I am in awe of the world that Bex Hogan has created and shared with us. The tension in Vulture was palpable, so much so that had I owned the physical copy I would've flicked to the end immediately to find out the status of my favourite characters. Going into Vulture we know that Marianne's life hangs in the balance and that the isles are in danger of Gaius. Vulture is a rollercoaster of emotions, sometimes you feel like you're being punched in the gut and others you find yourself smiling quietly. Coming to a close I realised that one day I will take these off my shelf and read them back to back learning small hints that Bex has laid across the trilogy. Utterly perfect and in many ways like a violently warm hug! Thank you Bex for these beauties - I'm only sorry Venom and Vulture came out during Covid so they haven't had a proper celebration.. yet.

A perfect yet bittersweet ending to one of my favourite YA series. This series deserves so much more love as it's well-written, engaging and action-packed with epic characters. Nailing the final book is always difficult but Bex handles it with aplomb, all whilst ripping our hearts out. I was emotionally drained after reading this but in a good way. Please read this series if you haven't yet!

Thank you so much to Hachette Children's Group and Orion Books for granting my request to read an eARC of one of my most anticipated reads of the year!

MY REVIEW CONTAINS BIG SPOILERS SO BE WARY OF READING FURTHER!
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Wow this book was such a rollercoaster ride of emotions! I am so grateful to have been able to read an eARC because I honestly thought the ending of the second book might have given me a heart attack 🤣

I am happy to say that my guess was right and the ending of book 2 was a plan concocted between Bronn and Marianne - win for me. I really hadn’t considered though the fall out from this and the impact it had on Bronn; I can’t even begin to imagine all the feelings and thoughts that crossed his mind before and after and I’m really glad this was explored. Getting to see his anger but also Marianne’s and how they came together to heal! Top notch writing for me.

I loved Marianne throughout this book and I’m so glad we get to see her in all states of emotion - she’s not just a cold hearted killer, she’s a young woman who has been betrayed and tortured and we see the ramifications of that in this book through her desire for revenge but also her trauma. I felt it was such an important story to play out and I’m glad there was such focus on this!

One moment in this book absolutely killed me and that was the death of Ravyn; I didn’t see it coming at all and the impact it had on me really shocked me - I honestly cried 😭 one thing this book does really well is show the perils of war: so many of our characters we’ve come to know in the books are killed off. This is honestly a breathe of fresh air compared to books that kill off no characters or less important ones.

There was one twist in this book that I’d sort of seen coming; when there is mention of a traitor I had two theories - 1, that it was a fake Toby created by Gaius or 2, that it was Jax. There was something about his character throughout this book that made me distrust him and so when the reveal happened it was both a shock and not a shock.. finding out he killed his friend though, god that was painful.

I definitely feel this entire book was a satisfactory ending to the trilogy. I wish we had maybe a little more focus on Torin’s recovery but ultimately this book isn’t about him and it didn’t ruin my enjoyment of it. I really enjoyed this series as a whole and felt that the writing just got stronger as it went on, I can't wait to see how Bex grows as an author. I am also very excited to get a physical copy of this book for my collection because the covers are just stunning! Out 8th April for you to make your own decision!

I am a SHELL of the person I was. I have been through it all reading Vulture: joy, mistrust, anger, shock, tears (quite a few tears). Bex Hogan has written an exceptional ending to this series and I am so so sad it’s over. These characters have my whole heart! This book was so incredibly clever. So many twists and turns. So much unexpected. It made me so incredibly happy to be back with the characters I love, but I cried A LOT. The ending was so incredibly fitting and I am not ready to say goodbye to my boy Bronn. Just magic.

The perfect end to an amazing series, Vulture completely ruined me in the best way. After /that/ ending to Venom, I couldn’t even begin to imagine what would come next, but Bex topped herself again, Vulture was excellent, it picked up the story in such a fantastic way, bringing the characters into a new, shifted world, that all shifted because of Marianne’s choices and actions. I loved the way it explored the different relationships and how they’ve changed, grown and evolved since Viper. There were some moments that made me have to pause because I just couldn’t take it anymore. I laughed, I cried, I can’t believe it’s over.

Full review coming to aboywithabook.wordpress.com after publication.

Wow! I am shell-shocked. I have just put this down and am actually reeling! That was so exciting and an excellent end to what has been a brilliant series. I was so excited when I saw this pop up on Netgalley, so keen was I to find out what happened to Marianne after she was left bleeding and dying at the end of Venom. There is no gentle easing into this story. So much happens in the first few chapters, that for a while I was wondering what was left for the rest of the book. Action-packed, full of twists, magic, love and strong female characters. I can't rate this highly enough.