Rules of the Game

6 stars

I finished re-reading The Castle two minutes ago. It's the first time I ended a book and jumped back to the first page again. I literally couldn't let go.

I'm so amazed by how brilliantly Skye managed to wrap up this trilogy! I really liked The Pawn and The Knight and I was a little worried because we all know the final book can make or break an entire trilogy. The Castle didn't just make the trilogy, it skyrocketed it. Absolutely mind blowing!

“The societies we build, the secrets we hide. Men and women. The gods themselves.”

I LOVE this cover. It is nice to see a romance book once in awhile have a creative cover that doesn't involve half naked people. This one is a fantastic representation of the story found within. The author has a theme that continues through all three covers. So nice unity within the series. The typography is eye-catching and interesting. That said he loses a star for the author's name being larger than the title.

OMG...This book was AMAZEBALLS. This was by far my favorite of the trio. Same fabulous writing. Same fast pace. It had twists (boy did it) and turns and some smokin' hot sex scenes. Gabriel and Avery lite up the pages in this one and I ate it up by the spoonful.



I found this third book to be more couple-centric which was one of my issues with book two. I also felt Avery really came into her own in this one. The strong woman I saw in book one (and was missing from book two) was back with a vengeance. Gabriel was still Gabriel, he doesn't lose his edge but we get more of him letting Avery in. More of his background and what made him the man he is today.

Overall this series has been a pleasure to read. I can't even begin to tell you how flipping excited I am to get my hands on Damon and Penny's book. Not to mention I would LOVE to see Anders get a book as well. Two HUGE thumbs up from yours truly.