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Cartel 3: The Last Chapter

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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!

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.

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.

THIS BOOK DISAPPOINTED ME SOOO BAD I WAS LIKE W.T.F!!OKAY WHERE SHALL I START FIRST??(BREEZE) SHE SURVIVED "MA'TEE" THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING BEING AND FORCED ON HEROIN.THEN SHE IS SAVED AND BACK WITH HER TRUE LOVE ZYIR ONLY 2 BE KILLED ON HER WEDDING DAY BY A WOMAN ZYIR WAS SLEEPING WITH.OKAY WHY NOT JUST LET MA'TEE KILL HER?I MEAN COME ON NOW DAMN!!!NOW (MECCA) HE REALLY KILLS MIAMOR THIS TIME (NOW THAT MADE ME HAPPY)HE GETS BACK WITH LEENA AND IS REALLY TRYING 2 B A GOOD GUY.HE'S REALLY TIRED OF ALL THE KILLING AND GANGSTA ISH.SO HE DECIDES 2 CONFESS TO WHO HE THINKS IS A CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO TURNS OUT 2 BE HIS LOVESICK BROTHER CARTER WHO IS THERE 2 KILL THE PRIEST AS A FAVOR FOR THE MEXICAN CARTEL.SO CARTER HEARS HIM CONFESS 2 KILLING MIAMOR AND HIS TWIN BROTHER "MONEY" WHO IS THE FATHER OF LEENA'S BABY.BUT MECCA STILL WANTS 2 B WITH LEENA AND RAISE HIS BROTHER'S BABY AS HIS OWN.OKAY THEN ALL HELL BREAK LOOSE WITH MEXICANS AND ANOTHA WAR IS STARTED.SO THEY KNO THEY CAN'T WIN SO THEY FAKE THEIR DEATHS AND MAKES IT 2 BRAZIL 2 START OVER ONLY FOR CARTER 2 KILL HIS ONLY LIVING BROTHER MECCA OVER MIAMOR.WHICH DOESN'T MAKE SENSE 2 ME CAUSE MECCA WAS DOING WHAT HE HAD 2 DO KILL OR BE KILLED.LET'S SEE MIAMOR KILLED HIS MOTHER TRIED 2 KILL THE WHOLE DIAMOND FAMILY I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES.IT STARTED W/ MIAMOR'S SISTER ANISA GETTING KILLED BY MECCA BUT HELL THEY (THE MURDER MAMAS) WERE TRYING 2 KILL HIM.HOW DOES THAT SAYING GOES?YOU CAN'T GO GET A#$ AND LEAVE YO A%* @ HOME!!AND THE ENDING OF THIS BOOK WAS JUST "AWFUL" MATTER FACT THE ONLY GOOD BOOK OF THE WHOLE CARTEL SERIES WAS PART 1 PART 2 WAS A F-IN DREAM AND PART 3 WAS JUST B/S.TO ME ASHLEY & JAQUAVIS ALWAYS LETS DA BAD GUYS GET AWAY AND THE GOOD DIE!!!!I MEAN DAMN Y'ALL DON'T B-LIEVE IN A "HAPPY ENDING"?OMG!!!!THIS MIGHT BE MY LAST A & J BOOK FOR REAL HELL WE IN A "RECESSION" AINT NOBODY GOT NO MONEY 2 BE WASTING (in my ghetto girl voice & rolling my neck)LOL BUT I'M GRAVEYARD SERIOUS BOUT THIS THING.

I could not wait for the Final Chapter to hit the store. I read the book in a couple of hours and had so many questions. When Zyrad moved Breeze into his home, & if he loved her much, why was Illiana still there and sleeping with him? Why would Carter decide to kill Mecca? Why? I don't get it, Mecca came clean about his dirt to Carter rightfully so and Carter seemed ( well he had me fooled) that killings had to stop and it started with his brother. Darn he had an private det. Run a report on Miamor, so he knew Mecca was not lying about her. Why did Carter not kill Miamor's 2 friends in LA, Robin and Anasin when he went for closure? How did Murder know who and where Leena lived with Estate and know she would go to Mecca? How did Estae not see or know about Leena preparing to run off with Mecca? If Carter, Breeze, Mecca & Zyrid disappeared from the planet, how did Illiana know where to find Zyrid & Breeze on the plane? They went to Brazile, and should have stayed out of sight instead of moving all about.
When I read a book especially when the book is part of a series, I do not like to have lingering questions, all blanks should have a place and filled in for the reader. Maybe this could be a very bad night mare that either of the characters had and the ending is actually different. Also I know the book is fiction, but when did killers & gangsters started going to heaven? The whole darn family went to heaven, drinking from gold goblets. What was that!!I was disappointed, but know there is another book coming to talk about Carter & Zyrid, because Illiania did not kill him, she loved him too much!!!

I should have know that after the BS in part 2 that three would suck , but willing to give the benifit of the doubt I purchased this mess. You are warned don't waste your money. Hell don't even borrow it. That's how bad it was.

Honestly, after reading the whole trilogy, I think this book should've been wrapped up in just book 1, and left there. Book 1 was great; book 2 was great up until the cop-out ending; this book... (sigh) I found myself skimming, something I hardly ever do when I read. It dragged, compared to the other books. And, given all the drama that went on in book 2 only to have this book be, basically, a "re-do" of everything, it seemed anticlimatic. Lastly - there are a LOT of vocab words in this book that are used improperly. Please, don't throw big words in your book if you're not 100% sure of what they mean and how to use them! And shame on whoever their editor is for not catching that stuff and fixing it! It just looks ignorant!

***WARNING!!! SPOILERS BELOW, DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE BOOK AND DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!




Okay, unlike some people, I didn't mind that they killed Miamor off in the first part of the book. Realistically, there is no way she could have gotten out of the predicament she was in. HOWEVER, I hate that the rest of the book was all about how Carter and Murder missed her, too much dwelling on their thoughts and feelings about that, not enough action with them seeking revenge. Also, okay, based on when part 2 of The Cartel was written, the earthquake in Haiti wouldn't have happened yet. And since part 2 was all supposed to be just a dream, this storyline should pick up in the same time frame that left off in. Then you have Zyir...in having his character trust Illiana, he's going against character as described in previous books, makes it a little too convenient. And the Epilogue, with the scene in the afterlife. Come on, really, too cheesy for words, it wasn't even necessary!

I read all three of the Cartel saga. I must say I was disappointed with how the 3rd one ended. After all Breeze had gone through, I hated that she was killed. I loved the first one. It was like an action packed modern day Godfather. The second one has you turning pages as if you are hanging on for dear life to get to what happens next only to get to the end to find out this is all a dream. The 3rd one leaves you hanging. Mecca gets killed by brother Carter and Mecca's former girlfriend and nephew are on a plane to meet him in Brazil. The former girlfriend is talking with a madman that is determined to kill Carter. Breeze and Zyir are killed by some psycho woman that has a fantasy love affair for Zyir. What will become of these characters? They still have a mission to complete. And what about Carter? What is he going to do next?

Though I am reading the books out of order (I started with #3), it didn't take much to have me hooked to the story line. And though some of the scenes are predictable (just from watching action films and whatnot),I am especially disappointed at the ending. So much hope built up just for it all to come crashing down and disappoint the reader. I finished this book in less than 24 hours, it was that intriguing. The characters are interesting and I knew it would be a quick read. I plan to read the other two books, but I just question why leave readers with such a daunting ending?

I'm upset more than anything, and feel as though the ending was just added on when it could have really stopped two chapters prior to when it did. Twist and turns were just added for length maybe?

Nonetheless I commend the writers on their efforts of producing a quick and catching read. Just not happy with the ending and what was served up to the reader. Proceed with caution.

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I knew Breeze was going to get free because in the last book she killed herself. I also knew Ms. Beth was a human trafficker before they even got to the boat (I watch a lot of lifetime and read a lot of books) I saw that coming a mile a way and because she was such a fighter in this story I knew the only way to get her to submit was to get her a drug habit. I would have like to see A&J extend Illiana's debauchery. I mean, it built it up to be everything in the world but left me a little flat. It's like, all that for one hit.
I found myself increasingly frustrated by Zyir because when he first met homegirl he said he had to keep business business and pleasure pleasure... sooo, can someone tell me how he fell so easily for her game. You supposed to be tops in the game and you say you don't have no feelings for homegirl so why when breeze showed back up did you not get illiana an apartment or a hotel suite. Lets be real! Oh and sending the girls out together... where's your logic.
I can honestly say that I did not expect mecca to find Jesus. I'm glad he did I felt like that was an unexpected thing but I had more fun with the lunatic mecca.
Leena... she's dumb, we'll leave it at that.
Young Carter-- I'm still in love with that man! He was a true G through the whole thing but I can't see the ending.

Honestly, out of the three I felt this was the worse. I honestly wanted to see Miamor in this one. She was my favorite character and her scenes in this book was the hardest ones!!! I found that this book was doing too much and was a little ADD.

Most everything I saw coming had it's moment and but overall the book was lacking that special something that the other two had... finesse. There was a lot of action but no real substance and just a little bit too coincidental at points. I.E. the three last chapter. I'm cool on it.


P.s. murder was the whackest character of them all.