Review: perfect ending to one of the best series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
*WARNING SPOILERS!!***I have no idea why it took me so long to read this series. I loved every single action packed minute of it! One thing I've seen come up over and over again in reviews since the first book is people complaining about a "love triangle." Really? I don't think this book was ever a long triangle. If anything I think the author was honest with us starting with "On Every Street" about Javier's true nature. I don't think she ever forced the readers to feel a certain way about any of the characters in the book. From the scene in the kitchen with Miguel in book 0.5 to what happened after the bar fire I think she was just giving us a prelude to Javier's true intentions and where his loyalty truly lie. Sure he was sexy, mysterious, and a delicious bad boy but I don't think the author ever did anything to make us love him and then force us feel another way. I always knew from book 0.5 that Javier was selfish and that even though he may have loved Ellie, his thirst for revenge and power surpassed anything he felt for her. So for people to say they were forced into feeling a certain way about him I just don't think that's fair. Furthermore, it couldn't be a love triangle if Ellie was never confused about her feelings for Camden vs Javier. Even when they got to Veracruz I know that Ellie never would have done what she did if she knew he was coming for her and what happened in the orchard was probably an act of desperation. She was never conflicted over her feelings or bouncing back and forth. She knew who was true to her and whose love was pure and it was just unfortunate circumstances that led her to do what she did. I just don't see how it could be a love triangle when she wasn't going back and forth between the two because she didn't know which one she wanted.One thing that really ticked me off:Javier kept going on and on about loyalty and how Ellie had betrayed him. WTH? I honestly think that if he had never cheated on her that Ellie would have never left him. He was the one that betrayed her! After she tried to run the first time he begged her to help him love her more than his need for revenge. But after the baby incident he seemed to have just said eff all to everything. I was really pissed because he was the one begging her to stay and that he wanted her to help him love her more AND SHE DID! She stayed for him and he was the one that ruined it all. If he hadn't have done what he did she could have helped him but honestly I don't think Javier was capable of ever loving anyone more than himself.