Thank you Ksenia Winnicki for providing me with a finished copy for review! Thank you Gabrielle Zevin for such a wonderful end to this series!!What I Loved: I have to say that I was afraid of how this would end. Like, legit scared I would end up in a corner somewhere mumbling about chocolate and coffee, which is why, I did something I rarely do - I read the last chapter first. Once I saw how it all ends I was able to take a breath and start at the beginning. This is one of the best final books I...

4 stars for Anya2 stars for kooky pacing and dialogueI love Anya Ballanchine. She's tough and unpredictable. She makes decisions I would never expect from a character in a YA novel. (view spoiler)[ What young woman would agree to marry someone for a business alliance? Or hire and eventually befriend the man who put her in prison when she was 15? (hide spoiler)] The scenes between Anya and Mr. Delacroix were my favorites. What a surprising relationship. More interesting than her relationship wit...

Initial reaction:DAMN. This series was great. Hands down favorite of the year. How will I cope now that it is over? Review: This book is different from what I expected, and probably different from what most people expected, and I am thankful for it because it really elevated the series (which I didn't know was possible).Whereas the first two installments of this series focus on Anya in her last two years of high school, this one follows her through to her twenties, which really gave this novel a...

It must be the year of finishing series, I swear! I’ve finished reading several series this year and on the whole I am pleased at how the whole slew of trilogies I have read are closing out. As a fan of the mob and gangsters, I had a special affinity for Gabrielle Zevin’s Birthright trilogy and am MORE THAN PLEASED with how In The Age Of Love And Chocolate wraps up the series. Now, I know there are some weirdos out there who just didn’t like Anya Ballanchine or this series and while that is tota...

Okay, this surprised me. I put off reading this book for so long because the second in the series had disappointed me so much. But I enjoyed the storytelling and characters a lot more in this one. It was easy to read and get invested again.Looking back, this series offers a great female main character and an epic story of crime and love and friendship. Glad I finally picked it up.

--- Before reading ---Coolest title ever.--- After reading ---UGH THEY ARE TOO CUTE. 4.5 stars? Maybe?

3.5 stars. I liked this. I'd forgotten (because I didn't reread books 1 or 2 prior to reading book 3) how formal the narrative comes across, and while it's a bit distracting (to be honest), it's not a deal breaker. I really like the way this ended - imperfect enough to make it feel 'real.' This series is the only portion of Zevin's collection I've read and I'm happy to have read it. Also, every time I think about this story, I think I should use my interest in Russian everything to write a book

3.5 stars

Review courtesy of Dark Faerie TalesQuick & Dirty: Chocolate wars, love and death in the Age of Love and Chocolate!Opening Sentence: “I hadn’t wanted to be a Godmother, but my best friend insisted.”The Review:Anya is back in the last book of the Birthright trilogy, and she is making moves to open her club, The Dark Room and to legalize some aspect of chocolate so that she can take care of her family! Wyn still refuses to understand or get over the choices she made in the second book. However, An...

Solid ending to a unique series in a world where a Russian mafia daughter strives to make illegal chocolate legal again.

this book was really interesting and the characters were so round and Anya growing up is very interesting I really liked this book I recommend it to anyone who likes action and a book with a lot pf twists a turns

Read as digital ARC.I can honestly say that if I had to choose one series to read for the rest of my life, Birthright would be in the running. Every time I pick one of these babies up, I know to check and make sure I have time, because I won't be putting it down until I'm finished.This final book did not disappoint. I just spent a day crying my way through it, still crying, actually. In the Age of Love and Chocolate is just so insanely romantic and smart. The characters are so believable, the pl...

This is a series that has steadily gone downhill for me. I loved the first with its original take on the idea of illegal chocolate and the struggles that Anya goes through to both rise above and take advantage of her family's criminal history. The second took an unnecessary detour to Mexico, introducing an equally unnecessary love interest, but I had hopes for the final installment. Unfortunately, this volume was my least favorite. The plotting moved along too swiftly through time to give space

My favorite part of this book is Anya and Win's relationship. So much tension and yearning. I was actually going crazy while reading this book wanting to know what happens to them. I really liked Win in the first two books, but I fell in love with him in this book. He is just so perfect and his actions toward Anya are just so ::Swoon:: I really could not stop swooning and squeeing during the Anya and Win scenes. Especially the time they spend at Win's mother's farm. So beautiful and heartbreakin...

I genuinely enjoyed reading this series, and going through Anya's spectacular development - as well as all those around her. I love that Gabrielle Zevin was brutally realistic in writing the stories, knowing exactly who she was going to leave us with and who she was going to eliminate, as well as taking us through a somewhat heart-wrenching experience with Anya and her family.There were no rainbows and butterflies in this story, just a whole lot of struggle for survival and success. We go from m...

I had to finish the series, for the sake of the ending. The entire trilogy was getting on my nerves, but I kept reading because I couldn't live with a pure conscience without knowing how everything ended. All in all, it was an alright ending, pretty average, somewhat satisfying, but I absolutely and utterly refuse to give In the Age of Love and Chocolate more than three stars, and that's because there's one thing that REALLY, REALLY, messed the entire book up for me: a little character named Yuj...

Zevin-san, doushite? Naze koushita no desuka?I’ve been thinking about it for days and I’m still not sure about it. Rationally speaking, it was actually a nice conclusion. I loved how it portrayed Anya’s growth from being this naïve girl thrown to the wolves (enemies, responsibilities), to the one of the most known person in the cacao business. I’m glad that it showed, magnificently I may add, Anya’s transition. So what’s pulling me back from giving a well-deserved rating than the one I gave? One...

This is, hands down, one of the best series enders I have ever read. It had a satisfying amount of closure, but didn't resolve everything in a too-tidy way. There's not really any dramarama, like so many final books are full of, it's quiet and so appropriate for Anya and where she's at as a character. And the writing, now that I've read the entire series, is kind of a marvel. Zevin never breaks the memoir style to push the narrative forward, and it just works. Love, love, love this series.I'll g...

Actual Rating: 4.5 StarsReview posted with formatting on my blog. For readers of this series, I believe most will be happy with this conclusion. What I like most about this series (and specifically this last book) is that we really see our characters grow as people. There is a chapter entitled "I AM WEAK; REFLECT ON THE TRANSFORMATIVE NATURE OF PAIN; DETERMINE THAT MY CHARACTER IS BUILT" that really shows how far Anya has come. At the end of this chapter, we have a conversation between Anya and

Wonderful book. I loved the character development and the resolutions. I loved how even though the ending wasn't action packed and full of drama, it seemed so appropriate for the development and conclusion of the series. The writing in this book is engaging and personable and makes it easy to connect.