Peter Santori is living the dream. He's got a hot gangster boyfriend named Gio who treats him with the respect he deserves. It's a fairy tale come true. He may not know much about what's going on in Gio's business, but that's okay with him. He's perfectly fine with sitting around and looking pretty.
But when disaster strikes, Peter's world is turned upside-down. Now he must make some tough decisions, and those decisions could make or break him.
Michael Kage Santori is fascinated with his uncle Peter's journals. Not only does the story play out like a Shakespearean tragedy, but it could hold the key to why his life turned out the way it did. Complicated.
But Kage has a lot more to worry about besides his uncle's diaries. He's lost his boyfriend, and the only way to get him back is to play hardball with some real bad guys.
Follow Kage and Jamie, and Peter and Gio as their story concludes in Santori Reloaded, the final chapter in the Santori Trilogy.
Audio – 5+++ stars. If not for JF Harding, I probably would have dnf Story – 2 Disappointing anticlimactic stars
*sigh* Well, book 3 was a letdown for me. If you’ve read books 1 & 2, you know that we get a lot of insight on Kage’s evil uncle Pete’s past through journals. I was not only okay with that, but I was also excited about what was being revealed. But now we have book 3, and I’m so over it!! It was fucking depressing!! And it was literally the first 50% of the book 3!!! That’s so not what I was expecting based on how book 2 ended. I thought Kage was about to go through a transformation and become a serious badass and put Theo in his place. Nope!! He was instrumental in taking Theo down, but I thought it was going to be more gun’s ablazin’ style. Instead, it was very anticlimactic.
As for Kage and Jamie, they don’t even get back together until the 84% mark of the book. Extended couple separation is a huge pete peeve of mine!! NO THANK YOU!! What the heck was that about??!! All of the sudden, Kage is okay with telling Jamie what’s really going on??!! What changed? He could have told him from the get go. Ugh!
The last chapter was a rushed job and the epilogue was what it was. Whatever.
So that’s that. I just hope that Fabulous Steve, the receptionist (now manager of the spa), gets a story of his own story and hea, as well as Anthony Rodriguez.
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this was pretty good! still as addictive as all the previous books. both Jamie and Kage acted like absolute fucking idiots in this series at times, but i still love them. they clearly just can’t help themselves.
Gio and Peter…🥲 i’m totally fine. that totally didn’t break my heart or anything… those two were so good together! it’s so sad and tragic how their story ended. i knew that they wouldn’t get a HEA, but i still cried like a baby.
“like stupid little Peter Santori, i’d foolishly dared to believe in fairytale endings, and we’d both learned the hard way that there was no such thing - not outside of the pages of a book. we were all fucking monsters, and it was time i started acting like one.”
well, good thing this is a book then babe…
Kage acting like a gangster was both hot and hilarious to me. he just seemed like a fish out of water dealing with all this shit tbh.🤣 i suppose i was expecting him to become a fucking badass mobster in this series, and when that didn’t happen, i was a little disappointed. i was just left craving more blood i guess. me and my love for bad guys shines once again.🤣
the ending felt kinda rushed, just like in the first series. the weird plot twist at the very last pages was also kinda ehhh… i just feel like it could have come at a better time, or just not come at all.🤔
i really enjoyed both the Kage series and this series overall. very bingeable and addictive. definitely glad i finally checked out these series!
Five humongous stars. This series was everything! As "just ok" as the Kage Trilogy was for me I couldn't have imagined the Santori series blowing me away like it did.
I started listening to book 1 because it was available in the Audible Romance Package. The narrator is great. The story gripping. I went on to book 2. Loved it more. Book 3 wasn't out on audio yet but I HAD to read it right away and I'm so glad I did. What a ride!
The Santori series gives us a look at Peter Santori that none of us could have imagined. Kage and Jamie are still navigating a long hard road. But it's so worth it to get to the trilogy epilogue.
It's harsh to give this book a 2 star, maybe, since I've been entertained by this series.
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Overall peeves: hate the covers, hate the $$. Total extortion for books so short. 1 star off just for that.
Aside from that, the real reason I give this conclusive book 2 stars ⭐️ 🌟is the following:
1) it kinda ruined the first series for me. I would recommend others not to read this series if they loved the Kage series. If you want to keep your Alpha male hot MMA fighter that's rough around the edges but vulnerable inside, DO NOT READ THIS SERIES!! Not only that, Jamie becomes an after thought. And the bad guy is totally not the same bad guy. And it's not just about who he was "before" vs. who he was "after". THEY ARE NOT THE SAME GUY! It's like the author wrote these series without staying true to the characterization. See point 2.
2) The story arc with Peter Santori, Gio, Theo and Z as a mirror or history repeating trope for Kage and Jamie was interesting but NOT well thought out. The loose ends I mentioned did NOT tie up in a satisfactory manner.
Exhibit A:
The Peter Santori we know from the Kage series is extremely COLD, calculating, controlling, WEIRD, DISTURBED. He made a little boy choke his own brother to death for the promise of an icecream cone. He put surveillance all around Kage and Jamie. He tried to manipulate all kinds of things and used Kage like a prized fighting dog. And his obsession with Kage becoming MMA champ is NOT explained by the fact that Gio happened to like boxing!!!!!!!!!!
Exhibit B:
The Peter Santori in this series is a physically, mentally and emotionally abused young man who meets Gio (a gangster) at 18. Not totally impressionable as say a 14 yr old might be. So I really wonder whether Peter was ever right in the head. He was soooooo effeminate. Less innocent, more annoyingly HELPLESS. No backbone whatsoever. No MIND of his own. He becomes completely devoted to Gio (even after Gio's death), his first and only lover EVER. Gio who is almost 40 yrs old, his "daddy."
Apparently Gio really loves him, sees Peter as his "compassion" and "love" since Peter seems to be full of "goodness." Peter gets his friend Theo a job with Gio and Theo becomes Gio's right hand henchman. OK..... so far, I'm with the author. Even gave book 2 4 stars.
THEN! Toward the end everything starts detailing and NOT fitting together in a sensible way!
Peter accidentally kills Gio during rough sex (Gio has stroke). On top of that, many months later, as Theo has always wanted Peter and resented Gio "taking" him, Theo sets Peter up to believe that Gio has been cheating on him all this time, that their TRUE LOVE is a sham. Peter believes him (as I say NO BRAIN IN THIS MAN WHATSOEVER!!!!!) and kills an innocent boy, the one that supposedly cheated with Gio, in cold blood. End of Peter's POV. This series of events and Theo's continuous manipulation are what creates Exhibit A, the Peter we meet in the Kage series.
DOES NOT COMPUTE!!!!!
Why would Peter do what he does to Kage from such an early age? Recreating himself? So that Kage can suffer and be alone just like he is? Or recreate Gio? and keep Kage from falling in love, just a gorgeous, emotionless machine for Peter to obsess with? Why did Peter insist on Kage's Santori blood being so important? When it's obvious he came from a terrible background? Why would Exhibit B circumstances result in Exhibit A? The cause and effect is NOT logical at all.
And then there's the randomness of Kage's ex popping in for sec. Theo's whole serial killer thing is...unbelievable. Gio slitting Z's throat shows that Gio is not a "good" man in that sense so OK... But there are a LOT of characterizations, motivations, and therefore actions and results that DON'T MAKE SENSE!!!!
It's like the Kage in this book is a merge of Gio and Peter, but lost everything I loved about KAGE. He was this watered down non-entity reliving ghosts' lives. And the marriage at the end in front of Elvis where Gio and Peter got fake married, instead of being romantic, was DOWN RIGHT CREEPY!!!
These ppl are DISTURBED!!! And Jamie seemed like the only normal person who is nevertheless a killer (he killed Peter in self-defense in the first series), so he's been tainted by all the weirdness too.
I am not left with a HEA feeling but a, WTF feeling and a feeling of dread...
Ultimately, it's the fact that these 2 series should NOT have been written as a continuation of each other that killed my feelings for either of the series. I won't change my Kage ratings bc by itself it was mostly good. This series tho, really shouldn't have been written. Or if written, then written in a diff way.
Make Theo the real baddie - make him drug Gio which got him killed with a stroke. Make it clear how he manipulated Peter into the way he is. Kage's dad popping in randomly at the end and Kage calling him "Daddy" was just plain weird. I mean soooooo many things!
Ugh!! And now I'm stuck with this expensive set of unsatisfactory books that I will never read again!
The tone that makes a book sing are comprised of words that though have physical spaces between them,somehow magically seduces the reader into filling/surrounding those gaps with feeling and in return being embraced within the world captured on those pages.I found none of that here as only one third of the book comprised of the heroes and rest went into parts unknown and strange about insipid characters I did not give a farthing about.This was truly a bizarre ending of what is the second trilogy.In writing style it was miles apart from the first trilogy.
4.5 stars - Ahhh, the finale. So very sad but so exciting at the same time. We already know things are in a state of major disarray for Jamie and Kage right now, as Kage continues to try and figure out a way to take down the creepy Theo. The story continues with his reading of Peter’s journals, and this continues for the first portion of the book. While it was slightly disappointing to not have the focus on Jamie and Kage, what we learn about Peter and Geo is extremely important to the overall story, especially as it shows Kage why Peter was the way he was. While in no way excusable, it was definitely more understandable. Kage is walking a very fine line where Theo is concerned. He is given little choice in the matter, but it is easy to see how he is getting pulled in even more directions than when he was being manipulated by Peter. Kage is still trying to earn Theo’s trust in order to get the information Aaron needs. The end goal is always clear – to somehow clear everything up so he can hopefully win Jamie back.
Meanwhile, Jamie is continuing his work with Anthony and his coming out story. This puts him in a bit of a spot with Anthony having a major fight coming up against Kage. Jamie keeps things professional, or at least he tries to, much to Anthony’s disappointment. Even though Kage and Jamie are broken up, Jamie cannot just turn off his feelings, and things are questionable after the incident that caused the actual breakup.
I honestly don’t think I’d ever get tired of Jamie and Kage. They have some amazing chemistry, and I was thrilled when we got to see it in action. Getting to the point where Kage decides enough is enough was the turn around for me, and as they continue to meet in secret putting their trust in one another again, my heart was happy. There is a lot of happy in the end of both of them, and my only real niggle was that when they finally got there, it felt a bit rushed. All in all, this was a satisfying ending to an amazing series. One thing I absolutely love about not only this trilogy but the original trilogy as well was the consistency of the characters. Who they are remains the same throughout, and even though their feelings and relationship grows, they don’t all of a sudden become lovey dovey mushy lovebirds. They do, however, have their romantic moments, and it all just feels perfect for these two. I’ll never forget them, that’s for sure.
Whew. Well, this entire thing was A LOT 😅 I almost don't know where to begin because my feelings are kind of all over the place with how everything went down. I'm just going to pop up the spoiler tag and go for it because I have things to say and don't know a better way to go about it 😂
Before that though, I'm going to put on my broken record again and play the track that says, "JF Harding is amazing and deserves a million stars. His voice is the best thing that will ever happen to your ears. Best narrator ever. No notes." 😌
I waited with bated breath for this book. First of all, this cover made me laugh. Is that supposed to be Kage holding two machine guns?
I struggled with this book and my attention was waning numerous times. The story about Peter and Gio was interesting but it took over 80% of the novel with Kage and Jamie as an after-thought. Six novels later and the ending was rushed, yet again. One tiny chapter was all it took to wrap literally 3 books of drama? It was very unsatisfying and then the epilogue shoves in the long lost dad... All that drama was for nought. Kage didnt win the title he coveted during the first 3 series. What really happened after Theo was arrested? Was he really a serial killer? What happened to the business after Theo was arrested? Why didnt Kage and Jamie talk about the drugs and cheating? I mean the love of your life gets caught with his pants down and you guys dont discuss that shit? You dont apologise ? Also The parts with Jamie felt like it was just used to introduce a new character and possible new story. I kind of wished i just stuck with the kage series. 2.5 stars.
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I loved every moment of this even during the moments when the MCs were being idiots. I just couldn't stop listening to this great audio book by a great Narrator ; J.F. Harding.
I might even do a re-listen in the future. Great piece of work and great overall series!
Audible Review: Overall 5 out of 5 stars Performance 5 out of 5 stars Story 5 out of 5 stars
This book was everything! I wish I could upload the photo I took of myself after finishing this audiobook. I was sitting in the parking lot at work and that epilogue just did me in! All the emotions from this story just unloaded and I had tears streaming down my face- this series was everything! Silly me, thinking I would have been happy if Kage and Jamie's story had been wrapped up with the Kage trilogy- silly, silly me. I never would have cried tears over and for Peter if Ms. Black hadn't continued on with this world. And my word, did I cry tears for Peter- hating myself the whole time. I'm so glad Ms. Black told Peter's story- as much as I'm all about Jamie and Kage, it really did "humanize" Peter, if only for a minute, and I think we all needed to see that side of him. I'll never not hate him, but I understand him a little better.
I don't think I could have asked for a better ending to Kage and Jamie's story. It really was everything I wanted, needed, and more than I ever imagined. This trilogy took not only them on quite a journey, but me as well, and it was one I wasn't sure any of us would come out of unscathed.
JF Harding was once again phenomenal. Having to portray three points of view throughout this trilogy couldn't have been easy, but he did such a fantastic job, I was so anxious for this final book that I almost broke down and read it, but I'm so glad I waited for the audio. He really was so wonderful as not only Kage and Jamie, but Peter as well. Especially young Peter in this last book. I'm so sad that this is good-bye!
I have loved Kage and Jamie from the start, and was really looking forward to their conclusion. I felt the conclusion of Jamie and Kage's story was extremely rushed and would have preferred more time spent on the supposed hero's of the trilogy than the villain of the first trilogy.
I totally focused on Peter's story and was upset how his story ended, although I already knew that after finishing the Kage trilogy. But the stomach ache will keep me from rereading ever again. And my rating is linked to my rereading.
I understand that Peter, with his abusive parent, abuses his adopted nephew. Statistically logic, but I would have wanted to read about Kage in Peter's journal.
I would have liked to read a bit more about Peter's first steps in crime. I get that Theo pulled the strings and kept Peter on the sideline, but I missed the evil monster bit, from the first trilogy.
I liked the storyline that Kage inherits a criminal organisation before he is prepped, and now is responsible for all the unknown crimes by all the unknown criminals, in his name and with his money. I was breathless with worrying how quick one of the crime bosses would top Kage of.
I liked the plotline about Jamie and Rodriguez. Not original but entertaining, and I was not annoyed by Kage pushing Jamie away because this trilogy picks up right where the previous book ended, and I don't expect a sea change in a protagonist's character in such a short time.
What I thought original was how the crime syndicate was resolved. I am annoyed with novels where the protagonist takes the lead and has the best ideas and catches the bad guy single handed in the end. Here, it was a team effort and some things happened off page by other people, which rings true.
As far as the story is concerned 3 stars only. Disappointing. Wow...that was one weird, rushed ending. Anyone else ever given a thought to Kage's real father since Kage?? Talk about completely out of left field...and that marriage **coughs and chokes** proposal, sooo romantic [not]. Think the author just got fed up with the characters, and decided to cut her losses. Oh, and as for the serial killer 🤬🤬🤬. Well, are we readers really so clueless as to not believe that he hadn't framed/blackmailed that poor boy Ryan, come on...it was sooo obvious...which means of course that Gio wasn't unfaithful to Peter Santori at all, and was indeed set up by his jealous and totally unbalanced henchman. Theo Brown was a completely toxic little b*****d and a sadistic son of a bitch too. He deserves every bad thing that comes to him...and the sooner, the better.
The audio gets 5 stars. J.F. Harding is just awesome, and as long as I like the author, he will be an auto-buy from now on.
Sigh...I really loved the first trilogy and the first two books of the second trilogy, so I was really looking forward to this last book, but it was like the author just ran out of steam. The ending was rushed and I was left thinking..."that was it?". Disappointed.
I think I ended up more engrossed in Peter and Gio's story than Kage's. You know there's obviously going to be a tragic ending for Gio, it's not even a spoiler, but pack tissues. I have to admit I was a little underwhelmed, otherwise. We never found out much about the guys cage was working with, and just because Peter snapped doesn't really explain him causing the incident with Kage when he was a boy or the creation of the Scepter and the random art gallery. Why not just build bunkers or something?
There are a fair amount of loose threads. I'm giving this one four stars because I still thought Gio and Peter had a really good backstory.
Honestly, I wish I had never read this trilogy and just ended things with the Kage series. Kage and Jamie are secondary characters in this series, while Peter and Gio take center stage. Their story completely took over. This entire trilogy felt oppressive and the characters felt like strangers to me. I didn't have that same connection to Kage and Jamie like in the Kage series, because Peter and Gio overshadowed everything else. The author should have just given them a separate book, maybe I wouldn't feel so bitter about how these three books went. Oh well.
I’ve read all the books in both the Kage and Santori series and I’ve loved all of the books. They were all laid out so well, with the right amount of detail included in all of the books. Even when there were two different stories being told, but this one feel short. It just felt so rushed and thrown together. I expected way more from the final book in this great and tragic love story.
OMG!!! What can I say besides that I'm beyond ecstatic to have finally read this book and the conclusion to my favorite MM couple: Kage and Jamie. However the 1st part of the book shows us the past of Peter and his love story with Gio that we all know will come crashing somehow. It was heartbreaking seeing the pain Peter goes through and helps us readers understand some of his behavior from the Kage trilogy. In the second part we continue to see Kage try to satisfy everyone's demands to keep himself and Jaime safe. And we see Jamie moving forward with his MMA blog, and he is tempted by a sexy fighter now that he is single. When the match arrives they are thrown together again in the same place. Each make a realization about their connection when the fight is over, that they cannot be themselves without being with each other. They meet in secret and make decisions together to solve the Theo situation. When the climax arrives some shocking truths come out that make you want Theo to be shot dead. Kage and Jamie bring together everyone at the end to celebrate them being officially back together out in the open without fear of danger and threats. And a surprise arrival of a character close to Kage brings the gathering even more happiness. The surprise Kage has for Jamie at the end had my heart full of love and Joy.
I'm kind of disappointed with this book. There was too much Peter/Gio and not enough of Kage/Jamie. That ending was so rushed and anti-climactic.
JF Harding though is completely amazing and his narration is absolutely perfect. I hope that he will be narrating the other books that are coming our way. I'll still be reading and hoping for glimpses of Kage and Jamie in any future series.
The end of the Santori Reborn took a bleak turn, much like the end of The Empire Strikes Back. Maybe its a “second in a trilogy” thing? Jamie just left Kage after Kage did some pretty bad things, and in the second storyline told through the journals of Peter Santori, Gio had to take out someone he cared about who was threatening Peter. I don’t know why it took me until this book to realize that Peter’s story in this book wasn’t merely an afterthought and that it was as important as Michael “Kage’s” story. Or that the series title Santori was deliberately chosen because it was about both Santori men. But yes, it became clear to me in this book that the stories were very entwined. Peter’s life, before Kage came into it, obviously affected his nephews current life. Also, Kage and Peter find themselves following similar paths where power, corruption, and love are difficult to balance.
Unlike the previous books in this series, we started with Peter’s story. I feel like this was a good move, because we know that Peter wasn’t a very nice man in the KAGE series. It was important to see how he got there before we see how Kage manages the pressures of being in charge of what had been Gio’s empire. I honestly didn’t think there would be a time where I was rooting for Peter or that I cared about his hardships, but this author really did an excellent job humanizing him. Peter wasn’t a saint, he knowingly entered into a relationship with a crime boss. I like bad boys, but not that kind of bad. If I know characters are engaging in illegal and violent business, I usually hope that they will end those actions. However, Gio is genuinely good to Peter, and I believe that in most situations he is a fair man. Not a psychopathic killing machine, but a hard businessman to put it as nice as I can. Peter enjoys being taken care of and ignores what is behind the scenes because it doesn’t effect their love for each other.
Quickly, Gio and Peter’s relationship rides some really high points and dives into tragedy. Peter might not have survived the depression that followed except for his childhood friend Theo who has always been there for him, but we are learning also has a very dark side. Peter is a very cold and hard man in the future. His ruthlessness made me happy when he died in the previous series. I was heartbroken when I witnessed the act that would eventually make him the man he was in the future. I had thought that his relationship with a mobster would be his downfall when I first started reading this series and hearing Peter’s story, but by the end of this book, it’s apparent that it was something much more sinister, a wolf in friend’s clothing.
In the present day, Kage is living two false lives and needs to take down a bad guy in order to save his true life, the one where he is happily in love with Jamie, wins MMA fights, and runs an above board casino and spa. Kage must buddy up to Theo who is still involved in the businesses that Peter left to Kage in his will. Aaron, who Kage thought was a mere bodyguard, tasks Kage to find information on Theo to take him out of the equation, lawfully. Both Theo and Aaron advise Kage to keep secrets for Jamie and/or outright dump him. For me, I felt that Kage attempting to go along with either of their requests was going to end in disaster, and it nearly did. For a moment, the pressure that Kage is under from two different sources, and thinking that Jamie might have moved on nearly makes Kage chuck it all and give into the dark side. (Also like Star Wars!) Thank you Maris Black for making Kage a (mostly) rational man who decides to take control of his own life and handle things his own way.
Honestly Jamie’s role in this story is diminished. It’s in seeing what his absence does to Kage, where you realize his purpose and importance to the story. In my review for Santori Reborn, I had drawn the parallels between the two couples. I had said that Kage was more like Gio, providing for Jamie, especially financially, and also the more dominant partner. In this book, I see his similarity to Peter. I felt like he exhibited a lot of similarities to his uncle when he was young and (kind of) innocent. Peter and Kage really did have the best intentions. They were both willing to overlook the means in which they were given things in their lives, but they liked keeping their noses clean. There is also a little bit of Peter in Jamie, but I thought at first that he wasn’t anything like Gio. But then I realized in this book, that when it came to psychological and emotional caretaking, Jamie was definitely most like Gio. Jamie had a pretty decent home life growing up. He was pretty stable emotionally, where Kage had encountered hardships and loss. Kage also had a terrible role model in control of his life. When things were out of control and bad memories surfaced, Jamie was Kage’s stabilizing force. When Jamie walked out, and when he helped an up and coming MMA fighter promote himself with semi-nude photos, Kage nearly lost it. He does go as far to inflict some violence on his opponents face during a match but it is the turning point of the story for Kage and Jamie. It’s the moment when you realize that influences like Theo won’t be the downfall for these two.
Oh my goodness, this has been a long review and I hope you are all still with me. I really enjoyed this series even though it tore me up a little bit in each book. I liked that it made me think and have a-ha moments. I know this is the end of Kage and Jamie as main characters for this author, but I am hoping there will be more books set in this universe. There are some great side characters. I liked Anthony, the upcoming MMA fighter and Steve is the best supporting character from both series. I definitely need to see him get his happy ending. And even though Aaron made me a little angry in this book, I could definitely read a book about him. Needless to say, this book is not a standalone, and I recommend reading all the books in the KAGE series and the Santori series before reading it. And I do recommend both series in general.
Before I go, I have to give a shout out to the audiobooks of both series. I have read all the previous books, and listened to them before I listened to this one. J.F. Harding is a really good narrator and I felt he was perfect for Kage in particular. He has kind of a gruff sound and Kage seems like he would too. If you are able to get the audiobooks you definitely should. The narration only helps bring life to the story.
10/10 Pots of Gold (100% Recommended) – Compares to 5/5 Stars
This book was set up to be an epic ride. I couldn’t put it down. But then abruptly... it ended. anticlimactic. Hm. It took only 1 chapter to sum up all the drama of the entire series. That’s disappointing. I think Maris Black rushed this ending a bit. Life happens I guess. But This story deserved another 50 pages or so to really flesh things out and stay consistent with the rest of the series. Dah well.
I loved, loved, the Kage series. It is because of this that I am giving the third instalment of the Santori series two stars. I really want to give it 1.5. While I have found the other books in the Santori series to be okay this book, especially part 2 was such a let down.
Kage is still trying to have some clue and leverage against Theo Brown with Peter’s journal. He still has to find a way to bring Theo down, to be free of Aaron and then to reconquer back Jaimie. They’re back for the last chapter of their life, and what Chapter. Santori Reloaded is the last book of the Santori Trilogy. We finally know what had happened to Gio and Peter, who Theo Brown is really, and how Kage and Jaimie can have a future with all the demons of the past trying to destroy them. I’m still in love with those characters, if Kage pissed me off, Jaimie won my heart. He becomes a strong mature man since the first time I’d met him (Kage book 1) and I love how, even mad at Kage with a broken heart, Jaimie is Kage’s corner-man and will have his back, no matter what. Kage pissed me off, sometimes, but he broke my heart too. He finally understood who his Uncle was, what really happened to him, and it was hard. I’ve cried for young Peter and Gio, I was a total messed, they both broke my heart. It was beautiful, powerful and heartbreaking. The book is divided in two parts. Part one is about Gio and Peter, part two, is about Kage and Jaimie. I loved the parallel between them. Kage is a young version of Gio, while Jaimie is the young version of Peter. The secondary characters are good, especially Aaron and Anthony. I completely melted for Anthony and I’m curious about him and want to read more about him. This last chapter was a beautiful end. All the questions and mysteries are resolved, it’s difficult to let them go, but, we let them happy and ready to have their HEA for the rest of their life. It was an emotional read, full of feelings. I cried a lot, I laughed and smiled too. I read the book in a straight, I couldn’t put it down. I totally and completely recommend this Trilogy, it’s worth your time and your sleep.
Can I just say how sad and disappointed I am with this series? So I knew after finishing the third Kage book there had to be more for Jamie and Kage, but I can’t stand how much Peter, Theo and Gio took over this series, as I can’t stand how messed up Kage and Jamie were throughout. Seriously with the cheating and Jamie lets it go and has sex with Kage the same night? Then he NEVER brings it up as an actual discussion with Kage?! Cuz he was messed up on drugs, it was ok? I was so angry with that whole situation. I feel cheated that I didn’t get to see Kage get his title shot. I feel cheated that their HEA was rushed, and I don’t think some words written in secret in a Bible together was enough to resolve all the shit they went through. Also, what happened to Jamie's friends and family? Kage even thought about having them to their place and spending time with them, but they weren't truly involved in this series besides that thought, and Jamie thinking about maybe having to go back home. Oh sorry and the epilogue.
I think the author should’ve had a 4th Kage series book focused on Kage and Jamie working towards the title and getting their crap together from Peter’s death and the takeover of his empire. Part of Peter's story could’ve been worked in to explain, not excuse, his shitty behavior, and a separate book or series could’ve been done on Peter’s story. I get it wouldn’t have been an HEA but I would’ve preferred having the ability to not have to read his whole three books worth of story to be taking away from who I truly wanted to be reading about. Wish I would’ve heeded the other reviews and skipped this series.