thebooktrollop's review
5.0
Jesus Christ. I was taken on a fucking roller coaster ride through crazy town and I purposely stayed to see how far my mind could be fucked... Good shit, full review to come soon!
Merged review:
I loved this book, it had everything you have come to expect from C. Vescio and everything you didn't know you needed. The characters are well-developed and they take you on an adventure with them. You experience first hand the angst, drama, forgiveness, psychotic-ness, and the heart-stopping moments that take your breath away and Fuck up your head all in the same heartbeat. We get answers, revenge, and may even see a new side to Frankie that hasn't been explored in the previous books. This family is not all roses and sunshine. They are dark, twisted, psychotic assholes, but they have loyalty, respect, honor, and maybe even a little love intertwined to make you feel the connections of the characters.
C. Vescio did a PHENOMENAL job on this series and even if this last book dragged in places and it seemed like it took forever to get through, the journey was well worth the lack of sleep, the angst, and every other imaginable emotion she put me through. The story pulled me in from the beginning, grabbed my attention, and did not let go, even when I was begging for mercy.
If you have not read this series yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???? Seriously amazeballs!
Merged review:
I loved this book, it had everything you have come to expect from C. Vescio and everything you didn't know you needed. The characters are well-developed and they take you on an adventure with them. You experience first hand the angst, drama, forgiveness, psychotic-ness, and the heart-stopping moments that take your breath away and Fuck up your head all in the same heartbeat. We get answers, revenge, and may even see a new side to Frankie that hasn't been explored in the previous books. This family is not all roses and sunshine. They are dark, twisted, psychotic assholes, but they have loyalty, respect, honor, and maybe even a little love intertwined to make you feel the connections of the characters.
C. Vescio did a PHENOMENAL job on this series and even if this last book dragged in places and it seemed like it took forever to get through, the journey was well worth the lack of sleep, the angst, and every other imaginable emotion she put me through. The story pulled me in from the beginning, grabbed my attention, and did not let go, even when I was begging for mercy.
If you have not read this series yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???? Seriously amazeballs!
missriki's review
5.0
Where do I even start with my love for this book. Not just this book- this entire series- but today we are talking about TOTALLY WASTED. Or as I like to call it, THE BEST ENDING TO A SERIES IN THE UNIVERSE. Or maybe ALTHOUGH I LOVE THIS BOOK TO DEATH I WISH IT WEREN'T THE LAST. I could go on, but I think you get the point.
Let's start with pour favorite main character. Frankie Fairholm is a dynamo. She's badass in all the ways a female assassin should be, but she's also flawed and might possibly be coming apart at the seams, which makes her oh-so-relateable and super easy to identify with. I mean, who else can make you feel like you want to be besties with someone who kills for a living except Cara Vescio. Nobody- that's who. Frankie is back in this book with a vengeance, and I loved her to pieces. I wanted her to kill. I wanted her to survive. I wanted her to love. And thankfully, in TOTALLY WASTED, she does all three with panache.
Moving on...nobody writes fucked up family dynamics like Cara Vescio, and in TOTALLY WASTED we are thrust right back into the Fairholm family where everyone is screwy and possibly just a little scared. But not. You be the judge. Kat and Addi are back, and they steal the show in every scene they're in. I absolutely love this family, and in TOTALLY WASTED we get the conclusion to their stories.
If you love excite locales and non-stop action, you're going to be in reading heaven with TOTALLY WASTED. It's a hefty book (thank God) but the best thing about it is that not a paragraph is wasted. Every page is fraught with action and tension that left me turning pages long into the night. I love a book that leaves me feeling just a little bit on edge, and there is so much danger in this book. It's seriously fast-paced and compulsively readable.
Although I'm super sad that this book signals the end to the WASTED series, it was everything I could have hoped for in a series ending. I fell in love with these characters three books ago and loved this conclusion.
Start with ELEGANTLY WASTED and work your way here. You won't be disappointed.
Let's start with pour favorite main character. Frankie Fairholm is a dynamo. She's badass in all the ways a female assassin should be, but she's also flawed and might possibly be coming apart at the seams, which makes her oh-so-relateable and super easy to identify with. I mean, who else can make you feel like you want to be besties with someone who kills for a living except Cara Vescio. Nobody- that's who. Frankie is back in this book with a vengeance, and I loved her to pieces. I wanted her to kill. I wanted her to survive. I wanted her to love. And thankfully, in TOTALLY WASTED, she does all three with panache.
Moving on...nobody writes fucked up family dynamics like Cara Vescio, and in TOTALLY WASTED we are thrust right back into the Fairholm family where everyone is screwy and possibly just a little scared. But not. You be the judge. Kat and Addi are back, and they steal the show in every scene they're in. I absolutely love this family, and in TOTALLY WASTED we get the conclusion to their stories.
If you love excite locales and non-stop action, you're going to be in reading heaven with TOTALLY WASTED. It's a hefty book (thank God) but the best thing about it is that not a paragraph is wasted. Every page is fraught with action and tension that left me turning pages long into the night. I love a book that leaves me feeling just a little bit on edge, and there is so much danger in this book. It's seriously fast-paced and compulsively readable.
Although I'm super sad that this book signals the end to the WASTED series, it was everything I could have hoped for in a series ending. I fell in love with these characters three books ago and loved this conclusion.
Start with ELEGANTLY WASTED and work your way here. You won't be disappointed.
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