Relentless (Starcrossed Lovers Trilogy Book 3)
Not gonna lie, this journey was difficult for me. Not in the way of the writing but in the subject. I loved both Lucian and Elaine to the depths of my soul and they fit quite well with each other’s dark personalities, but their circumstances were brutal! I am very rarely triggered. I was triggered and quite literarily want to wash my ears with bleach … This story can’t be unheard or unread if that’s how you experienced it. It’s a little more ‘real life’ than I care for in my romance fiction, but it did not feel or come across as unrealistic in any way, so there’s that. The thing is this story has been ‘building’ for two installments in a way where I expected some sort of fireworks busting out of the story and what I got were some sparklers *sad face* • This is one of those instances where I really think this story should have been written as a duet rather than a trilogy. I know there’s a growing trend for stories to be split into three parts, but this story, as it was told, didn’t fit that mold. Of course, I’m not a professional writer, so what do I know? Amirite? I think my experience would have been more positive had it been a duet, but I’ll never know for sure. This last leg of the journey didn’t have the spark, tension and general sense of dread to what’s around the next corner that the first two installments had, and it was kind of a letdown. However, even with all of this little picks, Elaine and Lucian made for a very captivating and provocative read. • It helped tremendously, of course, that the very talented Desireé Ketchum and Tor Thom were the narrators bringing this story to life! They are both extremely talented and were a pleasure to listen to! •