Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Fractured Freedom

This book! So I've been in this whole mafia kick for a couple months now. Still, I kind of fell off the wagon this month because I was letting everything decide which books I pick up, and none of them were mafia-related, or so I thought. I was excited about this book when I picked it up because it was the brother's best friend/military romance, and I've surprisingly never read a military romance, so I was so curious about this book! The book I got was excellent, but I don't think I would qualify it as a military romance. So, at the beginning of the book, Dante was in the military and home on leave when he and Delilah hooked up. But to be fair, Dante was more of a family friend, not just her big brother's friend. He hung out with everyone in the family. He was their neighbor. Whenever he was on leave, he talked the most to Lilah because they wrote to each other the most. So this book was kind of friends to lovers too. But right after they hooked up, he left again for another leave. I think he was only home for a couple of weeks before heading out. While he was gone, she went away to college, and that's when the book really starts going because there are a lot of things that happen to this girl while she's in school. As a way for her to heal, she ends up taking a nursing job in Puerto Rico, where she ends up having to live down the hall from Dante. The two finally talk about what happened between the two four years prior. He wasn't in the military anymore and hadn't been for quite a while. This is how the book then turns down the mafia route, and I loved it! I loved the little connections that happened, not just between these two main characters but also between him being linked to the mafia. There's honestly just so much history between these two, and so much comes to light while they live down the hall from one another. I really loved this story and the journey we went on. But the book lost points for me when her fixation on herself was not good enough, or she was jealous of her twin sister. She reached the point where she wanted to give up everything for her sister so she could be happy with Dante instead of just talking to him about what he wanted. Ultimately we do get a happy ending between the two, and I loved how their story ends. This also books two in a series, and I really want to go back and read the first book and then the third one because it was a really good book. I can't wait to see this series play out.

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singingshooter's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced

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

2.0

Spicy? Yes. Didn’t enjoy the plot or the controlling narcissist of a male lead

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bwake's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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saikox's review

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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paige_n_7970's review

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dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Spice: 🌶🌶🌶🌶/5
I had a hard time getting through this book. There wasn't much really holding me to the storyline. The last 20% of the book picked up a bit. I heard about this book on TikTok and sadly it had let me down. This story had a lot of potential, but it just didn't do it for me like I had hoped:( it didn't lack the spice though!

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cassadyalexa's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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