Tangled Promise

This latest installment felt different to me. We learn more about Lucy and her relationship with Zeke. You also have the push & pull of Zeke and Aria’s relationship. The story does move forward but I felt there was a whole lot of fluff in this book. It almost felt like it was used as a filler. The author knew she had to have 6 installments and in order to stretch out the story until book 6, she used this one to fill with stuff that didn’t necessarily needed to be written. There are some definite key scenes but I feel like they could have been a good many chapters left out. I’m ready for the story to get where it’s going and have a solid finish. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

**Spoilers** Zeke, Siren, and Nora head to Lithuania to visit Lucy, but they are attacked that very night when sleeping. They are able to escape and have to return to St. Kitt’s to received Julian’s next missive. He insists on acquiring a yacht so Zeke immediately thinks of Enzo. Plans to return to Miami are made. Zeke is finally reunited with Enzo, and he brings Siren with him to meet both Enzo and Kai as well. He is delighted to learn of their twin babies, and it makes Siren wish she had a life where she could have a happy marriage and raise children in a house with a white picket fence. Unfortunately, their reunion is short-lived because Siren has an implanted tracking device (unbeknownst to her), and Julian easily discovers their location. He has a massive force attack Enzo’s yacht, and they capture Kai, Siren, and Lucy. They are desperate to find out what Lucy has entrusted to Enzo and Kai, the secrets she holds, the files that have been safely stored in a hidden location. When Zeke finds the trio at Julian’s mansion, he is given the choice to free only one of the three women. At that time he whispers to Siren, “Marry me,” and she says “Yes.” Then he chooses Kai as the one to be released because she is a mother to two children. Now that Beckett has Kai safely on her way back to Enzo, he and Zeke focus on rescuing Siren. Unfortunately, the few minutes it has taken them to reunite Kai with Enzo, Julian and Siren have disappeared in a hidden tunnel. Lucy is extremely ill, dying of stage 4 cancer, and she wants to see the stars one more time. Julian allows Siren to carry her outside so she can look to the heavens, and that is when she takes her final breath. She has shared her Scientist mother’s secrets to Siren, those things that must remain locked away, because it can also be used to create mass illness in the world. Siren is a captive, and Zeke hasn’t rescued her. She now believes that he doesn’t truly love her, and has played her all along. Both Julian and Bishop want Siren as their own, but what with her is a mystery. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review

Every time I finish a book in this world, I discover that I know all kinds of new swear words that I didn’t realize I knew. The story sucked me deep into the seething emotions, the promises made and broken, and the betrayals. There’s very little I can say about the details of the book that won’t be considered spoilers. What I can say with certainty is that at the end of this book I’m emotionally exhausted, my mind is broken, my heart is bleeding, and I can’t wait for the next book to be published so I can do it all over again. I received a complimentary copy of this book through Booksprout.