Thankfully (after that ending!!!) this picks up right where book 2 left off. It also provides a peek into Briar’s past, which explains some of her personality and is on-par continuity and character development-wise.

📚 Scandal.

🔥 Corruption.

📚 Group scenes.

🔥 Praise.

📚 Rich boys who never hear “no” (but they’re actually decent people).

🔥 Toxic family situations.

📚 Lots of dirty talk.

🔥 Step sibling romance.

📚 Secrets and lies.

🔥 Family drama / toxicity.

This was a fun read, and I loved the bit of crossover with another Wildhart series I enjoyed. Addictive, and really made the time fly by, so maybe bring it along on tasks or workouts you don’t love.

Other reviewers talk about twists—I didn’t find any. I predicted everything, so I’m not sure what they found twisty. And this one felt a bit more spice than plot at times, and I’d have liked to see a few more questions answered, but mostly it wrapped up nicely.

Overall:

4 stars.

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Audio:

Absolutely perfect production, seamless and high-quality. Excellent performance as well—5 stars. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️