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For the past two books in this lovely trilogy, we have followed Winter and Adrian and their roller-coaster of a relationship.
Lia – who, of course, you already know is the same as Winter, and Adrian – have perhaps the most tumultuous romantic relationship in a dark romance I have ever seen.
I mean, the lengths that Winter has gone to in order to run away from Adrian – I have never, ever seen anything like it, and I probably never will. This girl was trying her best to keep her head intact, and Adrian literally wasn’t having any of it.
He would come after her again and again, and I actually think I like this brand of love – one that doesn’t care about the faults of the other and is willing to stick with them no matter what happens – which is what Adrian does to Leah, whether to her benefit or disadvantage.
For this particular book, it felt like the camera was now tilted more in Adrian’s direction, and we got to see the story develop more from his angle, which I think is only fair because the first book was predominantly from Winter’s POV.
The second book sort of evened it out, and now the third book is, as I said, from Adrian’s POV. We got to see more of his mind, more of his obsession with Winter, more of all the efforts he has made to ensure that she and their little boy are safe, and just generally all of the drama with the mafia.
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I don’t know if I mentioned this in my previous reviews, but one thing I actually like about the series is the mafia politics going on.
But I genuinely feel that now that we’ve come to the end and I’ve seen how everything panned out, the politics should have been a much stronger part of the story.
Now, I’m not saying the politics wasn’t good – because it was – but the truth is that if we have a single plot point that has basically sustained this entire trilogy, having it come to an end in such an underwhelming way is a slap to your readers.
And that’s exactly what it felt like to me because I had invested too much time and so much of my heart into this series, and I expected the end to be much more propulsive.
But it was very lackluster, and that’s not something anyone would appreciate, especially given the amount of investment.
It’s just simply the fact that it became very low-stakes, and seeing Adrian resolve the situation in less than two minutes was just unbelievable – especially because this is something he has ruminated on for close to a decade.
I mean, there needed to be more. All he got really was a slap on the wrist and a few punches from Vladimir, but even that wasn’t enough to satisfy my need to see actual drama.
Even with that, Lia and Adrian’s romance is one I’m going to be thinking about for a long time because they really did go all out for each other in the ways that matter, and I feel like that’s all that counts. I was invested.
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I loved the story. I loved the romance. I loved everything about this book. And this is the conclusion to a trilogy that has held my heart for a very long time.
I believe there is a prequel, but I don’t think I’m going to be reading that because I feel like I’ve gotten to a point in my knowledge of the characters and the story that is simply enough for me.
Perhaps I would be open to a bonus chapter that takes place after this third installment, but I don’t think I need any more backstory because that’s all just too dark, and it’s just piling on the trauma for the characters.
And speaking of the characters, I do wish we had seen more in terms of character development for Winter and even Adrian because it just feels like they started at one point and still ended up at that same point.
Winter’s circle expands in the final chapters of the trilogy, but even with that, I wanted to see more in terms of her character development and not just talking it out.
Because if it was just about talking it out, that could have been done earlier. I needed to see her put in more action that goes beyond her personality or expected actions – I don’t know if that makes sense.
Anyway, this is a series that I recommend to you if you haven’t read it already.
And if you have already read it, then this is the sign you need to start a reread because this trilogy is really beautiful, and I think everyone should just read it.
Just as a sidebar, while reading this book, there was this particular reveal that absolutely reminded me of Everything for Her by Alexa Riley, which is a book I read at least once every year. Please don’t blame me, it’s one of my favorites!
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And I genuinely love it when I read about a male protagonist who is, first, off his rocker for the female lead, and second, willing to do anything to make her dreams come true.
