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Final Offer by Lauren Asher

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yannalovesbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow. Um I don’t even know what to say really except that this book really has changed my life. It’s definitely my top book of the year easily.

The themes of this book are difficult and are actually ones that I hold really close to me personally. I feel like the whole book was just emotional whiplash but in the best way possible. The whole time reading I felt like my heart was clenched and quite literally in the hands of the beautiful characters in not just this story, but the whole series as a whole.

Cal’s journey was definitely the most emotional of the 3 brothers and one that had me rooting for him the whole time. He goes through so many ups and so many downs which mimic the real life journey of many addicts, and to watch it all unfold throughout the book with the love and support of his family and the love of his life Lana was beautiful.

Lana was such an amazing fmc and definitely one of a kind. Straight from the opening of the book I knew she would make me laugh a lot. But on top of that, she also was resilient despite everything she had to go through and was going through throughout the course of the story. I loved little Cami so so much I can’t even describe it. Watching Lana and Cal and Cami all unfold together on the pages really made my heart melt. I loved them so much.

With this, the Kane brothers’ stories come to an end. A very very emotional end for me personally. This series really has a special place in my heart beyond words can describe.

Thank you Lauren Asher 💗

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dmackreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

My main complaint about this book was the length. I feel like it could’ve been at least 100 pages shorter but luckily it read fast with the spacing and text conversations.

The main characters were childhood best friends, which progressed eventually, and then when adulthood got a little too hard and the MMC (Cal) adapted some unhealthy coping mechanisms, it ended for them. 6 years later they meet again. But wait, now there’s a kid involved. And Cal is at risk to lose not only his whole inheritance but potentially be liable for his brothers losing everything they’ve worked for and sacrificed for also. It was a roller coaster between business, addiction and sobriety, parenthood, family, love, growth, flashbacks, among other things.

The way it was written made it so easy to envision everything going on and feel invested in the whole Kane family overall. I loved the way the whole series tied together, especially at the end of this book with the epilogues so you can envision what their lives looked like a few years into the future.

It was giving second chance romance with a little slow burn, sprinkle in some groveling from a rich billionaire and it’s easily a 4 star read. I did connect to the characters just not as much as I did in the second book so between that and again, the length I felt wasn’t quite necessary, it just wasn’t quite a 5 star for me.

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booksalacarte's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

The Final Offer 3.25⭐️3.25🌶️

Contemporary Romance
Billionare Romance
Brother series
Small town
Second chance
Forced proximity
Mental health rep
Anxiety rep

Tw: alcoholism

This was a good end to the trilogy. It was interesting to see how the sensitive nature of alcoholism was felt with. There were good side characters and the small town feel was decent.

Over all I was just glad that the series wasn’t longer. Any more and it would have felt too drawn out.

The rival home buyer gave a foreshadowing snippet into the next series.

It made me laugh that in this day and age we have to have the standard set to billionaire romance in order to have people afford what a millionaire romance was just a few years ago. Just a funny observation

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hjb_128's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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lilliarna's review against another edition

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I loved Cal in the previous books. But his entire character has changed. I understand alcoholism is such a tough thing to write about but what this character needs is to not fall on love and get professional help. Lana is such a strong character and she doesn’t deserve to be brought down by a man that CONTINUOUSLY drags her down. She continuously sets boundaries that Cal goes against and I can’t stand it. She deserved better #JusticeForLana

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rachelelsya's review against another edition

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emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Happy to finish this series. It was fun and what an experience to read this series. Honestly, the plot is not that bad, really spiced up my romance taste lol. Callahan story was more faster than his brothers ngl. Maybe bc he and Lana already know each other before. But it was fun. It is a struggle to see how Cal struggles because of himself.

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bbygirl21's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I absolutely loved this book. I loved Cal and Alana's journey back to each other.

I enjoyed the fact that Alana made Cal work for it when it came to getting her back. A lot of books would have the characters getting back together in the first few chapters, but they didn't in this book, and it worked out really well that they didn't.

But you can also tell Cal only ever had good intentions when it came to Alana. I really liked that Cal knew he wasn't any good for Alana until he got help, and knew he wasn't ready to get help so he did the best thing by Alana and left, even though it hurt both of them to do so.

I do think the way the town treated Cal was a bit over the top, but I know small towns are like that and they protect their people. And you can see that while Cal hated being treated that way by everyone he was once close to, he understood their reasons and set out to prove to everyone not just Alana that he wasn't out to hurt her again.

I also really loved the bond that Cal had with Alana's daughter Cami. It was really sweet to see them interact. And camo was just the sweetest little girl and so funny. The story wouldn't have been the same without Cami.

So overall I really enjoyed this final book in the trilogy and would absolutely recommend.

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