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I am such a fan of Jay Crownover’s Welcome to the Point series and I am so glad that she came back to this world!
I liked Orley and Solo’s romance. It is quite obvious from the first time these two meet that they had chemistry! I love the slow build-up of this romance even though this book is quite short.
Another thing that I like about Downfall is the side characters! Since I’ve read the Welcome to the Point series and the spin-off The Breaking Point, some of the characters are very familiar to me and I love reading about them. And I’m not even mentioning the main characters in the Welcome to the Point series because they have cameos here as well.
What I liked about the cameos is that they aren’t mentioned by name. This is pretty ingenious because if I didn’t know who these characters were, I would WANT to know more about them and read all the books in the Welcome to the Point and The Breaking Point series.
I’m not a fan of kids in romance books (I have my reasons) but I liked Noble so much. Obviously, she is the main reason why her mother, Orley is in the mess she is now, and I was quite surprised that the conflict was centered around Noble.
What I didn’t really like about Downfall is that the villain and his defeat wasn’t as dramatic as I hoped it would be. At least, not as dramatic as all the other books in this world. I felt that he was defeated pretty quickly, and it left me wanting more.
Overall, I recommend reading the other series that I mentioned here: Welcome to the Point and The Breaking Point before reading Downfall because I think it would make reading this book even more enjoyable.
While this book can still be read as a standalone, I feel like you shouldn’t go into this book without knowing all the other players.
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I need to read more Jay Crownover. I’ve read one book by her and enjoyed it so I have no idea why I stopped reading her. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this one. It sounds like a great romance.
Yes! I highly recommend her Marked Men series and her Saints of Denver series as well! Both series are not as dark!
Sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy this as much as the previous books in the series! But since I hadn’t heard of this series at all before this review, I’m glad I now have a new romance series recommendation!
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Glad to help, Malka! Yes! This definitely bummed be because the other books in the series had more thrills!
This sounds like a good read!
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