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witcheep's review against another edition
- 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
1.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Sexism, Misogyny, and Torture
Minor: Stalking and Death of parent
readyforit's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
I really liked this book! Probably my favorite so far in the series and I read it in one sitting! It’s mostly enemies to lovers, has plenty of touch her/him and die moments, knives/guns to the throat. This is a wizard of oz retelling, kind of, where the author uses some names and ideas from the movie. However it’s more of a dark mafia romance where the FMC, Evelina (although they say Eveline in the audiobook), is the brains of the operation. I LOVED her character! This author really shines with her villain characters in this series, and Evelina makes me support women’s rights and wrongs. Evelina is the morally gray villain, and the youngest sister who often gets left behind. She suspects her older sister Dorothy of murdering their oldest sister nessa many years ago. Her father lets her run the business but treats her like shit bc she’s a woman. She wouldn’t call him this but her only friend is really Ezekiel (zeke in the audiobook), since he seems to be the only one who cares about her. Evie and nick have a one night stand at a bar, riiight before he’s assigned to go undercover to try to get evidence of the westerly’s drug supplier (he’s a DEA agent). Nick is your classic, I never received love so I don’t believe in it playboy (representative of the tin man). Evie’s father decided to bring in a new guy to help push jewelry? And guess what? It’s nick. Evie is a deeply mistrusting and guarded person (for good reason), but as she and nick (he’s undercover with a different name though) go on missions, she opens up to him and they realize they’re more alike than they thought. He gets in over his head and they continue to hookup, even though his in with the family was supposed to be seducing dorothy. Nick has to decide if truth and justice are worth selling out the woman he loves. The spice in this book was good, very true to the characters as well. Both evie and nick’s character development was crazy compared to the first two books in the series. The ending is pretty perfect and HEA. The extended epilogue available on the author’s website was great too. I maybe could’ve done with less poetry lmao.
I also listened along to the audiobook and both the narrators were perfect for their characters! Once again there were a few changes between the KU ebook and the audiobook, but not as severe as scarred. There were a few names changed and one passage of Dorothy and nick out at dinner that was omitted from the audiobook for some reason. Overall I really liked this book and will probably reread in the future!
Graphic: Blood, Death, Body horror, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Violence, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, and Addiction
Minor: Alcohol
TW some pro-cop language, since the MMC is a federal agentbergha1998's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Dark Romance, Enemies to Lovers, 3 3/4 🔥
Graphic: Alcohol, Sexism, Sexual content, Body horror, Blood, Stalking, Bullying, Cursing, Abandonment, Addiction, Gun violence, Child abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
quietmarki's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1. There is no plot.
2. A grown **s men calling women b*tches is a ick for me.
3. I don't care for these charachters...
4. THE WRITTING IS AWFUL!
5. Okay smut scenes almost every chapter. Also the gun smut scene like no please !
6. Just a waste of time read something else.
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gun violence
angielee83's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Car accident, Murder, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Death, Cursing, Gun violence, Grief, Stalking, and Vomit
courtneyhunsicker's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Gaslighting, Drug use, Stalking, Gore, Abandonment, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, and Addiction
chelle22's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Deadnaming, Torture, Bullying, Excrement, Confinement, Stalking, Abandonment, Drug use, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, and Trafficking
ktpayne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Torture, Murder, Drug use, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Blood
Minor: Stalking
alilbitofeveryth1ng's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Drug use, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Violence, Stalking, Torture, and Toxic relationship
alittlehasty's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content
Moderate: Drug abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Stalking, Misogyny, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Death
Minor: Abandonment