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devansbooklife's review
4.0
A dark, triggering, bully romance that is so well written, I could not put it down.
This series and this couple had me in chokehold. The relationship at times was toxic and painful to read. Two people battling demons and negative, psycho outside influences. It was such a compelling read. I couldn't stop. The spice was so
This series and this couple had me in chokehold. The relationship at times was toxic and painful to read. Two people battling demons and negative, psycho outside influences. It was such a compelling read. I couldn't stop. The spice was so
beckyrendon's review against another edition
5.0
Live and breath, but always love
Dare to Live is the end of an era. Churchill Bradley Academy lives on in these pages. Climbing out of the darkness and clinging to their past, Eli and Arabella had a long way to go. We start this final installment (besides the novella I will be devouring next!) with our troublesome twosome no longer together- that hurts almost as much as the loss in the last book.
L. Ann and Claire Marta destroyed my heart, bruised my soul, and gave me hope to ruin it again. Happily Ever Afters fo not come cheap. Sacrifices need to be made. Blood is spilled. When the dust settles, all you can say is Green and smile at the new beginnings.
I want to cry again for all we've lost but now I find myself tearing up at all we've gained. Dare to Love this book as they Dare to Live!
Dare to Live is the end of an era. Churchill Bradley Academy lives on in these pages. Climbing out of the darkness and clinging to their past, Eli and Arabella had a long way to go. We start this final installment (besides the novella I will be devouring next!) with our troublesome twosome no longer together- that hurts almost as much as the loss in the last book.
L. Ann and Claire Marta destroyed my heart, bruised my soul, and gave me hope to ruin it again. Happily Ever Afters fo not come cheap. Sacrifices need to be made. Blood is spilled. When the dust settles, all you can say is Green and smile at the new beginnings.
I want to cry again for all we've lost but now I find myself tearing up at all we've gained. Dare to Love this book as they Dare to Live!
ravendelilah's review against another edition
5.0
Wow! This book had so many twists and turns. At one point I almost stopped because it was breaking my heart but I’m so glad I finished. I loved this whole series and will be reading it again.
mrsgames2u's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I was hesitant to read this because I felt like book 3 wrapped up nicely, but I’m glad I did. It was interesting to explore the future of a couple that experienced such trauma in their adolescence together. I’m glad the authors stayed true to the characters and didn’t wrap up the story too quickly or nearly. Eli is still a monster…just a more mature one. Ari is still sexually curious but not totally confident in that….yet she’s more comfortable with her true self than she was high school. Miles is still the true bff.
locoreads's review
2.0
My god, what a mess! ***Spoilers**Sometimes a time jump can be a great narrative tool if done well, this ain't it. The first half of the book was pretty good, although a 10 year time jump with them being broken up for the majority of that time was too long and honestly made no sense. As in love as they were supposed to be it makes no sense she would feel smothered in less than a year and then they would live both their lives in limbo and build up 10 years of walls and excuses, just for her to decide to come and stay with him while he's sick. Anyways, that wasn't great, but getting to see them live their new lives and seeing how they were growing and fitting together was well done. I liked hearing about both their careers and how they'd changed as people and how the trama had effected them, but as soon as the reunion at school is brought up it's a downward spin around the toilet. Where to even start with what a mess it was. For one thing, 2 friends were murdered there and Arabella was nearly murdered there, and they agree to go for "closure"? No waaaaay is that believable! Maybe for an afternoon, but overnight? For a week? Get out of here! They're all adults, most adults hate going back to their highschool reunion for 1 night let alone an entire week and that's without the multi-murder baggage. They stay in the dorm rooms?? And NO one is married or in a relationship except Lacy and Brad and Miles and Ivan? Also, Lacy and Brad have kids and they just what? Dissappear on them for a highschool reunion summer camp? Like I get that it was supposed to be some FBI ploy, but that's such a shallow excuse at best and the fact that anyone showed up, least of all EVRYONE showing up for that long just is so beyond belief. Also, the remodeled it and yet ALL their old stuff is still in their rooms? ALL their projects are just sitting there? A car has been left in the lot for 10 YEARS? My god, what? No one picked up their stuff or sent it to them in 10 years? The school closing for that long doesn't make sense either, again if it would have been a year or 2 or at most 3 or 4 years, that would have been plausible, but there's no reason for it to be closed and untouched for as long as it was. It all felt like a very choreographed setup just to make a bunch of adults relive their entire highschool experience again, which really wasn't needed. Arabella had already forgiven Eli for all the things that happened between them, that isn't even why she left him, so the whole "Meeting each other in a different way" but continually reliving everything they experienced and lived through was just tedious and redundant. It felt like yet another excuse to drag the school drama on even longer. Both the main characters and the minor characters repeatedly make the most stupid decisions over and over and over again to the point of being ridiculous. The ending drama was just the cherry on the sh!t sundae that was this story. The FBI, the fact they they not once did anything remotely smart and instead just got lucky over and over again. And in the end, the original reason for Arabella leaving, her feeling smothered was NEVER addressed! She decide they want to be together alright, but she just gives up her whole life and moves back into the old house forever?! She gives up her whole career and stay locked up behind a security gate to have babies?! We never get hear more or see more about her stain glass career other than that she has a room dedicated to it? Uggh, just so incredibly dissappointed. Way too much time and filler wasted at the school and not enough time actually living their lives and working things out. Could have skipped this book all together and just done a long epilogue in the last book. Considering how invested I was in this series I want a do over!
thebookhangover's review against another edition
5.0
Wow…..I really don’t know what to say. This series is fantastic and I stand by my review of the first book….I am obsessed! I’m not going to say much in this review as I dont want to spoil anyone's experience of such an emotional but wickedly brilliant book. The series as a whole is full of so many twists and turns that I’m surprised I didn’t get whiplash but to be honest it would have totally been worth it. This is the final book in the now complete series. Please remember to check your TW before reading.