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A review by earthtonadia
It Ends With Violence by Elle Thorpe
3.0
3.5 stars
I have mixed emotions about this. On one hand, I was so surprised by the twists and turns that happened in the last 25% of this book, but the main plot (finding Axel’s murderer) took a backseat for so long. There was excitement but it felt like filler to the real unanswered questions. It was dragged out long enough that by the time we found out the identity of the killer, I didn’t really care anymore, even though it was someone I had never suspected. This series really could’ve been a duet, or even a stand-alone novel. I did appreciate seeing how the characters formed their relationship and became close, but too much of a good thing is too much.
I disliked the extra character POVs we got in this book. The information we learned wasn’t vital, and could’ve easily been handled in a conversation with someone else. It just made the story drag on longer.
Bliss… she grew a lot from the girl who was lucky enough to escape Saint View and grow up sheltered from violence in Providence, but this girl could not get enough of making bad decisions and withholding important information from her men. She had 3 men who would kill for her; she really needed to trust them more.
The guys were great together and we finally got some hot group scenes (again, I waited so long for them that I skimmed over a few of them, which was shocking). I love how protective they were of Bliss and how they’d go to any lengths for her. While they also wanted to play the hero and withheld important information at times, they came clean much faster than she did.
In the end, I still zoomed right through this book so it wasn’t entirely bad. Even though I was on a quest for answers, lol. I’m mostly going to miss Scythe. His sense of humor was unparalleled.
I have mixed emotions about this. On one hand, I was so surprised by the twists and turns that happened in the last 25% of this book, but the main plot (finding Axel’s murderer) took a backseat for so long. There was excitement but it felt like filler to the real unanswered questions. It was dragged out long enough that by the time we found out the identity of the killer, I didn’t really care anymore, even though it was someone I had never suspected. This series really could’ve been a duet, or even a stand-alone novel. I did appreciate seeing how the characters formed their relationship and became close, but too much of a good thing is too much.
I disliked the extra character POVs we got in this book. The information we learned wasn’t vital, and could’ve easily been handled in a conversation with someone else. It just made the story drag on longer.
Bliss… she grew a lot from the girl who was lucky enough to escape Saint View and grow up sheltered from violence in Providence, but this girl could not get enough of making bad decisions and withholding important information from her men. She had 3 men who would kill for her; she really needed to trust them more.
The guys were great together and we finally got some hot group scenes (again, I waited so long for them that I skimmed over a few of them, which was shocking). I love how protective they were of Bliss and how they’d go to any lengths for her. While they also wanted to play the hero and withheld important information at times, they came clean much faster than she did.
In the end, I still zoomed right through this book so it wasn’t entirely bad. Even though I was on a quest for answers, lol. I’m mostly going to miss Scythe. His sense of humor was unparalleled.