ARC REVIEW
OMGGGGG WOW!!!! 😭😩 What a way to wrap up an amazing trilogy that has had a grip on me this whole year so far!! 🥲😮💨😅 I felt so many emotions while reading this story. Heartache, joy, love, pride, grief, happiness, irritation, anger…it was a rollercoaster, but I loved every second of it. I love our girl Everly, but sooo many times I wanted to just shake her by the shoulders so that she would wake up out of her denial!😑😩😖 The story picks up right where book 2 ends so it flows perfectly!! Right from the get go Julien doesn’t even seem happy to see Everly he’s just aggravated that his heist has been interrupted. I immediately remember why I didn’t like Julien in book 1—he disregards Everly so much when she always bolsters him up. He’s her first choice and she’s never a choice for him, which is always a fighting point throughout the book. It doesn’t take long for Julien to be won over by Aldrin’s wealth and power, regardless of the warnings and everything that Everly has told him that Aldrin has done to her and the people of Alvyria. Our girl can’t catch a break because she comes to terms with the fact that Julien might care about her, but would never choose her first and that breaks her heart all over again. She can’t trust her own brother/twin and that would destroy anyone. She finally realizes how far gone he is once he raises a person from the dead and knows that if Aldrin has both her power to raise dragons and Julien’s cruelty to raise any being without care, everyone is in danger—so she leaves. Annnnnnnd who should she cross paths with other than the lovely Ash 😏🤤🤌🏻 Ugh the tension, the banter, the longing, the “touch her and die”, the one bed trope, the “I’ll make you forget everyone else,” the unexpected gentleness shown only to her….it was giving me everythinggggg! 🥹😍 It took Everly a long time to see what was happening under the surface, but that’s on brand for her. While there were some things I did guess right, there were a few plot twists that I did NOT see coming either! 😱🫢 I was hooked to this story and couldn’t put it down that I stayed up super late to finish it!! Our girl grew so much in this book. She learned to choose herself even if it hurts because sometimes that’s what you need to do to protect yourself and others from being hurt when someone has fully gone. I’m hoping there’ll be more stories about more of the characters in other books possibly so that this world continues. It was my pleasure to get lost in this adventure—thank you Aubrey!! 🥰🥰🥰