Polaris by Autumn Reed and Julia ClarkeMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
And They All Lived Happily Ever After….. Eventually
This is the sixth and final book in the series, and all the previous books need to be read in order to understand this one.
This brings the series to an end in a grand style. A lot happens in this book both romantically and plot wise. The men have finally come clean to Haley about making their 6 way relationship a permanent one, rather than an opportunity for her to decide which man she solely wants to be with. Finding this attitude difficult to understand and having to face the outside world with the consequences of that decision are not easy for Haley.
At the same time as coming to terms with the new relationships, Haley is trying to graduate the Zenith training program. She’s zooming through the course material and is even nominated for special strategy training, something that leads her into difficulties.
Haley and her men face conflict and danger in this last book. They have to decide whether to pull away and retreat to safety or stand together and fight for what they want.
This book finally has the ‘burn’ implied in the ‘slow-burn’ description of the series. It’s taken a while to get there, but it’s finally arrived. It’s not the hottest passion I’ve ever read, but it’s quite sweet and very tender and loving. This series, more than any other reverse harem I’ve read has the men separate in their involvement with Haley. They go on separate dates, they live in different places, they sleep in separate beds. Honestly, I think this is probably closer to what someone who is polyamorous experiences than fiction, but it’s unusual to read it laid out in this way. It’s only towards the end of this book we start to see them actually spending time together as a group, which is obviously part of the HEA.
I liked how Haley was portrayed as intelligent and competent. She was able to get herself out of a difficult situation with help from the men, but without her the situation wouldn’t have been resolved. I also liked how honest the relationship difficulties were. It wasn’t all a bed of roses and Haley did care what people thought about her. They all had lots to work through emotionally and it all took time to happen.
This was quite an enjoyable series and this book was a great way to round it off, with tonnes happening in it. It was a very good finale.
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