Lucy Score

3.5 stars
• I thoroughly loved reading about Lucian’s full story and why he did the things he did. It was great to see that there was more to him than what we saw on surface level.

• The writing itself is OK. Nothing amazing – the use of some words over and over is annoying (melee, morosely, mercurial, cloying) as if she was limited on word choice.

• The characters, however, are great and come to life on the pages. I’m a bit disappointed that this is the last Knockemout book.

• Side note, judges, aren’t that stupid. They wouldn’t just show up the way it was written.… (mais)

In terms of the whole Knockemout series, this third book slides into a close second place with Knox and Naomi’s story (the first) being my favorite only because I don’t remember the first being so long. I really enjoyed Lucian and Sloane’s story—loved their history and broody, combustible relationship—but the beginning was a little too expository, a little too long. The second half was just what I wanted, totally satisfying in a friends-to-enemies-to-lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers kind of way.

“Something loosened in my chest. Something old and rusted. Like an ancient lock finally forced open. Fresh air swept inside, blowing aside the cobwebs, lighting the hearth. She’s always been mine. I was just now excepting that fact. Once some thing was mine, I never gave it up” (531).… (mais)