4.5⭐️

Ooft. Burning Notes is absolutely not for everyone. Please check the trigger warnings listed in the summary and do not take them lightly. This may be the darkest book I have ever read. It's f*cked up, and it is explicit.

This book tells the story of Willlow and Hawke who both have substantial trauma which they work through together.

There was an element of insta love which I normally despise, but honestly, I don't think this one could have been done any other way. After what she went through Willow needed someone who gave her all the love and protection.

Hawke is hot. Tall, dark hair, facial & 🍆 piercings 👀, not afraid to get his hands dirty, a dom 🥵🥵🥵

Willow is hearbreaking and SO strong.

Fast paced, loads of spice, DARK.

Thank you to the Author, Publisher and Netgalley for the ARC 🥰

Started reading this, but stopped to read the whole series from the beginning and 🌶🔥 LOOOOOVE this enemies to lovers dynamic soooo much

Burning Notes is the final book in the Captive Writing series and took us on an emotional rollercoaster ride from beginning to end. This is Hawke's story and I've liked him since the start so was quite excited to know more about him. My heart almost broke reading his back story and knowing all he's been through but it all lead to him becoming the man he is today and that was the perfect person for Willow.

Willow was a strong woman and a survivor and I loved the connection she had to Hawke and how patient and understanding he was with her.

Told in dual POV, we are also given flashbacks of certain events that can be triggering so do check the content warning.

This story was dark, intense, traumatic and heart breaking yet it also was healing and passionate and very well written. It was a great ending to the series and I would recommend it to lovers of dark romance.

The imaginative and inventive characters kept me engaged while the steamy scenes enhanced the story without overshadowing plot.

This is the 4th book in this incredible series as well as being the last, and Hawke and Willow’s journey is the perfect conclusion. Hawke is mysterious, dark, and a smart lawyer, while Willow is broken, haunted, tortured, and starving. Hawke has his own haunting past, but he is so patient and understanding with Willow while she heals. This is a well written story which is dark, raw, gritty, and intense, emotional roller coaster, with intrigue, trauma, heartbreak, passion, healing, friendships, supportive characters, and love, which leads to a heartwrenching addictive page turner.
Be aware there may be triggers for some readers due to the sensitive content!!
I read a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest review.

This book was amazing I loved every second of it I couldn't put it down from the start. The characters were amazing and the plot was honestly so good I couldn't put it down

The Captive Writings book four, Burning Notes, tells Hawke and Willow’s story and the conclusion to this fantastic dark romance series. I have enjoyed reading each book; all so different yet centered around a common theme.

Hawke is a character who we didn’t get to know a lot about in the three previous books and there’s always been an element of mystery surrounding his past. Let’s just say—he deserved his privacy. 😢 Willow is such a strong young woman, she doesn’t see herself as such but victims often don’t. I am amazed by her resilience after everything she suffered; the trauma we learned about in book three and now in this book. ‘Liking’ both characters isn’t saying enough, they are both amazing characters who complement each other superbly.

With the flashbacks from Willow, as well as Hawke, we get all of the answers to every question and closure too. Having both lead characters tell the story from their points of view gives us so much more detail and hand-in-hand with that are the emotions. I can honestly say I was amazed by the balance of emotions in this story, a very clever feat.

I have to say when this author creates an evil character she certainly knows what she’s doing, in each book Alex Miller was gradually described more and more until a complete picture was evident, and holy moly was that picture in 3D! A new character of immense interest was also added in this book and I am already chomping at the bit to read his story—that’s the power of this author’s writing.

Wow. What I way to emotionally drain me to end this series. It was so worth it for sure but it was definitely the hardest book it read as the topics and what the main character went through. For sure look up trigger warnings BEFORE reading this series but even this book
It really goes into depth of experiences and trying to heal and move forward.
I love this tender relationship between these two. Hawk was so patient and was able to do so much by so little and it was amazing to watch/read.
This story wasn't so much a continuation on the overall plot line as that mostly finished by the end of book 3 but this book if you can handle the triggers is so worth the read. I sobbed so many times I had to stop reading because It was just a blur with tears.
Love what the author does with there characters and overall story