279 reviews for:

Be With Me

Gabrielle Sands

4.1 AVERAGE

jmslee0197's review

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kjkerns's review

4.25

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

mbooks23's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

erinwhiteside's review

3.75

adventurous informative mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

natalie_book1's review

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

veronica_2005's review against another edition

3.0

lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

shemix's review

4.75

adventurous emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

beccsi's review

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hearthiddlest's review

4.5

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"She was just a target."
Just a target.
A target.
She was, in fact, not just a target.

Would you feel these kinds of things for your target? When he knows she’s off-limits, she’s the enemy. He needs to get all kinds of leverage to bring her father down to finally understand why he wants revenge now, after all these years. Why now, specifically?

This book had me in a chokehold. The tension between these two is so damn thick I screamed when they finally kissed. I loved the mystery aspect of the story beside everything else. I mean, who wouldn’t want to read about enemies to lovers, where they both have vulnerabilities they don’t want to show, but that come out anyway?

“I swallowed. Good girls didn’t sleep with gangsters. But maybe I was tired of being good.”

Mia she’s strong and so selfless. She’s ready to lose everything just to make sure the people she loves will be okay. But that costs her. When she starts to care about Romolo, knowing he’s after her father will she follow her heart or the guilt that eats at her when she doesn’t put everyone else first?

“More time to be with you.”
“To be with me?…”

Romolo he’s ruthless. Focused. Calculated. Goddamn, I understand why Mia would actually risk everything for just a taste. He doesn’t deal well with emotions. He tries to push them to the back of his heart so they won’t surface, but they do. And they clash with his mind, especially when he sees Mia his target.
Every time he looked at her, something in him shifted. The mission blurred. His rules changed.

This was my first book by the author, and it definitely won’t be my last. Her writing is addictive and full of tension. I liked how she balanced the plot and the characters development, I can’t wait to read about the rest of the brothers especially Alessio.

kfriend's review against another edition

4.5

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SO MUCH DELICIOUSNESS! Mafia tension, dark forbidden chemistry, enemies to lovers angst, and all of that Romeo and Juliet energy. Be With Me was a fast paced, sexy, and wildly entertaining.

I love a good girl x bad boy dynamic, especially when our bad boy is a BAD MAN with intense alpha, touch her and I'll hardcore unalive you, you are mine mafioso energy. Rom was such a yummy leading man. And Mia was his perfect foil- vulernable, innocent, trusting...but also with a bit of sass. Their chemistry was full of fire and heat. And I am here for Rom's hard fall for her. Weave in a broader mafia meet political intrigue plot and some star crossed lovers vibes and this certainly kept the pages turning.

This would be fantastic on audio- going to perhaps dive in a second time in narration!

🖤 enemies to lovers
🖤 mafia
🖤opposites attract
🖤 forced proximity
🖤mayor's daughter x mafioso her father is trying to bring down
🖤forbidden
🖤Romeo / Juliet dynamic
🖤good girl/ bad boy
🖤alpha hero
🖤he falls harder