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saoreads's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Stalking, Confinement, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Murder, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
natafiguu's review
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexism, Death of parent, and Alcohol
kathis_wonderland's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I received this book for free through an online read club and I desperately needed a quick read yesterday. Here, the book did not disappoint. I read it in one go. It was not a mafia story I expected. The ones I read previously, I did not enjoy at all. Usually they are just to brutal. Sophie Lark did a better job here. We had a lot of action, but there was no real harm done to the children of the mafia bosses from the families themselves. I loved Aida's brothers. They are quite the gang and would do anything for their siblings. The same goes for Aida. She is not some damsel in distress. She is quite a good fighter and knows what she is doing. I liked that about her. Callum's family is not my favourite. We don't read so much about them as we do with Aida's. Callum himself is not my type of guy either. But we will come to that. There were really steamy and sexy scenes. Callum's and Aida's chemistry was really good! But here comes my problem.
Callum kept talking about breaking Aida and making her submit to his rules and lifestyle. He kind of threw out most of her clothes, because he did not like how it was different from his standards. The first sex scene and another one later on were quite borderline. Especially the spanking scene - no consent, just some angry dominating scene. Those two scenes did not sit well with me.
The book was okay. It was not the mafia story I expected, but it was even better, because my previous experience with that trope did not go well. There were some scenes and character traits which I did not ilike at all. But it was not a bad read.
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, Alcohol, and Death of parent
apolen's review
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Stalking, Kidnapping, Confinement, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Cursing, and Murder
Minor: Death of parent and Infidelity
__romancereader__'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
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
Not all content warnings are about the main characters some are and some are about the other characters you meet/hear in the book🥰🥰🫶🏼🫶🏼Enjoy🙃alli_the_bookaholic13's review
- 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: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder
Minor: Death of parent and Stalking
stitchof's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Torture
gracerusso's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Torture and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Death of parent
reegan's review
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Blood, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Gun violence
Minor: Death of parent
misswirum'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? No
4.25
This is a kinda cute book about an arranged marriage/marriage of convenience. Callum is hot af and Aida is my new favourite FMC. She's strong, smart and funny! And speaks her mind. And the writing is good. Love it.
I wouldn't call this book dark romance tho. And the prince could be more brutal, lol.
Can't wait to dive back into the life of the Griffin/Gallo, but I hope the other books in this series is darker.
4,25/5⭐️
4/5📝
2,75/5🌶
Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Violence