All hope was lost until Zoey Hennessy walked back into my world, shaking it up beyond repair when she uttered two simple words.He’s alive.She speaks of her brother, my Saint, the man who lost everything to set me free.I believed he was dead. I saw it with my own two eyes. But when Zoey proves he’s alive and being held captive by a monster, I know what I have to do.It’s time I saved him.The plan … do.
It’s time I saved him.
The plan is dangerous, and there are no guarantees I will survive. But if this nightmare has taught me one thing, it’s that I don’t cower in fear. I am a woman hell-bent on getting back the man she loves, and nothing, no one will stand in my way.
However, what I uncover can only be described as hell on earth. The darkness has finally won, and Saint is lost to me forever.
Or so I thought.
Aleksei Popov is anything but a hero, yet in this story—he’s mine. Everything I believed in is about to be turned upside down, and with freedom within my grasp, I wonder how far I will go, and who I will sacrifice in order to set myself free.
“This series grabbed me by the throat and didn’t let go until the end. It is everything dark, delicious and twisty. Monica James is in a league of her own.” L.J. Shen- USA Today Bestselling Author.
I am a huge fan of Monica’s books! She just has a way to pull you in from the start and never let you go. This is my favorite story of hers that I have loved the most! From beginning to end, she had me. -Wall Street Journal & USA Bestselling Author M. Robinson
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Epic, Epic dark romance.
This is the last book of “All The Pretty Things” series.
I love Willow so much. She is a fierce character.
Saint is a strong man. He will never give up on the love of his life. They fit so well.
This last book shows us how they will always fight to be together.
Even if they lose the people they care about.
Saint was fighting to freedom his sister but in some ways he find love instead.
Willow was sold to a powerful man and fights for her freed. She was going to find love.
This is an addictive story and every chapter can put your heart in your hands.
Monica James is a wonderful author and this books is the proof of that.
Don’t forget Alek has a story.
I absolutely love this series. I couldn’t put it down. The characters are amazing, the passion and emotion are filling the pages. Dark, and delicious books to say the least.
In the final book in this series, the story continues where the last book ended, with a BANG… literally!! On that fateful day (74 days into Willow’s kidnapping ordeal), everything changed for both Alek and Willow.
Alek lost everything! His luxurious house was blown apart. He lost his position as head of The Circle and his entire empire had collapsed around him. The worst part of all was that he was in hiding from his so called “family”, who had double crossed him and tried to kill him.
Willow was in shock and mourning the loss of the only man she truly loved. Her whole life had fallen apart the day Saint had sacrificed himself to save her life. She felt like a boat, drifting around in an endless ocean, unable to find her way back to port. Abandoned in a foreign land, with no hope of ever returning to America and a normal life, her only option was to stay hidden at the orphanage with Alek, until he determined their next move.
After about two and a half weeks in hiding, they receive an unexpected visit from Zoey and Pavel. Zoey informs them that Saint is still alive, she even has photos to prove it, and that he is being held captive by one of the members of The Circle… and she needs their help to rescue him. What happens next is an unbelievable gripping and nail biting rescue that will keep you on the edge of your seat and glued to the pages!
OMG, Monica James saved the best for last! This book superseded all my expectations and delivered an ending that deserved a book award! The incredibly characters, the storyline, the world building and the emotional roller coaster ride she took me on was so worth it! I absolutely love, love, loved this series and especially fell in love with the ultimate heroes to this amazing story… Willow, Saint and Aleksei. I can’t wait to read Alek’s revenge in the upcoming series The Devil’s Crown.
Omg this book was everything. I’m sad to see this series end but how it ended was absolutely perfect. This series isn’t for everyone, but if you like a twisted dark read then this series is for you. Saint and Willow have been through so much and again are being tested. Their connection is off the charts. Saint and Willow prove that they will do anything for the people they love. Truly an amazing read that had me hooked.
So many ARC’s recently that I’ve just got round to reading the final book in the ‘All The Pretty Things’ trilogy and wow, what a journey.
We start where book two finishes with Zoey delivering the news that Saint is still alive and being held against his will. Willow isn’t sure to believe her due to their history but if there is any hope he is alive she needs to help him get free.
Their plan to free him isn’t exactly the best, especially knowing who she has to go up against, but she will do whatever is needed. When she is in the lair of the devil and finally sees Saint again, what she sees brings her to her knees. Beaten, broken, drugged and lost, he’s not the man she once knew.
What she and Saint endure is utterly heartbreaking but eventually they get free. Just when you think they will get their HEA things take a dramatic turn when they have to fight, more so emotionally to allow themselves to be free for what they have endured.
Like the other books in this trilogy, it is a rollercoaster of emotions, I was captivated by the strong story, devouring every word written. It’s dark, twisted, full of angst and heartbreak but the love Willow and Saint have for each other is raw, pure and everlasting.
I didn’t always agree with Willows choices but regardless of what brought her to being a prisoner, she rose above it and came out fighting with everything she had.
I was so sad when reading the ending, I didn’t want that to happen to them but I can see that it was needed for them to heal within themselves. The epilogue was great, Drew deserved more though, I wanted him to suffer! The only thing I would say is I wanted more. More Willow and Saint in a happier time. They are one of my favorite couples, their story was far from easy and after everything they went through they deserved to set sail together.
James is a new author to me with this trilogy, her writing is captivating and engaging and pulled me in from the get go and I can’t wait to read her other work.
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3.5 stars
Forever My Saint is book 3 in the All The Pretty Things Trilogy and the end of Saint and Willow’s story. First I must say that I am so happy I took a chance on this new to me author because I loved her story telling and her writing. Unfortunately this book left me disappointed and wanting. The beginning was heartbreaking, the condition Willow finds Saint in broke my heart. Saint is just a shell of who he was, he has been beaten, violated, and humiliated. I think the worst thing for me is the shame he carries. That part really got to me and how one’s body can betray them. Now all this takes place till around 37% so the next part is slow and just blah to me. I was really disappointed in how the bad guys met their end especially Drew who didn’t deserve the ending he got. I wish the Epilogue was the last chapter in the book and the Epilogue I would have wanted was a look into the future but that’s just the romantic in me. I still don’t know how I feel about Alek but I do look forward to his story. Overall I thought this trilogy was very enjoyable especially if you want to dip your toes in a darkish story.
What a fucked up dark and twisted ride Monica James took us on with this trilogy! Here I was naively thinking nothing could top book two and I happily stand corrected. Monica James was like wait here while I adjust my crown and show you who rules when it comes to all things that will literally blow your damn mind! With Forever My Saint she cemented herself as forever one of my favorite go to authors. This trilogy was absolutely brilliant!!
This isn’t by any means an easy read. There’s so much violence and darkness but in between all the chaos there’s also this crazy, beautiful love story. I will admit that I know it ended the way it was supposed to…that it really needed to but I selfishly was hoping it ended the way I wanted it to. I loved and hated so many characters in this epic twisted tale but I loved one the most. Monica James is a genius and this book was amazing!!
“After everything I’ve endured, I deserve my happily ever after.”
Confession: at the end of Fallen Saint, I was so angry at Monica James…for real, I couldn’t control my emotions, and even though I can usually see past the events that occur, understanding that their story is not over…that there’s more to come and that part will bring everything full circle, it wasn’t enough to calm me…to ease my mind that everything will work out in the end because it all seemed so dire when book 2 ended.
Because I don’t want to give anything away, this review is going to be a little bit different…I’m going to explore the situations/characters that intrigued me throughout my reading experience of All the Pretty Things trilogy.
First, the title of the trilogy itself. At face value, the title doesn’t seem to fit Willow and Saint’s journey. Anything ‘pretty’ always seemed to be overshadowed by lies, duplicitous acts, and corrupt characters. The light inside always seemed overshadowed by malicious acts that brought more darkness than anything else. But I think what readers are supposed to take away from the series’ title is the fact that there is beauty even in the darkness and that although the path may have been one filled with hate, jealously, and spite, when it mattered most, the light…the beauty of the moments shared between characters is what kept them fighting toward an ending that most would have not been able to get to due to everything that was thrown their way.
It intrigues me how an author can construct and craft a character who is supposed to be seen as the ‘bad guy’ or the enemy when it comes to the hero and heroine’s happy ending and turns this character into someone who the readers care for and, in some ways, want the heroine to take a chance with, especially when it seems like all hope is lost for the hero finding his way back to her. When Alek was introduced, I was made to hate him, partially because I didn’t truly understand his role or what he truly wanted out of the situation at hand but also because he was in the way for Willow and Saint’s happiness. But something happened throughout the course of book three that had altered my perception of him and humanized him in a way that doesn’t seem to happen frequently when it comes to one of the antagonists in a story.
Willow and Saint’s journey was never easy; in fact, there were parts that I didn’t know how they would come through it in one piece, and for all intents and purposes, they aren’t whole when their story ends…they can’t be, not with everything they faced and endured, not with what remains when they rise above the darkness and into their own kind of light. But the fact that they get to that place is all that matters to me as a reader. And while the twists and turns Monica James’ took me on in these three books felt like cruel and unusual punishment, I wouldn’t change my journey because it truly illustrated the growth of these characters and what they were willing to do in order to be together.
4.5 Poison Apples
LOVED the ending to this trilogy! It was absolutely perfect. I didn’t expect any less from Monica James. Don’t read this one without having read the first two. I couldn’t wait for the audio version, but will surely listen to it when it comes out.
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That’s it! Just finished this series and I don’t know what to feel, because I can’t get enough of SAINT!!! My God, what have you done, Monica James, to him… my heart was breaking for him the entire time! My poor Saint, so much suffering, so much pain… You broke him completely, my amazing autor, just so you could rebuild him in the end. And the end – beautifull yet slightly unsatisfactory (I was hoping for a mini Sain ;)) And Willow? What a strong, fierce, brave woman she became! Though I must admit that this minus in my rating is because of her and this mess in her head and heart about Alek (I don’t understand her reasoning…) Alek… hm, I don’t know what I feel about him – I like him but don’t 😛 I mean his enigma to me so I’m waiting for his book 🙂 Overall this was one of the best series I’ve ever read and definatelly the best in this year!!! You hear me Netflix??? Do something about it! I want to see my amazing Saint on the screen (Christopher Mason ) Thank you, Monica, I really thank you for this amazing series, it was epic read for me, I love it sooo much I’m in awe of that you kept the vibe and tension up from the start to the very end (big applause for that, really!)
I don’t even know where to begin with this review. I love Monica James and I know I have said this before, but I will say it again. This woman can write ANYTHING! There is just something about her writing style that sucks you into the story and makes you fall in love with every single character.
I am sad this is the end of the series. This entire series is a MUST READ from me. Saint and Willow’s story is beautiful, tragic and emotional. Their journey together and individual is fantastic throughout this story and the growth of these two characters is truly beautiful.
Forever My Saint was the perfect conclusion to the series, it perfectly tied everything together and I loved how everything came full circle by the end. I could probably talk all day about this series, these characters and Monica James, but honestly, this is one book and series that you really just need to read for yourself.
Buckle up and get ready for one dark, twisted and wild ride.
This series has torn me to pieces and put me together again only to mess with my emotions for these characters even more. For me, this is hands down my favorite dark romance. So much angst, mystery, action, and longing for love and freedom.
Trying not to give too much away, because I could talk about every single part of this book.
Let’s just say Willow has grown some lady balls and looks fear in the face to get Saint back, and its perfect. When the author describes what the state Saint was in when Willow got to him and then later what happens to him, OMG, tear my heart in shreds and burn them! So incredibly intense. So much happens in this book that you feel like you want it to finally end and then immediately are like “NO don’t end!!!”
So many casualties later, and I’m starting to wonder if my faves will get their HEA, and thankfully they do. (Thank you Monica!)
A great conclusion to an amazing trilogy that kept me guessing and intrigued until the very end. I was a bit confused at the beginning because there was some key players that I couldn’t remember clearly their roles.
High five for these amazing books.
It’s over. Saint’s and Willow’s story is fnally over, and I do not knownwhat to do wth myself. It has consumed my life, and I am so sad that it’s over.
This will cause a war on your heart. It is angsty, it is heartbreaking and it is so, so very dark. When reading the book my heart was crushing. This author left nothing out, and its darkness was to the max.
Look at me rambling, eh? That’s because I cannot for the life of me wrap my head around at what happened in that book. The story just got bigger and bigger with each chapter, and I couldn’t help but let it take over me.
Even from the start, the book made me uncomfortable. I could not imagine what Willow and Saint went through, and i wanted, and although it started crushing my heart early on, I needed to keep going to see if they would get justice for their pain.
Willow and Saint. If I thought I could fall in love with a couple more, this book just multiplied it in tenfold. You get to see them strong, weak, vulnerable, possibly every shade of them is brought into light. And wow! Go Willow! (I won’t spoil it now, but you’ll get it when you read it.)
And as for Aleksei… My thoughts of him are still to be determined.
But to be painfully honest, the ending didi it for me. It was EXPLOSIVE! My heart was in my mouth from the tension and the action that was played out in the book. It was what made the book for me.
Forever My Saint was a rollercoaster of a read. I thought I was prepared for this book, but I was not. Not in the slightest. This book will tear your heart to shreds and still have you hoping that it will be fixed again. Im not about to spoil it for you, so be ready to find out, if you can handle it.
This book was THE most perfect way to end Willow and Saint’s story, perfectly imperfect. Their story is a hard one to read, but it will honestly stay with me for a very, very long time. I cannot recommend this series enough.
Now, to fast-forward time for Aleksei’s story. Tick… Tock… Tick… Tock…
I don’t even know how to express my feelings towards this book but anything I will say I can guarantee it won’t make this book justice.
Forever My Saint was pure perfection and without a single doubt was the best book in the trilogy! And not only that but one of the best conclusions I have ever read. My goodness, this book was INSANE! So much happens, so much character development and I mean in a lot of the characters. Jesus and the emotions oh lordie, you guys it’s a complete rolllercoaster of them, a rollercoaster doing cartwheels and never stopping, you won’t have time to catch your breath before you are hit with the next bomb or emotion.
Willow was on fire. She was so badass and had so many revelations that motivated her next actions. Boy this girl kept on surprising me throughout the book and I just loved her. There were a couple of things I didn’t agree with but overall she was a true dark queen and idk she thrived in that persona.
Saint my gosh, this man keeps on getting hurt left and right. He goes through so so much in this book and he still comes out of it and wants to protect the ones he loves no matter what has passes between them. He is magnificent and this book proved how much and how much he was willing to go through for those he loved. Even in hell, he chose Willow above himself. Gosh their love gives me chills. These two were made for each other and neither would have made it out of this without the other.
I won’t say no more or mention any of the other characters because I’m not here to spoil anything for anyone but gosh get ready for a complete masterpiece that will not let take a breath without your heart hurting, being shook or mad about something. Forever My Saint is a swirl of emotions you won’t even know how to distinguish between them; it’s filled with everything, it’s crazy good and well just crazy… it’s a complete masterpiece you will not get enough of. If you loved book 1 and 2, you can expect A LOT more from book 3, SO. MUCH. MORE! OF EVERYTHING!
I am the worst review writer. I can never really put into words how much I love a book. My reviews are basic. I hate how sometimes my obsessive love for a book never really shows in my reviews. This is exactly why I will forever be a reader and never ever a writer.
So here goes my attempt at explaining to everyone why they need to stop EVERYTHING and run out and get, not just Forever My Saint, but you ABSOLUTELY MUST buy Bad Saint and Fallen Saint as well. (Also you actually need to read the other two in order to read this one. LOL)
I don’t like writing spoilers in my reviews so you won’t get any from me. I don’t need to rewrite the story to review it because Monica James did a fantastic job of writing it. I am simply going to tell you that this trilogy right here is exactly why I am obsessed with reading. I read to escape reality and this trilogy takes you on the craziest ride. From the beginning of Bad Saint until the very last word in Forever My Saint you are consumed by Saint and Willow’s story. The first two were crazy but by Forever My Saint all the cards are on the table and you know how much worse things can get so needless to say I was stressed out in the best of ways.
Ms. James hats off to you for making me feel for someone I should have no business feeling any emotions other than hate towards. I can not wait for whatever else you bring my way.
This trilogy is my very first books of Ms. James that I have read and I can now tell you that she will forever be a one click author for me. And I will always recommend her to all of my friends and strangers who ask me for what to read next.
To say this is an absolute must read is not enough. GO GET THIS ENTIRE TRILOGY NOW!!!!!!!!!