seanhovendick

** spoiler alert ** ** 5 Stars ** Spoilers all sorts of ahead! It took me 3 books to truly like this series. I can honestly say I finished this book in like 4 hours today and loved it! While books 1 and 2 left some plot and depth to be desired, book 3 delivers. This book showed emotional depth that the first two books lacked for me. Merit has grown leaps and bounds. She still holds true to her oaths to Ethan and Cadogan even while being tempted to go a different route. She is being trained to fight by Ethan now and he pushes her to the boundaries. She grows as a soldier, but can't seem to resist Ethan's pull. There relationships grows substantially, and then falls apart. I liked Ethan. I HATED Ethan. Then I finally sort of respected Ethan. He is torn between putting his own desires first or putting Cadogan before all else. We learn a little about his origins. Shifters play a role in this story. It is nice seeing that part of the "sups" society. Merit just has truly come into her own in this story. While I felt like the plot wasn't that great in the last 2 books... this one had more action. Then when I thought the story arc had basically concluded.. there was a little more action. It took basically the entire book for Merit and Mallory to pull there crap back together. I'm glad they did. They have an amazing dynamic. Lindsay has also become a fast favorite of mine. She socializes Merit more. She and Luc are hilarious! All in all: I laughed, I teared up. I squealed. I covered my face with the book and giggled like a teenager at a Justin Bieber concert. I now officially can say "I am definitely a fan of the Chicagoland vampire series"!!! Ethan's declaration at the end made it all worth while!

2022-11-14 18:45