Review: Game Over (Gamer Girls Series Book 7) by Auryn Hadley and Kitty Cox

Game Over by Auryn Hadley and Kitty Cox
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A Rollercoaster Ride

Wow, this was an emotional and adrenaline fuelled ride from the start. I loved this series so hard that I was kind of worried about how it would all end. I shouldn’t have been because I’ve never been disappointed by the last book written by these authors. They know how to pace and plot like masters of the craft.

There are a few hairy moments in this book that could trigger someone. Please read the warnings at the start of the book if you experience emotional difficulties surrounding a subject matter that could be covered in this book. I found some scenes difficult even though they didn’t have any kind of resonances of difficult issues in my past. These authors write incredibly well about difficult subjects. They face the hard things with unflinching honesty and emotional truth and that can sometimes be overwhelming if it’s about something that’s difficult for you.

There are so many twists and turns in this book that has your head spinning. You won’t guess who the ultimate bad guy is until his reveal, which is a rarity in a series this long. Usually there are enough hints dropped, obviously enough, that you can begin to guess. This isn’t the case in this book, until the reveal and then you go ‘oh yeah, now I get it!’.

This book is all about team work. Everyone works together and plays to their strengths to prop up each other’s weaknesses. It’s a definite theme, without being rammed down your throat. This is very obviously a feminist series and I love that the men in the gamer girls group are feminists too, even if some of them need an education in the language to use and require some enlightenment as to how to be the best kind of support to women. This book is a really good recipe for how to teach men about what women go through. I will probably be stealing some of the language the gamer girls use to explain things to the men in their circle, to explain things to the men I know. It’s an excellent primer!

As well as the great plot twists and the high action sections there is also the wonderful emotional conclusions as everyone gets their HEA, even if they don’t come in the shape others think they should do. I love how each person gets the HEA they want and it doesn’t matter what is traditional or expected, it just fits with them.

I am so delighted that there is going to be a spin off series about Knock and his polycule. I know it’s going to be good because the characters are fantastic and these authors are superb at plot and emotional development. It cannot fail to resonate with the fans of this series, of which I am definitely one.

By the way, I know I’m a total Auryn fan girl. I admit it. I also have a reason for being that way. I don’t think she’s capable of releasing a bad book. She might be capable of writing one, perhaps, but she would never release it. Basically I’d be saying all the same things about this book/series if it was another author. I try not to be prejudiced either for or against a book by it’s author, so please believe me when I say, this is brilliant, read the whole series now and then read it again in a few months time because you’ll love it even more after you’ve read it once.

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