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Stolen Heir by Sophie Lark

5 reviews

quietmarki's review

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I COULDN'T PUT THIS BOOK DOWN! Very toxic , but loved it :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Medical content, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual content, Stalking, Death, Misogyny, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

booksalacarte's review

hopeful fast-paced

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

2.5

2.5⭐️ 3🌶️

Mafia dark romance
Beauty and the beast retelling
Enemies to lovers
Professional ballerina
Opposites attract
“Touch her and die”


The writing is really stilted int he beginning. Maybe it’s the dual first person POV. And it’s needlessly repetitive. Something said in chapter 2 is almost verbatim in chapter 6. 

The monotonous replay of a specific scene in the other POV in first person isn’t interesting, it’s boring. 

The characters are under developed. There is such potential, but their character arcs are rushed and their relationship arc hardly goes beyond Stockholm syndrome. Their on page interactions are very few, making their relationship seem very immature. There is very little on page tension because they hardly ever interact. 

But it was a quick and easy read.



Thank you NetGalley and Bloom Books/Sourcebooks for an Advanced Reader Copy of the ebook in return for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Cursing, Suicide, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Murder, Stalking, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Rape, Violence, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Miko is out to get revenge for the death of his father. He kidnaps Nessa, the youngest Griffin daughter.

He keeps her hidden away in his mansion while planning his revenge against her family. Over the month, they catch feelings and Miko changes his plans. 

I thought this was a pretty good twist on Beauty and the Beast (the references were a little too in your face). I liked the chemistry between Nessa and Miko. I really enjoyed seeing the evolution of Miko's feelings and all the little things he did for her (ex. Bought her dance outfits). You could tell he had really fallen hard. Nessa's age kind of bothered me, she was young (19), I wish her character had been a bit older. This kind of boardered on insta love.

Tropes: Mafia, enemies to lovers, fairy tale retelling 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Murder, Stalking, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

jackeline_cruz_'s review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Minor: Death, Torture, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Classism, Misogyny, and Trafficking

midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Stolen Heir is the second book in the ‘Brutal Birthright’ series. Nessa Griffin is the youngest  daughter of the Griffin family. She’s a college student and ballet dancer. She gets kidnapped after her Jeep malfunctions. Mikolaj Wilk is apart of the Polish Braterstwo. He wants to get revenge on the Gallo’s and the Griffin’s who in the previous book killed his mentor/adoptive father Tymon Zajac. So he has one of his men kidnap Nessa and bring her to his house. Her family are frantic to find her. After a false exchange and brief alliance with the Russian Bratva, Miko realizes that he not only loves Nessa but that he wants a marriage alliance with the Griffins (and by extension the Gallos). And Nessa feels a strong connection to him as well. The get married at the end of the book, both having been changed for the better having met each other.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Cursing, Self harm, Death, Misogyny, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Rape