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Goldfinch

Raven Kennedy

3.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

** spoiler alert ** While this book was not my favorite of the series, I still love the series and give it a total of 4⭐️/4🌶️. I really love Slade and Auren and how their stories unfold at the end. I enj0yed getting to know Rissa and Osrik in this last book, as well as Ryatt.

There were plenty of devastating moments, as to be expected in a book about a war between Orea and Annwynn. But there were also some very beautiful moments in this book too. Mostly having to do with Auren. Her character is beautiful inside and out. The amount that she has been through starting from book 1 until the end was astounding but she was stronger in the end.

I love how this last book finally ties in how she is a goldfinch.

I did not love the anticlimactic of the war and felt that there could have been a bigger climax to this. All of these books and I felt that it kind of went flat near the end.

I also felt there was not enough to tie up what happened after in Orea. I know they are all bound in Annwynn and there is no way back....but there are so many key players left in Orea that are now unaccounted for at the end of the series. I know they survived. But what actually happened in Orea after?

Transformed

Danielle Cancel

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I slowly devoured this book because I simply did not want it to end. It is everything magical, mystical and wonderful wrapped up in a sexy warm hug! Add in a little devastation and hope and some banter for such a good addition to this series.

Flawless

Elsie Silver

4.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I Don't Hate You

Melina Druga

2.0

slow-paced

Say You'll Remember Me

Abby Jimenez

4.0

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Definitely could have been a 5 star read but the author used the word “scoffed” and the phrase “sucked in a breath” so many times that it was comical and annoying. I kept a tally with how many times they were used.

Ace of Spades

Jekka Wilde

3.0

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I am not sure what the heck I just read. Porn? Retelling? I am shook.

When Hearts Remember

Victoria Lum

5.0

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

6 stars/4 chili peppers - currently my favorite read of 2025. I could not put my kindle down from the start. I love how this author writes! I loved both the FMC and the MMC. Their love story is so beautiful and tragic. Billionaires. Romance. Suspense. Spice. Brother’s best friend.