I've been highly anticipating Ewan and Grace's story. It's the ultimate enemies-to-lovers, villain-to-hero tale that always makes me salivate. For the most part, it delivered. I loved these two separate, and I believed in their romance tenfold. The ending was everything I could have hoped for and more.

That said, I thought it got a little heavy-handed sometimes. Like we would have forgotten exactly how much Ewan has done and must atone for. It made the pace slow down quite a bit, and I found myself plodding through too much introspection that really didn't add anything new.

BUT, it's Sarah MacLean, and I always leave one of Sarah's book immensely satisfied and this is no different. Die hard fans of this author will definitely be pleased.

3.5 stars!

Let me start by saying I LOOOVE Sarah MacLean...Probably more than is healthy. I had super high hopes for this book because it was the one I was looking forward to the most. However, it did not exactly hold up to my expectations. I still enjoyed reading it and will of course read other MacLean books- duh. But this one just wasn't my favorite. Maybe my hopes were too high?

The story ebbed and flowed too much for me. The action (and of course the sex) was hot and a great read but the in between seemed to drag a little too much for me. I thought this book would come out swinging but compared to the other two books it didn't satisfy. It was still a great book but it wasn't my favorite. But in saying that, remember MacLean is a fabulous author and even the ones that don't pop like you want are still great.

For almost any other other I'd give this book 3 stars but what I loved about this book out ranked what I didn't like about it- hence 4 stars.

In the end, Beast will always be my love 😍.

This is the third and most anticipated book in the Bareknuckle Bastards series featuring childhood sweethearts turned enemies, Grace and Ewan. Raised together in a competition for a dukedom, then driven apart by Ewan's father, Grace & Ewan have been circling each other and trying to come to terms with what happened 20 years prior. Ewan, after being the villain of the first two books because he believed Grace to be dead, has changed himself to be a better man, to atone, and to become a man worthy of Grace's love. Grace meanwhile has been the proprietor of an exclusive club/brothel for women, and has become the Queen of Covent Garden, essentially. The two have to work to overcome the past in order to finally be happy.
This was a drop everything and read book for me, and while I loved certain parts of it, the drama was at times, a bit over the top and too much. The hatred and longing between Ewan and Grace was amazing, but the resolution and the way they talked to each other had me rolling my eyes at times. I do wish that Sarah MacLean would get away from the Greek myth retelling that she seems to use a lot in her books because it reminded me a lot of The Day of the Duchess. I liked this, but I was hoping to love it, but of course, I still love Sarah MacLean and can't wait to see what she does next.