A review by brii_brii
Deepest Cut by Alessa Thorn

4.0

I'm going to preface this: Alessa Thorn has done such an amazing job at sprinkling Dante and Leo's story in between the pages of everyone else's story that I was absolutely dying for this book. I couldn't wait to get an entire story dedicated to their banter and learn more about Leo and just seeing more of Dante because let's face it, the dude is adorable. Their romance was so sweet, and having the two of them work through all of their insecurities together was just the most heart-wrenching part of this entire series.

This one has a heavy mafia feel to it, and less of a mercenary, treasure hunter, assassin feel to it. So right off the bat, I was kind of Hmm-ing to myself. But, there was enough connection to the main plot points of the last three books that I  found myself entirely invested and devoted to our characters and the story.

There is so much emphasis on the found family trope in this one, and I honestly kept going “aweeee” every time Leo stood up to his Mom and called Edgeworths his family. And every time Silas was all “he's my son now” I cried happy tears on the inside. 

This book, out of the four, had the most to it outside of the romance, in my opinion. It really brought a lot to the table, and it was so well done. Especially as a finale to the series, I really didn't feel let down at all, if anything, I loved seeing each of the characters end up the way that they did.