Tin Queen: Clifton Forge, Book 6

I honestly was sure I wasn’t going to like this book as I didn’t think it was possible to warm to Nova with her being the enemy, and me having fallen in love with the Tin Gypsies. But wow, I adore her as much as I adore the other 5 girls from the previous books. Nova just wanted her fathers love and trust she’d do anything to gain it. My heart absolutely broke for her when she began to learn the truth of her fathers lies. I adore Emmett, I already loved him from the previous books, but he is honestly such a genuinely lovely person who is struggling with his grief. I adored the relationship the two of them built, despite it being based on lies in nova’s part, you could really tell how much she truly loved Emmett and vice versa. Like the other books in the series I loved the underlying suspense, and trying to figure out the truth from the lies. As well as seeing them as a group with their children I’m completely in love with all the characters in this series and I adore the found family trope that ran through it.

It was bittersweet reading Tin Queen knowing that it was the finale to the Tin Gypsy series and this time seeing the words ‘the end’ meant saying good bye forever to Clifton Forge but what a way to go out! Devney Perry has definitely saved the best till last and me, saying that is something as I’ve been team Dash/Bryce from the start, but Ace/Emmett and Nova/June have just managed to pip them at the post.June Nova Johnson Talbot is driven by grief and a deep seated thirst for revenge over her brother’s death and an almost pathological need to gain her incarcerated father’s love and approval by achieving what others have tried but failed to do – destroy the remaining Tin Gypsies. As her plans unfold she’s torn between vengeance and her growing love for Emmett forcing her to take a good look at the person she has become. Emmett has done his best to put the past behind him. As a Gypsy he did things he now regrets but he’s never harmed an innocent. He’s happy playing uncle to his honorary nieces and nephews and has no intention of settling down. When it comes to his love life he has three rules – No Promises, No Expectations, No Names. However, when he meets Nova the attraction between them is magnetic and what starts as a one-night stand on his part gradually becomes more as they seem unable to keep away from each other. The sex scenes between Emmett and Nova are some of the hottest Devney Perry has ever written – I swear I felt my kindle start to heat up as I read them but what else should we have expected from two such strong characters who at first glance were perfect for each other but what is love without trust? Even now after finishing this book and looking at things from both perspectives I don’t know how I’d have reacted or if I’d have had the strength to forgive, forget and start again.Tin Gypsy is one of my most favourite series of all time and WOW what an epic ending. I honestly can’t see how Devney can top this one but I can’t wait to read what she comes up with next.

Nova has always wanted her father’s love/approval/time, so when he finally confides in her from his prison cell, she hangs on his every word. His stories spark and fuel her hatred for the Tin Gypsies, a disbanded rival motorcycle club to her father’s own Arrowhead Warriors.And so she comes up with a scheme, a plan to trap the three main Tin Gypsies and see them rot in prison. After all if her father is to pay for his sins, shouldn’t they?The thrilling conclusion to the Tin Gypsy series, this book did not disappoint!Nova was just looking to use Emmett to infiltrate the group and find evidence to use against them, but of course he wasn’t what she expected. And Emmett was intrigued by this mysterious woman who seemed too good to be true. A casual, physical relationship with no strings? Perfect. But you know what they say about best laid plans.It seemed to me that Tin Queen was more focused on the building of their relationship than the other books. There was less action and drama which made perfect sense for the plot, so we mostly got to see the feelings and bond form organically between Nova and Emmett which was really sweet considering how they started out as purely physical.I felt for Nova, all she wanted was her father’s approval, and all he did was manipulate her and lie to her for her entire life. So many secrets, so many lies, and it took losing the man she loved to realise it all.I think the story tied the series off nicely, but I feel like Tucker would have been even more manipulative or maybe taken more coercing at the end.The best thing about all the books in this series is how fiercely the men love the women and children in their lives, and will stop at nothing to protect their extended family. Because that’s what they all are. A family.

Ace and Nova. One part of the Tin Gypsies and the other the daughter of another gang. She came to find evidence to get the remaining Tin Gypsies locked up but instead fell in love. Love and revenge. Which one will win. A fitting book for the end of the series tying up the back story. Good read