Yes! We finally come to the end of this story arc... and what the hell?!
Okay, as much as I was looking forward to seeing dumbass Blake get his, what the hell was that?! I was expecting the taking of Ever by Blake to be much more involved that it was - and to last longer as well. It seemed to be over before the first 1/4 of the book was finished, and then we were left with the guys dealing with the fallout of Blake's physical and psychological torture of Ever. I mean it was violent, graphic and don't read it if you have any triggers for those types of trauma. Don't get me wrong, it worked for the story arc, and I loved the fact that Ever was cared for by her men and her friends during her time of need, but she is almost portrayed as a super-human. How she does the things she does, and suffers as she does, with that kind of trauma, and still managing to live her life as a functioning human being is just all out of proportion (to me anyway). Plus there is that little secret she was keeping from the men about her former life under her father's rule... and she is still not even 18 yet! Wild.
Hoping that the next book, with its 2 years time jump, will add a little something to the characters. They still read like 30+ year olds with all the shit that they've done, and I can't wait for them to age out of their teens so that I can get past that little sticking point. Anyway, I'm off to start the next book.
3.75 stars