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_sylviareads_'s review against another edition
2.0
5 Beautifully Broken Stars
Excellently created, realistic characters and story. It was intense, captivating and heartwrenching story of broken people. Seriously ... Alexei and Talia are perfectly fucked up emotionally couple.
I could't imagine another man for Talia. They had similar personalities and past but still, after what they have experienced in life they were unable to trust anyone, even each other.
“I had to go to hell to find the person I am today. And in the end, the road through hell led me straight to him.”
BRAVO!
Hot sex scene with a bit of BDSM, the hero in the type of alpha male, violence, tension, arranged marriage, intrigue ... Oooh yeah ... there is everything!
Fucking great book as the whole series. I can not even say which part I like the most. Each character is different Crow Reaper and Ghost were phenomenal heroes.
I highly recommend !!!
Can't wait for history of Rory and Scarlett and I hope that will also be the story of Nikolai and Tanaka.
Excellently created, realistic characters and story. It was intense, captivating and heartwrenching story of broken people. Seriously ... Alexei and Talia are perfectly fucked up emotionally couple.
I could't imagine another man for Talia. They had similar personalities and past but still, after what they have experienced in life they were unable to trust anyone, even each other.
“I had to go to hell to find the person I am today. And in the end, the road through hell led me straight to him.”
BRAVO!
Hot sex scene with a bit of BDSM, the hero in the type of alpha male, violence, tension, arranged marriage, intrigue ... Oooh yeah ... there is everything!
Fucking great book as the whole series. I can not even say which part I like the most. Each character is different Crow Reaper and Ghost were phenomenal heroes.
I highly recommend !!!
Can't wait for history of Rory and Scarlett and I hope that will also be the story of Nikolai and Tanaka.
exquisite_tragedy's review against another edition
2.0
I'm so bummed that this installment just didn't seem to work for me like it did for so many others. I had been itching for Alexi and Talia's story after it being teased earlier in the series, so I may have just built this up too much in my head. I just didn't feel the authenticity of Talia and Alexei's relationship, and felt like despite surviving so much Talia still wasn't getting the respect and help she needed from the people in her life.
samskiejo's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-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
4.0
belle13's review against another edition
Each to their own but this was way too messed up for me. This is not a romance sorry.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Death, and Drug abuse
ktr675's review against another edition
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
xoacp's review
2.0
This is Stockholm Syndrome at its finest. It felt raw with complex, damaged characters. I didn't like the way it was executed. Nothing about it I liked, actually. This actually made me realize that the kidnapping trope might not be my thing.
blvelances's review
1.0
after everything talia has endured i expected, hoped for a comforting story in her book. a good man who would care for her, instead of the toxic shit she got.
sure he has his problems, but that doesn’t excuse anything.
he’s 12 years older than her, tells her from the get go he ‘won’t be able to love her’ and insists on it. he has no consideration for her, calls her a whore (there’s no real acknowledgment in this book of the horror she has been through and certainly not from him), he’s trying to get her pregnant so that she won’t be suicidal anymore ??? i know this book isn’t a guide to help people who have been through trauma but COME ON! she’s in her early 20s, has been sold into slavery, was a sexual slave, was severely abused in various ways and before that was already struggling with demons - LET THE GIRL HAVE FUN? be in possession of her own body? let her recover without excessive sex and trying to get her pregnant ?
and i almost threw up when he stood in front of the monster who raped her and sold her and he feels POSSESSIVE that she’s slept with the guy before. i just gave up on it all
talia seriously deserved way better and even though it’s fictional - it didn’t feel good to me. women go through the worst shit in some books and it’s as if they deserved it. it’s not even about them it becomes about men. lucky she gets off on all the terrible shit in this book because mc didn’t stop once to ask her opinion
there is bo redemption for a man who keeps hurting her the way he’s doing. 200 pages before the end he’s holding her captive in a room with no means to communicate with anyone
women are supposed to be perfect little martyr, in books written by WOMEN. misogynistic women.
instead of all this suffering maybe the book should have focused on healing. and mack should have had a bigger part in the book, it would have only made sense
additional random thought : talia doesn’t get to be mad at him, or to be sad or anything - she gets deprived of that fairly quickly. alexei? he gets to be mad, irrational, lock her up (pregnant) for weeks, and it’s just the way it is. alpha. powerful. manly… seriously what kind of woman supports this
sure he has his problems, but that doesn’t excuse anything.
he’s 12 years older than her, tells her from the get go he ‘won’t be able to love her’ and insists on it. he has no consideration for her, calls her a whore (there’s no real acknowledgment in this book of the horror she has been through and certainly not from him), he’s trying to get her pregnant so that she won’t be suicidal anymore ??? i know this book isn’t a guide to help people who have been through trauma but COME ON! she’s in her early 20s, has been sold into slavery, was a sexual slave, was severely abused in various ways and before that was already struggling with demons - LET THE GIRL HAVE FUN? be in possession of her own body? let her recover without excessive sex and trying to get her pregnant ?
and i almost threw up when he stood in front of the monster who raped her and sold her and he feels POSSESSIVE that she’s slept with the guy before. i just gave up on it all
talia seriously deserved way better and even though it’s fictional - it didn’t feel good to me. women go through the worst shit in some books and it’s as if they deserved it. it’s not even about them it becomes about men. lucky she gets off on all the terrible shit in this book because mc didn’t stop once to ask her opinion
there is bo redemption for a man who keeps hurting her the way he’s doing. 200 pages before the end he’s holding her captive in a room with no means to communicate with anyone
women are supposed to be perfect little martyr, in books written by WOMEN. misogynistic women.
instead of all this suffering maybe the book should have focused on healing. and mack should have had a bigger part in the book, it would have only made sense
additional random thought : talia doesn’t get to be mad at him, or to be sad or anything - she gets deprived of that fairly quickly. alexei? he gets to be mad, irrational, lock her up (pregnant) for weeks, and it’s just the way it is. alpha. powerful. manly… seriously what kind of woman supports this
cupiecat's review
5.0
I have just finished this story and I'm so sad to see it it end. I have come to love these characters. All the characters in this series of books. Ronin will always be special to to me but Alexi is strong, damaged and to protective of the loves of his life. This book was an a emotional read and I loved every minute of it. I hope the author continues to write of these characters I love so much. I have that the series will go on so that a reader can continue to be a part of these characters lives.