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persephone__'s review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
laureadss's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
3.75
my first giana darling book and man she writes beautifully i mean the way dante talked about elena sometimes… just wow
as for the story it was interesting seeing elena getting somewhat “corrupted” by dante and changing her perception of what’s right and wrong
i guess it just wasn’t a book i 100% connected with, but i will be reading the second one!!
as for the story it was interesting seeing elena getting somewhat “corrupted” by dante and changing her perception of what’s right and wrong
i guess it just wasn’t a book i 100% connected with, but i will be reading the second one!!
shanayaareads's review against another edition
5.0
I have to eat my words.
Going into this book, over a month ago, I was absolutely annoyed. I hated Elena so much it was damn near painful to read this book. I stopped four chapters in and truly considered nit finishing it because I disliked who she was so completely.
But I powered through today and my god, am I glad I did. I absolutely adore this girl now. There are still a lot of things I don’t like about the way she is, but I understand her a lot more now. I gained a deeper appreciation for who she is the more I read.
And Dante? He was the lifeline that kept me reading the first fifteen or so chapters. I’ve adored a great many male MC’s in books, but this man, all dark and looming and so contradictory with his softness, I absolutely adore him. Delving into his head, his psyche made me love him even more than I did when I met him in Enthralled.
Together, Dante and Elena are neither heroes nor villains but you can’t help but loving them anyways. Darkness and misdeeds, flaws and all. I truly have to eat my words because I love them so much together, nothing can compare. Elena might be my favorite of the Lombardi girls at this point and I am so mad at myself for not having given her a chance to prove herself. Seeing Elena shed her constant need for judgment and self inflation, seeing her embrace the fact that things are not black and white and neither are people, was utterly satisfying.
And knowing that she was so willing to sacrifice and lose the life that she’d worked so hard to build for herself, to lose the identity she had tried to craft to hide her truth and embracing all that she is, the good and the bad—I have no words. By the end of the book, she was an entirely new person and one that I could actually get behind. I’m just upset with myself for not allowing myself to experience this sooner.
Going into this book, over a month ago, I was absolutely annoyed. I hated Elena so much it was damn near painful to read this book. I stopped four chapters in and truly considered nit finishing it because I disliked who she was so completely.
But I powered through today and my god, am I glad I did. I absolutely adore this girl now. There are still a lot of things I don’t like about the way she is, but I understand her a lot more now. I gained a deeper appreciation for who she is the more I read.
And Dante? He was the lifeline that kept me reading the first fifteen or so chapters. I’ve adored a great many male MC’s in books, but this man, all dark and looming and so contradictory with his softness, I absolutely adore him. Delving into his head, his psyche made me love him even more than I did when I met him in Enthralled.
Together, Dante and Elena are neither heroes nor villains but you can’t help but loving them anyways. Darkness and misdeeds, flaws and all. I truly have to eat my words because I love them so much together, nothing can compare. Elena might be my favorite of the Lombardi girls at this point and I am so mad at myself for not having given her a chance to prove herself. Seeing Elena shed her constant need for judgment and self inflation, seeing her embrace the fact that things are not black and white and neither are people, was utterly satisfying.
And knowing that she was so willing to sacrifice and lose the life that she’d worked so hard to build for herself, to lose the identity she had tried to craft to hide her truth and embracing all that she is, the good and the bad—I have no words. By the end of the book, she was an entirely new person and one that I could actually get behind. I’m just upset with myself for not allowing myself to experience this sooner.
cobaltbookshelf's review against another edition
3.0
I liked immediately Elena and her chemistry with Dante was amazing. I really like together but last part of book was all action it kind of dragged story. Still I'm looking forward to second book.
billie_yankie's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
sallystip's review against another edition
4.0
Tropes: Mafia Romance, Enemies-to-Lovers, Forbidden Love, Forced Proximity
Elena is a headstrong lawyer and Dante is a Capo “the devil of New York” and he’s on trial for murder.
I absolutely loved this book. It is a duet so I’ve only read half of Elena and Dante’s story I still have lots of questions, but since this is a duet I’m sure I’ll get answers.
Elena is a headstrong lawyer and Dante is a Capo “the devil of New York” and he’s on trial for murder.
I absolutely loved this book. It is a duet so I’ve only read half of Elena and Dante’s story I still have lots of questions, but since this is a duet I’m sure I’ll get answers.
lifesgrapes's review against another edition
2.0
So so soooo much inner dialogue. So so sooo much detail. I finished about 10 books before I finished this.
xaaam_o's review against another edition
5.0
You know when you read a book, but you don't want to finish it because it is way too good, but at the same time, you can't stop reading it because you get so attached to the characters, that was me with this book
Seriously, DANTE AND ELENA ARE made for each other, I love them and this book
I'm going to start reading more books with anti hero main characters
I won’t sleep before I finish reading the 2nd book (I’m going to regret this, it’s 1am here and I have school tomorrow, my eyes are begging for help)
Seriously, DANTE AND ELENA ARE made for each other, I love them and this book
I'm going to start reading more books with anti hero main characters
I won’t sleep before I finish reading the 2nd book (I’m going to regret this, it’s 1am here and I have school tomorrow, my eyes are begging for help)
tangochick6969's review against another edition
3.0
not feminism leaving my body because of dante salvatore...