Climax by Lauren Smith

BUY LINKS:
Forbidden: (Her British Stepbrother Book 1)
Seduction: (Her British Stepbrother Book 2)
​Climax: (Her British Stepbrother Book 3)

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Climax by Lauren Smith
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Reviewed by: Michelle
ARC provide by author in exchange for an honest review



Bloody Hell Addicting!!!!! Lauren Smith is well aware that I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the final last installment of this serial. So when she messaged me that she has a special surprise for me, you could imagine how excited I was. That’s right, more Tristan Kingsley. (Tosses confetti in the air… LOL)

“He was a twenty-five-year-old bad boy, a business student at Cambridge, and the future Earl of Pembroke. He was a heartbreaker, and she couldn’t stay out of his bed”

Forbidden Romance has been one of my favorite guilty pleasure trope to read. And within this genre, there are some sub-genres that I won’t read. And the stepbrother romance falls somewhere in the middle. Personally, I am not a big fan of this trope because it has been overly saturated in the romance community and majority of them are just a hot mess. Well, that was not for the case in Lauren Smith’s serial, Her British Stepbrother. Ms. Smith had me hooked instantly when she first introduced Triston Kingsly. Maybe I can blame Lauren for her swoony British hero or the fact that Lauren Smith went beyond the generalized trope and gave her readers a story that is built on raw emotions.

“That voice and its owner were completely irresistible, impossibly seductive. A tall, dark, and sexy dream. No woman could resist that. She hadn’t been able to. Since their kiss in the middle of a pub one snowy night, she’d been falling hopelessly in love with him more and more each passing day. With a man she couldn’t have.”



So in this final conclusion to the serial, Ms. Smith gave her readers an ending that was very fitting for Tristan and Kat. In Climax, the story picks off where it last left off with Tristan and Kat trying to figure out how they are going to explain to their parents about the picture taken of them kissing. Kat is freaking out because she doesn’t know what to say to her to dad while Tristan is cool like a cucumber. As Tristan tries to calm Kat down, he reassures her that they are in this together. As the press circulates more pictures of Tristan and Kat kissing, the couple are forced to explained to their parents the truth.

As it turns out, Tristan’s mom didn’t get upset with the ordeal but that couldn’t be said of Kat’s dad. Her dad informs Kat that she must stop seeing Tristan because of his playboy ways and that this relationship will be nothing but heartache. Upset with her father, Kat makes a choice that will set forth and define her relationship with Tristan.

“Let them look. I’m not ashamed to be with you, Kat. I never was.”

As Tristan and Kat’s relationship begins to deepen, their love for each other is strengthen. Together they know that there is nothing wrong in their love. Their love was an unfortunate case of circumstances that they could not control. And in such Lauren Smith allowed readers to see an honest and raw relationship of two fated strangers who met and fell in love but had a sheer case of bad luck when they discovered their parents are engaged and about to be married.

So when Tristan and Kat finally admit their love for each other, the paparazzi gets ahold of more pictures of Tristan and Kat and soon a royal scandal ensues. And to make matters even worse, what happens when Tristan’s father makes an ultimatum to Tristan? Will Tristan be forced to give up on his one true love? Or will he find a way to make it right?

“He was her sex god. The man who made every hot, wild fantasy come true. And she was not supposed to be with him.”

CLIMAX was an absolute delight to read. This final installment had a perfect blend of love, sexiness, and of course a lil drama thrown into the mix. I loved the way that Lauren Smith concluded this serial. So if you are in the mood to cozy up with a British who has no qualms playing strip billiards and getting dirty, then I would definitely recommend you to read this serial. I will admit that Lauren Smith did a fabulous job with this serial and I am absolutely smitten with Tristan and Kat. All there is left to say is Cheerio and be sure to remember love is never lost especially if it’s leading and pointing you to the right direction.




Lauren Smith

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