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These books can be read alone BUT I wouldn't suggest it.
It's a combination between Billionaire/Mafia Men, with stubborn, grumpy sunshine, I'm never getting married players with seemingly no emotions over anything more than POWER and MONEY.
Fall in love with these strong women who tame these stubborn men. All 4 of these stories are hard to put down, full on suspense, thrillers and steamy passion books. I never wanted it to end.
There is a 0.5 book I've yet to read about the parents of 2 of the characters, but I will get to it 'one day'.
Each book is full of friendship with the men and women along with some seriously messed up parents and pasts that haunt them. Learning to heal the past with someone to hold your hand and grab your heart gives us all hope.
It's a combination between Billionaire/Mafia Men, with stubborn, grumpy sunshine, I'm never getting married players with seemingly no emotions over anything more than POWER and MONEY.
Fall in love with these strong women who tame these stubborn men. All 4 of these stories are hard to put down, full on suspense, thrillers and steamy passion books. I never wanted it to end.
There is a 0.5 book I've yet to read about the parents of 2 of the characters, but I will get to it 'one day'.
Each book is full of friendship with the men and women along with some seriously messed up parents and pasts that haunt them. Learning to heal the past with someone to hold your hand and grab your heart gives us all hope.
If you're into powerful mafia-like families then you will like this series. The Boston Belles is about the young women (and their close friends) in these two families. The Monster is the love story of Sam Brennan and Aisling Fitzpatrick. This book wasn't my favorite in the series but I did enjoy it. Looking forward to reading more works by LJ Shen!
Wow. Einfach nur wow. Ich hab die Reihe nun bis hierher eigentlich in einem Zug gelesen. Ich liebe den Schreibstil der autorin. Ich finde er ist einfach einmalig mit so einem gewissen spice, auch irgendwie Dark aber mit einer Leichtigkeit und einem ganz eigenen Charme so das man nur so durch die Seiten fliegt. Klar ist bei der autorin auch das hier die bösen Jungs immer im Vordergrund stehen, und doch ist jeder böse Junge etwas neues, mal mehr mal weniger gefährlich und heiss. Faszinierend finde ich es auch das doch in einem Band eigentlich eine komplette Geschichte erzählt wird, auch wenn ich denke das es mir Spaß gemacht hätte etwas mehr zu lesen. Ich muss sagen Monster hat mir fast am besten gefallen. Aber auch Cillians Geschichte hatte mich verzaubert. Aber hier war einfach der Mafia Boss Vibe perfekt.
La Petite Mort- genau so war es, wie kleine, heiße Tote die zum Höhepunkt führen.
La Petite Mort- genau so war es, wie kleine, heiße Tote die zum Höhepunkt führen.
I mostly listened to this via audible, with occasionally reading the book. So I don’t know if my opinion of the book is based on the narrators’ performance or what, but this book sucked for me.
Nothing about their story felt romantic. Nix was desperate and the level of embarrassment I felt for her begging to be with this man. Even so much that she would rather sleep with him and have her believe she was someone else. Ugh!! Reading that part of the story, almost made me delete the story.
There was nothing appealing about her desperation and his lack of interest and straight up disrespect.
I only continued reading- because it became a challenge to see how the author could flip this around.
Like she made the characters so horrible, that at the end it would be a miracle for the reader to cheer for them.
If that was the goal, she didn’t meet it. If anything, I’m more disappointed in the time I wasted on something I had a feeling would be disappointing.
Nothing about their story felt romantic. Nix was desperate and the level of embarrassment I felt for her begging to be with this man. Even so much that she would rather sleep with him and have her believe she was someone else. Ugh!! Reading that part of the story, almost made me delete the story.
There was nothing appealing about her desperation and his lack of interest and straight up disrespect.
I only continued reading- because it became a challenge to see how the author could flip this around.
Like she made the characters so horrible, that at the end it would be a miracle for the reader to cheer for them.
If that was the goal, she didn’t meet it. If anything, I’m more disappointed in the time I wasted on something I had a feeling would be disappointing.
I received an arc for a honest review.
The Monster totally took me by surprised. I was not expecting this at all. Another amazing book by LJ Shen.
Aisling have had a crush on Sam the moment she met him. Sam was this ruthless, broken, broody hero that he doesn't let anyone get to him. The more time he spends with Aisling, his wall slowly crumbles. The Fitpatrick's reputation was getting torn in the public's eye, and Aisling wouldn't let anything happened to them. She was willing to do anything to help her family.
I still can't get over the twist. That twist alone got me loving the Aisling so freaking much. I might even love her more than Sam. It was definitely explosive. It caught me off guard, and I couldn't stop reading!!! You'll love this family even more after reading The Monster.
The Monster totally took me by surprised. I was not expecting this at all. Another amazing book by LJ Shen.
Aisling have had a crush on Sam the moment she met him. Sam was this ruthless, broken, broody hero that he doesn't let anyone get to him. The more time he spends with Aisling, his wall slowly crumbles. The Fitpatrick's reputation was getting torn in the public's eye, and Aisling wouldn't let anything happened to them. She was willing to do anything to help her family.
I still can't get over the twist. That twist alone got me loving the Aisling so freaking much. I might even love her more than Sam. It was definitely explosive. It caught me off guard, and I couldn't stop reading!!! You'll love this family even more after reading The Monster.
5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Excellent - Highly Recommended
4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - A good, solid read
3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - An okay read
2 ⭐️⭐️ - Meh
1 ⭐️ - Not my cup of tea
4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - A good, solid read
3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - An okay read
2 ⭐️⭐️ - Meh
1 ⭐️ - Not my cup of tea
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Darker and better then the others
This book was darker and better then L.J's other books. I was really excited than see Sam's book especially since we saw the story unfold in the Bells of Boston series.
This book was darker and better then L.J's other books. I was really excited than see Sam's book especially since we saw the story unfold in the Bells of Boston series.
I wanted to love this book, I just couldn’t do it. I was really disappointed by Ash. I couldn’t not STAND the way Sam continuously put her down, treated her like trash, and used her for sex. Girl, have some self-respect for yourself. I just can’t imagine being in love with a man for 10 years and constantly being rejected. She lived and breathed for him and he was such an asshole to her. There needs to be a balance between the alpha males jerkiness and likability…I felt like this one kinda missed the boat on that. And as much as I liked the sex scenes, I felt they were too aggressive. Sam just gave some emotional abusive vibes to me and that turned me off. Also, Sam did such a complete 180 at the end of the book, it was hard to believe he was actually sincere about his love. It seems like the whole series did a complete turn about at the very end, and made each story feel rushed.