A few days after finishing this book, I'm still not completely sure how I feel about it. On one hand, I felt like it was an awesome action-packed story that immediately had me hooked. Even more so for this installment in the series, since it's the last one. Halle's writing is just so incredibly engrossing and honestly that's probably my favorite thing about the Artists trilogy as a whole. 
 I really enjoyed having Ellie as the narrator because I feel like she's easy to relate to despite all the bad stuff she's gone through in life. She also has my same sense of humor; dry and sarcastic. Though she made some very questionable decisions at times, I was always rooting for her. I felt like the pacing of Bold Tricks was perfect; something interesting was always happening and it was intense. The best kinds of books always seem to leave you in a little bit of a daze and make you think. 
 Of course, I was very anxious to know how the love triangle would resolve itself. I have a lot of mixed feelings about it. I really like Camden and having a genuinely good guy with no ulterior motives around was refreshing. Especially since everyone else always seemed to have their own agenda. I also appreciated that he brought out the good in Ellie and made her feel like a worthy person. However, I have to admit I did get a little tired of hearing it over and over throughout the book. In short, I guess I wanted to like Camden a little more than I actually did. 
 It's kind of funny I feel that way about Camden, because the opposite is true of Javier. I wanted to like him less than I did. But the truth is I was always a bit captivated whenever he was around. I looked forward to his page time and was sad when he was gone. Maybe I just liked the fact that he was just so unpredictable, but for whatever the reason, I quite liked him despite all his... evil actions. 
 I was also a little annoyed by how quickly Ellie was suddenly so disgusted by Javier's touch right after Camden showed up. I mean, they'd been sleeping together just days before that. It seemed a little unrealistic. And it's kind of untrue to say there's a love triangle in this book when it was glaringly obvious who Ellie was going to pick from page one. 
 ***SPOILERS present from this point on!!!!**** 
 While I was disappointed that Ellie ended up with Camden, I understood why it was necessary. Despite whatever feelings Ellie might have had for Javier, he just lied and hid things from her one to many times. Had she chosen to be with him, she never would have been able to trust him. And Ellie deserved someone who could love her with his whole heart. Javier may have loved Ellie, but he would pick money and power over her any day if the week. I was also kind of saddened by how quickly his character deteriorated after Ellie basically broke up with him for good. I think it's safe to say that Javier went from "border line bad boy" to "actual scary villain". I also didn't really want him to end up in prison in the end.... 
 I feel like I complained a lot in this review, but I actually really enjoyed this series. And I don't have to worry about Javier's ending because he's going to be feature in a spin-off series!!!