This was a really satisfying end to the series! There were a few moments where I wondered if it should have been a novella instead, particularly with where the plot landed at 50%, but ultimately, I loved how the series' primary conflict resolved, and particularly how we wrap up the 50 Ways to Sin premise. The final few chapters were perhaps my favorite, as we see our larger cast of female main characters together, and in a setting that is particularly fitting.

The romance in this is childhood friends-to-lovers with a heaping dose of second-chance romance, and it had me misty-eyed by the end of part one. Despite how dark the opening is, it actually ended up being more plot-driven (and mystery-driven) than character-driven, and it wasn't as angsty through the story as I had expected. These two have *suffered enough* honestly, so I was ok with this, but noting it because I felt like the character development suffered for it a bit.