Summary

From TikTok sensation Lauren Asher comes the final book in the Dreamland Billionaires series.

Callahan

I'm the Kane brother everyone gossips about behind closed doors.

Trust fund brat. Washed-up athlete. High-functioning alcoholic.

No one knows the real me but her.

Lana Castillo―my childhood best friend and the only woman I ever loved.

When I broke her heart six years ago, I promised to never return to Lake Wisteria.

I kept my word until my grandfather's will changed everything.

To receive my inheritance, I was tasked with spending a summer at the family lake house before selling it.

The request was simple in theory until my entire plan blew up on the very first day.

Turns out Lana doesn't just live at the house, but she claims to own it, too.

Alana

Falling in love with Callahan Kane was a mistake.

He told me so before destroying my heart and our friendship six summers ago.

When he promised never to come back, I foolishly believed him.

But then Cal showed up again, intending to sell his grandfather's lake house.

The biggest flaw in his plan?

My name is on the deed.

Review

The Dreamland Billionaires series has been one that I had wholeheartedly enjoyed. I read Fine Print a few years ago, and love the relationship between Zahra and Rowan. I waited months for Terms and Conditions to be released and went in with so many expectations and ideas about how I wanted the book to go. And although I enjoyed it, my expectations had not been met.

For the final book – Final Offer, I tried to keep my expectations low. Even with low expectations, I finished reading the book and felt a little disappointment. Final Offer wasn’t a terrible book; however, for a book ending this trilogy I expected it to go out with a bang.

Final Offer did start off on a high so high that I giggled because I assumed this was going to be my book of the year. Cal and Alana were going to be great, and the top couple of the series. I spoke too soon. The high unfortunately doesn’t last that long.

After the meeting with Cal and Alana in the first few chapters, the book sort of drags on. There are a few cute moments between them and others. Cal and Alana were supposed to be giving friends-to-lovers, and second-hand romance. Unfortunately, readers aren’t given full context of their relationship before they got together, while they got together, and after they ended it. There are a few flashbacks, however, with a book 600 pages I expected the author to really dive into the emotional history of the two of them. I wanted more.

As far as the characters. I like Alana, and her strong backbone. It’s hard to talk about her without getting into spoilers, but she was great. And often time she did deserve better. As for Cal he was a golden retriever with a dark past. And his journey really pulled at my heartstrings. There were several times where he was treated unfortunate. I understand the need for everyone in the town to dislike him due to how him and Alana parted; however, their constant need to be rude him felt overboard and exhausting.

Final Thoughts

Final Offer doesn’t feel like a conclusion to a series. It feels a like a middle book. When the book eventually did conclude, it was underwhelming. However, the romance does shine with outstanding and memorable moments with Cal and Alana. Those moments are sparse and mixed between drawn out events.

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