Clair de la Lune (Book Five: Ink & Fireworks) by Alexa Piper

Clair de la Lune: Ink & Fireworks is the last of a five book series of novellas featuring the beloved characters, Amory and Soyer, as they reach their HEA in this AU universe Alexa Piper has created.


From the blurb:

Soyer never expected this. He never expected love when he moved to Clair de la Lune to open a small flower shop.

And yet. Clair de la Lune with its townsfolk, charm, and traditions won him over. Of course, finding Amory made Soyer want to fit in, more than he ever thought possible.

Ink & Fireworks follows the events of Ink & Snow, Ink & Flowers, Ink & Sleigh Rides, and Ink & Moonlight which should be read first.


Jacqueleen the Reading Queen's review:

"𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆."

Such a lovely romantic ending for dear Amory and Soyer. I enjoyed this little series of novellas immensely. As I've stated before, any way I can get more of these two I will gobble it up. It was so sweet seeing them in this contemporary setting. Nobody is trying to kill anyone. Soyer doesn't have to travel and leave Amory for mysterious "jobs." There is no bodyguard assigned to keep Amory safe from kidnapping, though I don't think one would be needed in this town. It seems like everyone in it has their eyes out for Amory no matter where he goes.

I loved watching Soyer slowly, but surely find his place in the town of Clair de la Lune. His relationship with Amory aside, Soyer has found himself making friends as well. He doesn't even need Amory to tell him to offer a coffee to Sheriff Dwayne when he is nearby anymore, he automatically does it himself. It was little things like that, rather than Soyer's words, that truly showed me Soyer was finally settling in. And who wouldn't!? Clair de la Lune sounds like an amazing place to be a part of and I have no doubts that Amory and Soyer will have a joyous life ahead of themselves in this gossipy, but wonderful place.

"𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑮𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖."

"𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒃𝒖𝒚 𝒎𝒆?"

"𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚."

"𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒆. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏."


Clair de la Lune: Ink & Fireworks is currently available as an e-book