read this book that I realized Dom was so much more than that. His words cut deep but there was also beauty in them. We see his heart and who he really is and I absolutely loved it 🥹
Evidently getting doms pov was everything I didn’t know I needed. it made such a HUGE difference hearing his inner monologue, his feelings and more importantly the feelings he had for Cecilia and how he loved her. I also loved the new scenes between them and I even started to open my heart to sean here and even Tyler. As for the phone call scene with dom and Sean.. that was definitely something else 🫦 iykyk
“In offering her my fuse, she ignited me. Fire and water, she’s both burn and soothe.”
It’s actually so amusing to me because I could say the same about Tobias. It wasn’t until reading the last half of exodus and the finish line that I grew to love him more despite all that happened. This reaffirmed my belief on how each characters pov is so necessary as it truly makes all the difference in a book. I’m so thankful Kate gave this to us because now there’s closure to his story
The first 20ish % of this did bore me a little since it was mostly business talk of the club (hence my 4.5 rating but in my heart dom deserves 5 and ♾️). But thankfully Kate knew what to include and what not so this wasn’t entirely repetitive (only a few parts). Regardless, I’m aware how essential all of it was since a lot began to make sense—all the why’s and how’s from flock and half of exodus. No questions were left unanswered!
“It's time to sleep, Petit Prince."
The execution in writing this was beautifully concluded and so worth the read if you weren’t a fan of his or didn’t understand him—as here you will. I will now
forever treasure
this book and what it gave. The angst, suspense, spice and emotions from the last books were here as well and fully felt and it was flawlessly written. This gutted me and wrecked me all at once as if I didn’t know what happened but I guess it had the power to do so because we got how he felt during those moments and the build up leading to it. The last 10% of this was such a full circle moment, even more after the events that happened and I have no words for it—I simply loved it and the note at the end? 🥲 I can’t wait for Tyler’s book!
**As I have already read the series entirely, I would definitely recommend to those that want to read it to read this book after Exodus and stopping at page 361 and continuing the rest after the finish line (there’s 384 pages). This is not to be read first due to spoilers.**
Flock-4 stars
Exodus-5 stars
One last rainy day 4.5/5 stars
The finish line 5 stars
I plan to reread to see if this ^^ changes lol
A few of the quotes I loved
“This is love, and I’m dangerously consumed by it”
“It makes sense to me now why twin flames are a love addicts choice, and since we’ve been together, she’s drawn an addiction I didn’t know I had out of me”
“Looking into her eyes, I vow she'll never know about the monsters she can't see because I'll slay them all before they have a chance to get to her. Even if that monster is me.”
“He’s a man with too many secrets and no one to share them with.” -Cecilia
“My rainy days are yours, Dominic. If you want them.”
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than you can in a year of conversation.”
“Best decision I ever made. I won't ever regret it," this part right here 🥺