The Road to Amazing

Russel Middlebrook: The Futon Years #3

by Brent Hartinger

“I think gay guys like weddings more than anyone. And it’s not because we want to destroy marriage, like some people say. It’s because we really, really want to get married!”

Russel Middlebrook is gettin' hitched!

The wedding is taking place in a remote lodge on an island in Puget Sound. Russel and his husband-to-be have invited all their close friends to spend the whole weekend together beforehand.

And for the first time in his life, Russel is determined to not be neurotic, and not over-think things.

But that's before things start going wrong. Who expected a dead killer whale to wash up on the beach below the inn? And what's this about a windstorm approaching? Then there's the problem of Russel's anxious fiancé, who is increasingly convinced the whole thing is going to be a disaster.

Meanwhile, the wedding is taking place near the ruins of a small town, Amazing, where, a hundred years earlier, the people supposedly all disappeared overnight. Why does it feel like the secret at the end of the road to Amazing has something to do with Russel's own future?

Can Russel's friends Min, Gunnar, Vernie, and Otto somehow help him make it all make sense?

The Road to Amazing, the final book in the Russel Middlebrook Futon Years trilogy, is a story about endings and beginnings, and also about growing up and growing older. But mostly it's a story about love and friendship—about how it's not the destination that makes a life amazing, but the people you meet along the way.

Praise for Brent

“Hits the narrative sweet spot."
— NPR's All Things Considered

"Downright refreshing."
— USA Today

"The most artful and authentic depiction of a gay teen since [19780]."
— Horn Book Magazine

"Touching and realistic...hilarious."
— Kirkus Reviews

Genres: Romance, LGBT, M M Romance, Audiobook, Contemporary, Gay, Young Adult

237 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 15, 2016

About the author

I am Brent Hartinger, a novelist and screenwriter. I’ve published fourteen novels and had two of my books turned into feature films — with several more movies still in the works. One of my movies even co-starred SUPERMAN's David Corenswet.

I try hard to write books that are page-turners and commercial (and movies that are fast-paced and accessible). If I had to describe my own writing projects, I would say, “Strong central concept, strong plot, strong character and voice. Not artsy, self-indulgent, or pretentious, but still thoughtful and smart with something to say.”

I mostly write YA books — LGBTQ and thrillers, sometimes LGBTQ thrillers. My first novel, GEOGRAPHY CLUB (2003) was one of the first in a new wave of break-out LGBTQ young adult fiction, and it was adapted as a feature film in 2013.

My latest book is INFINITE DRIFT (2025), a mind-bending YA supernatural thriller with a bonkers bisexual love triangle.

Here are all my books:

STANDALONE BOOKS
* Infinite Drift
* Project Pay Day
* Three Truths and a Lie
* Grand & Humble
* Shadow Walkers

THE OTTO DIGMORE SERIES
* The Otto Digmore Difference (book 1)
* The Otto Digmore Decision (book 2)

RUSSEL MIDDLEBROOK: THE FUTON YEARS
* The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know (book #1)
* Barefoot in the City of Broken Dreams (book #2)
* The Road to Amazing (book #3)

THE RUSSEL MIDDLEBROOK SERIES
* Geography Club (book #1)
* The Order of the Poison Oak (book #2)
* Double Feature: Attack of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies/Bride of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies (book #3)
* The Elephant of Surprise (book #4)

I answer all questions, so feel free to contact me on social media, or through my website: BrentHartinger.com

Cheers!

Brent Hartinger

Reviews

[Cæsar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pleasurable!

Beautiful, funny, relaxing story, about love, connections and family, the “heart family” like I say or “chosen family” like most people say, I had a delightful moment reading and listening this book!
Kudos to Brent Hartinger!

Marvellous performance from Josh Hurley, he is such a amazing narrator, I noticed that a couple of times he mixed the voices of the characters though, his technique is high quality, the voice is gorgeous, clear, great diction, spectacular acting!!! High praises to him! Definitely made the book even better!!!

4 ⭐️

[Arthur Griffin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Russel Middlebrook is like that best friend you had in high school that you never, ever want to see drift out of your life. Brent Hartinger has created a character who got his start in the seminal work of the Gay YA genre (remember when that wasn't a thing? I do) and bloomed in those stories, starting with the classic Geography Club and going all the way through to The Elephant of Surprise.

And then, in an inspiring move, he actually let Russel grow up! Russel's journey has made the jump from Young Adult to New Adult, and watching him navigate early adulthood has been a wonderful trip, to say the least.

And what happens to a lot of people in their early adulthood? They get married.

The Road to Amazing is all about the weekend before Russel's wedding, and it was just as funny and awkward and engaging as all his stories, but it was also moving in that way life is when your best friend gets married. You know they'll still be your friend and they'll still love you, but things will just be a little different now. Hartinger gets that tone perfectly in his book.

5 stars.

PS - I'm not normally a crier due to mostly being dead inside, but I actually teared up twice while reading this book. If that doesn't prove how good it is, I don't know what does.

[Veronica of V's Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Third book in this contemporary M/M romance series. It's just so fab.

Sometimes a book just sucks me in so hard that I almost cannot break away to do anything functional, like eat, or use the toilet. This book was close to that status. Russel Middlebrook’s voice is one that can take adjusting to, mostly because he’s a plain talker. He’ll speak his truth all day long, even if that truth is unreliable. And neurotic. I think I have a tiny crush on him.

Okay, enough of the fangirling. Russel and Kevin have known each other since middle school. Their on-again-off-again relationship has been documented in several books but they’ve been full-on for the past few years and are engaged to be married, and this book is all about the wedding weekend, and the zany bits that go totally wrong.

They rent a beautiful house, the Amazing Inn, on Vashon Island, Washington, and invite their closest friends: Min, Gunnar, Otto, Vernie and Nate, plus Min’s girlfriend, to arrive on Friday evening and stay for the whole weekend until the wedding ceremony on Sunday afternoon.

Kevin and Russel have been living in LA for the past couple of years and they really miss their good friends who still all live in Seattle, for the most part. This weekend is all about reconnecting, but soon it becomes calamitous. Like the forecasted storm that’s going to shove the ceremony from the epic deck overlooking the Puget Sound into the living area, or the dead orca that seems to take over the beach with its rotting stink, among other issues that nearly cause cool-headed Kevin to flip his wig.

See, Kevin has always been the grounding force in their relationship. Russel tends to get locked into his head, imagining a million worst-case scenarios, and this book flips that script. Kevin agonizes over each misadventure while Russel becomes the problem solver. And Gunnar. That certified genius expands his out-of-the-box strategy to save the day, literally, time and time again.

I felt like I was on a sun-dappled raft floating along a warm vista-filled river while reading this book. I was so engaged with Russel, and his determination to be positive and productive. His connection to all his friends, Min, Gunnar, Vernie and Otto particularly, was really special. He was in the zone, speaking to them from his heart, and learning about them and himself in the same moment. That’s the cool thing about deep friendship, being able to reveal your insecurities and know that you’ll be taken seriously. Russel had several “movie moments,” as Vernie calls them, of connection in the course of the weekend. Except, not with Kevin.

Kevin is determined to make the right show of his wedding, to prove that he’s serious about Russel, and his adult life, to all they’ve invited to assemble. Let’s remember that both Kevin and Russel are 25 years old. This is their first super-serious relationship, and they both have a sense of needing to prove themselves. Each issue that erupts to derail Kevin’s perfect wedding plans seems to also erode Kevin’s confidence and makes him a bit prickly. Russel does his best to assuage these concerns, but he’s still figuring life out, too. And his missteps make for delicious make-ups. Public (secluded) sex, anyone?

I’ll be honest, when I read the blurb for this book–after reading the actual book–I felt wistful and melancholy. I’m not ready to be done with Russel and Kevin. The Futon Years may be over, but I’m crossing my fingers for a Pacifier Years series where Russel has an unforeseen and equally dramatic change of heart and perhaps agrees to adopt some shrill and stinky youngins he cares for with his wide and deep love. A girl can dream.

[Cadiva · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it, absolutely loved it. Russel and Kevin are a fabulous pair, perfectly suited and their journeys to happiness over seven books has been at times hilarious, at times heart breaking and at times a chaos of feelings.

I've loved Russel and Kevin since they first made their awkward hesitating steps on the Road to Amazing and seeing them reach that nirvana was a joy. These books just make me happy because Russel and Kevin are real, ordinary people living normal lives and being happy and that's all any of us ever want isn't it?!

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened to the audio and love the narrator. He is Russell to me.

I really enjoyed this book. It is so nice to join some old friends as they gather loved ones in a remote location to get married. It seems idyllic being in a cabin in the woods in a town with a mystery for your weekend with friends. I wanted to be there with them. Everyone is there; Otto, Gunnar, Min, Kevin, and Vernie, and they all have things going on that are intriguing.Brent Hartinger has crafted engaging characters throughout this series, and the ones before.

This whole series is fun, has a little bit of messaging in there, and refrains from being too heavy handed, even when tackling serious issues. Things are not going to get too dark and things will probably work out in these stories, and there's a sense of happiness in that. The lessons learned by our hero make sense, even if I'm not sure he needed to still learn them. Either way, we get a good story, fun sequences, we revisit amazing characters, while being introduced to some we want to know more about. I'll add that there's a storm fueled rendezvous worth reading near the end there.

There were some moments were I went from thinking that I didn't want another thing to go wrong, to worrying that this was a 'one damn thing after another' writing challenge. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed how everything kept falling apart, and think it is realistic for people to lose faith in those moments, but so many things broke down, it edged on fantasy. That being said, I guess it could happen, but Gunnar's explanation about how he pulled off his miracles in the end seemed a bit far fetched.

I'd recommend this and any of the Russell Middlebrook series books because they are fun, light but serious, have great characters, and draw the reader in.

[Forever Young Adult]

Graded By: Brian
Cover Story: You're in Love. We Get It.
Drinking Buddy: The Non-Idealized Gang
Testosterone Level: Ahem...
Talky Talk: I Always Cry At Weddings
Bonus Factors: History's Mysteries, All My Rowdy Friends
Bromance Status: Goodbye, Old Friend

Read the full book report here.

[Hemmel M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

For two people the week before their wedding, both MC's are rather negative. Again, the secondary characters have a big role and by now I know you can just skip the rest of the chapter when you are bored, without missing something important. In this novel Kevin gets his first characteristic: a pessimist.
The audio was all right. The editor left some errors.

[Ronie Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Welp worst wedding getaway ever, or was it

[Ulysses Dietz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing doesn’t exist anymore, but the overgrown road that leads to its ruins is still here. It is also a metaphor, lyrically and beautifully woven into the fabric of this story.

Less trauma-filled than Brent Hartinger’s last book about the grown-up Russel Middlebrook and his boyfriend Kevin Land, “The Road to Amazing” is a thoughtful consideration of what friendship, marriage, and love really mean, wrapped up in an “I Love Lucy” episode. As always, it is well-written, and Russel Middlebrook’s voice—which we’ve all known since he was in high school—is steady and familiar and, in this instance, remarkably wise.

What purports to be the story of Russel and Kevin’s wedding weekend is really the ultimate story of Russel coming to grips with what being an adult, and embracing an adult life, really is. Things go comically wrong, and Russel, as the narrator, acknowledges his audience consistently throughout the narrative, to assure us that he knows what’s going on. This, at least for me, afforded a cozy intimacy with Russel (and hence the author) that drew me into the book emotionally more than any of the previous volumes.

The big point of this touching and amusing installment in Kevin and Russel’s life together is the meaning of marriage itself; marriage in the context of two twenty-five-year-old gay men who have known each other since middle school. Set in a beautiful modern house in an idyllic bluff on Vashon Island, the sit-com plot is really nothing more than a framework that helps us understand various important people who have been part of Russel and Kevin’s lives through the entire series of books: Gunnar the nerd genius, Min the political-activist bisexual, Otto the burn survivor turned TV star, Vernie, Hollywood screenwriter and Russel’s mentor. Two outsiders, Min’s girlfriend Ruby and Kevin’s straight college roommate Nate, make up the intimate group staying in the house before the wedding, and also provide contrast and depth as Russel ponders the importance of friendship and personal growth.

What made this book particularly appealing to me—beyond my being a fan of Hartinger’s writing—is that, at 58, I found myself in the same position as Kevin and Russel, who could be my sons. After 38 years with the same man, who I met in college, we were finally allowed to marry in 2013 in New Jersey. The significance of an institution that had hitherto been denied us in spite of our shared citizenship with every other American, was very much on our minds as we made our way to our town hall where the mayor would perform a brief ceremony and sign our license. We claimed, when asked, that it was not a momentous occasion, but rather a purely practical step in terms of wills and estates and the future of the two children we adopted as babies two decades ago. But we knew it was something rather more than that. Russel and Kevin come to realize this, too, and that new understanding of their wish to be married transforms Hartinger’s book into something bigger, deeper, and more moving.

[BWT · Rating 3 out of 5]

I basically binge listened to first The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know then Barefoot in the City of Broken Dreams. While I liked the first, I didn't particularly connect with the second, so I started The Road to Amazing with a bit of trepidation worried I might not like it.



I needn't have worried. Hartinger brings back all the characters I've loved and sets a really sweet tone amidst the chaos of a wedding weekend where so much goes wrong. Dead Orca on the beach below your wedding venue? Check. Huge storms knocking out power? Check. Wedding guests not being able to get to the island the wedding is happening on? Check.

However, through it all Russel keeps his cool (with a lot of help from his friends) and calms nervous groom Kevin (with a lot of help from their friends).



For me, it's truly the supporting cast that makes this series fun, but what makes it really enjoyable is narrator Josh Hurley. I'll say it again, Josh Hurley really does an excellent job with the different character voices. I also love how he portrays the myriad of expressed character emotions.

And can I just give a shout out to my boy Gunnar? You may not be easily understood, but you are definitely one of my favorite characters! Love you, boo!



I've enjoyed my time with Russel, Kevin and the gang. My wish for the future? I hope, if there are more installments, that Hartinger will open up the points of view to include Kevin and Minh, Gunnar and/or Otto.

Audio copy of The Road to Amazing provided by Author in exchange of an honest review.

This review has been cross-posted at Gay Book Reviews.

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a jolly good read, so nice to read something almost bordering on the urbane in gay literacy.
Again Brent Hartinger's work was full of references to contemporary movies and TV shows and their scripts that inspired him; many of which were meaningless to an Australian like me. I was frequently looking up title on Google.
Many of the usual characters are on board, but I did find Gunnar getting thin in the definition of what makes him tick.
Vernie is rapidly becoming one of my faves.
New players were given substance with the use of the equivalent of a fireside chat during the black out; But please! Another buff and bronzed Aussie in speedos. Australia is not populated by men of Hemsworth proportion. And there is a cultural conflict here about speedos/ budgie smugglers verses board shorts.
The look at the internet and social media as a vehicle for all sorts of feedback, good, bad even cruelty was an insightful distillation of how many people see it.
I'll keep this along with the quote from David Levithan "Two Boys Kissing"... "It's a highly deceptive world, one that constantly asks you to comment but doesn't really care what you have to say."
I know books are great because we can picture the players in any way in our imagination; but the film version of Geography club ruined some of that for me (not to mention butchering the story line). So if any of this series ever does get dramatized again, think of James Franco for Otto.
I am looking forward to seeing the Japanese anime "Iwatobi Swim Club" version for the Geography Club now.
A worthwhile read for any Russel Middlebrook fans..

[R.J. Seeley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great Russel Middlebrook book. Funny, dramatic and sexy. A great read, and it includes everyone's favourite characters from the entire series.

4 stars.

[Ziggi Chavez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mediocre finish to a series with a trope overdone for “everything that could go wrong, goes wrong at a wedding…”. Russel never gives me anything emotional throughout this entire series. I connected better with Geography Club because the coming out process and intense teen angst and desire for acceptance is highly relatable, but I don’t find any of this “after story” trilogy believable. Russel too often laments on what a struggle things are, only to be saved in the end by his eccentric friend who happens to have a lot of money, but no career or substance as a character other than being the same social outcast from high school. I mean yeah he has hobbies and obsessions, but Gunnar seems directionless, and only there to explain away how Russel is able to do all of these things and end up financially stable for a person who has pretty much never had a serious career so far in life. I’m not saying he should have his shit figured out, but it isn’t relatable to the majority of people, as most of us struggle to put our own dreams together, and don’t have a generous friend who apparently thinks $20K is chump change, and easy to part ways with…. That just doesn’t really happen in life, at least not often, and Russel just rolls with it like that is normal life.

The worst part is, I never believed in Russel and Kevin as a couple. This trilogy gave me no reason to understand the two of them coming back together, or why they work as a couple. Kevin loses all of his own agency just to basically become Russel’s pet-time working trophy husband by the end of this series, when at the start he was on a career path and in a steady relationship with another guy. The author also still has issues with being judgmental of people he deems “permissions, or over sexual outside monogamy.” It wasn’t as bad in this book as the blatant rant about the loveliness of se workers at the end of book two, but there was still an undercurrent of it throughout this book where Russel comments against promiscuity, but nervously explains away that fantasizing about sex with other people is fine as long as you stay with your one partner like his “perfect relationship…” he called his relationship perfect so many times it felt like I was being forced to accept that as fact, with nothing again to back it up. One time we finally get a little bit of emotional backstory when Kevin opens up about his insecurities and desire to fit in back when he transferred into school and met Russel in 7th grade, and how even then he “noticed Russel,” and felt a kinship to him…. But none of their actual on page experiences in these three books make them feel authentic to me.

The story writing is overall not bad, but because the characters gain no depth throughout, it falls low in my ratings. Plot with no character attachment just doesn’t do it for me.

[Jeffrey G · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oops, I read these books out of order! I read #3 before I read #2. Oh well, it really doesn't matter. This book was written in exactly the same style as the first in this "Futon" series. It has the same faults and the same paltry virtues.

Hartinger has fallen into this habit of putting long rants about politics or pop culture into his characters' mouths for no particular reason. These rants are often totally out of character and do nothing to advance the story, such as it is. Hartinger has Russel going off on cancel culture in this book, so I guess that's the author's viewpoint. There are attempts at humor here, but the jokes fall flat. A couple of the funny situations in the book are actually funny, but mostly (like the first book) this is jokes that don't work. It's a far cry from "The Geography Club", which was actually funny.

This book takes place over one weekend and it's not boring. It's a short book that can be read very quickly. You will tend to skim over some of the duller passages where characters are giving lectures or philosophizing. Those of use who have hated Kevin since "The Geography Club" will ultimately not be too happy with this book.

The book stays true to one aspect of Russel's personality that has remained constant from the beginning: he is a horny slut. There is an amusing scene in this book where Russel get a lap dance and then there are two sex scenes between Russel and Kevin: one is funny and the other one is hot.

I will go back and read #2 in this "Futon" series. I have enjoyed following Russel's story, but as you read these books you realize that Hartinger really had one good book in him and everything else is just craftsmanship without inspiration. I also feel that Hartinger has become very lazy as a writer. His earlier books showed a lot of effort in coming up with funny jokes and little cliffhangers at the end of each chapter. These later books read like they were dictated into a tape recorder and then transcribed by a dutiful secretary. They seem like a stream-of-consciousness without much effort put into polishing it or finding the perfect situations/words/jokes.

I still recommend "The Geography Club" and its very first sequel. After that, it's diminishing returns and tbh none of the other books are worth reading. Russel is a great character though.

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

A satisfying "end" to Russel's story. I say that because although Russel's story has ended, his world and the world of his friends isn't done as we're now heading into Otto's story. But knowing how much Brent loves Russel, I suspect we haven't heard the last of his POV yet.

Finally after 10 years of angst, late night stinky gazebo rendezvous, breakups, fights and fantastic makeups, and quirky friendships Russel and Kevin are finally getting married. When we left off from the last book Russel surprisingly was the one to propose to Kevin.

When we join them again Russel and Kevin are traveling to the Amazing Inn, the venue they've chosen for their wedding along with several of their close friends Gunnar, Min, Otto, Vernie, and newcomers Ruby and Nate. It's a weekend of being with their close friends and getting ready to make the journey into "grown up" territory. But this weekend doesn't exactly go according to plan and everything under the sun happens to threaten to derail their wedding. But behind it all, Russel and Kevin's love for each other shines through.

Like I said, a satisfying end to Russel's story and the beginning of his and Kevin's journey together as husbands.

I'm still reeling from the last two books and Kevin being the perfect boyfriend and I have no doubt that he's now the perfect husband.

[Wide Eyes, Big Ears! · Rating 5 out of 5]

After 10 stop-and-start years, loveable neurotic Russel Middlebrook is finally marrying his hunky highschool sweetheart, Kevin. They’ve picked an idyllic beach setting on an island in the Puget Sound. Before the marriage ceremony, Russel and Kevin spend a few days with their close friends renting an old inn on the island and everything that can go wrong does. Russel and Kevin will have to examine their hopes and fears before the weekend is done and they’re not the only ones. Like one of Russel’s screenplays, this seemed more cinematic than real, there were just too many hilarious misfortunes! Underneath all the good-natured mayhem was a really great discussion about expectations vs. reality, how things are rarely perfect, and how, ultimately, that’s ok. Russel is finally growing up, he’s ready to stop living on a futon and carve out a solid life. I’ve enjoyed this 3-audiobook series and I can’t wait to listen to the original Russel Middlebrook series and the Otto Digmore series. Audio narrator Josh Hurley is incredibly good, he deserves a lot of credit for expertly polishing Russel’s neurotic thoughts, the great dialogue, and the gentle humour.

[Emiliano Fernández · Rating 5 out of 5]

ME ENCANTÓ!! AAAAA NO ME PARO DE EMOCIONAAARRRR

Pero con seriedad ahora. Disfruté cada segundo de ésta última historia. Desde la llegada de los amigos, los recuerdos de libros pasados, la relación de russel con sus amigos (lo cual nunca desarrollaron, sino que siempre fueron casi perfectos con él, pero tampoco me voy a quejar a estas alturas pq los amo), la orca, la morra del departamento de parks jajajaja todo todo todo hasta la escena con la lluvia y la despedida de soltero. Lq me incomodó un poco fue que la historia de Otto y Russel continuó como si nada, después de esa UNA escena en el libro anterior, pero weeeenoooo.

le doy 5 stars pq Kevin es un ser de luz y deseo alguna vez encontrar a alguien así jajajaj

[Ho11man · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the Russel Middelbrook series a while ago, little did I know that the Futon years series existed!, as soon as I found out I decided to read all the books again back to back and man what a journey! Reading about Russel and Kevin from High School to all grown ups and now finally getting married (since a lot has changed since 2006)was a pleasant surprise. Everyone deserves to find their Road to Amazing!

[Lucio Ramirez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just beautiful. I really enjoyed the whole series, I kinda grew up with them throughout these last years and I fell in love with every character. However, I identify a lot with Russel so I will really miss him.
The relationship with Kevin ended up the best way.
Brent, you did an amazing job and I hope you are very proud.
Cheers from Rosario, Argentina!

[Saskia · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like HEAs, I can even do HFNs, but I do not like "we love each other now, pretty much, I guess, I mean I do find other guys hot and all, I might like to have sex with someone other than you, we'll just see what happens, let's get married now and if we don't feel the same way in a few years, well... no harm, no foul." That's how this book felt.

[Denis]

I haven't read this yet - I was trying to post a review on "the thing I didn't know I didn't know" but between me and the app, something went wrong :-(

If it's anything like the others in the series it'll be excellent.

[Alana Bue · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a wonderful conclusion to this love story..

Oh the amount russel has learned over the years. The friends he has made the support system he has built.

I enjoyed this book. Watching russel run into obstacles and having his friend and self just defeat them all.

[James McGuire · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was hooked on Brent Hartinger’s books since The Order of the Poison Oak. This one surpasses them all with the perfect combination of adventure, laugh out loud fun and tearful moments of true friendship.

[Julian Winters · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review to come!

[Quinn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is such a great ending to Russel and Kevin's love story.

[Shirley (Secret Squirrel) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was good. Apparently there were books leading up to this one that I haven't read but this could totally be read as a standalone.

[Kerri · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of those books you’re at least pretty sure you know how it’s going to end... but it’s worth the adventure to get there anyways.

[Timothy Lo · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a fun book that brought together all the characters from previous books.

I wish we got to know more about what Min and Gunnar have been up to and some events were a little too much lol.

[Rafal Nycz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is like it’s title

[Calen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting way to end the series, and I'm not mad. But it also was not good.