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Every Last Breath
(The Dark Elements #3)
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Some loves will last ’til your dying breath
Every choice has consequences—but seventeen-year-old Layla faces tougher choices than most. Light or darkness. Wickedly sexy demon prince Roth, or Zayne, the gorgeous, protective Warden she never thought could be hers. Hardest of all, Layla has to decide which side of hers ...more
Some loves will last ’til your dying breath
Every choice has consequences—but seventeen-year-old Layla faces tougher choices than most. Light or darkness. Wickedly sexy demon prince Roth, or Zayne, the gorgeous, protective Warden she never thought could be hers. Hardest of all, Layla has to decide which side of hers ...more
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March 26th 2019
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(first published July 28th 2015)
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Fantastic end to an incredible paranormal romance trilogy. I truly loved this whole journey and I think Dark Elements fans are going to be very satisfied with all of Layla's choices. ;)
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Nov 16, 2013
aniryllis
rated it
did not like it
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review of another edition
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Let me tell you a story that has started a year ago, after I read the blurb of the first book,
White Hot Kiss.
Like my profile says, Iabsolutely fcking loathe love triangles.
Scratch that, from now on I know what to do: I won't read her new books. I'm just going to finish the series I've already started. Happy The Dark Elements isn't one of them because of the shit I've read on her website.
This has been really hard.
Unlike anyone too. (Or at least, I hope so.)
"She n ...more
Like my profile says, I

Scratch that, from now on I know what to do: I won't read her new books. I'm just going to finish the series I've already started. Happy The Dark Elements isn't one of them because of the shit I've read on her website.

This has been really hard.

Unlike anyone too. (Or at least, I hope so.)



"She n ...more
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Every Last Breath by Jennifer L. Armentrout is the third and final book in the series The Dark Elements. Holy Canola Oil and Wow, just Wow! This book was amazing! There were no down times, no slow spots, just amazing from page one until the end. And what a fantastic ending it was.
This is going to be one of those reviews where I am so limited as to what I can say without spoiling anything. Things start right where the previous book left off. The Lilin has taken over Layla’s friend Sam’s body. Bu ...more

Now, that was something.
I'm not really sure about how I feel about how this story ended so I'll sleep it off and then I'll be back.
{Review to come} ...more

I'm not really sure about how I feel about how this story ended so I'll sleep it off and then I'll be back.
{Review to come} ...more

AFTER
Thank the many Daemon babies that Layla ended up with the right boy, I just wish JLA had known it would be him from the beginning because I feel really bad for the other boy. I really liked what I saw of the Hell JLA made, but I felt like I didn't get to see enough of it as big a part as it was. But overall, I really really liked it. But I'm still royally pissed about Bambi.
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BEFORE
My spidey senses are picking up that people are upset about a "love triangle." F ...more
Thank the many Daemon babies that Layla ended up with the right boy, I just wish JLA had known it would be him from the beginning because I feel really bad for the other boy. I really liked what I saw of the Hell JLA made, but I felt like I didn't get to see enough of it as big a part as it was. But overall, I really really liked it. But I'm still royally pissed about Bambi.
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BEFORE
My spidey senses are picking up that people are upset about a "love triangle." F ...more

Feb 07, 2015
Angela
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
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It's been a long time since I've gotten behind the wheel of a Jla book, and it's been a long time since I devoured a book this fast. Started it at 3 finished it at five. Every Last Breath is the third and final book in the Dark Elements Trilogy, if you haven't read the first two please do not pass go and do not pick up two-hundred dollars. GO BACK NOW AND READ THE FIRST TWO!!!! Every Last Breath does not let down.
As much as I want to load this review with spoils that would turn you rotten I wont ...more
As much as I want to load this review with spoils that would turn you rotten I wont ...more

Dec 20, 2014
☆★Tinja★✮ A Court of Pizza and Laziness
marked it as to-read
·
review of another edition
Fucking love triangles are making me crazy...

Layla and Roth better end up together!!!! TEAM ROTH!!! ❤ ...more

Layla and Roth better end up together!!!! TEAM ROTH!!! ❤ ...more

I realized something while reading Every Last Breath, I was in it for the romance. I was in it for the will she choose Roth? Or Zayne? Will we get more smexy scenes? Give me my angsty romance-indecision fix!
LET'S BE REAL: I wasn't in it for the plot, not really, while I thought the relationship between the characters was super entertaining when it came to the world development I realized that it isn't that original or even that interesting. The bad guys aren't even that bad, to be honest.
And on ...more
LET'S BE REAL: I wasn't in it for the plot, not really, while I thought the relationship between the characters was super entertaining when it came to the world development I realized that it isn't that original or even that interesting. The bad guys aren't even that bad, to be honest.
And on ...more

Excuse me, but why do they even bother changing the covers, if the outcome is even worse than before? And I thought that the original ones were fugly as hell.
Shame on me for believing it couldn't get worse. It just did.
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To be honest Roth is the only character I like and care about in this trilogy. I couldn't care less what happened to all the other characters.
It's unfortunate, but what can you do, right? :'D
Still a solid conclusion though. ...more
Shame on me for believing it couldn't get worse. It just did.
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To be honest Roth is the only character I like and care about in this trilogy. I couldn't care less what happened to all the other characters.
It's unfortunate, but what can you do, right? :'D
Still a solid conclusion though. ...more

Nov 10, 2013
Rachel Reads Ravenously
rated it
liked it
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review of another edition
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3-stars-aint-the-devil,
ebooks,
paranormal-romance,
ya-fantasy,
fantasy,
urban-fantasy
3.5 stars
Just wanted to reiterate, 3 stars is NOT a bad rating. I liked this book I just didn't love it.
Every Last Breath is the conclusion to The Dark Elements series. And while it's not my favorite series by JLA I still thoroughly enjoyed it. This last book just wasn't for me. And it's not because she didn't pick the guy I liked. Or maybe it is? You find out about 20% in and that's not a spoiler because JLA said before she wrote it we would know at the beginning so no fan torture (thank yo ...more
Just wanted to reiterate, 3 stars is NOT a bad rating. I liked this book I just didn't love it.
Every Last Breath is the conclusion to The Dark Elements series. And while it's not my favorite series by JLA I still thoroughly enjoyed it. This last book just wasn't for me. And it's not because she didn't pick the guy I liked. Or maybe it is? You find out about 20% in and that's not a spoiler because JLA said before she wrote it we would know at the beginning so no fan torture (thank yo ...more

Aug 15, 2015
Jennifer Kyle
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
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4.25 Stars
Very creative series I love the familiar idea so very cool. As with every love triangle I kind of felt bad for he who wasn't chosen. An exciting, entertaining series with great characters and paranormal plot.
Full review to come still hanging with the Mouse. ...more
Very creative series I love the familiar idea so very cool. As with every love triangle I kind of felt bad for he who wasn't chosen. An exciting, entertaining series with great characters and paranormal plot.
Full review to come still hanging with the Mouse. ...more

This was wonderful! Spectacular! And mostly, a great ending to one of my favorite series by JLA of all time. I'm going to sorely miss these characters for sure now that it's the end *cries*
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October 31, 2014: All I'm saying is that Layla better end up with Roth or I will drop kick a puppy. Or she could leave both guys and just be a badass girl team with Bambi. Either works.
But in other words I CANNOT CONTAIN MY SENSE OF GLEE!

I mean c'mon, between the Prince and the Warden... Vote for Roth?
...more
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October 31, 2014: All I'm saying is that Layla better end up with Roth or I will drop kick a puppy. Or she could leave both guys and just be a badass girl team with Bambi. Either works.
But in other words I CANNOT CONTAIN MY SENSE OF GLEE!

I mean c'mon, between the Prince and the Warden... Vote for Roth?


Edit(after reading):
Yes! Yes!!! YES!!! Everything is exactly how it should be! How? Click on the spoiler tag and you shall know all(and I mean all, so make sure you really want to know before you click on it):
(view spoiler) ...more
Yes! Yes!!! YES!!! Everything is exactly how it should be! How? Click on the spoiler tag and you shall know all(and I mean all, so make sure you really want to know before you click on it):
(view spoiler) ...more

Aug 25, 2015
☆ ĄňŊǡƂėƮĦ ☆ ŞŧŎŋė
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
young-adult,
romance
My goodness. This book was amazing. I have to say that this series gets better as it goes on. There were no disappointments. I don't even know what to write about here. For you to fully understand what I'm going through right now, you'll have to read the series.
So this book starts with the sort of cliffhanger that the Lilin was in someone else's body and that his soul was gone. Through all of the chasing of the Lilin and stopping the apocalypse, Layla has to make her choice of who she'll want to ...more
So this book starts with the sort of cliffhanger that the Lilin was in someone else's body and that his soul was gone. Through all of the chasing of the Lilin and stopping the apocalypse, Layla has to make her choice of who she'll want to ...more

2 stars
All in all, this conclusion was pretty underwhelming. I get the feeling me and JLA need to break up. Her books just aren't working for me anymore.
EDIT: I just found this slightly amusing paragraph on my phone and thought I'd share:
It was cheesy, cringe-worthy and predictable. There were lots of moments were I rolled my eyes so hard it hurt and the dialogue between Layla and Roth was so ridiculous at times that I, the former captain of their ship, got annoyed and started skimming paragrap ...more
All in all, this conclusion was pretty underwhelming. I get the feeling me and JLA need to break up. Her books just aren't working for me anymore.
EDIT: I just found this slightly amusing paragraph on my phone and thought I'd share:
It was cheesy, cringe-worthy and predictable. There were lots of moments were I rolled my eyes so hard it hurt and the dialogue between Layla and Roth was so ridiculous at times that I, the former captain of their ship, got annoyed and started skimming paragrap ...more

FINISHED! OMG, this book!!!!
This was a pretty damn good trilogy finale. I felt like there was a lot more emotion to it, lots more tragedy, lots more love, lots more loss....lots more of everything.
I love that it started RIGHT where book 2 left off. Its been a few months since I read it, so it really helped me remember what had happened. That tore me up, ugh, damn those things called feelings!! A lot of sad things happened in this book...and normally, I would have been really pissed off, but whe ...more
This was a pretty damn good trilogy finale. I felt like there was a lot more emotion to it, lots more tragedy, lots more love, lots more loss....lots more of everything.
I love that it started RIGHT where book 2 left off. Its been a few months since I read it, so it really helped me remember what had happened. That tore me up, ugh, damn those things called feelings!! A lot of sad things happened in this book...and normally, I would have been really pissed off, but whe ...more

Jul 25, 2014
Jasmine
rated it
it was ok
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
supernatural,
paranormal
So after finishing this book, I don't even know why I liked this series in the first place.
1. It was sappiest thing I've ever read. It was just cringeworthy.
2. I wanted Roth and Layla to be together, and unsurprisingly they were, I just didn't like how it was done. For one, the fact that JLA had people voting for him or Zayne made me feel like no matter what, Layla's choice wouldn't be sincere, just cuz I knew JLA didn't write it based on her characters, but based on a poll. And their relations ...more
1. It was sappiest thing I've ever read. It was just cringeworthy.
2. I wanted Roth and Layla to be together, and unsurprisingly they were, I just didn't like how it was done. For one, the fact that JLA had people voting for him or Zayne made me feel like no matter what, Layla's choice wouldn't be sincere, just cuz I knew JLA didn't write it based on her characters, but based on a poll. And their relations ...more

Oct 24, 2014
Reira
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
give-me-this-book-now
After I finish Stone Cold Touch
Zayne???
Or Roth??
How about get them both?
Can I get them both?
pleassseee...?
Zayne???
Or Roth??
How about get them both?
Can I get them both?
pleassseee...?

AN EPIC CONCLUSION TO A FANTASTIC SERIES!
“Well, there was only one that I knew I would always be happy with, one that I would always laugh with. One that I did more than long for, but yearned for, and each second that passed ignoring it was a second I wouldn’t get to spend with him- a second I wouldn’t live life with love in it, real love in it, the kind that did have lasting power.”
I’ve not long finished this book and already my mind is reliving my favorites moments, I seriously just want to ...more
“Well, there was only one that I knew I would always be happy with, one that I would always laugh with. One that I did more than long for, but yearned for, and each second that passed ignoring it was a second I wouldn’t get to spend with him- a second I wouldn’t live life with love in it, real love in it, the kind that did have lasting power.”
I’ve not long finished this book and already my mind is reliving my favorites moments, I seriously just want to ...more

Nov 24, 2014
Olivia
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
romance,
fantasy-romance,
demon,
angel,
armentrout,
sexy-tease,
sexy-bad-boy,
humour,
hellish-universe,
angst
(Edit after reading it at the end of the review)

OMG JULY 2015, how can we wait that long?
White Hot Kiss and Stone Cold Touch were respectively Roth's and Zayne's books. We had two books to choose our team sexy leader, thank you Armentrout. Now, let's try to clear things out:
Reasons to root for a Layla-Roth HOT-SEXY-AS-HELL (wink-wink) ending:
1)Because Roth is a Disney fan, how cute is that? Because you just can't wait to see Bambi again and to finally meet Thumper.
2)Because his tattoos and hi ...more

OMG JULY 2015, how can we wait that long?
White Hot Kiss and Stone Cold Touch were respectively Roth's and Zayne's books. We had two books to choose our team sexy leader, thank you Armentrout. Now, let's try to clear things out:
Reasons to root for a Layla-Roth HOT-SEXY-AS-HELL (wink-wink) ending:
1)Because Roth is a Disney fan, how cute is that? Because you just can't wait to see Bambi again and to finally meet Thumper.
2)Because his tattoos and hi ...more

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it,
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Where Layla picks Roth, loses her V, and Zayne falls for Danika.
Oh, dreams. Please come true. I'm counting on you, cricket.
Sing your star song.
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Hating the cover. Reminds me of a bitch IRL I can't stand. ...more
Oh, dreams. Please come true. I'm counting on you, cricket.
Sing your star song.
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Hating the cover. Reminds me of a bitch IRL I can't stand. ...more

1 out of 10
Ревью в моем блоге/This review on my blog
Living A Thousand Lives (please use Chrome/Yandex browser or Android/IOS to see the page; otherwise, spoiler-tags I use to make my post compact may not work)
Genre: urban fantasy, YA
Stuff: gargoyles, angels, demons
Fail: every tiny detail
POV: 1st-person, female
Love-Geometry: zero
Quote-Core:
“You’re like the cute version of the village idiot.”
Okay, something did happen with my taste. Only last fall I could tolerate simplicity of J ...more

Sep 24, 2015
bibliophile (Romance Addict)
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
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ya,
kick-ass-heroine,
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fiction,
paranormal
“I, Astaroth, Crown Prince of Hell, am in love with you, Layla Shaw. Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow. A hudred decades from now, I will still be in love with you, and it will be as fierce today as it will be a decade later.”
5 Stars!!

Series: This is the third book in the White Hot Kiss series, and it is the last installment in the trilogy. This series is written by Jennifer L. Armentrout, and it's a fantasy/Romance book that follows Layla, the main character. There is a novella that comes before ...more

This book was so much fun. I tell myself I'm not going to get sucked into these books because they are silly and a tad ridiculous, but I can't help it. I have pages where I'm rolling my eyes at the cheese and then a page later I'm crying and freaking out. JLA has a way of taking something that could very easily be construed as silly and generic into something sassy, fun and still heartfelt. If you are a fan of her Lux series, or you want something Twilight-Esque but better because of the humor,
...more

*3.5 DEMONIC STARS*
“You make me wish I had a soul so I could be worthy of you.”
While I loved and enjoyed the previous two books in this trilogy, I kind of expected more from this one.
That ending just seemed too easy and lots of things weren’t explained properly. I kind of expected a big battle in the end but instead it all just felt a bit rushed to me.
Oh well, I still love Roth though. He’s my baby! ❤️
“You make me wish I had a soul so I could be worthy of you.”
While I loved and enjoyed the previous two books in this trilogy, I kind of expected more from this one.
That ending just seemed too easy and lots of things weren’t explained properly. I kind of expected a big battle in the end but instead it all just felt a bit rushed to me.
Oh well, I still love Roth though. He’s my baby! ❤️

Dec 22, 2014
Mlpmom (Book Reviewer)
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
kindle-books
4.5 Stars!
Why does Armentrout always have this amazing ability to draw me into her stories even when those stories make me want to roll my eyes, shake my fist in the air and chuck the book across the room with the nonsense of it all?
I honestly don't know. And even though I know I will more than likely get a headache from all the ups and downs of reading one of her books, I still pick the darn suckers up and dive into the pages.
I don't like so many tropes that her books have, love triangles and a ...more
Why does Armentrout always have this amazing ability to draw me into her stories even when those stories make me want to roll my eyes, shake my fist in the air and chuck the book across the room with the nonsense of it all?
I honestly don't know. And even though I know I will more than likely get a headache from all the ups and downs of reading one of her books, I still pick the darn suckers up and dive into the pages.
I don't like so many tropes that her books have, love triangles and a ...more

Okay, here's the thing. I knew from the beginning how I will rate this book, because of the whole 'Who Will You Choose Thing'.
To summarize it, Armentrout let the reader choose who Layla will end up with. There was a poll, and the guy with the most votes got his happily ever after with Layla.
And she did this, because Jennifer L. Armentrout, the author, creator of this story, didn't know how to decide. She basically had no idea how to solve the love triangle.
Which is just ridiculous.
Let's be serio ...more
To summarize it, Armentrout let the reader choose who Layla will end up with. There was a poll, and the guy with the most votes got his happily ever after with Layla.
And she did this, because Jennifer L. Armentrout, the author, creator of this story, didn't know how to decide. She basically had no idea how to solve the love triangle.
Which is just ridiculous.
Let's be serio ...more
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