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kylasmv15's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Cursing, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, and Misogyny
Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use
lacey_w90's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
5.0
This one is seriously my favorite out of the whole series! It had just the right amount of darkness without being too dark, but it still had all the spice! I like that it was a crime/ detective type plot as well. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series!
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Drug use, Sexual content, Murder, Blood, and Body horror
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
anna_333's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Gore, Grief, and Torture
barbarianmissy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Very very very spicy, quick, and easy read! 🌶️
A cool alternate universe twist on the wizard of oz! Thanks Jessica for the recommendation! I loved slowly trying to figure out who each character represented in the original story!
The only issue I had with the book was that I didn’t necessarily like or agree with how it ended. But other than that it’s a very wild ride!
Side note: Even though the entire story is completely based in Illinois, I 100% read this entire mobster book in my head as Buddy the Cake Boss would. Hoboken style BABY! 🍰
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, and Addiction
melissaslibraryy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Trafficking, and Violence
dlsmk's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Addiction, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Grief, Body horror, Child abuse, Misogyny, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence
thefatpaperback's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder