I TRULY DON'T have WORDS to describe this book, it was such a marvellous experience, this is how a mystery book should be like, a complete MINDFUCK. When you think something happened one way everything turns out proving just how wrong you were, the plot twists, the angst, the characters and the romance... everything just goes differently from what you thought and that's just the charm in it!!
I LOVED EVERY TORTUROUS SECOND OF THIS MAGNIFICENT BOOK!!
This is the result when a book has the perfect amount (or ratio) of darkness, mystery, romance and erotism (sex), PERFECTION.
After everything that happened in book three, you come to this with some theories and ideas in your head.. just to be blown away by everything and even though this book starts from the very beginning, how they all met, it's primordial to read the other books first in their specific order.
Let's start, this review stating a few facts:
The sexual content this book DOES CONTAIN sex, Ivy Fox likes her books with sex, but the important thing within this book that makes it different from others, it's that while this book DOES have sex, it ALSO have A LOT of PLOT and I mean A LOT. It's impossible in this book for the sexual content to out balance the plot, so there's not the usual problem with too much sex and no plot.
That being said, let's go on, the PLOT in this book is HUGE, extended and really twisted, to be honest, but as the story developed I wasn't bored a single second, there was so many things going on, you many unanswered questions that you wanted those answers, the book goes way back in time, from the very beginning to the present, explaining everything you couldn’t understand before and showing new things you couldn't even imagine, there are really a few surprises that Ivy did keep really well hidden. I won't say much regarding the mysteries and plot twists (sorry!) but it's really worth it, the story makes sense at the end and everything it's surprising and straight up twisted.
This book IT'S A DARK ROMANCE so let's never forget that there's a darkness to it and probably this book was the darkest and more twisted of them all, which I really loved, there are also some TRIGGER WARNINGS:
□ Rape and multiple mentions of rape
□ Sexual Harassment
□ Drug abuse
□ Domestic Violence
□ Self-harming
Although the plot isn't exactly centered towards any of those triggers, because most of them happen to supporting characters, even though, I feel like I should let everyone know this beforehand in case someone is sensitive to any of these triggers.
The ROMANCE , I was gladly surprised in this context of the book, because Lincoln and Kennedy had incredible chemistry but they were even really soulmates. Their love was beautiful, twisted and painful. I didn’t expect what we got but I'm so glad for it, I don’t think Ivy could have done it better. This book it's REALLY ROMANTIC, the two MC's are in love with each since the beginning to the end, as it's shown in the previous books, the tropes for this book's romance are a few:
♡ Best friends to lovers
♡ Virgins
♡ Possesive Heroine
♡ Soulmates
There's few O/M drama with Kennedy but nothing to worry about BELIEVE ME!! There's no cheating and both mc's remain each others love interests throughout the years.
The CHARACTERS , now here we got some of the big surprises (I won't say much more, sorry again!), but the characters in this book were a 10/10, and the best one was probably Lincoln followed very closely by Kennedy.
♤ LINCOLN he's the one character who has remained the most mysterious and more enigmatic throughout the series, the most interesting one for the last. His character development is really extraordinary, how he goes from childhood to adulthood, his personality development, questioning his moral, his deviations... he really impressed me as a hero (I really don't want to spoil much) but his connection with his friends was truly beautiful in special with Colt, their bond was the most beautiful and mesmerising.
It’s only when my manic state dissolves that I realize the person that was holding on to me all along was, in fact, my beloved cousin—Colt.
My brother, in all the ways that really count.
His loyalty and love are what snap me out of my suffering state.
I call Teddy a monster for his brutality and soullessness, but am I any better? Coveting my own flesh and blood?
What other thing can I be if not a depraved monstrosity? I curse the blood that runs in my veins with the same fervor I curse hers.
“Is this what you want, ...? To make a fiendish monster out of me again? To make me take what isn’t mine? What can never be mine?”
♧ KENNEDY she's a fucking fighter, I really didn't expect her, she's one of the best heroines throughout all the series, probably a favourite, her resilience, her fierceness, her protectiveness for her family (friends), her strength after going through everything she had to without anyone to help her and her mother dying when she was only a child. She really went above my expectations, and to be honest I was biased against her in the beginning of the book but she just bought her way to my heart being the strong and caring woman she was.
One day, I’ll show them both how wrong they are in underestimating me.
He would kill for me. Just as I have killed for him.
"Take hydrochloric acid, for example. Do you know what acid does to the skin? No? Well, let me educate you. It burns human flesh in seconds, eating away at the blood cells, the smell so repugnant it will be the only thing you smell for days... Accidents happen every day, especially to people who don’t know who they are fucking with.”
"Somewhere along the line, while we were fighting monsters, we became them, too."
Other supporting characters such as, Tommyboy, Jeff, Meredith, Colleen, Teddy, Sierra, Dorothea were very interesting too and key (important) for the story and how everything unfolds. Their characters development was surprising in some cases and highly interesting, the nature of some of their actions and events... this book helped understand a lot of unknowns that were bugging my mind for months.
"I still have the scars from the last time I tried to be your knight in shining armor. The role never suited me anyway.”
“I know you don’t, sweetheart. But one day, you will,” she adds, only adding to my confusion. “We women have to be clever when dealing with our enemies. It’s best not to be feared since fear leads to suspicion. You should be seen in a light that deems you incapable of raining vengeance on your enemies. That way, they never see you coming for them.”
“Love is a word the poor and feeble-minded throw around to give their pitiful excuse of a life meaning. I taught you better than to give credence to such infantile notions. Power and prestige are the only things that hold true value in this world. We tried and failed to achieve the first. Now it’s time we focus our efforts on the latter.”
“Do I really spend that much time looking at myself in the mirror?”
“Look at me, Lincoln. You are a Richfield. That is all that matters. Do you understand me?”
After all this, I can only say that the ending is absolutely amazing, in accordance with the rest of the book!!
There are no cliffhangers as this is the last book for this group of friends.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK, I HOPE YOU ENJOY AND LOVE IT AS MUCH AS I DID!! ❤🖤❤🖤
Happy reading everyone!!💗
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ARC provided by the Author in exchange for an honest review
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