Duchess Nicole's Reviews > Point of No Return

"It seems it's going to be an all-out war for you, princess," he mused.
I lifted my head, alarmed. "No," I denied. "I don't want that."
"You say that as if you have a choice."

This book was all about wrapping up the loose ends in Kathleen, Blane, and Kade's lives. It's about making difficult choices and moving on to the next stage in life. Of course, when a love triangle of this intensity is involved, it's almost all I could see. That's a good thing!!

Usually in love triangles, there is a pretty clear cut winner...somehow, the author tends to make one guy do an unforgivable or questionable act that makes up both the heroine and the reader's minds about who is more deserving. So far, I've come across more Kade fans but the general consensus is that everyone really seems to love them both. The only downer about this being the last book is that one guy will walk away without the girl.

Blane:


Kade:


MY THOUGHTS:
I've got to be totally honest here, you guys. I friggin' LOVED the way that Tiffany handled this love triangle. YES, there is a lot of angst...shouldn't there be in a love triangle? It's practically law. However, the fact that both Blane and Kade are consistently made out to be stand up guys (minus the killing, mistrust, loving the same chick thing) really and truly MADE this series. Seriously, how many people out there...even the hard core Kade fans, actually DISlike Blane? Not many. And that's what makes this book so amazing. We seriously don't know, and to be honest, I seriously didn't care. To put myself out there a little more, I STILL think...even after finishing this book...that either guy would have been great. I love them both.

Now...I bet you're hoping I give some hints here. Let me see...hmmm...

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So when this book starts out, we are in the hospital with Kade after he was shot protecting Blane.

"It was surreal, the people I passed as I drove back to the hospital. Everyone acted as though life were normal. My world had fallen apart, but the sun still shone like it was any other day."

Each of our protagonists is in such in interesting mental state at this point...the gravity of their situation lays heavy on them all. Will one man decide to just walk away?

♦♦♦ KADE certainly has inadvertently made his love for both Blane and Kathleen evident, but will that be enough for Kathleen? Or does she need more from him to give up the intense past that she and Blane have had? I think she not only deserves the words, but Kade needs to make himself vulnerable in that way. During the course of this book, he deals with some of his inner demons, more so than he has up to this point. We get to see the coldblooded side of him up close and personal. And boy, is he ever ruthless when he wants something bad enough. Another way this talented author shows how her characterization can take over her readers is how much we all still identify with Kade and love him even after he does some pretty awful things. There's a fine line between loving a bad boy and loving an evil man. Kade rides that line like a pro, and still comes out with my heart.

♦♦♦ Boy, does BLANE realize how much he messed up. Honestly, I could feel his despair over the thought that his mistrust might push away the only woman that he's ever truly loved. And yet, he also has this internal battle because his baby brother, the one he saved from unimaginable circumstances when he was a kid, the one who can't even hug him because of his hangups...is passionately devoted to Kathleen. It's funny to me, because I think Blane is actually the only person here who realizes just how much Kade feels for Kathleen. And the struggle he has is not only how much he also feels for this woman, but he's got his evil uncle to deal with as well. His political career is very nearly on the brink of disaster due to the questionable death of Kandy, but really his focus is all on Kathleen.

"Sooner or later you'll choose," he whispered. "You'll want one of us more than you don't want to hurt the other. And you'll choose. I want to be the one you can't live without."

♦♦♦ Meanwhile KATHLEEN is in the middle of one of the hardest decisions of her life. Two books ago, I think I...and other readers...thought that Kade might have just been the sexy bad boy thrown in to assure Kathleen that she'd checked out all other options before settling on the right choice, Blane. But the last book threw that preconception right out the door. Kathleen is so alone in the world...no parents, no siblings, very few friends that she can lean on. She's broke, she's alone, and at this point, she feels just a little worthless. She truly doesn't want to have to choose between the two brothers. But denying herself both of them just might break her.

And if she thinks to walk away from them both...bahahahhahaha!!! I just have to laugh. Like that would ever work...not with these two. Kathleen isn't allowed to me an honorable masochist here.

The sex.
The SEX!!!

Holy crappolie, it's gotten hotter and hotter with each installment and this one just about blew me away. If there's one thing I can say that Kathleen is lucky about, it's that she's had these two such strong, able-bodied alpha men in her life teaching her ways to enjoy herself during down time. And enjoy herself in not-so-downtime as well :D

There is a major plot twist that happens in the course of these pages that will have fans of the series fist pumping and breath holding and tummy clenching. I seriously didn't know what to think when it came to light. Major game changer, you guys!! Major.

One more point to make and then I'll stop blathering...I felt that out of all the books in the series, this was the most romantic. Pretty words added to decisive actions make for one hell of a bold statement, and it was definitely made here. I am completely and utterly convinced that the couple together at the end of this book loves each other with every fiber of their being, and that they truly belong together. Yes, I think either man would be good for Kathleen, but only one really owns her soul. And he got her.


My crystal ball says that no matter what, fans of the series are going to love this book. And all triangle opinions aside, there's no denying that this is one of MY favorite series ever. Tiffany Snow nailed it...again and again, and again....and finally in this book...again!!!

Just to clarify, my "spoiler" hints are a big joke. I would never actually spoil anything for readers. Feel free to read them, they say absolutely nothing :D

Advance Copy provided by Montlake Romance and Tiffany Snow
Quotes used with permission from the author