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thereadaholic'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
3.75
This book follows a girl named Gianna and a guy named Matteo , Gianna had always wanted to experience and live the normal human life but being born in a mafia family had stopped her from doing so. She had always craved and loved the idea of freedom , she is a wild soul and someone who isn't afraid to speak up,she is also a person who swore to never marry into a loveless marriage even if her father had forced her , because she didn't wanna follow into her sisters footsteps.
Matteo is a simple guy , he likes to kill and hunt , if he ever sets his mind upon something or someone he will hunt them / it down no matter the challenge that he will face , and no matter how much people will try to stop him. And that's what happens with him and Gianna. He saw her and saw her big mouth , saw a girl who wasnt afraid to break rules and he set his mind on her.
And so he asks for her hand in marriage , of course Gianna refused but she didn't have a voice in this does she? No , so she decides to run away. Before her marriage to Matteo she ran away for 6 months until Matteo finally found her and killed off her boyfriend.
Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Alcohol
zeaing'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
4.25
but i really liked this book. regardless of what anyone says Gianna was amazing. she spoke her mind and reminded me of Nix from The Spy by Sophie Lark (which if you've read, you know is amazing and shes incredible). her feelings weren't unreasonable and her behaviour was justifiable imo, like ik in the book everyone else thinks shes a bit questionable but idc i love her to bits and pieces. she's scared and she's brave and she's so many things at once and i think although it was a little rushed, it was captured so well here and there's deffo an improvement that you can see with this book's characters as opposed to the first book.
ALSO DIBUFHIJ there was dual pov which we hadn't seen in the first book which really added to the experience. it gave us so much more insight into Matteo's mindset which I think would've been amazing in the first 2 books. Matteo is this flirty, play-boy type who has his eye set on Gianna and regardless of what she does to get away from him, he knows what he wants AND HE'LL GET IT. he was funny and charming and idc what that says about me but i loved him.
the chemistry between them both was THERE!!!! like oh my gosh Reilly finally delivered with an actual romances and she really put some effort into this one man. i dont wanna spoil it too much so ill leave the rest but i just loved the way we had both characters pov and could really see their feelings and the conflicting emotions and everything <3
but like i said. it was still rushed. like there was 2 big kinda events that happened in the play and i feel like they were both half-done and instead of developing on these events which had had such a big lead up to them, we were instead handed with time jumps. no flashbacks or nada, i notice that Reilly seems to do this in her other books too which just really takes away from the experience. like sure we see the characters feelings after but what's the point in even including them if the whole build-up was practically for nothing.
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Torture
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment
lilwanderingpages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
As soon as I finished the book I gave it 3.7 stars but I couldn't write the review at the time. Now I sat down to write it and I already had time to think and my almost hate towards Gianna does not deserve that many stars, so I lower it to 2.7 stars. I really understand what she says and thinks but none of it justifies the way that she acts, speaks and, well, her completely. I've been talking about reading her book since I read Bound by Honor because I hoped I would finally like her but I only got the opposite.
"Oh but it's not just her book, what about Matteo?"
I like him. Weirdly, I do. Of course, I don't LOVE him or anything like that, it's just that near Gianna it's hard to not like other people. But he's not all that either, just to make that very clear. Even though we also get his point of view I feel like it was just Gianna's book, completely character-driven.
This book can be defined by:
Gianna, Gianna being a huge pain in the ass, sex, Gianna making me roll my eyes in frustration, sex, Matteo showing a human and loveable side, please I can't take more Gianna, sex, Matteo and Gianna kinda being a couple, sex, can't we focus on Aria and Luca please?, sex, GIVE ME ARIA AND LUCA, more Gianna, and then, Gianna and Matteo.
Basically, I don't recommend it... I'm thinking about lowering the rating already.
OH, important to say, I spent the WHOLE book thinking about Aria and Luca in the middle of it all. Everything that happened I imagined "oh, how are Luca and Aria dealing with it?", wanting their side, their point of view, and didn't care about Gianna and Matteo. That's extremely bad since it is THEIR book.
Maybe I'm the problem, maybe it's because I don't like enemies-to-lovers. But I'll go with 2.28 stars.
Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles - reviewed:
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4561568230
1.0 - Bound by Honor:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/eb670dd1-294d-4e23-9bab-bc9c11aef33f
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4558103572
2.0 - Bound by Duty:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a71e2654-573c-4d41-a224-363bbfb62ba0
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3021719736
3.0 - Bound by Hatred:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8e3fc6be-670e-4ae3-8bf1-eba71c361dcd
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4578787289
4.0 - Bound by Temptation:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e0ad773e-86e3-46fc-a250-df3cc60c318b
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4585687182
5.0 - Bound by Vengeance:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/902ff414-f764-429f-b3a2-dfcd8fd35d0b
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4593389597
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Car accident, and Gun violence
Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
lh_reads'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Misogyny, Car accident, and Gun violence
rachaelboyd'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? No
3.5
Graphic: Car accident, Gun violence, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Physical abuse
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
ella_hades's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Gun violence and Violence
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
bookedupchick's review against another edition
4.0
I freaking loved Gianna + Matteoβs story! β€οΈ Their banter is fantastic and the spice β€οΈβπ₯ Their was a lot of action in this book too! Loved it π₯° another wild adventure!
Read this if you like ‡οΈ
π©π»βπ¦° Mafia Romance
π©π»βπ¦° Enemies To Lovers
π©π»βπ¦° Dual POV
π©π»βπ¦° Spicy Scenes πΆ
π©π»βπ¦° Clever Banter
βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ/5
Bound By Hatred by Cora Reilly
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, and Physical abuse
mybookthrone'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
3.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual content, Murder, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Homophobia, and Gun violence
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
risseandshine'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
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Violence, and Gun violence
Minor: Suicide and Rape
rodes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual assault