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HOLY SHIT!!!!

So that just happened.
I don't think I could begin to start putting words together to write a review. Nothing I could possibly say would do this book any sort of justice. I think I may need to sleep on it so that I could wrap my mind around what the hick Rachel E. Carter just put me through! But one thing is for sure, like I predicted at the beginning I knew if I read to quickly I would be craving more and with an ending like that well... *walks off to my bedroom to try and put my broken heart back together*

That (above) was my reaction at around 3 in the morning after reading this book. Let me tell you, it was a ringer. After First Year I was excited because this author was new to me and she wrote a story filled with action, intrigue and enough emotional madness to guaranty I read her second book.
(Check out my review of book one here)

Then I read Apprentice and I was blown away! These characters, I have grown to love them in this book and by the end I was an emotional wreck! I wanted to scream at Rachel for what she put me through during that story but nothing could have stopped me from obtaining book 3.
(Check out my review of book two here)

I don't know how she does it but Rachel has been able to outdo her self with each book. Candidate is by far the best book of the series. I really thought nothing could have surpassed Apprentice and for that I was a fool because I should have known Rachel had more up her sleeves.

This story had a lot more politics than the others. Now that Ry has her robes, she has to find her place (yet again) in this new environment. The way Rachel wove her story... I suspected some of the possible outcomes but never, would I have suspected some of the stuff that was going to happen.

I'm not going to lie, but through out this book I just really wanted to smack Ry. Over and over the things she did and said, even the things she thought... gaaahhh!!! I just wanted to shake some sense into her. At the end though (after I forgave her power hungry tendencies) she was my favorite person again and I was in utter awe of her. She had to overcome so much, I loved watching it unfold.

Darren, oh my sweet non-heir. I grew to love him again during this book and I was so, so glad to see the way their love had a new dynamic now that they didn't have to hide. He was perfect, with his arrogance and self confidence but most of all, his love for Ry. There were a couple of times (when I wanted to smack Ry) that I just wanted to give him a cuddle. He has my heart and I know it's going to be deadly come book 4.

We revisited some old characters (I got to see my boy Ian again, I still love him) and we're introduced to some new ones. My favorite was Paige. Since I know that Rachel is a Game of Thrones fan, I was pretty pleased to spot the resemblance to one of my favorite characters from the show, and she was just as badass as Brienne!

Now I was so enraptured with this story. Every word was more intense than the previous books and I was so caught up, even though I knew there would be betrayals, I was still caught of guard. At about 85% I wanted to stop reading. I couldn't walk my heart, head first into the kind of heartache I KNEW was going to come. But I did and I couldn't believe the way things unfolded.

I want to talk about it so bad and just place a bunch of spoilers but I will stop myself here. But note this, that ending is going to be driving me crazy until next year. This is the first cliffhanger off the series and it was a doozy.

Rachel, you deserve an award after this. Bravo!