Claim (Pretty Poison Book 3) by C F White

The hard earned finale and HEA for Razor and Tristan. Razor is in prison limbo and Tristan fights to get him out, but they still have too many forces against them to hope they can have an easy way to be together forever.


From the blurb:

Razor Slade was never meant to survive this long.

Now he’s inside, where power shifts fast, loyalty means nothing, and weakness could get him killed. His reputation might keep men at bay, but it won’t save him from the enemies closing in. Especially not the ones who know exactly how to use his biggest vulnerability against him.

Tristan Hale-Fitzroy.

The barrister who should have been his escape.
The man who became his undoing.

Newly qualified and finally standing on his own, Tristan has everything he’s worked for within reach. Until Razor’s case lands back in his orbit. What should be simple isn’t. The deeper he digs, the more the cracks begin to show. And the more dangerous it becomes to keep looking.

Because someone powerful wants Razor buried.

Taking the case could cost Tristan his career. His future. Everything.

But walking away would cost him Richie.

As the pressure builds inside and outside the prison walls, lines blur between justice and control, loyalty and survival. And when the truth finally surfaces, it won’t just be Razor’s fate on the line...

It'll be whether either of them are brave enough to claim the other.

Claim is the final book in the Pretty Poison Trilogy—a dark MM romance packed with obsession, dangerous devotion, prison tension, courtroom warfare, rich/poor conflict, morally grey men, and a fiercely earned happily ever after.


SNik's review:

Third and finale in trilogy (Pretty Poison), must be read in order. Established couple. Forbidden/secret relationship. Found family. Dual POV. Heed content warnings. 

Weeks have passed while Razor is in prison, and Tristan has purposefully stayed away until he finds a possible way to help. Razor has to keep his head on a swivel in order to survive, he’s been left on his own and is realizing that prison may be his long term future. 

This is the conclusion to Razor and Tristan’s story, and really emphasizes their yearning for a forever but not seeing a way to make that happen. Razor is shown even more as a survivor and Tristan’s righteousness enables him to fight for Razor’s freedom and innocence. Unfortunately, they spend a majority of this book apart which made the romance not as strong as the first two books, but I was glad to see their story resolve in an uncomplicated way that allowed them to have a future together. I enjoyed this series immensely and luckily the author released these books quickly so you don’t have to wait to see their HEA.


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