Wow, the much anticipated epic conclusion to BKI! But I’m hoping there might be a new spin off series - thumbs crossed:)

Angel is the only BKI member that we don’t know much about and this book is going to blow everything you thought you knew out of the water! BKI has spent a lot of time tracking down Spider and now finally have a lock on his location when they discovered that Sonja was his assistant. Sonja is Angel’s one and only who he left ten years ago in order to “save the world”! Now he looks different, sounds different but is essentially the same person she once knew but he is also more deadly and feared by many in the criminal world! Sonja has been working for Spider for 6 months and is intrigued when Angel meets with him for the first time. So many little things he does reminds her of the man she loved, who died years ago.

Threads are unravelled and secrets finally exposed! Rusty and Ace also have a part in this book which I loved:) A definite must read book and if you haven’t read the entire series, do yourself a favour as you won’t be disappointed!

Finally, a thank you to Netgalley and Julie Walker for my advanced copy for which I leave my honest review willingly!

So good I read it twice! As a Black Ops group, disguised as a High end motorcycle shop, who answer only to the president, go after the baddest of the bad, Black Knights Inc., or BKI, have finally learned who our bad guy is, "Spider". Our author puts us in thick of things, caught in Spiders web on page one and it only gets better and better. Our hero, Angel, who we don't know a lot about, his past is revealed throughout the story and, of course, we fall in love with him all the more. Action packed, a love story to end love stories and a very satisfying end to this marvelous series. I love how this author writes. She makes me giggle, laugh, cry and sigh, all the while having my heart race with the situations her characters find themselves. So sad to know this is the end but so excited to see what Julie Ann Walker has for us next. Highly recommended this book, this series, this author.

And lastly, there was Angel, and Ace, but mostly Angel. The BKI series closes with this book, and in the epilogue we get to catch up with all the couples, but before that happens, we get Angel and Sonya's story, and Ace and Rusty get their HEA as well

Angel has always been behind the scenes, mysterious, not sociable, and hidden away, seemingly to do the darkest of the work that needed to be done. It was surprising how emotional and sweet he was, because we really didn't get to see much of him in the other books. Sonya is near perfection and the perfect ying to his yang. They have so much to work out for their second chance romance, my heart broke for them both

In the previous book, we have our MM couple, Rusty and Ace, who had a shot at love, but turned it down. They are in a secondary role here, but just as touching to see them work things out. We also get some series favourites helping out our couples, with Ghost, Boss, Rock, and Ozzie along for the main ride

This book was a perfect ending to the series, with everyone having plans for their next phase of life with their loved one by their side - awesome!

This long awaited story is awesome, definitely lives up to what I was hoping for. Angel and Sophia were a classic love story until a life changing decision is made. So sad to see this series end but look forward to next book. Was a great send off to BKI..

This was an outstanding ending to the Black Knights, Inc. series by Julie Ann Walker! It had all the heart-pounding action, suspense and angsty romance we’ve come to expect from this author and this series. In Built to Last we finally get the backstory about Jamin “Angel” Agassi—and his chance to reconnect with a woman from his past. It was double the fun, with the ongoing drama between Ace and Rusty playing out in the background, along with support from all the Black Knights. And we finally get a glimpse into the mind of Spider, the villain behind so much of their trouble.

Built to Last can be read as a stand-alone, but would be better read after reading the BKI series as a whole. This series is one of the top action/suspense romance series out there, and is worth the time to check them all out if you haven’t already.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this series, I am so sad that it ended, but Julie Ann Walker threw out a curve ball. If you love Boss and all his counterparts you will be excited and wont be let down!

The final book in the Black Knight series finally gives us Jamin “Angel” Agassi's story - a man who has had to change his appearance multiple times along with his name all for his country. His background has always been shrouded in mystery and now we learn that he sacrificed true love for his country over ten years ago.

Through out the series the team has been trying to find a international terrorist who is part of a large crime syndicate known as Spider. After years of searching they have finally found him and Angel goes in undercover only to find out that the Interpol agent he loved and made believed that he died is Spider's right hand woman. What he doesn't know is she is deep undercover like he is but with all of his surgeries to change his appearance over the years she doesn't know that he is he man she fell in love with a decade ago and has been mourning ever since.

Lots of angst and suspense with this part of the story. Along with that the author also brings to conclusion Ace and Rusty's story though not without its own fare share of turmoil and angst and even some humor – Rusty's mom is a hoot. This being the last of THIS series the author gave a great wrap up each of the 13 couples and what they would be doing now that BK is no more.. Been a great ride...

I have read all of the BKI series and loved everyone. I have to say that JAW has surpassed all other books with this story. It is sadly the epic conclusion to the series and you will not be disappointed. Angel, a former Mossad agent is the star in this adventure as he takes on the world's worst crime syndicate and its kingpin, Spider. Absolutely brilliant and a must read.

I have this picture in my mind of Julie Ann Walker sitting on the sofa with adoring fans of the Black Knight, Inc series gathered on the floor around her. She has a tablet in hand and is recording all of the fans' wishes for the finale. Women are calling out characters and how they hope their lives will be portrayed and Walker sits with an enigmatic smile as she prepares to write. I'm sure that isn't how it happened, but I have to say that Julie Ann Walker saved the best story for the end. Built to Last is a spectacular conclusion to the series. This is the book when we get to find out all about the elusive, mysterious Angel.

What I loved about this story is that Walker produced something unexpected. Angel is a person who made mistakes. Even more astonishing, Angel has a tender heart (at least for one person). He is a hero who made gut-wrenching sacrifices and has lived long enough to wonder if those sacrifices were really the right decision.

Sonya is his lost love from his past and he is bitterly angry that she has betrayed her country. No matter how hard it is, he will do what is right and he will bring her and her lover down.

I won't spoil the story for fans. But all of those imaginary fan wishes? Fulfilled. I wanted to cheer! Applaud! Maybe even write a fan letter to Ms. Walker.

Instead, I want to share this line from the end: "Make no mistake, ladies and gentlemen, the torch has been passed." Yes, that's right...we get a new series plus we had a storybook ending for all of the characters from the previous book! Perfection!

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As the tail-end of Julie Ann Walker’s ‘Black Knights Inc.’, ‘Built to Last’ has an interesting premise and one that reminds me strongly of another book that I’ve read and found confounding, but the lure of black-ops, action and suspense is always hard to resist.

No doubt this has a sweeping narrative arc—a feature of the typical romantic suspense novel that I love—and coming into this so late in the game means that it can be hard keeping the story straight in my head. I lacked the context about the hows and whys of this particular mission and being dropped like this into the story was disconcerting. My bad here.

But this much I knew: Jamin “Angel” Agassi felt like most remote of the lot and as an agent, well, he’s one to be admired and feared for doing his job well. Country above everything. Duty above love. The righteousness of sacrifice being the mantra he works according to, which happens to give leeway to do things using a bewildering number of identities. And that’s all the positive things that I can give about this character.

Walker writes a second-chance romance and I was hoping that this would be one of the rare few that would work for me. The validity of the explanations for the separation and what both characters did in the years are usually the answers that I seek in this trope.

‘Built to Last’ unfortunately, couldn’t satisfy those prerequisites I have.

My scepticism about Angel’s and Sonya’s romance stems from the fact that Angel had buried his head in the sand after he’d chosen his country over Sonya, destroyed the both of them, tried to forget her, then had a woman in every port, all the while saying that he still loved her. And then continued reprehensibly, to lie to her about his identity as she felt guilty about projecting her feelings for a man she thought dead onto him, while knowing full well about the consequences of his own actions that he didn’t want to face.

Perhaps this sits perfectly fine with other readers who like this sort of star-crossed kind of vibe where the number of bed partners they’ve had in the intervening years is inconsequential. This connection between Sonya and Angel, supposedly forged long ago and sparking to life again, wasn’t one I could buy into, more so on Angel’s part, given that he’d done nothing to question his own choices—and wouldn’t have—until he saw Sonya again. For this reason I couldn’t believe that they belonged together, not when Angel (the only one who could but didn’t) didn’t move heaven and earth to be with Sonya. Merely paying lip service to the expansive declaration that he’d loved her for a decade, the regrets he expressed at the end merely seemed too panicky, too little, too late.

In short, less the past romance is crowed about and exalted, the less I feel compelled to argue for the kind of hypocrisy involved in ‘moving on’.

So for the hero that Angel is to the rest of the world, I could only call him a coward.

My beef with characterisation aside, Angel/Sonya’s story, interspersed with sudden flashbacks, POVs from the villain and another pairing, did feel disjointed as well. The sly but strange insertions of humour (?) and exaggerated snark sometimes seemed ill-fitting, bordering the absurd for the situation at hand when all I wanted was a more straightforward progression of the plot and the relationship.

The conclusion as a result, felt abrupt considering the plot juggled more than just a pairing here, but I’m guessing that this would deliriously please the hard-core fans of this series who have been invested in the characters and the narrative from the beginning.

‘Built to Last’ isn’t good as a standalone. Would I have been a happier camper having gone through all the other books? Perhaps. But this swan-song, long-awaited or not, wasn’t one I could enjoy at all, unfortunately.

I'm so sorry to see the end of the Black Knights Inc series! Lots of cloak and dagger spy drama and romance make this a great ending to the series. Angel has been many different people throughout his life but one constant remained - his love for Sonya. Sonya, an Interpol agent, has mourned her love for years and doesn't understand her attraction to Angel. I enjoyed this book immensely especially as it updated me on all the other characters in previous books in the series.

I am very sad to see this series end, but Built to last was a great ending! This book was suspenseful, sexy, sweet, and satisfying. You get two phenomenal love stories in this book. All of the characters were accounted for in the end, and that made me happy.

I loved this series and this last installment did not disappoint. Finding the true story to the mysterious Angel was a great conclusion to the Black Knights. It's sad to see them go. However, the ending left room for Julie Ann Walker to start a whole new series with the same premises, which I would be ALL over. Plus, some more titles for the Deep Six series would be nice too.

Julie Ann Walker ends her twelve book Black Nights Inc. series with a bang in Built to Last. In this novel, fans are finally entrusted with Angel’s story. The man with a sandpaper voice, the face of an angel and a body chiseled to perfection, Angel has been an enigma to the rest of the Black Knights. The world of secrets in his eyes unfold in this story. We are introduced to the dark underworld of international terrorism where money talks and lives are ruined. Sonya is deep undercover in a terrorist organization when she senses a connection with newcomer, Angel. Little does Sonya know that Angel is her former love she saw killed. Angel has undergone extreme cosmetic surgery to change his appearance and fight crime his own way.

Are they on the same side or are they enemies? You’ll have to read Built to Last to find out.

I enjoyed the last installation of this series, and I am happy with the way Julie Ann Walker brought every character to a close in this book. I can move on with my life knowing that the characters I have been reading about since 2012 are all living fulfilling lives. That said, since Angel’s character was always so removed from the others in this series, I never really got emotionally attached to him. I liked the book, but I would not recommend this book if you haven’t read the rest of the series.