This novel is a satisfying conclusion to Beth Revis's Chaotic Orbits trilogy. Definitely read the first two before this one, but you'll want to have this one in your queue before you start. Great work.

So I am going to get a few things out of the way upfront…

Could this Chaotic Orbits series novellas 2 and 3 have been combined into a single full-length novel? Yes.

Has the release date pricing for the titles in this series been high, given they are only novellas? Yes.

Does the lead character swear? Yes. Could readers who need all loose ends tied up be traumatised by this series’ conclusion? Probably.

But all that said, I enjoyed this Chaotic Orbits trilogy immensely!

In feisty, sassy Ada and principled rule-follower Rian, Beth Revis has developed the perfect series leads.

The crackling tension between this yin and yang pairing is spicy and cerebral, and laugh-out-loud funny in places.

If you are a sucker for whip-smart banter in your romance novels, then Last Chance to Save the World (and this series) will be right up your alley like it was mine. The storytelling within each instalment is swiftly paced, the world-building vivid and the scene setting evocative. I also felt Revis excelled at visual comedy in this finale. Who knew that the process of a spaceship re-entering Earth’s atmosphere could be so hilarious.

I will certainly be seeking out more of Beth Revis’ writing on the strength of this trilogy. But, you absolutely must start at the beginning. So I recommend reading my review of Book 1 Full Speed to a Crash Landing.

Nanobots are about to be released on Earth to clean up the environment. One problem, they are secretly designed to fail after a few years so Earth will be enslaved to purchase more upgrades for the nanobots in the future from a mega corporation. Ada and Rain have one Last Chance to Save the World in the conclusion to the Chaotic Orbits novella series.

Ada might seem like she is little impetuous and does everything off the cuff. But, this simply is not true. She is extremely cunning and always has a plan within a plan. Rain thinks he might have a handle on her this time since he is in on the plan from the beginning, but the reader is aware that just probably isn’t true, from hints dropped along the way. The chemistry between them is palpable and I always enjoy a good bad girl meets good guy scenario. The question is, how much can Ada corrupt Rain?

Still. That man is a rule follower, through and through. And if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that you can never trust people who trust the law.

This novella is action packed as we go with Ada and Rain back to the original earth for their final heist. This is Ada’s original home, where her very interesting mother lives. Quite a few threads that started in Full Speed to A Crash Landing are all tied up and we learn more about Ada and her family. Ada’s father died due to climate sickness, starting her journey into a life a little (or a lot) outside the law. Now we learn how it impacted her mother.

The question is; Will Rain betray Ada in the end after the heist is over or will he admit he probably loves her and help her on her way. Because as Ada says;

The job isn’t finished when the last piece of the puzzle falls into place. A job is only finished after the getaway.

The Chaotic Orbits series has been a lot of fun for me. I enjoyed all the stories leading to this final moment and the longing between Ada and Rain as they circle one another. All the books are fast paced and action packed with some surprises in the end. Even though this story arc is complete, I’d love to see if Beth Revis has some ideas for another series with these characters.

I haven't enjoyed a novella trilogy this month since Murderbot by Martha Wells. Chaotic Orbits is a satisfying series that's full of twists and turns. While the ending is satisfying, I hope Beth Revis continues the series and full books. I would love to dig deeper in Ada and Rian's world. The series is quick and witty and full of banter. It's fast-paced and would suit anyone who likes a good action movie.

Thank you DAW, for this advanced readers copy.

I'm still kicking my feet and squealing over this fun and cozy SciFi Novella Trilogy. I love the Ada and Rian, the fact they compliment each other so well. I loved them on their own, Ada being wip smart but also holding her cards close to her chest and Ri
an are intergalactic boy scout here to follow the rules.

I know this is the conclusion but I would absolutely read more about these two as they play cat and mouse in space and taking down the rich in the mean time. Truly a good time, and my idea of what Cozy SciFi should be. There is enough at stake to keep you on your toes, but also root for the romance and the characters choices as well.

The last book in the "Chaotic Orbits" trilogy has Ada and Rian arriving on Earth to change the programming of the nanobots soon to be released on the planet to remediate the damaged environments.

The pair have to break into a high security facility so Ada can get to the nanobots and change their code, which Fetor, the bajillionaire Ada encountered in book two, replaced with his own, to ensure mega profits for himself when the nanobots required ongoing, continuous patches from him to work properly.

Rian, of course, plans to arrest Ada as soon as she completes her reprogramming of the nanobots, but he's a little off his game, what with the new things he learns about her and her mother.

Ada's irrepressible humour and smarts again make this a fun read, and the tight timeline keeps the suspense up. I liked meeting Ada's mother, and discovering just how smart, driven, and sneaky she is, too.

That Ada is successful mission for her employer and escape leaving Rian again gnashing his teeth goes without saying. I expected no less from the seemingly chaotic Ada Lamarr. She's so much about misdirection, using banter and seemingly innocuous but in plain sight behaviours and statements to allay Rian's security training. I just wonder, beyond the fact that's he's good-looking, why Ada bothers with Rian, as she's clearly so much smarter than him, and so much better at getting things done.

I went back and forth between the prose and the audiobook, and was again hugely entertained by Dara Roseberg's take on Ada. There is so much laughter, intelligence and wryness in Rosenberg's take, which had me falling in love with Ada from the moment she appeared in book one. David Bendena brings a nice stuffiness and stiffness to Rian's dialogue, and makes me believe that though the character is intelligent, he's naïve in many ways, especially when it comes to the differences in experience and intentions between him and Ada.

The story ends, but it's an open ending. This leaves me hoping that we'll see Ada again running circles around the upright Rian, which I'd be there for.

Thank you to Netgalley, DAW Books and to Dreamscape Media for this ARC in exchange for my review.

While I found this a satisfying conclusion to this trilogy, I'm sad it's over! I love Ada and her chaotic energy matched with Rian's rules are rules attitude. While these are shorter books, there is a whole lot of world-building and character development packed in, along with an adorable will-they-won't-they, come on, kiss already chemistry.

I had a ton of fun on this space adventure and I can't wait to see what Beth Revis is going to come out with next!

Ada Lamarr’s caper-and-heist riddled ‘chaotic orbit’ of the galaxy is on its way back to a corporate controlled, pollution ravaged Sol-Earth when this third entry in the series opens. Ada and her reluctant passenger, government agent Rian White, have finalized their plans to thwart an evil corporate kingpin who planned to hold Earth’s environmental recovery for ransom for the next, well, forever.

Of course, no plan survives contact with the enemy. The second biggest problem with this plan is that the first enemies it has to survive are each other, because Ada and Rian, no matter how much they might be on the same page when it comes to Earth’s potential recovery – are enemies in every other way.

They might both wish that they were enemies-with-benefits, but they are also both smart enough not to get that deeply involved – all puns intended – with someone they can’t trust. Particularly when they know that said enemy ALREADY has plans to betray them at the first available opportunity.

But the real problem, at least from Ada’s perspective, is that the first enemy that her plan has to survive isn’t the uptight government agent she’s been lusting after since they crashed into each other in Full Speed to a Crash Landing.

The first enemy Ada’s plan has to get passed isn’t Rian, it isn’t the government, it isn’t even the squadrons of corporate security drones and goons her target has stationed to protect his ‘investment’.

First, foremost and with way less prep than Ada ever likes to have, Ada has to get her crazy, convoluted scheme past her mother.

Escape Rating B+: A HUGE part of the fun of the Chaotic Orbits series in both Full Speed to a Crash Landing and How to Steal a Galaxy is that the story is told from the inside of Ada Lamarr’s, wheels-within-wheels, lies-hiding-lies and misdirections all around very intelligent and utterly snarky head.

Which means that we’re aware that Ada is pulling some kind of con – but not necessarily the same con – on every single person around her. Including herself. So even though we’re in her very own skull there are still secrets that aren’t revealed until the very end of the caper – if not a bit after – because there are plenty of things in Ada’s mind and heart that she doesn’t want to think about. Possibly ever.

The biggest thing she’s not willing to think about is her sure and certain knowledge that Rian is going to betray her in the end – if he hasn’t already. It’s only fair, because her plan to betray him has been baked into this caper from its opening gambit back in that first book.

The part that she’s not willing to think about is that she wishes the situation were otherwise. He’s Mister Law-and-Order. He can’t live the chaotic, one-step-ahead-of-the-authorities, the ends-justify-the-means-as-long-as-there’s-a-big-payday, next-heist-please life that Ada thrives on.

And those natures are much too baked into both of their psyches for either of them to ever change. So in addition to her many, many thoughts and concerns about her plans for this particular caper, Ada also spends a lot of her internal energy veering away from the heartbreak she tried to avoid but knows, deep in her heart, is coming anyway.

So, on the top level of this story, the takedown of the stupid evil villain/greedy corporate monster, the thing that Ada has been working on from before the beginning of the series, and every single lie and misdirect since – all of that is absolutely righteous. And it’s a win all the way around. Earth has a chance to get better – if we don’t screw it up again.

But the catharsis of that HUGE win is blunted because we’re pretty much all on Team Ada, we’re all shipping Ada and Rian – and their relationship takes a HUGE, messy hit in this story. They’ve both been forced to realize that what they feel for each other, as totally ill-advised as it might be, is also absolutely real. And that they can’t both be themselves AND have each other.

That part of the story ends on a note of possibility, both for Ada and Rian finding each other again and for that finding to be part of another caper/heist of some sort. Whether that means another book in the series, or was just a way to end things with a hint of will they/won’t they/can they/should they is something we’ll hopefully see in the future. Which means that the HEA promised in the blurb is still some ways off – at best.

As for this reader, I want to keep right on shipping Ada and Rian, but I can’t see a way to make it work. I hope the author can, and that we ALL get to see it!

The world needs more sci-fi heist romances. I've really enjoyed this whole trilogy, a great balance of action to banter and great enemies-to-(almost)-lovers vibes. (I'm still hoping that Ada and Rian get their happily ever after in some universe!) I really enjoyed the payoff in this book, with the seeds that have been planted in the previous two instalments.

Thank you to DAW and Netgalley for the chance to read all three entries in this series, I really enjoyed the ride.

First and foremost, thank you to the publisher for the early copy of this book via e-arc. I was so excited to get back into this story after re-reading the other two previous books. It was charming and a fun romp. I will always enjoy a good space adventure, but adding a heist element tipped it over for me. A solid 4 stars for all the books!

It's time. Ada Lamarr has the code to fix the nanobot cleaners before they're released on an unsuspecting population. She's also got the help of government agent Rian White - yes she had to literally kidnap him to get him to seriously consider what was happening, but now he's on board. At least, Ada is using him for his security connections, but she knows ultimately she cannot trust him. She'll just have to get in, get the job done, and get out.

Everything in the series has been building up to this moment. It's been a fun one to read for sure. I loved that we get both Rian and Ada's perspectives with Rian's sections being very epistolary and Ada's being a more straight-forward story.

I will say, though, that this one follows the same formula as the other two books. The first book was such a surprise, for obvious reasons, and I think getting that level of surprise back is difficult. Like I was never going to think that Ada didn't have backup plans for her backup plans. So this time around - and the same in the second book - was just seeing what twists Ada had up her sleeve because you knew they were coming.

I did enjoy what Beth Revis has planted little seeds of this rebellion happening and with each book has expanded upon them further. This book just brings everything home, both literally and figuratively. I think this one is full of more sizzling scenes between Rian and Ada and I enjoyed how much she could make him blush.

I love that these books are super quick reads/listens and how well everything is packed together. The ending makes me believe that we could get more adventures for Rian and Ada. I would love that. This book, possibly even more than book two, really expanded the futuristic universe. I would absolutely love to continue exploring the galaxy with these characters!

An entertaining conclusion to the Chaotic Orbits trilogy! It enjoyed the previous two and this last one did not disappoint. I look forward to seeing more by this author. Thank you to NetGalley for a chance to read and review this book.

"Funny how there’s always someone who does the most but gets no credit, and how that’s usually a woman."

I don't know exactly how to leave a review of the 3rd book in a series without spoilers, but... I can say that I loved this book and the whole series in general. I received ARCs for books 2 and 3, and I'm really glad I did because I wouldn't have read this trilogy if it weren't for NetGalley. I really liked the concept, the universe, but specially the characters.

Ada is just great. I love her. She's funny, sexy, witty, clever. I love her sense of humor and how she messes with Rian but also how she's, deep down, a very empathetic and emotional person. I loved knowing her through these books and I would love to read more of her and Rian... and her Mom! Now I want a book about her Mom!

I'll definitely be checking more books by Beth Revis after this. I had so much fun with the trilogy, seriously. If you're look for fun, fast and easy reads but with a great plot and intrigue and also heart, this trilogy is for you!

In the conclusion to the Chaotic Orbits Trilogy, Ada and Rian have to team up to save Earth against a corrupt billionaire. I loved the chemistry between them, the snappy banter, and the just pure fun of this book. (Who's going to outsmart who??)

I loved this novella series. However, this one feels like a bit of a let-down.
Overall, I had a fantastic time reading all three novellas, and as a whole this is a really fun high-stakes sci-fi story, with great banter and an interesting romance. I just felt like this conclusion was missing something…
I still, highly recommend this series for anyone who wants a fun and fast-paced story, full of action drama, and a little bit of romance.

3.5/5 stars

I love the main character, Ada, so much, and her tendency of expressing her inside thoughts out loud and doing whatever she wants = goals 😊

This third part in the series is as fun and fast-paced as the other two. I'm fascinated by how Revis is able to create such a complex and interesting world in so few pages... She is able to talk about class and climate change but also has space for a bunch of silliness, chaos, romantic tension, and exhilarating action scenes?!

IF I would say anything sliiightly negative about it I would question if we really got a HEA...? It felt more like a cliffhanger than an ending and that makes me VERY hopeful that we'll get more of Ada and Rian 😊

Thank you, @netgalley and @dawbooks, for the arc 🌟

Last Chance To Save The World
Author: Beth Revis
Publisher: Daw
Publication Date: April 8, 2025
Star Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟(4.9999)
Scoville Spice Scale: 🫑

"It's easier to walk a tightrope when you know there's a safety net beneath your wobbly feet."

So concludes the Chaotic Orbits Trilogy …or does it? If this story is over¹ … well, let's talk about the book.

When we last left them, Ada had kidnapped Rian to get him to help her reprogram the nanobots because our antagonist, Strom Fetor, had messed with the code so that said nanobots would not help Earth but rather harm it and more money would have to be given to Strom and his company to the solve the problem of keeping the nanobot cleaners going and healing the planet. Though Rian wants to arrest Ada for the kidnapping of a government official (Him!), he knows they need to work together to save Earth. There is a heated attraction between Ada and Rian. Rian tries hard to resist Ada's flagrant flaunting in your face sensual banter even though he really wants to give in. This is a part of the book that really tickles me. Rian is so stoic. He could have had a "Gloryous" time with Ada but held back because she kidnapped him to save Earth. He knows she's right. But he can't let himself give it.

The whole caper is done in a series of well timed events and slights of hand (and earrings) that Ada carries out, along with help from her mysterious client who is revealed early on in the book and the identity is gobsmacking. The escape from the clutches of being arrested is another Ada Lamarr triumph.

It is the Epilogue that left me thinking "This story is hardly over, Beth Revis!".

Thank you to the author, #netgalley, and @daw for a gifted copy in exchange for an honest review.

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1) No, I don't really think it is.

i really enjoyed this little quick sci-fi heist story. I love how Beth Revis writes sci-fi and this quick little trilogy was no exception.

I have loved the previous two books in this series and I have been so excited to get the conclusion to the story arc - this book has the perfect blend of action, social and environmental commentary, flirty banter and romantic chemistry. I loved every second of it, and wish there was more.

Thanks to NetGalley, the Publisher and Author for an eARC of this title in exchange for my review.

Last Chance to Save the World by Beth Revis is the third and final book in the Chaotic Orbits series of Romantic Cosy Sci-fi novellas. The story picks up immediately following the conclusion of How to Steal a Galaxy and is as flirtatious and witty as both books one and two.

I will say that there is no happy-ever-after here. The ending is a cliffhanger albeit a realistic, if a bit surprising one, even though it is a last book in a series. Additionally, there is no "will they, won't they" pay off, on page. That just means the reader can make the ultimate conclusions, or,..we may just see more of Ada and Rian yet!