29 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The So Called Final Chapter, July 27, 2010
This review is from: Cartel 3: The Last Chapter (Paperback)
The highly anticipated Cartel 3 begins with a glimpse of the funeral of the remaining Diamond siblings, Breeze, Carter, and Mecca. It then quickly whisks us back in time to play out the events that lead to that somber day. Miamor remains trapped in the basement of torture, bound to a chair and beaten half to death. Fabian is still trying with all of his might to break her mentally but he just can't seem to get the best of her. Miamor is barely clinging to life, yet she refuses to apologize or beg for mercy which only infuriates him further. Mecca emerges and is shocked that Fabian hasn't made much progress in both punishing or cracking her. He decides to show Fabian how it's done. . . .
We find Carter where we left him in
The Cartel 2, incarcerated due to Ace, his right hand man, turning snitch. While the finest lawyers do everything in their power to help him beat his federal case, he finds an unlikely comrade in his new cellmate Garza. Recognizing the high volume of power they equally possess, The Diamond Cartel and The Garza Cartel soon agree to join forces. In Carter's absence Zyir and Mecca are now jointly the chief executives of The Cartel. They oversee the daily operations to the best of their abilities, but realize they don't possess the same cunning abilities or at least not in the same magnitude as Carter himself. On top of dealing with the struggles of reviving the cartel Mecca and Zyir both have personal issues to deal with. Zyir along with everyone else believes Breeze is dead. He has somewhat come to terms with her death, but still is deeply pained by the thought of his true love not being with him. Zyir makes the mistake of mixing business with pleasure when it comes to the new woman in his life, Illiana Garza, of The Garza Cartel. Although he has zero positive sentiments toward her outside of the bedroom, she decides she wants all of him. Mind, body, and soul . . . by any means necessary. Mecca begins to finally understand and accept the disastrous consequences that are a direct result of his lies and silly choices. In light of his revelations he is feeling bogged down and plagued by his sins, when he stumbles upon his ex girlfriend Leena. Realizing she is alive brings back memories of the horrible night he killed his twin and shot her. Still in love with her and seeing the baby birthed with his brother motivates him even further to redeem himself and become a better man, but is it too late?
Poor Breeze continues to endure being held captive by deranged Mateé in Haiti. Emotionally drained and sick of being his forced sex slave, she decides to make a final run for it. Mother nature intervenes before she can get away and the worst earthquake in Haitian history takes place. Breeze seems to finally be home free when a nice woman named Ms. Beth rescues her among the sea of dead bodies in Port Au Prince, and offers to take her back to the United States. Sadly, the wool is pulled over Breeze's eyes and she is trapped in Mexico forced into the soiled underworld of sex trafficking and addicted to heroin. Breeze's gloomy globe trotting odyssey is simply heartbreaking given she has been through so much. Painfully, hope of her finally getting home safely dims by the second.
Murder is out for blood! It seems he is determined to seek vengeance on anyone that even knows anyone whom has hurt Miamor. Zyir, Mecca, and Carter are at the top of his hit list. Regardless of what side the reader is rooting for, I believe most will understand where he is coming from and why he feels that way, up until his rage seems fueled solely by jealously of Carter and Miamor's love. Murder is a ruthless killer and will stop at nothing to have the man who captivated Miamor's heart six feet under.
The final installment of this trilogy is off the charts and is sure jolt you out of your seat. These authors are masters at making far fetched sequence of events completely believable. This powerful, tear jerking conclusion nearly ties up all of the prior loose ends that readers were dying to find out. I love how Ashley & JaQuavis followed up on small story lines from the previous installments that other authors might have forgotten or not deemed important enough to mention. We encounter Ace, Estes, and Leena again and get to follow their interesting roller coaster story lines. A&J wrapped this one up so neatly, and are uncharacteristically fair to the readers which I for one, appreciate greatly. The ending of this immaculate novel does not answer every inkling we may have, yet we are not left with numerous gigantic cliffhangers per usual. Maybe just one or two but, I have a strong feeling that we will see several of these characters in their new novel entitled Murderville, and I can't wait. This is a must read! If you haven't copped your copy then do so now! While you're at it buy a few for your friends and then discuss this amazing literature!
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting, July 28, 2010
This review is from: Cartel 3: The Last Chapter (Paperback)
I couldn't wait to read this book. I liked it. I just had to remember while reading this that part 2 wasn't real and had to remember all about part 1 but, I was able to remember as I kept reading.
Miamor still as being beating by Fabian and Mecca while still trying to be a solider the whole way thou.
Breeze still missing and overseas with Ma'tee that leads her into more trouble that lead to a horrible addiction.
Mecca still a hard solider that finds out somethings about himself and gets to the point of trying to change to be better.
Carter still trying to run the Cartel after getting a bigger connection while locked up that leads to some horrible trouble down the line.
Carter still in love with Miamor that leads him into finding out more about Miamor.
Murder out and Aries and Robyn tells him about The Cartel that leads Murder into rage for the love of his life.
Book was good but, a little sad at the same time. Liked it but, hated the ending grrr. But, wishing that, that wasn't the Last Chapter it makes me wonder is it truely the last chapter. Hmmmm never know. Great book from Ashley and JaQuavis for doing they thang yet again.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
SORRY, but Part 2 should have been REAL and it should have been the end!, September 29, 2010
This review is from: Cartel 3: The Last Chapter (Paperback)
Man, I can't explain how long I waited for this book. Try a MONTH as I live on an island and had to wait for it to be shipped in. I was biting my nails to read this and after a few chapters I just put this book down. I never thought I would put a A&J book down!!! iIt took me a good few weeks to pick this back up as I HATE to put a book down. Weeks before I read it, I read Diary of a Street Diva, now thatttttt was good! But thisssss; Part 1 was the bomb, part 2 had me messed up in the head and after reading part 3, I'm sorry, but part 2 should have been real and it should have ended there! What was y'all thinking??? I think maybe part 3 should have been the unreal and part 2 should have been the real..that's how I feel.
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