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Fractured Freedom by Shain Rose

8 reviews

youalrightmama's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

2.75

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helpmyasthma's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

4.0

The smut was fantastic imo, exploring different things and the obsession shown was exactly what I was looking for in a smutty book. Overall, I enjoyed it and will be reading the other books as well.

The overuse of "lamb" was funny, more than bothersome, at least to me.

-Possesive
-Exploration
-Touch her & 🔪
-Brothers Best Friend
-Hunter & Prey vibe
& lots more.

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alesiagalati's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

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crystalmackey's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

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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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sam019's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.75

It was a good book but the plot was just a bit inconsistent.

We don't really get to know the other brothers or the main brother who's supposed to be best friends with the MMC. Also, I felt like there were just so many little plot twists it just got very confusing and a bit hard to follow.

That being said, I really loved how the book brought up and delt with mental health issues. I don't see that very often in the books I read and I felt like it was a good representation of real life worries and struggles.

Ultimately, I enjoyed this book it's just a bit different from what I typically read!

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fr3ckls's review

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

the typical mmc in dark romances where he’s super controlling and thinks he knows best 🫠
read it for the smut but there wasn’t enough. also the pet names were a bit cringy
not great but it could have been worse

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saramackenzi's review

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Brothers best friend romance, hello, I am here for it.

Let me start with the two things that low-key annoyed me about the book so I can move on.

First, a majority of this book is the FMC fighting her feelings about the MMC because she feels that he should be with someone else because of certain events that are revealed while reading. It almost felt like some miscommunication but she’s purposefully not telling him because of trauma, ya know? But after a while, I was just kind of at the point where I needed them to talk and I needed her to start to put some trust into this man because it was way up until the end. Like she does trust him with her life but it’s her feelings she’s struggling with. There was a lot of dancing around the main issue so it got repetitive.

The next thing that I wanna bring up, to be honest, didn’t bother me as much but I know some people might get the ick so I wanna bring it up. While our girly is 18 when she loses her virginity to Dante, we find out that he did start to think of her in more than a friend way when she was 17. Now, they’ve grown up together because he’s best friends with her brothers; however, he’s 4-5 years older than her (if I remember right). So, homie was grown when he started having feelings while she was still 17. I don’t think it bothered me as much because she had grown up with him for YEARS prior to this when he was a kid as well but I know some won’t be a fan of it so I wanted to bring it up.

Now, I loved how protective this man was of her. I mean we get a couple scenes where he interrupts her with other men and I love to see it. He’s also the type to kill for her…literally lol.

The smut was fun and I wish there was more. Honestly, the whole plot could have just been ditched and I would’ve read it.

Speaking of plot, I do have another complaint. There’s this whole plot scene about 75% of the way through the book that the book was slowly building to (organized crime) and it just kinda felt rushed. Like, obviously the main point of the book is the relationship between our two main characters and not this whole organized crime plot but still. I felt that it shouldn’t have been wrapped up so quickly.

Now I know I was talking about things I didn’t like but I did enjoy this book! While I did enjoy I still think it was lacking in certain areas. Will I read the next book about her twin? Absolutely, I’m intrigued and this was super easy to read.

If you’re looking for a book that has a perfectionist FMC who is a “goody goody” but is also dealing with mental health problems as well as a MMC who is connected with the mob and government and would kill anyone who touches his girl, then this might be one to try.

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