Unlikely Bonds

This is the finale I was expecting but was dreading to reach because I didn't want to say Good bye to the characters. I loved the whole adventure, the good and the bad they had to experience all the way to the border of the Empire and to safety beyond it. All the challenges and obstacles helped them strenghten the bonds in the group, helped them grow as individuals, discover and hon new skills, learn to care and rely on each other. It was a difficult time of self discovery and they passed with flying colours. The third book is also the time when they found the final link that closed the clan and the heat we saw in bits and glimpses in the first 2 books, exploded in a real inferno of passion and intimate exploration. What I really liked was the fact that the arc of the story built up a solid emotional foundation before the bonding took place - Ari wasn't just collecting men along the way. It was more like finding missing pieces of her soul that were merging together, creating a new, stronger core of their found family full of love and acceptance.

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