Reviews with content warning for Infidelity - The Sweetest Oblivion

I hadn't read a mafia romance before and I realise through reading this book it's probably not my cup of tea, if this was someone's preferred genre I'm sure they would rate it higher but I just found the controlling aspects of the MMC and the fact that the FMC could not even leave the fucking house without him threatening to kill someone a bit much...
If you like dom/sub dynamics you'll like this book, but for me I wished the FMC wasn't apologising all the time for the actions of her jealous lover. I've got to admit he was so odd I kept reading out of curiosity to see what the next fucked up thing he would do or say.

However, I've heard the next one is better and yes I will be reading if ofc.

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sophiejo_'s review

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

🤎 slighhtt spoilers

ok there’s an issue with this book loll. with all mafia romances they come with the disclaimer that there’s likely going to be misogyny and some version of sexual assault or alpha males or arranged marriages, etc. but the reason i can still read them is because by the end of the book these problems are resolved, at least for the main characters.

BUT NNOOO

tbh i liked the characters well enough; Elena wasn’t a wimp and it was so cute watching Nico let out his sweet side. howeverrrrr this enemies to friends to friends with benefits to spouses to lovers DIDNT GIVE WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GIVING.

by the end of the book i was just cringing at the sex and their lack of communication (yes there was freaking miscommunication ofcc) and ALSO during the middle of the book i thought they could work out their issues but NO. the book ends with a sweet but anticlimactic “plot twist” and then once they’ve attempted to communicate but actually just had sex… Nico is still possessive and rough and misogynistic and Elena just TAKES IT bc she feels bad for doing something that could’ve easily been resolved had she just talked to the man she was LITERALLY LYING IN BED WITH.

it’s annoying because I had high hopes but it just didn’t perform like it shouldve. ntm the “connections” throughout the book that seemed less like metaphors and more like “how do we make this meaningful? ADD A FCKING CAROSUEL”

2 stars 😤

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ujint's review

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this book in a realistic nutshell up till the one third of the book because that’s when i decided to DNF it:
• a complete waste of time
• disgusting. i’ll explain
—> 1. heroine, a dude with unresolved emotional problems, basically manipulates hero.
—> 2. heroine is hero’s soon-to-be step sis but hey, who cares because the lust for each other is mutual, right? it is. TO THEM.
—> 3. the mc and love interest doesn’t even have the slightest romantic spark for each other. they’re all ‘oh he’s so intimidating and dark it makes me blush soooooo hard’ or ‘oh she has such a shapely ass my groin is taking control over my thoughts’ and such. no chemistry. only lust.
—> 4. it makes me bang my head against the wall that the only unique and special aspect Nico seems to notice about Elena is her ass. and body. and did i also mention: her sweet, perfect ass that is the talk of NYC?
—> 5. the heroine is a complete asshole. he’s literally (i do notice that i’ve been using that word quite a lot in this review but no matter—) such a douche that he can’t even think of a nice, wholehearted compliment for Elena, OR EVEN HIS FIANCÉE. Elena is known to him as a seductress in love with someone else other than him, and also has a perfect ass. Adriana is known as the weird, freak sister that he has to marry. WHAT THE WHAT?!?!?!? HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY?? i geeettt that this is a mafia story but come ooooooooon all we see of Nico is him being a ruthless dickhead who treat women as objects.
—> 6. i also do think Elena should be shaded just as much as Nico because first of all have you no shame of the infidelity between you and your soon-to-be brother-in-law? i honestly can’t remember her feeling remorseful about sneaking around with Nico when he’s supposed to be with Adriana
—> that ALSO bring me to the fact that instead of simply talking to his fiancée and getting to know her interests, Nico oh so freely demands a list of Adriana’s personality from Elena like HELLO?? and Elena had the non-audacity to just oblige????? where is your sense of pride girlie?????
•this book infuriates me to the core that it makes me want to jump off a building.

okay i think that about sums all of my rants. who knows my madness may even bring up a few points i also despised.

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