Review: Team Ellie all the way!!  Great conclusion to this series!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 15, 2013
In my humble opinion the artists trilogy is all about the evolution of Ellie. I will admit that there have been times that I have just wanted to climb into the books and strangle Ellie. Especially when it comes to her relationship with Javier. Book three is the book where Ellie's character is finally arriving at a crossroads. She can choose Javier and embrace that dark part of herself that has always been her coping mechanism... OR she can choose Camden and allow herself a chance to embrace a part of herself that has been buried and hidden... her desire to be good... an opportunity to change her life for the better. I love how we have the ultimate love triangle here of choosing dark over light. One choice will seal her fate to continue living the life she has always known but the other will change it. I loved Ellie's character in book three. She is finally waking up to the truth and lies that surround her. She is finally recognizing the difference between love and obsession. She has slowly evolved from the nave and damaged young woman we met in book one to a strong and fearless Ellie who will stop at nothing for the men in her life she loves.This series for me is also about choices and consequences of those choices. We see that come full circle in regards to all of these characters... including Ellie's mom.This book is non stop action from start to finish! There were moments that surprised me, moments that brought me to tears and it ended in a way that left me completely satisfied. There isn't a whole lot of time for steamy moments in this book as they are on the run. But, the ones we got were pretty darn good. And, there were some very tender moments that I really enjoyed between Camden and Ellie. This author won me over completely with book one. She is such a talented writer when it comes to connecting us emotionally to her characters. Book one is still the BEST book in this series. But, I am a big fan of Camden so that isn't much of a surprise. It really wasn't until this final book in the series that I was able to make my peace with Ellie and some of her previous choices. There are very few series that I would ever read twice but this one has "read me again" written all over it... so, that says a lot for how satisfied I was with it as a whole. I will be putting more of Karina Halle on my to read list. I am a big fan!