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manaledi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Sexual content, Child death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Sexual assault, Rape, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship
bergha1998'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
3.75
Dark Romance, Enemies to Lovers, 3 1/2 🔥
Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Violence, Grief, Kidnapping, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Cursing, Child abuse, Murder, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, and Sexual harassment
anaya_reads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Trafficking, Gun violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Violence
katarinareads7_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Torture, Child death, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Trafficking, and Gun violence
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Panic attacks/disorders
suicidal ideation, Torture mentioned, Explosion, Death of a sibling mentioned, Murder & attempted murder, including the murder of children.hapalyn'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
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Torture, and Trafficking
Minor: Rape
reka111's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
You're the girl I killed for and you're the woman I'd die for.
I didn't like it as much (but I didn't expect it anyway) as the previous book. Whereas in the previous one I felt a kind of spark, here now I felt that everything was gone.
Morana seemed to have relapsed, not very, but meaningful enough for me to feel. She remained strong and persistent, but something changed about her that I can't put anywhere inside myself and don't want to. I couldn't leave Tristan like that any more, everything I feared had happened inside him, he had become the kind of person I was unable to identify with in any way. Dante is the tip of my heart, I just loved him so much that I almost regret not wanting to continue this book—at least not now.
The love I praised so high was transformed, in my own way, into something different that I'm not sure if I like. Possesive, overprotective, and forced became the whole thing, which I don't like.
This time, the plot was more fast-paced than the previous one, and a lot more secrets are revealed — ones that cannot be ignored. In short, everything was shattered by this book, but in the best sense of the word, we got new connections to the past and a new perspective, and all I'm sure is that this isn't the end, far from it, Luna deserves to know that her brother fought so hard for her. The pace was a bit slower for me than it should have been, but the time jumps weren't distracting at all. The end is open, but not so urgent.
I'd say all in all, one went away, it wasn't outstanding, it wasn't burn-shaking, maybe a little shocking, but none of it was strong enough to necessarily jump to the next book.
Graphic: Gun violence and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Grief, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape
karina_dreamsinwords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
“The man holding her was darkness. He was comfortable in the dark, one with the dark, owned the dark.”
I think this was even better than The Predator & I ate. this. up. The plot is engaging, we are still uncovering the mystery element from book 1, so much action amongst the stillness, and some spicy goodness in the mix. I don’t know why you wouldn’t want to read this series!!
TRISTAN CAINE 🥵🫠
This man is one of few words but my god does he choose them wisely. His actions speak louder than his words and who doesn’t love that? He’s deadly in his craft, and is so protective and possessive of Morana but it’s the green flag type of thing if you know what I mean 🤭
Morana is a strong fmc that can hold her own in this ruthless world of the mob. The things we learn throughout & at the end of this one had my mind blown!
In this dark world of such violence and chaos, I loved the found family within these books. The platonic relationships and side characters providing Morana a safe space, even though she’s seen as the daughter of the enemy, was beautiful to see.
I’m sad that this couple isn’t the focus of books going forward but I’m happy we get to see Dante up close and personal. I adored him and his big brother persona with Morana in these first books, so I’m ready to see him take center stage. I know he’s gonna serve up some juicy goodness in his books and I’M READY!
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Trafficking
bellllssbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Grief, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, and Violence
jcsmith95's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Trafficking, Gun violence, Death, and Kidnapping
amanda_reads13'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
2.0
Honestly, I have the same complaints as the first book. It is incredibly repetitive. WE GET IT! He has beautiful blue eyes and sounds like whiskey and sin. Care to repeat it for the thousandth time? The writing isn't really great. There is a whole lot of telling instead of showing. ALSO... I am not a fan of 3rd POV, so there's that.
The story line could have been really interesting and this book could have been really good with more editing and revising. As it was the twists were pretty obvious.
I think Dante is the most interesting character of the 3. I am tempted to continue the series just to read his book.
I did appreciate the development of Tristan's character and how he communicated in more than just grunts throughout this book. I think the short timeline of his character's progression and emotional awareness was pretty unrealistic.
Morana continued to be very idealistic and naive.
So mobsters not believe in therapy? Could be helpful. Just saying.
Tropes: enemies to lovers, mafia, found family
Graphic: Stalking, Misogyny, Sexual content, Abandonment, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Violence, and Toxic relationship