(This is the third book in the Stark Springs Academy series, which should be read in order).When your enemy dies under strange circumstances? Don’t stop looking over your shoulder.When secrets of a past scandal are plopped into your lap? Solve a mystery.And when you’re a member of the National ski team? Don’t get distracted.Roxie’s senior year at Stark Springs Academy is not what she envisioned. … not what she envisioned. She never intended to be privy to Stark’s biggest secrets, but she’s thrown right into the middle of it, whether she wants to carry that burden or not. As Ryker Black’s girlfriend, nothing is simple or straightforward. A ski racer first and foremost, Roxie can’t let the ghosts of Stark Springs Academy distract her from the race course. Will she be able to pull it off?
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I thought this was a very good way to end this series. The history behind everything came together in such a way that makes me want to go back and reread the first two books to really see how it came to be. Loved this book.
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You will need to read Black Diamond and Double Black before this one. But let me tell you it is definitely worth your time! While I don’t usually read YA books, this series hooked me from the beginning. I am so glad I took a chance on Black Diamond and got hooked on all three books, with each book getting better and better. As they say “The plot thickens” and it certainly does with this book. This book continues Roxie and Ryker’s romance and the skiing competitions. This book brings to light what happened to Petra and Ryker’s mother’s journals. Also who is leaving those journals to Roxie for her to read? Roxie and Ryker are skiing competitors and the description of the races and practices were interesting and had me thinking of the Olympics. Great mystery, with many ideas of who done it within this story. I really, really liked this series!
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This third book in the series.They is so much going on in this book that you won’t want to put it down. I look forward to reading more books by this author.
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I love Ali Dean’s sports romances. It’s been that way since I read the first in her Pepper Jones series and walked away totally addicted both to the romance and the feeling of really being an insider on the sport (cross country in that case). That’s probably why I glommed on Black Diamond when I saw it. If anything this book was even better than the Pepper Jones books (a very high bar as those books are so superb that I’ve re-read that series several times). So much so that I’ve addictively binge read through Double Black and Black Ice too. Why? Because not only do we once again get so far into the head of a top athlete as to really feel like an insider in the sport itself, in this case skiing, but we also get high business intrigue and a real thriller of a suspense. Roxie and Ryker’s romance in Stark Springs Academy series is also simply beautifully done. The series has reached a logical stopping point at book 3, but I’m not going to call it a trilogy as I’m hoping for more (hey, there’s precedent here: the Pepper Jones stories reached logical stopping points at times but the author still found ways to continue the series with new novels that worked beautifully). But for the fact that I’m literally dictating this review to my husband from my hospital bed I could go on and on with praises – each of the books in this series definitely deserves it. Since I can’t do that I will simply note that this series is most definitely one to read, and it is easy to highly recommend each book.
A great storyline! Hard to put down! Intense and Emotional! Hot Chemistry! I truly enjoyed this read! Get it and Read it!
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her enemy has died under strange circumstances but she is still not safe. She has to keep her mind on the race she is due to have. Will she win her race? What is really going on at the school?.Will she solve it all? See if she will succeed
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Addicted to the collection, absolutely love it.
Each book just gets better and better every time I read a book from the collection. Wonderful characters that can be related to. These books you won’t want to put down, you’ll be hooked from the start, I enjoyed reading them. I’d recommend your books to anyone. Loaded up with a drink so I could cuddle up and read it.
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Well written, interesting, had a great storyline and characters. I recommend it to all. I received it from booksprout and voluntarily left my review.
The book is a good teen and young adult read. The story has a good story line. The characters are good. The story has many twists, and turns with some suspense read.
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Do not miss this YA series! Twists and turns and lots of suspense with all your favorite characters and some new ones! Excellent conclusion!
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I absolutely loved this story!!! I was happy to see Roxie and Ryker again and see them together. While they still have issues that they are dealing with in this one between them, they are at a much stronger place. I loved seeing them deal with what they had and the way that they continued to come back together with everything going on around them. They refused to be pulled apart. I loved the byplay and interaction between all the characters. Every character was very well written and complex. Everyone that Ryker and Roxie interacted with on a continual basis was well developed. I would love to see some of their books and get back to the Stark Springs Academy world. This is the 3rd and final book in this series. They do need to be read in order as they build off of each other. I loved the world and the characters that were created. We get to see them grow and it isn’t a predictable story. There is plenty to draw you in and keep your attention from book one through book three. Absolutely loved them!
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