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Series: Boys of Briar Hall #4
Publication date: August 5th, 2022
Pages: 448
Spice: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Synopsis:
One, two, the Crows are coming for you
Three, four, time to settle the score
Five, six, Rook will get his fix
Seven, eight, accept your fate
Nine, ten, this is your end.
Warped Minds is the fourth and final book in the Boys of Briar Hall series and should be read after Twisted Games.
Warning: This series contains foul language, graphic depictions of gang violence, references to past trauma, and jealous/possessive themes. Please read responsibly.
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Review:
Ava Jade has been captured by her stalker and his identity is finally revealed following a betrayal by her boys the likes of which she never would have imagined. When she is blamed for the injuries the Saints suffered, especially where Grey is concerned, Ava Jade runs off with every intention of disappearing and never returning. The way she sees it they clearly don't want her anywhere near them anyway so what does she have left here if not her boys? But her escape is foiled not by a well meaning ally but with the ultimate evil she must find a way to escape.
Corvus, Rook, and Grey will stop at nothing in their hunt for Ava Jade. Their search only intensifies when it comes to light that she didn't disappear of her own volition but because she was snatched by her stalker. They will stop at nothing and bulldoze over anyone who gets in their way to find her, even if that person is their own adoptive father. Rook meanwhile battles his own demons when it comes to his drug addiction. All he needs is one more hit of cocaine to keep him alert and sharp until he can find his Ghost. Corvus is stewing in his own guilt over his role in Ava Jade's fleeing. And Grey is wondering if once they find Ava Jade, because not finding her is not an option, will she still want him with him being less than complete?
Ava Jade and her boys are in for the final battle for their freedom and peace. Will they all survive the fallout once secrets are revealed and the big, bad evil turns out to be closer than they ever imagined him to be?
This was probably the best installment of the series. I loved that all the loose ends were (mostly) tied up and that there was the option of a very bloody happily ever after. It seemed only fitting for the characters that Lawson created. All of them figured out their shit and put it aside to finally give into the fact that they were fighting against a losing battle when it came to love. It was a breath of "finally" wrapped up with a nice blood-stained bow.
There were a few things that I would have liked to see that I didn't. They never had a conversation about Ava Jade's past with the man on the railroad tracks that she killed. They never talked much about Ava Jade's stalker's role in her father's death outside of his rank in the gang which I guess could be all that was needed. I just would have liked to see a bit more about Ava Jade's dad's story wrapped up as neatly as the ending of the book. There was also no more mention about Ava Jade's mother and her utterance that alluded to the fact that Ava Jade's stalker put her up to coming back into the picture. Just a few things that were glossed over that I would have liked a bit more explanation attached to them.
But overall, the book was stellar and I was glad to see how it ended. It also makes me absolutely ravenous to read the spin-off series to come with Becca.
