It Ends with Knight is a combustible and intense continuation of this fantastic series featuring one of the strongest female protagonists in the genre. Yasmin Angoe hits all the right notes, once again delivering emotion and exhilaration throughout a twisting and deep story.

After the death of her mentor, Nena steps up to lead the Tribe’s Dispatch and Network departments. It’s a different and more complicated role than being an assassin, requiring more political savvy and forethought than she’s had to demonstrate before. But there’s no time to ease into it as she’s thrust into a volatile negotiation for mining rights in a small African town where no one can be trusted and an individual from Nena’s traumatic past surfaces. After explosions, assassinations and kidnappings occur, she will need to put her anger and old fears behind her and fall back on her elite skillset to save the day.

Nena is incredibly relatable, no small feat given most of us aren’t elite assassins and/or members of a rich and powerful family. But we can understand the self-doubt she has as she takes on a new role with bigger responsibilities, wondering if she’s qualified and can live up to the lofty expectations of others. And many of us can relate with her ongoing struggle to overcome past trauma. These things make her vulnerable and human, resulting in readers rooting extra hard for her to be successful because we know those feelings of inadequacy and pain from our own life experiences. So when she stands up to someone dismissing and underestimating her or she eliminates a bad guy who desperately had it coming, it’s that much sweeter because of her journey, our ability to connect to her as a person and our wish that she find peace and happiness.

Beyond Nena’s general awesomeness and ability to overcome adversity, It Ends with Knight features an intricate cast of characters and a strong storyline with excellent buildup that explodes in well crafted action sequences at the right moment. It keeps you guessing on the motivations of each key player and how far they might go to get what they want. It’s compelling stuff from start to finish with the outcome highly uncertain and no character safe from harm or death. Just how thriller fans like it!

If this is indeed the end of the Nena Knight series, it finishes with a bang. We should all be thankful to Yasmin Angoe for bringing this strong, powerful, and capable Black woman into our lives for the past few years. She’s a tremendous character that enriched the thriller genre and will be greatly missed. But I will have my fingers crossed in hope that she returns in the future. Because I choose to believe in the adage “never say never.“

My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

Angoe continues to keep me on the edge of my seat with this third installment of the Nena Knight series. I have truly fallen in love with this cast of characters from the very first book, especially Nena. She continues to grow and heal in spite of the atrocities in her past, but Angoe also allows Nena to continue fighting for herself and others in the midst of her healing. She is kind, but she is also strong and deadly. I love to see female characters that exist in this category, as many times it is easier to write them as one or the other.

I highly recommend this series to anyone who enjoys high-action thrillers, but also to anyone who is looking to immerse themselves in the complicated politics of post-colonial Africa. I have learned so much from this series! Angoe has quickly become a favorite in my collection.

This final installment of the Nena Knight series suffered from the same thing the previous book did: it kind of dragged most of the book and picks up towards the final 25%. But while the second book in this series, They Come At Knight, had a pretty compelling mystery at the centre of it with a lot of excitement and plot twists in said final quarter, that wasn't the case with this book. Yes, the plot picked up a lot towards the end, but it wasn't enough for me to say I enjoyed this book a lot as a whole after finishing it.

The characters are just as endearing as in the previous books in the series. And Nena is still the fierce queen I've come to know and love. But the author did her a little bit dirty with describing and explaining every single thing that happened. Because as a reader the "red herrings" are so obviously described, you see the conclusion to this mystery coming from miles away. And honestly, it makes Nena look a bit stupid. Especially since she's supposed to be like this ninja-assassin person who's also supposed to have grown in her job to oversee this important mission.

I just really missed the smart construction of the mystery in the previous book(s). For me it was a bit meh.

It Ends with Knight is book three of the series and the conclusion to Nena’s adventures in this series. This is not a standalone novel and should be read in order of the series. Nena’s story continues as she’s reeling from the betrayals and deaths in the last book. Instead of being an active agent for the Tribe’s dispatch division, Nena is now the head of Overwatch and providing technical support and backup for dispatch. Uncomfortable and out of her element, things get worse for Nena when her father, the head of the tribe, Noble Knight sends her on a diplomatic type mission. Nena is to protect the government agents in Tanzania and the local farmers as they try to bring regulations and profits to the local mine. But things never go as expected for Nena as once again she’s placed in danger and betrayal is at hand. Action packed, unique and exciting, Nena’s latest story proves Nena can still kick butt even when the going gets tough. The ending is way more explosive than the beginning but once the story gets you there the pages fly by for an adrenaline fueled journey. My voluntary, unbiased review is based upon a review copy from NetGalley.

So excited that I got to read the end of the series before its release!

Nena Knight has another unexpected blast from the past in this book filled with action & rich with African culture. After the death of her mentor in the previous book, Nena has to step up & into his role & the new political responsibilities don’t exactly come naturally to her. She’s also the head of a team still getting to know one another in the middle of a massive negotiation revolving around natural resources in Africa with government officials & private industry vying for power.

Nena’s resilience in getting knocked down but getting back up again & again makes her an inspiring character that isn’t perfect & because of that is authentic. I love her ability to rise to the challenges of her position & promote the values of the Tribe while also standing firm in the belief that you don’t have to keep doing something a certain way just because that’s the way it’s always been done.

Thank you to NetGalley & Thomas & Mercer for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Yasmin Angoe has become a must-read author for me. I absolutely loved the first two books in this trilogy and It Ends with Knight was even better than I expected it to be!

The propulsiveness of the writing, mixed with strong characters, especially strong female characters, and the nonstop action make this such an amazing read.

I cannot wait to see what Angoe writes next.

I didn't know this was part of a series so I did not read the first two books. This book was full of adventure. I like that Nena was in control of her own life and went through turmoil and obstacles. She had fight throughout. A good read. I'm going to go back and read the others in the series.

Although the third installment of the Nena Knight series wasn’t as fast-paced as the first two, it was exciting being back with Nena and her crew. A great end to an incredible series. If you liked the first books, you have to read It Ends with Knight!

This is the third and final book in the Knight series and it stays consistent with the other two and is everything I love about this series. It continues Nena’s journey on healing from her past, while fighting for her the future she wants. She juggles her personal life, her life within The Tribe, and the inevitable social politics that go along with both. As with the other two books her past continues to haunt her threatening the progress she’s made emotionally and mentally. Nena is on her own on this mission as the leader, and learning to trust herself and her instincts which is especially important when so many snakes may lay in the grass waiting to strike. This series is consistently exciting and the third book was a great ending, though I am sad the series is over!

*thank you to NetGalley for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*

Thrilling, suspenseful and romantic addition to a series I really loved! Angoe has a skill with weaving believable characters with strong characters arcs to really make them jump off the page. And that ending - wow! Stayed up long after bedtime finishing this one.

I enjoyed this third installment of the Knight series. We find Nena on another mission but this time it is not as action packed. The mission is more analytical and I enjoyed this take. We see some characters from her childhood that brings back the trauma of her youth. Her leadership role is new and the adjustments are many. I look forward to more from this series.
****Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an ARC in exchange for my honest review****

How good is this conclusion to the Nena Knight series? I downloaded it from Netgalley on Thursday afterwork and finished about 1 am on Friday morning good. I'm dragging a bit today but it was worth it!

This picks up a bit after the events of book 2 but they still loom large and unresolved over Nena and family. I love the setting of the new one and how the author gives such amazing descriptions of Tanzania you can feel the humidity. I thought the overall story about the struggle between "white saviors" who are trying to take advantage, potentially corrupt government and the local population who just want to have better opportunities was very interesting and well timed. The advancing of Nena's various relationships and family entanglement was very good as well.

It's unclear if this is the end of just this story and there will be more, different stories to come or if this is the end of the series but either way, it's a very nice wrap up!

I received an advance copy of this book from Netgalley and the publisher.