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Every Last Breath

(The Dark Elements #3)

Jennifer L. Armentrout (Goodreads Author)

4.27 · Rating details · 28,550 ratings · 3,214 reviews

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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

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Oct 30, 2013 Wendy Higgins added it · review of another edition

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. ;) ...more

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Nov 16, 2013 aniryllis rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: to-burn-in-hell

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, I ~~absolutely~~ 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

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Nov 13, 2014 Carol [Goodreads Addict] rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-fantasy, young-adult, gargoyles

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

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Nov 09, 2014 Claudia marked it as to-read · review of another edition

TEAM ROTH ALL THE WAY WITHOUT A DOUBT!

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Nov 06, 2014 Laura rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: book-boyfriends, ebooks-i-own, jlarmentrout-books, amazing-heroines, ya, paranormal-romance, paranormal

Now, that was something.

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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

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Nov 18, 2017 April rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Loved this entire series.

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Oct 26, 2014 Natalie (Never trust a duck) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: final-book-in-series, met-my-fictional-husband-s, paperback, i-own, literally-anything-by-this-author

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

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Feb 07, 2015 Angela rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 5-star-favorites, badass-females

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

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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

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Jun 25, 2014 Taschima rated it liked it · review of another edition

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 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 once that was all done with? (she decides within like 100 pages of starting the book) Well then, I started really looking into the plot and realized something: I was bored. Demon comes out of hell and wants to destroy the world, the demon has mother issues, blah blah. Also, did anyone notice how the demons of this story are all basically huge puddles of cuddle? I've been watching Supernatural (again, for the hundreth time) while reading this book and I realized something, I like my demons to be, well, evil. Roth is a huge puddle of sexy and good intentions (even though he may not care about anyone's opinion and speaks his mind, that doesn't make him evil--I never once saw him skin someone alive). Isn't he supposed to be the Crown Prince of Hell? The "Boss" as they call the devil is surely slacking.

The dialogue is as smooth as always (even with its cringe worth moments of cheesyness-- some of which Layla even points out as being the ultimate of cheese, but does that negate the moment?) and it takes no time at all to go through the book. There are plenty of steamy scenes, even the obligatory "gentle taking of your precious virginity" scene. But, I also noticed something, while I may be all into Roth, my favorite sexy scene of this series involves Zayne (when they are in bed together and he is all tracing the snake in book 2). Go figure.

There are also some pretty cool battle scenes, where Layla gets to show off her FEATHERED wings (don't forget, they have FEATHERS). There is also this particular scene where Layla goes toe to toe with the Lilin at the end... I really liked that scene. It stands out in my mind.

As far as the ending is concern, well, I don't buy it. It ended with the biggest and prettiest red bow. Everything fell into place so perfectly... making sure no FEATHERS were ruffled and no fan rages against the machine. (view spoiler)

I read this book solely for the love triangle, because it was one of the best ones out there. I am a little disappointed with the rest of the story truth be told, because it was wayy too predictable. And cheesy. If you are in it for the romance then you will get what you are being promised (AND MORE), but don't try to go too deep because you will find this is the equivalent of a kiddie pool. ...more

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Dec 23, 2014 Elena rated it liked it · review of another edition

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

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Nov 10, 2013 Rachel Reads Ravenously rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, magic, 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

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Aug 15, 2015 Jennifer Kyle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: para-dystopian-sci-fi-fantasy

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

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Oct 26, 2013 Patricia Huynh rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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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Aug 11, 2014 Nora rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: love-triangle, young-adult, last-in-series, sex-in-ya, junk-food, sexy

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

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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 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 be with. She loves both Roth and Zayne but there is only going to be one who she'll be able to spend the rest of her life with.

Layla has to choose which side she'll be on and which part of her she'll trust. They'll all have to work together to stop the Lilin from continuing the chaos and the war that would kill billions of lives and leave the Earth bare.

So there were many thing I loved throughout the final installment of Dark Elements.

1. The characters: I still love Layla and she is even stronger in this one. I remember thinking that she might have been a little weak in the beginning of the series but come on. Who wouldn't be scared when your whole world is changing? Roth *sigh* I loved him even more since he loved Layla. He is so funny and sarcastic yet he can somehow be kind to Layla. Now onto Zayne. I think that my opinion of him has shifted but I don't know how. He's pretty good but I never felt that man-I-really-wish-you-were-real feeling that I had with some other characters. A minor character that I just wanted to mention is Stacey. In my review of White Hot Kiss, I said that I didn't like how she acted as if she was dumb or all over the boys in the school. She definitely "found her lady balls" and accepted whatever was thrown her way, which was a lot more than in the previous books.

2. The action. There was non-stop action and in the times where there were slight pauses, they were finding new or talking about other problems. And did I mention the plot twists? I was like "Oh no!" and then "YAY!" as I kept reading. You don't know how often I was like:

Before I realized it was okay. I couldn't rip my eyes from the pages which is exactly what I like.

3. And last but definitely not least, the ROMANCE! It was so good. Some readers might have decided that it was cheesy but no, no it wasn't. Here is an example:

“I love you,” I told him, and I told him that every day and I would tell him that over and over again.

[He] lowered his forehead to mine as he brought our joined hands to his chest, placing them above his heart. “And I love you,” he said. “With every breath I take, I will always love you.”

Is that cheesy? I think not

There was nothing about this book that I didn't like and I'm definitely going to have to reread this series a bazillion more times before I get enough of this. I'm just kidding, that will never happen. I'm most definitely continue reading Ms. Armentrout's wonderful writing as you should too. ...more

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Feb 25, 2014 Laura rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, 2015, read-on-kindle

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

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Aug 21, 2014 Ash rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: owned-e-reader

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

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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

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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...?

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Dec 31, 2014 Cody rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: to-be-released

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

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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

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May 28, 2017 Jeff rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: holy-gods, wow, roth-and-layla, so-hot

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

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Nov 22, 2014 Stormy marked it as to-read · review of another edition

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

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Dec 09, 2014 Katerina Kondrenko rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: 01-out-of-10, genre-fantasy, plot-driven-by-action, characters-cute-non-human-creatures, plot-as-plain-as-day, read-with-an-effort, pov-1st-person, friendship-bromance, genre-romance, plot-logic-is-dead

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

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Sep 24, 2015 bibliophile (Romance Addict) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, magic, love-triangle, fantasy, ya, kick-ass-heroine, mysterious, 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

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Mar 23, 2015 Shannon (kitchandpages) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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

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Aug 02, 2018 Anja H. rated it liked it · review of another edition

*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! ❤️

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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

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Oct 21, 2014 Maggi rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: full-review

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

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# 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors yo Hey Guys! Please note: I don't send out ARCs for review. If you're interested in reviewing a book of mine before release date, please contact the appropriate publisher. I also do NOT check my Goodreads email.

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# 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.

Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was a Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that features over hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more. ...more