Ich hatte wirklich Spaß beim Lesen, muss aber trotzdem sagen, dass ich zukünftig wohl nicht mehr zu dieser Autorin greifen werde, weil ich ihren Schreibstil ziemlich unauthentisch finde. Nicht nur, dass Cals Liebesbekundungen mir stellenweise entschieden zu kitschig waren (darüber hätte ich locker hinwegsehen können), sondern auch, dass jede Konversation zwischen den anderen Brüdern und ihren Frauen komplett kindisch war. Aber selbst das wurde noch getoppt durch Lanas Kind: CAMI. Ich habe total oft gelesen, dass viele Leser dieses Kind so super toll fanden. Leider kann ich dem überhaupt nicht zustimmen, denn ich finde, wenn Lauren Asher eines NICHT kann, dann ist es, Kinder zu schreiben. Kein Kind der Welt würde sich so verhalten oder so reden, wie Cami es das ganze Buch über getan hat. Sie hat ihren Teil zu der Geschichte beigetragen und ich hätte sie auch nicht missen wollen, aber ich habe mir einige Male gedacht, wie unrealistisch sie sich doch benimmt. Alles in Allem solide 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ für leichte Kost zwischendurch, die Spaß macht ohne zu beschweren.

OK. I don't usually write reviews much and just enjoy reading and rating them. But this is an exception. I mean really!! Callahan Kane was just *chef's kiss*. One more new FBF added in the list. This book is just so good I couldn't even put it down much but I had too since I got to go to work. uggh! It was totally worth the anticipation and hype .. I am so hooked with Cal & Alana that I am now craving to read their past's story. Like do a book on their childhood memories or the time when Cal realized he is seeing Alana as more than friends already, or when he realized he loves her. I JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THEM!!!! I already know I will be re-reading this again..

✨Twenty-six-billion stars to be exact. ✨ Fuck, I loved this book. Was grinning, crying and squealing. Callahan Kane, what have you done to me. I mean, I loved his humor in the previous books and thought he was an amazing friend to Iris, but he outdid himself in classic Kane-brother-fashion. All the things he did for Alana and Cami. The way he learned to fight not only for love, but for himself was so beautiful. Sure some parts of his story were really hard to read about, but he was such a lovable character. I could understand where he was coming from and felt for him and his struggles with addiction and self-worth. Even though he was struggling, he tried and did an amazing job at taking care of Alana and Cami. His bond with Cami was so sweet and beautiful. Alana is such a sweetheart. She does everything for Cami and puts herself second, so that the little-bean can be happy. She is an amazing mom. And that swear jar she put up made for some of the best moments in the book. I totally understood her reservations towards Cal, especially in regards to Cami but also her own heart. Her struggling not to fall for him when he was being well, Cal, was entertaining tho. Her love for baking was something I could really relate to. How she didn't fold when that Kitchen-Aid made an appearance, I'll never understand. Jokes aside, I love that she also got to grown and evolve throughout the story. Alana and Cal are battling with Zarah and Rowan for my favorite couple of this series. I mean who wouldn't fall in love with these two. They know each other in and out and care deeply for one another. I really feel like they push each other to grow in a healthy way. Cal doesn't want to better himself so that Alana and him can be together, but because he wants to be a better man for her. He wants to be a man he can support being her partner. He does it as much for himself as for her. Alana learns to trust others and herself through him. He helps her dream again. I love their little family dinners. To me the third act conflict for once didn't make me want to pull out my hair. It made sense and wasn't annoying. The way Cal handled it all and what he did >>>>> Lauren Asher really did an amazing job of wrapping everything up neatly. I fell even more in love with the characters from the previous books. All the crumbs we got of them together... I could read an entire book just about all their family get-togethers. I had the most stupid grin plastered across my face during that first dinner with ALL of them. This was way too good. Now I want to re-read all of them again.

This books is absolutely my favorite one of the dreamland series, out of the three kanes, Cal was my favorite, he was the most who suffered, and he was trying his best to love himself, even though he hated it so much he was hurting himself. I loved Lana at some point , but she was a nuisance, I understand that she was hurt before, and no one can trust people so easily, but she was too much, like, the man was trying his best to explain everything to her, and yet she refused to listen to him every single time! She was fucking annoying, and I hated her most of the book, but as long as Cal is happy with her, then that doesn’t matter, because I want the best for my golden boy! Cal's and Cami's relationship was the best in the series, if I was happy that Cal ended up with a family, it because cami is a part of it. And I was so, so happy to see Cami interact with the Kane brothers, they looked younger and more joyful with a kid around them​

MY FIRST FIVE STAR READ OF THE YEAR!!! This was so good! There was nothing about this I didn’t like or thought of as unappealing/weird which makes it a rare 5⭐️ for me! This book is packed with depth, variety and emotions which makes it so multifarious… I loved it! Once again the involvement of a child??? It had me in such a tight grip. 💕

Considering that a few friends said this was their least favorite book out of the three my expectations weren't the highest, but I was pleasantly surprised and actually really loved it. The story was well-written and didn't minimize alcoholism which I liked. Overall it was a great ending to the series.

4.75⭐️ I loved this book! I fell in love with every single character and I loved how their relationship grew and the Angst what’s going to happen next when I was at the end was just something else. I love that they communicated so well. Like there was no miscommunication only in the end she didn’t let him explain himself. At first I was a bit sceptical about Alana bc so far in this series every character had a connection to each other. Like there were the brothers obviously but even Iris and Zahra were connected to each other through dreamland. And now Alana she doesn’t really have the connection to the girls and even the boys haven’t seen her in whatever many years. But over the course of the book I fell in love with her and Cami and how Cal reacted to them. Overall I can’t say whether it is my fav book of the series or not. But this whole entire series is a 5⭐️ for me.

found the ending pretty predictable but I enjoyed this book regardless, especially because it gave me comfort because I could relate to Cal a lot. Cal was my favorite Kane brother so I thought this would be my favorite book out of the three, but nothing beat terms and conditions for me. So excited to read Lauren Asher’s other books in the future<3 4,25⭐️

Mein Herz ist mehrmals beim Lesen zerbrochen. Die Geschichte von Cal und Lana hat mich emotional richtig mitgenommen und ich habe mich gefühlt als wäre ich selbst ein Teil der Situation. Ich war von Anfang an gespannt, da ich in den bisherigen Büchern Cal schon immer mochte und den second chance-Trope gerne mag. Und was soll ich sagen… ich wurde nicht enttäuscht! Besonders mitgenommen hat mich aber auch Cal‘s Sucht, einfach aus persönlichen Gründen. Daher kann ich auch sagen, dass seine Reise gut dargestellt wurde. Auch das gesamte Leben mit (und ohne) Cami hat mir super gefallen. Der einzig negative Aspekt: ich fand die Geschichte zu lang. Man hätte einige Szenen streichen oder mindestens verkürzen können, um das ganze nicht sinnlos in die Länge zu ziehen — daher ein Abzug von 0.5 Sternen… Ich bin froh, dass es am Ende der Reihe für jeden ein Happy End gab und „Final Offer“ war wirklich gelungener Abschluss!

Das letzte Buch der Reihe, auf das ich mich am meisten gefreut hatte, weil Cal mir im zweiten Teil schon sehr gefallen hat. Es war eindeutig eine langsam vorangehende Geschichte, in der Mitte des Buches ist irgendwie nicht viel passiert, da hätte ich mir mehr gewünscht. Das Setting mit dem Haus am See fand ich schön, nur leider wurde es nicht so authentisch rüber gebracht, dass ich mich nicht wirklich reinfinden konnte. Cal und Cami habe ich sehr ins Herz geschlossen, aber alle anderen Charaktere fand ich nicht so angenehm. Alana ist mit Cals Problemen unfassbar schlecht umgegangen und hat ihn dabei kaum unterstützt. Alles hat sie auf sich projiziert und immer wieder betont wie schlecht es ihr selbst damit geht. Außerdem fand ich die Spicy Szenen in diesem Buch nicht so sonderlich, wie in den vorherigen Teilen, was mich positiv überrascht hat. Alles in Allem ein netter Abschluss der Reihe, alle 3 Brüder haben eine wahnsinnige Wendung hinter sich.

~~2.5 stars~~ So that was disappointing. Not that I expected to love it because I dislike the second chance trope to begin with. I feel almost always left out of the entire relationship, the few snippets of the past do not make up for it and this book is no exception. But I loved The Fine Print and really enjoyed Terms and Conditions AND I felt like Cal might be my favorite character out of the three brothers, so I gave it a shot. Anyways, back to the beginning. The story is pretty much exactly what you would expect after reading the blurb: Cal has to spend a summer in a house in Lake Wisteria, a small town he visited in summertime when he was a child and teenager. He left on bad terms with Alana, his childhood friend and girlfriend at that time. I don't want to spoil anything, but the problem here is revealed early on, it's about his addiction which he still hasn't managed. Now he has to face Alana again, who lives in that house and takes care of her sister's daughter, Cami. Cami's five or something, and Cal gets along with her pretty well, while Alana isn't thrilled about him being in Lake Wisteria. And that's where the plot ends? Everything happening after that introductory part basically revolves around Cami. There are minor subplots like them renovating the house (which they rarely talk about, sadly) or Alana wanting to open a bakery (but she's always like "oh, I can't, but I'm so sad about it). There is hardly any character development happening up to the last 150 pages. I'm questioning what I even read about at this point. Other than the lack of an actual plot, there is one major thing that bothers me in the story, and that is Alana's character. If Alana was a bit more bearable, the entire story would have been at least a 3.5 star. Probably still not the most interesting and engaging thing ever, but not want-to-throw-the-book-against-a-wall-like. Just a slow-moving book that deals with addiction and trust. Totally okay. But... - Alana constantly blames Cal for his addiction, like it's his problem and he's an addict intentionally to spite her (???) - she acts like she's the victim in the entire book and Cal has no right to feel bad. Here an amazing quote from her: I'm the one who is hurting. I'm the one who gets to be mad. And I'm the one who is going to walk away this time [...]. - she acts like she is the most strong, admirable character either way. If you're complaining, then please be aware of it. Also, Cal completely agrees with her and is sad because he "dares to hurt the most perfect woman ever". Like no. He has a problem, but he is not the problem himself, and especially not the only one. Then, the entire town agrees too. Everyone is super mean to him and hates on him because of something he did years ago and no one even entertains the idea of helping him instead. Maybe Wyatt, but he acts pretty shitty too considering they were best friends as teenagers. I hope the characters in the author's other books do better because I plan on reading those after all, but not because of Final Offer. I know why I put off reading this book for so long.

Wir durften in diesem Band nun die Geschichte von dem 3. Kane Bruder miterleben. Ich habe die Story von Lana und Cal wirklich unheimlich genossen, auch wenn es sich zeitweise etwas gezogen hat🤍 Wir erleben nicht nur, wie beide Protagonisten stark über sich hinaus, sondern auch wieder zusammenwachsen💗 Es war zwischenzeitlich einfach nur so unheimlich süß, dass ich ab der Hälfte nur auf ein Happy End hin gefiebert habe. Und im selben Atemzug haben sich alle Pläne des verstorbenen Großvaters aufgetan, welche einfach nur herzerwärmend waren📖 Danke für diese unheimlich tolle Reihe, die mich immer wieder aus meinen tiefsten Lesetiefs rausgeholt hat☀️✨

This books freaking killed me in so many ways. I cried, smiled, laughed and just simply hat honour the book down to let what I read play in my mind. Cal is the embodiment of the amount of strength I’d love to have one day. Lana makes me believe that maybe everything will work out one day. Beautiful end to the dreamland billionaire series

Absolute Kuschelromanze 🥰 Also wer auf ‚Second Chance‘ Storys steht, wird das Buch lieben. Ich empfand es als liebevoll, gefühlvoll und wirklich auch lustig. Ich habe mich in die Story fallen lassen und sie genossen. Auch hier, im letzten Teil geht es auch im wunderbaren Dreamland weiter und regt zum träumen an. Der Hauptcharakter Cal hat einige Probleme und Geheimnisse, die er bewältigen muss und es ist toll, ihm und auch Lana beim wachsen zuzusehen. Man kämpft mit beiden richtig mit. Sie ziehen einen komplett in ihren Bann 🥰 Ich mochte alle drei Teile unwahrscheinlich gerne und bin schon fast ein bisschen traurig, dass es jetzt vorbei ist ♥️

Triggerwarnung: Sucht, Alkoholsucht Das längste Buch der Reihe befasst sich mit dem schwersten Thema der drei. Callahan kennt man aus den anderen beiden Bänden bereits als gut gelaunt und witzig, aber wie schlecht es um seine Sucht steht, wurde mir erst jetzt bewusst. Seine Erbschafts-Aufgabe hat er lange aufgeschoben, er muss nämlich ein Haus verkaufen - in welchem seine Ex wohnt. Alana, seine ehemals beste Freundin, die Liebe seines Lebens … hat er durch seine Sucht verloren. Alana will den Verkauf verhindern, schließlich ist das Haus am See das Zuhause von ihr und ihrer fünfjährigen Tochter Cami. Aber sie hat Träume, die sie mit dem Geld endlich umsetzen könnte… Aufgrund ihrer durchwachsenen gemeinsamen Vergangenheit möchte Alana sich von Cal fernhalten. Das gestaltet sich schwieriger als angenommen, da er doch immer versucht, seine Fehler wieder gut zu machen. Bis er wieder der Sucht verfällt. Und wieder versucht, es besser zu machen. Von allen drei Kane-Brüdern hat Cal wohl das größte Herz, er ist nicht so kalt und abweisend wie seine Brüder. Ich habe ihm das ganze Buch lang so sehr die Daumen gedrückt, dass er es schafft zu heilen. Seine Sucht ist keine einfache Thematik. Vor allem finde ich es furchtbar, wie die Bewohner der Kleinstadt mit Cal umgehen… es ist erschreckend, wie wenig Verständnis die Gesellschaft für Suchtkranke hat. Immerhin ist die kleine Tochter Cami ein wahrer Stimmungsaufheller. Alana ist mir als Charakter (verglichen mit Zahra und Iris aus den anderen Teilen) recht blass vorgekommen. Sie kocht und backt gerne und liebt ihre Tochter. Sie kann Cal nicht einfach wieder ihr Vertrauen schenken und verhält sich ihm gegenüber sehr wankelmütig zwischen abweisend und anziehend, vorwurfsvoll und flirty. Ich glaube, mit haben die starken Emotionen gefehlt bei ihr, Wut auf die Situation oder Trauer um das, was mal war…das findet nicht sichtbar statt. Ich hätte mir auch mehr von dem Schwester-Thema gewünscht, das hätte gutes Potenzial für die Geschichte gehabt. Denn der Plot ist quasi nicht existent. Auf diesen 575 Seiten passiert rückblickend kaum etwas. Die Lovestory ist definitiv Slow-burn (und das muss sie auch sein), allerdings konnte sie mich kaum mitreißen. ((Spoiler: Nach 450 Seiten taucht dann auch noch eine blöde Miscommunication-Trope auf, wie unnötig)) Der Plot ist viel zu dünn und wäre es kein Reihenabschluss gewesen, hätte ich dann nach 450 Seiten wohl abgebrochen. Aber ich musste wissen, wie diese ganze Erbschaftssache ausgeht und bin insgesamt auch zufrieden mit dem Buch als Abschluss - es hätte nur gut gekürzt werden können.

4,5⭐ It's 2 am and I sure as hell regret it in the morning but I had to read this book til the end! I really love Cal and I was so excited for his book. Alana is my least favourite Kane-woman. I really tried to like her but she's very judgemental towards Callahan and except him to fail. Everytime he fails she's like "yeah. I knew it. It's all you can do" I really didn't like that. I really understand what it's like to live with someone who's addicted to alcohol but if you really love an addicted person you're not saying things like that to them. Addiction is a very big and difficult topic and it's not easy. Not for the addicted person and surely not for the person who loves him/her. And I missed more throwbacks. That would have been so nice to see bits of baby Cal and Lana. But I ate every crumb of Iris and Declan and Zahra and Rowan! I loved that sooooo much! The Story was well written and the storyline was good. Could have been like a 100 pages shorter but still I loved it and it's a good end for the Dreamland Billionaires series

this series was absolutely amazing for me. I never thought you could fall in love with a book series so much. i had so many emotions but was so happy that every kane brother got his happy ending. they all deserve it. I didn't want to read The Final Offer for a long time because I was afraid of ending the series with it, but I finally managed to do it and found the book beautiful. I love how everyone has a personal book and you could feel and unterstand the feelings of the brothers. kudos to lauren asher for the Dreamland billionaires series.

Cal is completely different from his brothers and that makes this book the most interesting of the three. At the same time, it also deals with the most sensitive topic, as it graphically depicts Cal’s struggle with addiction. We have already met him as a minor character in book 2, but his problems were only implied there. Here, we are directly drawn into his world and see how addiction can affect other people’s lives. The resolution of the problems might have been a little too easy, but it‘s still a story. In summary, the book was a worthy finale to the series about the Kane family and I absolutely fell in love with their world. It was hard to leave them behind at Lake Wisteria, but I wish them many happy summers there. Half a star deducted because for me the book still leaves some (few) loose ends, like what happens to Alana‘s sister or Seth later.

As this book is the last of the dreamland billionaire series i’m so sad that it’s rated 3 stars. The first 2 books were so sooo good and this one just fell through for me bc of the problems. The 1st problem I had was that this book was so long and boring in some scenes. Cal and Alana’s story did not really need to be that long. 2) Cal is the middle brother and he got the last book? Declan’s story was so much more interesting and I wish we had more of him instead of Cal. 3) It was so frustrating and sometimes felt like the book just went in circles. Cal has a very apparent drinking problem in the book. He promises her to not drink at the house because of her daughter (cami) but he still does it. He promised then did it again which I felt was not needed. He wanted to prove to Alana that he has changed and has grown up, and him keeping doing that doesn’t feel like it went with the story and his progression. Some of the things I did like is how they incorporated Cami (Alana’s daughter) and how every time she was in a scene it was cute. 2) I did really enjoy the going back to the past to see how their relationship was when they were younger. That was one part of the story that was at least done sorta well.

Einfach nur Wow!!! Ich kann das Buch nicht beschreiben. Zumindest würde die Beschreibung dem Buch nicht gerecht werden. So viel schöner Realismus. Aber auch wunderschöne versprechen, an sich selbst arbeiten, sucht Bekämpfung, große Liebe und Akzeptanz und Verständnis. Hoffnung und Vertrauen. Das Buch hat sich wie eine verzweifelte Umarmung nach langer Zeit angefühlt♥️🥰 Große Lese Empfehlung!!!✨🥰

hab letztes Jahr im Januar mit dem ersten Buch angefangen das Buch hat mich wieder zum lesen gebracht nach 3 Jahren Pause deshalb habe ich mich davor gedrückt den letzten Teil zu lesen. Ich liebe diese Reihe mit meinem Herzen und ich kann sie jedem vom Herzen empfehlen. Das Buch war das Ende was ich nie wusste das ich es brauche

4.5 stars⭐️ Bestes Buch der Reihe! ”Falling in love with yourself is ten times harder than falling in love with someone else, especially when I don’t like myself very much.” Einige der Tropes sind: - second chance romance - childhood friends to lovers - small town romance - single parent - forced proximity - mutual pining - the cutest kid ever Ein Problem mit den vorherigen Büchern für mich war, dass die Storylines nicht so richtig über die Tropes hinausgingen. Aber hier waren die Tropes die gut ausgearbeitete Grundlage der Geschichte bis zu dem Punkt, dass das Buch sich überhaupt nicht stark auf sie stützen musste und sich entwickelte. Die Geschichte hier ist so gut ausgearbeitet. LA baut einen guten Konflikt auf, wir folgen einem durchgängigen Handlungsstrang von A nach B. Kennen die Ziele der Figuren und wissen, was sie antreibt. Ich fand, dass die vorherigen Bücher etwas zusammenhanglos waren und nicht wussten, was sie sein wollten - Final Offer hat mehr Tiefe, als ich erwartet hatte, mit Untertönen von Verlust und Trauer. ”It’s not just me anymore. Cami and I are a package deal.” I wrap an arm around her waist and pull her flush against me. “You and Cami aren’t a deal. You two are a lottery jackpot, and it’s time someone treated you both that way.”

NO BECAUSE THIS BOOK???? i’m so in love with this book!! There is no doubt that this book is my favorite one out of this series. Honestly i’m someone that hates reading books that are in a series because for me the first book is always the best while the others are disappointing but THIS SERIES??? I loved every single book and every single character in this book. Final Offer however was a whole rollercoaster!! From the beginning where we were literally THROWN into the story to the middle of the book and the end. And let me not start with the extended version. No this book was a masterpiece!! I loved Cal and I literally fell in love with him. I knew I would love him in “Terms and Conditions” but that I would love him this much was not expected. Out of the three brothers I loved him the most. Honestly I have no words for this book it was just too good and I’m sure i’m going to reread it one time. I’d give this book a 8/5 haha