Another day, another book completed in the Dirty Air series, and this book called, “Redeemed”. I found it fitting that the final book in this series ended with the story being centered on Santiago. After all, this series started with Maya and Noah, so it only seems fitting that it would end with Santiago and Chloe. 

Reading this book, I came to the realization that this was my first time reading 📖 a “fake relationship” trope, and I enjoyed it! Right from the beginning, the craziness ensued with Chloe somehow breaking into Santiago’s home and then pretending to be boyfriend and girlfriend for the sake of Santiago’s family, and others. If someone were to ask me how I would describe Santiago and Chloe I would say, unique, crazy ( but in a good way), fun, never a dull moment with these two, and a fierce love that I envied. 

Once again, Lauren did an amazing job bringing attention to serious topics like, Santiago dealing with his injury, mental health, and more. Similar to the previous book, “Wrecked”, Lauren did the book justice by providing realistic insights into how Santiago was still coming to terms with his injury, especially years after losing a significant part of his life that greatly impacted his career. With the introduction of Chloe, she was the ray of sunshine that helped Santiago come out of his “doom and gloom” attitude, and helped him on the path to regaining a sense of the person he use to be before his accident. Santiago also helped Chloe in a way that she’s never experienced such as, having someone care for her as opposed to always feeling  alone & rejected. Together Santiago and Chloe helped one another grow and realize that even though they had different lives before meeting one another, they ended up sharing similar feelings and thoughts which enabled them to find some footing to understand each other.

And if I didn’t love Lauren Asher as much as I already do, this book made my love for her grow exponentially! I mean… COME ON! The romantic gestures that Santiago did for Chloe! Basically using her favorite eighties rom-com movies as inspiration! Santiago shot a love ❤️ arrow through my heart, and made me putty in his hands 🙌🏻. Once again, come on you didn’t think I would forget the epilogue would you?😉 My heart was in absolute heaven! Talk about “Happily Ever After”, each and every book filled me with joy and this book only added to my happiness. Santiago and Chloe ( along with  everyone else) have my love completely 💘