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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Okay, the actual love story was so so good. I was eating it up. LOVED that bit of the plot line. I thought the characters were well written. It has the perfect balance of spice and purity. Keeps it steamy without it being…ya know. Really good balance.
But the faith element…was immature. It was very surface-level faith. Very juvenile. It didn’t deal with the actual issues that a Christian would face in this situation. And the fact that the author claims it’s a Christian book but never even mentions Jesus Christ…was a little bit of a turn off. It’s more religion, rather than a real depiction of Christianity. I was pretty disappointed in that regard.
I’m not even sure Rosa is actually a Christian. She only uses God. It doesn’t seem like she actually has a relationship with Jesus.
Even so, a dark romance that wasn’t vulgar was refreshing.
But the faith element…was immature. It was very surface-level faith. Very juvenile. It didn’t deal with the actual issues that a Christian would face in this situation. And the fact that the author claims it’s a Christian book but never even mentions Jesus Christ…was a little bit of a turn off. It’s more religion, rather than a real depiction of Christianity. I was pretty disappointed in that regard.
I’m not even sure Rosa is actually a Christian. She only uses God. It doesn’t seem like she actually has a relationship with Jesus.
Even so, a dark romance that wasn’t vulgar was refreshing.
dark
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
was so excited to start this, especially after seeing the authors tik tok. It's up my alley and without all the spice that sometimes I get tired of. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. I adore Christian fiction, even without being one myself. What I don't like is a character acting like massive hypocrite and not Christian but religious. There's a massive difference between the two.
I hated Rosa. At first, I liked her and thought I'd love her, but once she was sent back to NYC, she became insufferable. She acted like a spoiled entitled brat! She has absolutely no grasp on the real world nor does she care. She is selfish and does not care about anyone else but herself. Which she proves over and over again by running away and causing issues. Knowing full well Minnie and the family would be harmed because of her actions. She judged everyone no matter what they did, even Father Serrano, who was just trying to help her!!! Rosa only talked about God when it was convenient for her and used it as a way to be better than anyone else. Then the whole consumating the marriage thing had me feeling all sorts of weird. She's married and she thinks sleeping with her husband is a sin? Please make it make sense 🙄
Her cousins are the best part of the book. I love them so much and I so wish they would have been a bigger part of the book. Though, with the way Rosa treated them, I'm glad they weren't. Again Rosa playing the victim card like her cousins weren't punished for what she did 🤦♀️
As much as I hated Rosa, I still enjoyed the fact that this book didn't have any cussing or spicy scenes! It had the dark romance without all the other stuff! Bravo to this author for showing that it's possible to write dark romance without cursing and without spice. It was a nice little break from the usual.
I hated Rosa. At first, I liked her and thought I'd love her, but once she was sent back to NYC, she became insufferable. She acted like a spoiled entitled brat! She has absolutely no grasp on the real world nor does she care. She is selfish and does not care about anyone else but herself. Which she proves over and over again by running away and causing issues. Knowing full well Minnie and the family would be harmed because of her actions. She judged everyone no matter what they did, even Father Serrano, who was just trying to help her!!! Rosa only talked about God when it was convenient for her and used it as a way to be better than anyone else. Then the whole consumating the marriage thing had me feeling all sorts of weird. She's married and she thinks sleeping with her husband is a sin? Please make it make sense 🙄
Her cousins are the best part of the book. I love them so much and I so wish they would have been a bigger part of the book. Though, with the way Rosa treated them, I'm glad they weren't. Again Rosa playing the victim card like her cousins weren't punished for what she did 🤦♀️
As much as I hated Rosa, I still enjoyed the fact that this book didn't have any cussing or spicy scenes! It had the dark romance without all the other stuff! Bravo to this author for showing that it's possible to write dark romance without cursing and without spice. It was a nice little break from the usual.
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I really enjoyed this book and really appreciated how well the author handled representing Christ. I loved the biblical allusions, the unabashed scripture and the models of Christ in the main relationship through forgiveness.
challenging
dark
slow-paced
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
This is one of the greatest, most enthralling Christian romances I’ve had the pleasure of reading! Valicity Elaine brilliantly brings Christianity into a mafia, arranged marriage story. If you are a Christian looking for more books with representation of God and Jesus, but love dark romances, I highly encourage you to pick up this book!