Okay, so this is the Wallflowers book I’ve heard the most about because of Sebastian St. Vincent, so I was excited to get to this one, especially after the events of book two (no spoilers here!) 

Evie is such a wonderful character and so much stronger than the people in her life, and in London society, give her credit for. She’s been living with her aunts and uncles since she was a young girl and has somehow managed to survive this long. I love how she takes her life into her own hands and finds a way to get out of a shitty place so that she can do more with her life, including seeing her dying father. 

Her choice is St. Vincent is… interesting. Definitely a marriage of convenience: she needs to marry, he needs the money. He doesn’t exactly have a stellar reputation, and it’s so obvious that he’s even wondering why she picked him. 

St. Vincent definitely proves himself over the course of the book that he is so much more than people thought he was, what he even thought he was. I kinda like that he didn’t try to hide his past, or pretend that it didn’t happen, but more acknowledged that he was taking a different path, but that not everyone would fully forgive him for his past misdeeds. 

I also enjoyed the suspense and action parts of the book, as St. Vincent takes over running Evie’s father’s gambling establishment and all the chaos that comes with it. And Evie, oh how Evie grows in confidence now that she’s free of her awful family and has the support of St. Vincent and her friends. 

So while this book wasn’t my fave of the series, I really enjoyed it and definitely think Evie and St. Vincent had the biggest character growth of the series.