What a finale! Heart-pounding drama, tense to the max and left me with so many emotions. I've loved this series from the go, and thought this was the perfect ending to bring it all together.

I adored this series and the first and second books were absolute 5 stars in my eyes. The third and final instalment, however, did fall just slightly short of the first two for me. I still loved and enjoyed it but it just wasn't as incredible as I found the first two. Despite this, it is an easy 4 star read with excitement, suspense, romance and all the things I have grown to love about Lynnette Noni's books.

I just finished "The Blood Traitor" by Lynette Noni, and it was a fantastic conclusion to "The Prison Healer" series. The story resumes with Kiva Meridan facing overwhelming magical and political obstacles. Kiva’s journey is filled with suspense, emotion, and resilience, making it hard to put down. Noni’s world-building is exquisite, and I felt completely absorbed in the detailed fantasy world she created. The character growth is outstanding, particularly Kiva's evolution throughout the series. The plot twists were unexpected and thrilling, keeping me hooked until the very last page.

An amazing ending to this great trilogy! I was very sad when I put this book down that it was the end and I wouldn’t interact with the characters anymore, but overall I would recommend this series to anyone wanting to read an intense and well built fantasy series with great character development.

This series is an underrated gem!

I couldn’t physically put this book down. It is probably one of the best final books in a series that I have read as it tied everything together beautifully.

I was gripped from the very start as we were left with lots of questions at the end of book two.

I cried, I gasped and I was mad quite a few time! A brilliant finale, a worthy ending.

Unfortunately I will be unable to give feedback on this book. I requested this book and had intentions of reading it. However my taste in books has changed and I do not feel that a review from me would do the book justice

I've finally finished this series and just wow. The whole book was such a perfect ending to a brilliant trilogy, full of action, tension and a few twists. Loved every moment of it and I'm gutted it's over now. Will definitely be a series that stays with me

A phenomenal ending to a stellar series. If you enjoyed the previous books, this is a no-brainer. I especially liked the development of the characters and their relationships growing and changing.

An exciting finale

"The Blood Traitor" is the third and final book in Lynette Noni's Prison Healer trilogy. After the end of the second book, I couldn't wait to read more. The story was suspenseful and full of surprises and intrigue. I couldn't tear myself away from the pages! Not only has the story continued to evolve and become more exciting, but so have the characters. Kiva had to learn to be strong since she was a child, but she learned what true strength is over time with Jaren. And I could only admire how she kept fighting. That and her good nature. You just have to love Jaren. As the crown prince, he is very close to his people and he fights to the bitter end. But little Tipp is my absolute favorite our group of friends! Because when the others despair or stop fighting, it's Tipp that reminds them who they're fighting for. All in all, "The Blood Traitor" was a fantastic story that I would recommend to anyone. 5 out of 5 stars.

ARC provided in exchange of an honest review.

I think most readers will be satisfied with this conclusion as it wraps up most of the plot points and delivers a sense of closure. Jaren angered me a bit too much though and that lessened my enjoyment.

What an incredible end to this series! I couldn't put the book down but at the same time I was also desperate for it to never end. There's action, romance, danger, and such amazing world building. It's so hard to review a book that's the last in the series without spoiling the other books but let me just say, there were twists that even after reading the first two I couldn't have anticipated. The characters and their world continued to grow, the high standards were not dropped by the author until the very last word.
Absolute perfection!

This was definietly one of my favorite books of 2022, I am SO sad this was the end, but what a story it has been. I will wait for all of Noni's next books, because if they're all a fraction of good as this one was, I'm gonna be first in line to get them!

So
I totally thought at first that this series would be ok but nothing major
HOW WRONG I WAS !!!!

Jared Kiva have my heart and that scene
He’s too sweet and I need more books like this

THE ENDING
HE GOT WHAT HE DESERVED

The first in the series was by far my favourite, but they all had such good points. I have to admit that this one was my least favourite, just because of how much I HATE miscommunication as a trope, but the amount of twists was so good. I feel like Kiva was so surface level in this book though :( We got a lot of show not tell, and she seemed to get over things very quickly. And the whole shit with Jaren, while yes I still love them together and was happy for them, it got old sooooo fast.

This was just the perfect ending to a perfect trilogy.

I love these characters and I love this world.i love Lynette Noni's writing and her world-building is just incredible. At one point I got visible shivers! It was just perfect and made me feel so happy.

I'm lost for words and I know that this review doesn't make any sense but I just loved it so much.

If you've been considering this series then take this as your sign to pick it up right now.

The Blood Traitor is the final book in the Prison Healer Trilogy, but I was left feeling disappointed after reading this. I gave the first book in the series 5 stars, but in my opinion, it all went a bit downhill from there. There were a few things I enjoyed about this book, and I am glad I stuck with it to see how things resolved, but at the same time, there were some big problems as well.

Starting with the good things about this book, I really grew attached to the side characters, especially Tipp and Caldon who were already firm favourites, but Cresta was soon added to that mix too. The side characters are also a diverse group with bisexual, asexual and lesbian characters, one character has a stutter and one of the main side characters is an amputee as well, plus this series does tackle some heavy themes like addiction and abuse. Noni manages to include all of this in a way that’s both genuine and respectful, and because of the way Noni does deal with the dark aspects of this series, I really enjoyed the start of the book. It reminded me of the original Prison Healer novel with the gritty, dark, survival narrative that was so well crafted in book one. And alongside that, I found the resolution to the series very satisfying, so I am glad I stuck with this book to the end.

However, there were a lot of things that troubled me in this book too. I really felt that Noni did Kiva an injustice. It’s refreshing having a main character who chooses to heal rather than harm, and I liked her a lot in book one. But although she doesn’t choose to be a fighter, that doesn’t mean she can’t be strong in other ways, yet Kiva came across as weak, naive and a little bit foolish. She doesn’t listen to anyone, and she rarely questions what she’s told. To add to this, Kiva had barely any agency in her own story, the side characters did most of the work, they fought, they solved the mysteries and they were the ones to save Kiva from a lot of the situations they found themselves in. Which was really frustrating, I could count on my hand the number of times Kiva made a decision for herself.

This book also felt rushed. The twists gave me whiplash, it was like reading the script for an episode of Eastenders. They all come one after another in the last 15% of the book, and some of the twists felt like they’d just been placed there for convenience. The plot was a little all over the place as well. This book contained a quest, which is something I would normally love. But without sharing any spoilers, the quest ended up irrelevant to the overall arc of the story, yet it took up more than half of the book!

I generally feel like this series had so much potential, the revenge plot and gritty narrative in book one could have pulled us so far. But the execution of books two and three really pulled the series down. The fact I cared so much for the side character’s wellbeing did help me get to the end of the series despite its flaws, but at the same time, the problems I had with this book were hard to ignore and they really hampered my enjoyment of it.

All-in-all it was just a bit disappointing.

What an emotional roller coaster reading this book was!

It’s action packed, full of nail biting scenes, heart stopping emotions and tear jerking moments.
It’s been along time since a book made me tear up and I did just that in a couple of the scenes.

Kiva is such a beautiful and caring main character, it’s refreshing reading a main character who is not just a badass with a sassy attitude (which I love by the way) but it’s nice that a heroine can be strong and powerful and kind, caring with a sweet nature at the same time.

Not only Kiva but all the characters are special. I love this found family and I adore Caldon, he is one of my favourite characters and I wish we could read more about him….hint hint Lynette 😉

This trilogy is simply amazing and so worth the read! I highly HIGHLY recommend it.

I absolutely adored this book, this is one of my favourite series. I just wanted to reread it after finishing it.

A very disappointing 2 Stars

I cannot tell you how sad I am about this rating. Like I am legit devastated that I didn't like the final instalment, but I'm glad I've finally read it. I want to start off by saying that I went into this with extremely high expectations. I really enjoyed Prison Healer and absolutely ADORED The Gilded Cage but this just felt off for me.

My issues are that it was just full of so many cliches that you find in Young Adult books, I've drifted away from YA quite recently, however I didn't expect it from this series if that makes any sense? I think something that annoys me is lack of communication and this is so poignant in this book between the characters and there's so much ANGST that felt unnecessary.

What I loved about Gilded Cage WAS the relationships, and I just think we missed these so much in this one and for me characters are always my favourite thing about a book (well in 95% of cases). Parts of the "final showdown" happened to quickly, the build up felt so slow and wasn't needed.

Overall I'm glad so many people enjoyed this, but sadly it wasn't for me.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the early access!

I loved this series, and this was a great ending to it. We see more of the other kingdoms, and the world evolved beautifully.

Cresta plays a big part in this book, alongside some new characters, and Jaren and Kiva's relationship evolves and blossoms.

Great ending to the series.