Conflicting fellings

I have conflicting fellings about this one, so bear with me, this is gonna be a long review.

This is the last book in the series, and while it tried to maintain the same theme of focusing each book on a different couple, this one specifically also had the responsibility of giving closure to the entire story as a whole. And trust me, it did. And did it well.

However, some times it felt like the author was juggling with these themes, and things felt a bit scrambled. At times I would get really truly engaged in the romance between the main characters, only to have it interrupted by politics for many many pages. Now, I know world building, lore, and politics are intrinsic pieces of this series, but I just feel it was much more dynamic in the previous books. In the other installmens of this series, I felt like plot advanced as it purposely revealed lore with the final intent of triggering character development (which in my opinion is the perfect mix of evey type of storytelling). But in this one, world building forced plot to put an ending to the story, and there were just too many characters to focus on at the same time to have actual development.

To me, this turned into a setback, because it obstructed pacing. The story starts out as pure character development, then it gradually and very subtly fades into world building, which was very well done. But when it gets to plot advancing, it's not very organic. There were just too many characters and relationships, and it got a little scattered. And the need to advance plot to give closure felt very mechanical to me, as if there was a checklist that needed to be completed.

That being said, this book was also the most emotional for me. All of these characters had grown on me through the other 3 books, and I cared for them deeply as I dove into this one. And if there's one thing TJ Klune is the master of, it's exploring relationship dynamics and making you FEEL THINGS for these characters. And this book does this perfectly. The Bennett brothers' relationship made me tear up the most, it was so well written and real and relatable.

I also really liked the romance. It was different, unusual, and interesting. It introduced new perspectives to the story. I really liked Gavin's characterizations, and we got to see a different side of Carter that made him even more loveable than before.

Now, the thing about the actual ending of the story, is that the build up to it was very mechanical and felt a little unnatural, but by the time we actually got to the climax, it was so engaging and beautiful, and respectful to the whole saga, that it made me forget about every single detail that had bothered me before. I was crying like a baby for two or three chapters. The only word I can use to describe the ending is "beautiful". It is very true and coherent with the main theme of the whole series, which is brotherhood and sacrifice, and I think it was very well written, and fair to each character.

As for the audiobook: Kirt Graves is still a genius. His work in this book was just as good as in the previous books, and it played a huge part in making me cry during this story.

TLDR: interesting romance. too many loose ends to pull together (although done very successfully). story got a bit choppy but built up to an emotional and beautiful end. definitely not the best book of the series, but a fair ending to a well constructed story.

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