Filthy Rich Vampire: For Eternity
By Geneva Lee.
By Geneva Lee.
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“Shame is a terrible companion, It’s better to sit with a friend in silence than listen to the lies guilt tells you in solitude.”
Four books, countless vampire secrets and one very complicated supernatural bloodline later, Thea and Julian have reached the end of their story. But did it actually feel like an ending?
For Eternity is the fourth and final book in the Filthy Rich Vampires series, and after becoming so invested in Thea, Julian and the wonderfully chaotic Rousseaux family, I desperately wanted this finale to bring everything together.
Thea is now Queen, magic has returned and suddenly everyone seems to want either control of her power or Thea herself out of the way. With the Vampire Council, the Mordicum and various family factions pursuing their own agendas, there's already plenty happening before the question of who murdered the previous Queen adds another threat.
I still adored Thea and Julian together. Their relationship has been the reason I've raced through this entire series, and seeing them finally standing beside one another after everything they've endured should have felt incredibly satisfying. Julian remains protective to an almost ridiculous degree, while the Rousseaux family also gets plenty of opportunity to shine. Some of my favourite moments were actually those involving the wider family rather than the central mystery.
Unfortunately, the story surrounding them became far too complicated for me.
The mystery of Thea's heritage has been building throughout the series, but by this point it felt as though every new revelation added another supernatural identity or ability to her increasingly enormous collection. Instead of making her feel more powerful, it actually had the opposite effect for me because we rarely get to see her properly understand or utilise everything she's supposedly capable of doing.
For someone who has become enormously important to the entire magical world, Thea still spends a surprising amount of time needing to be protected or rescued. I really wanted this final book to be the moment where she completely stepped into her power and showed us exactly why she deserved her position as Queen.
There's also SO much happening.
Court politics, forbidden magic, murder, different supernatural factions, family drama, betrayals and revelations are all competing for space, particularly towards the end. Rather than building towards one enormous, satisfying conclusion, I found the finale increasingly difficult to follow as one development quickly piled on top of another.
My biggest disappointment, however, was how much remained unanswered.
The Mordicum had been positioned as such an important part of the wider conflict, yet I finished the series still wanting far more explanation about them. Camilla's children also left me with questions, while characters from Thea's human life seem to disappear as the supernatural storyline takes over.
I kept expecting an epilogue. Even a simple jump forwards by a few years could have shown where everyone ended up and given me the closure I was craving after spending four books with these characters.
Instead, the ending feels heavily influenced by the existence of the spin-off series. I understand wanting to leave doors open for future stories, but I don't think that should come at the expense of giving this series its own satisfying conclusion. There is a difference between teasing another world and leaving major elements unresolved, and unfortunately this leaned too far towards the latter for me.
It's frustrating because I've had SO much fun with this series. I loved entering the ridiculous world of obscenely wealthy vampires, discovering its magic and politics and, most importantly, becoming completely invested in Thea and Julian's relationship.
Filthy Rich Vampire and Second Rite were easily my favourites, while Three Queens started showing signs that the expanding mythology might be becoming slightly too complicated. For Eternity confirmed that feeling. There were simply too many ideas competing for attention when I wanted the final instalment to concentrate on resolving everything already established.
I know Geneva Lee's Filthy Rich Fae continues within this wider world, but at the moment I don't feel compelled to move into the spin-off. After four books, I wanted to close Thea and Julian's story feeling completely satisfied rather than wondering where several missing pieces had gone.
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