BOOK REVIEW — Cruel Legacy (Cruel, #3) by K.A. Linde

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Penn Kensington had been my first. Seven years later, still, no one compared to him.



Oh, how I missed this world! Linde is back with the final book in the Cruel Trilogy and it was everything more — more drama, more secrets, falling of the prince and princesses of the Upper East Side and more heartache.

Thanks to Katherine Van Pelt and Lewis Warren, Natalie is no longer the naive sweet girl she was at the beginning of the series. Now, Natalie is out for blood, owning the Upper East Side like was born in this world and bringing the two people down who ruined the one she had always dreamed of and achieved and held close to her heart.

Penn, on the other hand, just wants Natalie and he will do anything to have beside him, even if it means teaching the ins and outs and the ways to fit into his world.

Both Penn and Natalie grow so much in this book and so do the side characters. The vulnerabilities and insecurities, all of it were coming out in the open for everyone to see.



I was crew. I was a Kensington. I was just me.


Cruel Legacy is neither back or white; it sits smack dab in the gray area which had me questioning my morals when I supported a decision. Natalie made a few decisions, which surprisingly, I understood why she made. Were they always the best? No. But understandable nonetheless and I was cheering for her. (What is wrong with me?!)

Penn was more go with the flow in the beginning before he understood what was happening and finally made a decision.

One thing I wasn't on board for — Penn always going out of his way to justify and defend the Crew. I mean, I get that they were his friends and that they've been through a lot together but I felt there was certain desperation. I guess, this is what it is when the morals are staggeringly low and you get away with everything and Linde depicted this aspect beautifully throughout the Trilogy.

The climax, the emotions, Cruel Legacy, for that matter the entire trilogy, if full of revenge, romance, drama, angst and of course, the twists and turns. It's truly the Upper East Side.