Another part in this series where ada absolutely confuses the heck out of Rian. I am definitely enjoying this series, though i do think so far it could have all fit into 1 book. I keep being excited to see what happens next throughout the series.

Thank you to netgalley and the author for sending me the book in exchange for an honest review

The way I have been obsessed with this series. Ugh. I found myself mildly obsessed with Ada and Rian over the course of book 1 and 2, thus I drew out reading these 176 pages at a snail's pace because I wanted to spend as much time with those two idiots as possible. But man, oh man, do I have feelings.

The story was just as good. The banter was still top notch. The Ada as a mash-up of Commander Shepherd from Mass Effect and purple Hawke from Dragon Age 2 was still a thing and I still loved it. Rian's Garrus Vakarian but much more lawful good was still a thing. But I have to deduct a star for one reason and one reason only and it's a spoiler so I have to place it below:

****** SPOILERS BELOW *******

I needed those two idiots to have their big moment. Fireworks. A culmination of three books worth of back and forth flirting and innuendo. But we didn't exactly get that.

In my little heart, I'm hoping Beth has another book planned because I'd gleefully spend a much longer amount of time reading Ada and Rian's story and listening to them banter.

The Chaotic Orbits series is perfect for Sci-Fi fans who love Mass Effect, banter, and enemies to lovers, or those who enjoy a quick story with themes of environmental protection and rebellion, and also happen to enjoy characters who are lovable idiots.

I love this series so much they're such amazing palette cleansers!

Are they kind of the same plot each time? Yes. Am I stressed by the end and loving the will they won't they vibes that we get the whole time? Also yes. We got to get more of Ada's backstory this time, which I loved. The heist vibes, the rage against the ma, the Castle/Bones copaganda rom com will they/won't they vibes? so delicious.

I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Last Chance to Save the World by Beth Revis is a dual first person-POV romantic sci-fi conclusion of the Chaotic Orbits novella trilogy. After kidnapping Rian, Ada is ready to finish her plan to give Earth a fighting chance and bring her and Rian closer together.

Spoilers ahead:
To me, the ending does not follow the romance genre expectations, so I would label this as a romantic sci-fi rather than a sci-fi romance. Speculative Romance can play a lot more with Romance structure than other Romance subgenres, but I think for something to be called a Romance, the two characters have to be shown to be together in a relationship and about to begin their happily ever after and that isn’t quite what happens. I liked the ending, I thought it fit the story and it is by no means tragic or even unhappy, it’s just a few degrees off of my personal expectations for a genre that is so strict when it comes to finales.

I really liked the use of emails and notices and how Rian has little footnotes that reveal his true thoughts amidst all the formal language. I prefer Romance and romantic fiction to be multi-POV because I want to know how every party feels about the other(s), so every time we got those little glimpses into Rian’s inner world, I was quite pleased. It also shows off his personality in new ways that Ada’s POV doesn’t quite capture purely through dialogue and her interpretations of his actions.

As a finale to the overall story, we do get a culmination of everything that the first and second books were leading up to along with a few surprises. We meet someone in Ada’s family and get a bit more worldbuilding in relation to Rigel-Earth. If Beth Revis ever wanted to revisit this universe, I would love a whole book set on Rigel-Earth and the relationship between it and Earth as Earth keeps deteriorating.

I would recommend this to fans of romantic sci-fi and readers of sci-fi heists

Just like the previous two novellas, I found this to be such a fun read!
I really enjoyed the world building within this series, and I’m hoping that Revis will continue to write stories in this world.
My biggest complaint is the ending had me wanting more!
Thank you to NetGalley and DAW for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Today I’m looking at the third book in Beth Revis’ Chaotic Orbits series, Last Chance to Save the World.

Or:
Space Heist Meet Cute Part 3 - Let's Do Some Fun, Sexy Ecoterrorism, or How Rian Met My Mother. 

This entire series can be summed up by the phrase Chaotic Orbits as Ada’s chaotic and messy life carreens off everyone she encounters, most notably Rian White, the somewhat stuffy government agent she keeps coming back to in the first two installments. In this book (SPOILERS MAY ABOUND FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO BOOKS), Rian is still with Ada after she kidnapped him at the tail end of How to Steal a Galaxy. Of course, the entire heist of the second book was all about stealing him. Rian, as one of the key government officials working with Strom Fetor to dump advanced nanobots into Earth’s Oceans to clean the environment, is crucial for the success to change the nanobot programming.

Of course, at the end of the second book, we learn that Fetor owns the technology that may be able to clean the oceans and help save Earth, but there’s no “goodness of his heart” here as the nanobots have a programmed expiration date when they will stop cleaning unless Fetor presumably gets paid by the Earth’s governments to keep it up. Ada can change the programming, she just needs to get inside, and that’s where Rian comes in.

Throughout the entire process, of course, is that sexual tension and energy that Revis’ infuses the story with. It’s a fun part of the story, and at times feels like it IS the story, but then we get back to business with Ada and Rian trying to save the planet.

Back on Earth, Ada and Rian are invited to spend the evening with Ada’s mother. The “meeting of the mother” is played well, but just like many instances throughout the first two novellas, its clear that there is something else going on, but in typical heist fashion, we don’t really see all the threads of the tapestry until the end of the story.

I’m not someone who needs a lot of spice in my romance stories, so this worked well for me. The tension is definitely there, ramped all the way up at times, but the spice level is very low. But that’s also what may turn off some readers. For a sci-fi heist novella series, the ending worked for me, but for those coming for the romance and the spicy-ness, there is a lack of conclusion at the end of Last Chance to Save the World. It makes me wonder if Beth Revis has plans for Ada and RIan in the future and makes a choice to leave their future more open-ended.

Overall, I had a really great time with all three novellas in Beth Revis’ Chaotic Orbits series and enjoyed all the heist-y twists and turns, along with the playful sexual banter from Ada and her straight-man Rian. If Revis does keep the characters going in the future, I’d definitely be there for it.

My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this early review copy.

This is just as much fun as the first book!! Ada and Rian trade witty repartee as they infiltrate government sites, each for their own reasons. There's a strong Mr & Mrs Smith vibe here, especially when they kiss before the big event, and they each use that opportunity to check for secret devices on the other's body.

This is not a romance, the focus is on the adventure storyline (which is sort of a heist). This book satisfyingly wraps up the plot arc that began in Full Speed to a Crash Landing, and also tantalizingly leaves the door open for MORE Ada and Rian books, because while this particular heist may be over, they are not done with each other yet.


And the bad guy that Ada fools is a rich blowhard who bought a technology company he doesn’t really understand just to impress people … how can you not love that??

I absolutely adore this series. Revis threaded all sorts of little nuggets that came to fruition here. It’s a wonderfully delightful romp across the universe, asking ethical questions and adding tons of fun. I thought this series has been so smart and compulsively readable. I think it’s been such a delight from start to finish.

Rian and Ada have made it to Earth with a very short window to re-program the nanobots to actually clean up pollution. Of course, Ada has many plans, even if Rian hopes to catch her before she escapes again.

I really enjoy this series. I loved getting to find out what Ada's big plan was with Strom Fetor as well as learning more about Jane. I hope there will be more books with Rian and Ada where their relationship develops more.

3.75 🌕🌕🌕🌖🌑

I absolutely adored this series, and book 3 is by far the best one. It’s silly and fun, we get our answers, and the witty banter from our FMC & MMC really made the series more enjoyable. It is truly a fun scifi story.

My only complaint is that the ending… wasn’t much of an ending. It leaves the door open for more sure, but I was expecting a conclusion to our characters and their relationship. It just left me wanting more for both Ada and Rian.

The lighthearted conclusion to Revis's Chaotic Orbits trilogy is fun and fluffy, though not as compelling as the previous two volumes. Ada sparkles and snacks and stays three steps ahead, but the tension is mostly gone. The flirtation with Rain feels a bit flatter in this installment, and the worry for the safety of the Earth disappates quickly. Still worth a read, and taken with the previous volumes great fun.

This was a great conclusion to this trilogy! I love the banter between Rian and Ada and the chemistry between them is fantastic!

This series is also very timely. The villain is an egotistical billionaire who has the ability to save the world but only if he gets money, fame, and power. (Sound like someone we know?) Earth is dying and a release of ecosystem-cleaning nanobots is the answer. As long as Ada Lamar can reprogram them in time.

I love heist stories that have a Robin Hood type plot. But instead of stealing money, we’re stealing the future of the planet.

This is a fun, witty, exhilarating ride to the finish line!

Thanks to NetGalley and DAW Books for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This has been a really fun adventure, with each book having a distinct flavour and this conclusion wrapping everything up nicely.

The whole trilogy felt similar to reading a comic book - very visual, relatively light-hearted, full of adventure and non-stop action/intrigue, twisty, with a futuristic worldbuilding that is part of the plot but that, at the same time, exploring it in depth is not the point. Each book revolves around a complicated heist that manages to deceive you until the very end about what was actually being taken, which is the strong point of the series for me, along with the environmentalist, anticolonialist and fuck-the-rich message.

There is a romantic subplot, of sorts. Personally, I wish it hadn’t been overplayed as much as it was in promotion because a) ultimately it’s not a love story and I can’t be convinced otherwise about these people actually developing love feelings for each other over the course of their acquaintance; b) some people took it seriously and, silly as I find it, it’s also hard to blame them when this book’s blurb mentions a HEA. “Happily Ever After” is not the same as a happy ending; it has a specific romance novel meaning that these characters don’t get with each other, so I find it odd that this is stated in the blurb and it makes some sort of sense that people might feel deceived after reading the book.

That said, to me, it was a fitting conclusion for the characters and kind of what I hoped would happen; I’d much rather have this than a forced HEA! I also found Rian to be quite bland as a character, so really, their relationship and the sexual tension only worked for me as an element for the larger plot of Ada’s goals.

At some points, I felt I was being treated as if my memory couldn’t be trusted to remember things that had been stated just a few paragraphs back and had to be restated, so this was something that I thought could have been better.

I got a little emotional about the bit of pigeon history, and I have to say I LOVE!!!!! that menstruation was mentioned!!!!! More of acknowledging this normal part of many people’s lives!!!!!!

Overall, if you know what you’re getting going in (NOT romance, but a lot of FEINTING to romance) and you’re in the mood for something twisty and fast-paced set in space, I’d recommend giving it a go.

Thank you to DAW and NetGalley for the ARC of this novella. I could not wait for this to be available on NetGalley so I could read the end of this and this did not disappoint. Ada is such a BAMF and every move she makes is a revelation and amazing for her thinking so far ahead. To hear more about Jane Irwin as well and see how Ada and Rian do work together to save the world was phenomenal. I want this to be collected together or have people read these one after the other to see what new things can be seen in a re-read. Having to go to sleep and not finish this book was so hard. I highly recommend reading this and the previous in the series since it is so good!!!!! 5 stars.

I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Last Chance to Save the World is a conclusion of the Chaotic Orbits Series.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Heist Space Opera with a little bit of romance.
The ending of the book is very frustrating, it is very much an open-ended ending.

Thanks to Netgalley and DAW for an e-arc of Last Chance to Save the World by Beth Revis.

I have loved this series since I picked up Full Speed to a Crash Landing and have been waiting for every book since - very impatiently I might add. When I saw this was available it was an instant request - I needed to know what happened after book two.

In this book we find Ada and Rian working together to attempt to fix the nanobots that are being released into Earth’s water to clean the planet up. The problem is the trillionaire who made them, he wants more money and nothing comes for free so they are on a mission to fix the code so another greedy ass trillionaire doesn’t get more and screws over Earth. Can they trust each other enough for the mission to succeed?

Yet again, Revis created a brilliant heist scenario and I loved all the mistrust and calculations that occur in order for everything to come to fruition.

I’m begging you all to read this entire series if you’re into Sci-fi and a good heist, with lots of twists and surprises.

I’m. Begging. You. To. Read. This.

Just please. Do it so I can talk to others about this series!!!!

This has been a fun trilogy to read. The world is great, the characters are fun, and the banter/antics are well done.

The “happily-ever-after” ending promised in the blurb, though…not so much. I understand that not all books need to have everything wrapped up in a bow at the end, but I feel like there HAS to be more to this ending. Please tell me there’s something else!! An epilogue? Something (okay, anything!!) that gives us a more satisfying and romantic conclusion than what we’ve gotten between Rian and Ada. The open ending didn’t give me any kind of closure or happiness that I was expecting from the third book, especially when the description promised “heavy romance”. I’m not sure where the heavy romance was, because it wasn’t in this book.

I’d love to rate this book higher, but without more to the slow burn romance that’s been slowly burning for three books now, it’s lucky to get 3.5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and DAW for an advanced copy of this novel.

A smartass trilogy with a hilarious and endearing romance that dedicates 2/3 of its page count to roasting Elon Musk? Sign me up now and forever! I don't know if there are plans to continue this series--this felt pretty conclusive--but I completely adored each book, I recommend them to everyone, and I will absolutely read more should Beth Revis write more. LAST CHANCE TO SAVE THE WORLD is slightly less funny than the previous installments, but more heartfelt and dramatic, and stands as a perfect and satisfying conclusion to Ada and Rian's story. 5 stars with jazz hands.

As good as the other books - with lots of twists and turns, and lots of Rian and Ada dancing around each other’s plans. It was great and after all of this story I just have one issue:

What do you mean this is the conclusion? It can’t be! There HAS to be more.

Note: ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Huge thanks to DAW & NetGalley for the ARC! 💌 Now, let’s get into the drama…

THE AUDACITY. The blurb promised an explosive, satisfying conclusion, but instead, I got left HANGING off a goddamn CLIFF. I AM SCREAMING.

This was supposed to be the final book. THE FINAL BOOK. The moment we get the emotional payoff, the closure, the romance. But nope. Instead, we get an ending that feels like someone ripped the last chapter out and set it on fire.

Listen, I was rolling with it. The plot? Cool. The space heist? Fun. The tension? On point. But the second I realized that this was how the trilogy was ending? Instant downgrade. If I had known from the start that I wasn’t getting a HEA, I never would have started this series in the first place. WHY MARKET THIS AS A ROMANCE WHEN IT’S NOT GONNA GIVE ME A ROMANTIC PAYOFF??

🚀 What Worked:

✧ Ada and Rian’s dynamic is chef’s kiss. Enemies-to-lovers—except they never actually become lovers, and NOT in a good, slow-burn way. In a frustrating, rip-my-hair-out way. The tension? The cat-and-mouse game? So good. The lack of resolution? A crime.

✧ The action scenes were fast-paced, and the sci-fi elements were solid.

✧ I love Ada’s morally grey, chaotic energy. She steals things for fun, and honestly, I respect that.

💔 What Absolutely Did NOT Work:

✧ MISLEADING BLURB. Don’t tell me it’s an “explosive, satisfying conclusion” when it’s just a setup for… nothing.

✧ ROMANCE BLUEBALLING. We spent THREE BOOKS watching Ada and Rian circle each other, and for what??

✧ THE CLIFFHANGER. Excuse me, where is my ending?? WHERE.

I don’t know if Beth Revis is planning a secret fourth book, a companion series, or if she just wants us to suffer. But I feel TRICKED.

If you’re here for the action and worldbuilding? Sure, go for it. But if you’re here for the romance? Set your expectations LOW.

⭐ Final Rating: 2 Stars ⭐ (It was a 3 until the betrayal hit. I am petty.)

This book personally attacked me, and I am NOT OKAY. 😭