Unchained Beauty (Deadly Beauties Live On Book 5)
Battles come and go. Wars are almost always won in the end. It's easy to grow complacent and forget even the deadliest should glance over their shoulder from time to time.
We thought we had it all figured out.
We were poised for this win before we even went to battle.
We didn't win. We didn't lose.
We thought a demon would be easier to kill, because it's “just” a demon.
Now we're dealing with the mess from our latest failure.
Meanwhile, I'm still trying to do something other than be the biggest disappointment of all, searching for my place while avoiding the one man who could possibly kill me, if he wasn't so busy constantly saving me. My "hero" happens to be my family's enemy, despite the uneasy, temporary truce between us as we combine forces to work against a common enemy.
The enemy of my enemy shouldn't be more than that. Really, he shouldn't. Slade is a terrible person who has done terrible things since he's been freed. Nothing he can do can redeem himself. At least that should be the truth of it.
Just when we think we have it all figured out again...everything changes.
For once in our entire existence, it may not matter who the deadliest is, because all the rules are being broken.
**Should be read as part of the series and not a stand-alone
**Sexual situations/content
**Language warning
**Final book of the series
Reviews (183)
Epic love story!
Unchained Beauty, 5 and last book in the Deadly Beauties Live On series. I knew there were a reason why I kept stalling to read this book. *bawling my eyes out* it's the last one in the series...! "Because hope is the most dangerous thing to a man like me, Ella. Not when I had hope ripped out of me time after time again," he says so quietly I almost can't hear it." This story had more twist and turns than any other story ( I can think of right now...). The road the author took us through...just to get to the world-ending-battle in the end... "Everything I do is because of you," he murmurs against my lips. " F' me, what a journey. What an epic love story!! Slade, the ultimate a-h**e, bad boy alpha,...I'm all hot and bothered just by thinking of him... And Ella, the princess.. totally *girl crushing*!! Really loved how she grew throughout the story! "Maybe you should have your baby already so you won't be too fat to reach mine," I snap, then I immediately regret it when a whip crack of power slings me across the room." Yeah, Dice..he's 90% annoying and a big pain in the ... The books wouldn't be the same without him, and I truly believe he knows that!!
A Must Read - For All Books in the 2 Series
This series - and its predecessor Deadly Beauties - has me completely enthralled, and I've been waiting for this one FOREVER to finish the series. I laughed, I cried, I loved, I lost. And I'm going to go back and do it again because you can't get enough of these characters. In each book, you find a new hero that you love and yearn for more than the last. Each heroine is relatable in one way or another, and the writing is phenomenal. You're constantly asking yourself, BUT WHY??? And Owens is a master at drawing out the answers and shocking you with them. You know something big is coming, but you can never quite guess the plot twist in its entirety. Because of the world building and the character depth, I rank these series among my top 5 (as a single series, since the two generations of characters follow a continuous story). And Unchained Beauty was everything I wanted it to be and more. The culmination of events, truly learning who Slade is after all this time...and what he's gone through, are so satisfying! And who would have ever imagined the truth behind the prophecy? Highly recommended read - but start from the beginning and devour all 9 books.
This series has to be my fav of all times
When I read a last book, I always feel like I need to leave a review for the whole series. This was just an amazing series!!! The Deadly Beauties was one of my first paranormal rides and I've always kept it in my heart and on my top Fav spot. This series opened me up to all new feelings when reading about people who touch you and make you HOT! 😆 I've been a huge fan of Ms Owens paranormal books and they have never let me down. Some SPOILERS I've always had a soft spot for Slade even when he was trying to kill Leah or Roslyn. I knew there was so much more to him and this just made my heart soar. I've been hoping there would be a book for Kimber and I was beyond excited to see this one. I loved the depth that Ms Owens went into about Slades journal and personal thoughts and life. It was blowing my mind and it shows how much she put into the series. I loved the pull those two had and when they finally got together it was such a payoff and made me all hot n bothered. The epilogue seemed to set up a spinoff and I can't wait, I know my main Beauties will still live on in that. Thank you so much for the wonderful hot ride the Beauties gave me, and the name Deadly Beauties is just genius!!!
Read the ENTIRE Series - Deadly Beauties and DB Live On
I started with book one in the Deadly Beauties and did not stop until the very last book of Deadly Beauties Live On! Phenomenal series. I was hooked after page one, and I could not stop reading. It is full of humor, I literally laughed out loud so many times, as if I was there in the moment. It has suspense, love, thrills and tears! I can't say enough about this series, or this author. I have read a TON of books and have a list of favorite authors, CM Owens just topped that list! Everything I have read written by her ( and other pen names) has been extraordinary. This series has night walkers, witches, creature gods, incubus, demons, and SO much more! You can not go wrong. I will definitely be rereading this series several times.
Mind Blown
I honestly don't think I can do this book justice with a review. Just go read the series cause this book is just everything. It has all the characters we love from all the books, it has the epic battles, it has the worst "bad guy" literally a demon from hell possessing a witch who has been stealing powers for centuries, and of course there is Dice never forget the comic relief that is Dice. This book rips you heart out has your head exploding, laughing your ass of the next moment and at the end your like: "what the hell just happened to me!!!". So you reread to make sure you are not losing your mind but that just takes you on that wild ride again. This was a love story like no other what he does to strength himself to be the man he needs to be to save her and what she goes through to save him just melts your heart and hurts your soul. To be part of a love like that.....there are no words. Have to give a shout-out to Dice's chapter he had me crying from laughing so much. I loved the series and I love this book so much it's truly and epic ending to a phenomenal series of books. It will stay in my favorites folder for a long time. Well done C.M. Owens for a truly amazing book and series.❤️
Good story but information overload.
I'm a longtime C.M. Owens fan. I've read all of the Sterling Shore series. As a matter of fact Maverick 's story was the best. Additionally, I've also read all of the Deadly Beauties books however this was not my favorite. I found it to be a bit hard to follow at times, a bit too long, repetitive and information overload. It had it's moments where I was hooked but then it would get bogged down in too much detail. This is a excellent writer whose imagination knows no bounds. However sometimes there is so much she's creating that she can lose her reader. I love the sense of humor she injects that can have you literally laughing out loud. The character, Dice is a laugh riot. If multiple paranormal characters and story lines are not your thing you really will not like this series. However if you love a challenge CM Owens has it to give in spades.
Timeless Love
My personal preference is books where the H/h join forces to accomplish something and fight together instead of against each other. I despise the H who treats the heroine cruelly and wondered how CM Owens could possibly redeem Slade so I felt he was worthy of Ella after the way he has treated her in previous books. Believe me when I say she not only accomplishes that difficult feat, but she does it in a way that makes him my favorite Hero in the entire series. We all deserve to be loved the way Slade loves Ella, and I can't wait for the author to start her spin off series to find out what special skills their children may have. Bravo, CM. I never saw it coming!
Loved it
This was bittersweet sweet for me because I’ve been craving this book for so long, but when I was reading it I didn’t want it to end. Because that would mean that it really was the end. I’ve loved this series hard, it’s so so well written and funny and sexy and mysterious and exciting and simply just everything that’s awesome in a book series. I’ll forever be a CM addict and I’m really really excited about reading the Dragonites series because Chaz was always mine <3 Ella and Slade’s book was amazing, I’ll be doing a reread very soon.
Wow - just wow - I can't even process it all!!!!!
This series - Deadly Beauties & Deadly Beauties Live is so amazing it took over my life while I was reading it. Nothing could prepare me for this last book though. The depth of the content, the characters and how everyone's lives affected the others. I don't want to give spoilers but just be ready for one of the most intense and detailed stories you have ever experienced. I am thankful our author's mind works like this but I can't even imagine what she has to go through for this writing process. Keep them coming - I love all your stories and genres!!!
A Great Ending to this series that I will miss.
It's always sad when a series comes to an end because you don't want to leave a world that you loved escaping to. Unchained Beauty was an great read to end this series. Ella and Slade were epic and their relationship had been hinted at in the previous books. What I didn't expect was the plot twist in this one and boy oh boy did I not see that coming. C.M. Owens threw me for a loop that's for sure. This book was everything that I expected and more. I love that we got to see everyone from the previous books. This book had funny moments, intense moments and I absolutely love that this storyline always manages to have me reading until the end. I am not a big para romance fan so for me this series is a fav because it has me so engrossed in what is going on.
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