A Mount Saga Novel by Meghan March. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – Books Best Blog

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

“Lachlan Mount has to die.”

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🖤💙❤️
Heat/Steam: N/A
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍
Character development: 🙂🥰☺️😂😋
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙
Narration type: Dual Narration

This was a follow-up to the Mount Trilogy by Meghan March. It has been quite a while since I read that trilogy, though it was probably my favorite of all her trilogies. Lachlan Mount has appeared in many of her books since then and he has always been one of my favorite characters, particularly because he is so strong. He is the head of a criminal empire in New Orleans and has always been so stalwart and somewhat unemotional.

This book came as a big surprise, especially since it started with Lachlan Mount crying in his study, saying “What have I done” over and over. He was feeling especially emotional because he felt responsible for getting his best friend V killed and for not being able to protect his wife and child. Though he did get them back, they had been kidnapped from their home, which he thought was safe.

It isn’t long before something happens that Lachlan has always dreamed of, but also something he has dreaded. He grew up hard as a ward of the state. He built his empire out of nothing and was the king of New Orleans. He kept his identity secret and out of the press. Though lately he has been in the press a lot, and his empire is crumbling. His fortress was breached and there is a new supposed king in New Orleans. A dirty Fed and his father, one of the joint chiefs of staff, are coming for Lachlan and his family.

Lachlan, Kiera and Aurora go to Italy after it is unsafe to be in New Orleans, though he knows he must return at some point, because to quit his life as the kingpin in NOLA, he has to pull his “kill switch” which will basically turn his empire into dust. The trip back was expected to be very dangerous and even Lachlan fears for his life.

“You are like a prince who is being returned to his kingdom.”

“How is it that after giving myself over to such torment and accepting the reality of what I had done, that life lifted me into a totally different dimension. I will never understand the mysteries and perfection of my life, but I will not question them either.”

“He might have committed many crimes in the laws of men, but he is more honorable than the man with the badge who hunts him.”

“I knew she would become my greatest vulnerability, but I had no idea that she would become my greatest strength.”

This was quite a different book than what I expected. Since we got all the romance and steamy scenes in the Mount Trilogy, this one was more focused on the main plot than the romance. We know that Mount and Kiera are a strong and solid couple and love each other so much, that didn’t need to be the main focus of this book. I kind of liked the fact that it wasn’t overwhelmed with romance and bedroom scenes. And I completely loved the fact that the night before Lachlan goes back to New Orleans, he and Keira spend the night laying on the bed with Aurora sleeping between them, talking through the night instead of having a steamy scene.

This audiobook was told in multiple points of view via dual narration and was narrated Joe Arden and Grace Grant. I am not too fond of Grace Grant’s voice, but it is not annoying enough for me to quit listening. Though Joe Arden is one of my favorites. He is seamlessly able to go from a straight male voice to one with an Italian accent to one with a French accent. I also liked many of the characters like the Giordano family, especially Marco Giordano. I wouldn’t mind getting a book with him as the Hero.