Review Detail

You all know I adored Nightshade, and while I felt Wolfsbane was a bit lacking (gah, it kills me to say that), I could not wait for Bloodrose, the final installment in the Nightshade trilogy. When I received this book to reivew, I started reading it immediately because I could not wait any longer. And I could not put it down. I don’t think anyone could have pried the book out of my hands. So, I am not going to spoil anything for the readers, and that will be hard, but I will do it, because it isn’t fair to the readers who haven’t yet read the book.

The first chapter (most of you have probably already read the teaser) is incredible. We all know that I’m Team Ren, and since he was missing most of the second book, this chapter makes up for it. However, knowing what I knew about Calla and Shay, it broke my heart. I went into this book feeling like the only way Andrea Cremer could actually pick a side (Shay or Ren) would be to kill one of them off. And I still stand by that because both characters are so perfect. Ren is the perfect bad boy we all love to love, and Shay is just...well perfect! I have never read a book where I have been so deeply tied to the love triangle. Even though I am Team Ren, I could see why Calla would choose Shay, and honestly I would be okay with that. I would still wish she was with Ren, but hey, it’s Calla’s choice.

That being said, the rest of the book is an edge of your seat, hyperventilating ride that will leave you breathless. A full our war has broken out and Calla, Ren & Shay are on the front lines. I was literally terrified to turn the page because I was scared of what might happen next. Well done Andrea, well done. The action in this book makes up for the lack of action in the second book. Oh my goodness, I don’t even know how Andrea got all this action in the book, but she did, and I loved it. I also full appreciate, and this is a minor spoiler (I know, I know), that the good guys just don’t get what they want handed to them on a silver platter. There are obstacles, and these obstacles are difficult, and painful and not without hardships. While reading this book, I came to realize that an author has an incredibly difficult job of deciding which characters to save and which to, well, not save. And I admire that so much! Even though it might be difficult to read a story where you love all the characters, and not see them all make it, well, it just makes a reader appreciate the story that much more. Okay, I need to stop before I spoil it more!

The world building is just incredible. In each of her books, Andrea Cremer is able to build more and more onto her world and it doesn’t get tiresome. It’s such a huge world, and she is sure to take full advantage of that. I never got bored learning about all the “new” things in the book and it all made sense, too. Simply put, fantastic world!

If you have loved the Nightshade series so far, you do not want to miss this book. Go get it, like now, and then let me know when you’re done so we can chat about it. Because, I know you are going to want to chat. Thank you Andrea Cremer, for such an incredible trilogy. For making the love triangle sexy, not just annoying. And for writing 3 books that I love and adore and was so sad to see end. Well done. Well done, indeed.