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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Adrian & Winter (Lia)
- Winter is a homeless girl that gets almost hit by a car and is saved by Adrian
- Winter goes back to the shelter and finds out the director was killed and she is being framed
- Winter runs away and stops in an underground parking garage and tries to sleep but is found by Adrian and taken
- Adrian states his wife died and Winter is to take her place, she doesn’t have a say in it
- Winter moves in with him, takes care of his child and is punished for every inconvenience
- Winter starts having nightmares about the real Lia killing her and her killing Adrian
- They go to a birthday party together, she receives a text message from an unknown number about a mission and at the end Winter’s guard gets shot and they both get kidnapped and left on the side of the road
- Adrian finds them and takes them home
- Winter helps the guard get nursed to life and as thanks he lets her go upstairs where she was not allowed before
- Winter finds Lia connected to machines and seems in a comatose state, runs out of there and hides
- Winter convinces Adrian to let her and Jeremy go in the park where she contacts the person who kidnapped her and she remembers she is in fact the real Lia Volkov
- Book ends on cliffhanger
fast-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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:
Complicated
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Spice: 🌶🌶🌶.25
Heat/Angst: 🔥🔥.5
Narrating: 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
First, I want to say what a start to this trilogy. Be prepared that if won't start where you think it should or would, at the beginning of their story/journey. This book starts after Rai and Kyle's books. When Lia shows up at Rai's place asking for help to escape. It starts, I believe, a few months after that b/c it starts Rai as 3 months pregnant in this book, and right before Kirill becomes Pakhan. Hopefully, you won't be confused like I was at the beginning of this book.
Tropes:
- Russian Mafia
- Dark Romance
- Amnesia
- Marriage of Convenience (seems like)
- BDSM
- Age-Gap (6 years)
- Lies, Manipulation & Secrets
- Hidden Obsession/Possessive MMC
- Morally Grey Hero
- CLIFFHANGER
This story starts with a murder and Adrian finding a woman named Winter who looked just like his wife Lia. He pretty much conned her into coming home with him to pretend to be his dead wife and mother to his son, Jeremy. Winter was a homeless drunk who was just trying to forget the memory of her dead daughter and past career that was ruined. Adrian basically told her she didn't have a choice or the murder of the guy would be pinned on her and she would go to prison. So pretending to be Lia or prison was her options.
Now, along the way, you start to see and question if Winter was really Lia. Adrian would punish her every time she said her name was Winter, not Lia, when they were alone. Adrian punished her for a lot of things, like back taking, scoffing, saying ok, not listening, and a lot more. But it wasn't punishment to hurt her. It was BDSM and Winter got off during it. Adrian only did things during punishment that got her off.
You could tell that Adrian was trying to make her Lia and behave like she would. Yet, she did things differently than the real Lia would. Like how she acted with Jeremy and would mother him. She wanted to dress differently and act differently. You could tell that she was slowly bringing Adrian out of his shell a little bit.
There are so many things that Adrian needs to tell her. Like, why he ignores her when they are around members of the brotherhood (mafia). She is Adrian's weakness, but he doesn't want them or anyone to know that he actually cares for his wife. What he actually told the mafia about Lia isn't that great. They both need to be honest with each other, and it would solve so much. Especially when she gets her memories back at the end of this book.
You will start to question who Lia is. If Winter is really her, or is she really upstairs in the guesthouse. Winter's nightmares/night terrors are a twist on her memories, and she thinks she's going crazy. Jeremy hates when his mom turns into a "ghost" of herself. You'll question how many times has this actually happened in the past and what is Lia running away from. I hope they both get their crap together and realize who is important and who really isn't before it's too late and something bad happens. Lia isn't actually who you think she is either. By the end of this book, you'll question everything.
The narrators of this book were amazing as always. Jason Clarke always does an amazing job in Rina Kent's books and others he's done. I love how accents when he uses them. He does a Russian accent so well. His voice is very yummy to listen to. Desiree Ketchum always does an excellent job in anything she narrates. I've listened to quite a few of the books she's narrated, and I could listen to her read all day. These 2 together sounded so well. I've listened to other books with these 2 narrating, and they always sound so good together.
Spice: 🌶🌶🌶.25
Heat/Angst: 🔥🔥.5
Narrating: 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
First, I want to say what a start to this trilogy. Be prepared that if won't start where you think it should or would, at the beginning of their story/journey. This book starts after Rai and Kyle's books. When Lia shows up at Rai's place asking for help to escape. It starts, I believe, a few months after that b/c it starts Rai as 3 months pregnant in this book, and right before Kirill becomes Pakhan. Hopefully, you won't be confused like I was at the beginning of this book.
Tropes:
- Russian Mafia
- Dark Romance
- Amnesia
- Marriage of Convenience (seems like)
- BDSM
- Age-Gap (6 years)
- Lies, Manipulation & Secrets
- Hidden Obsession/Possessive MMC
- Morally Grey Hero
- CLIFFHANGER
This story starts with a murder and Adrian finding a woman named Winter who looked just like his wife Lia. He pretty much conned her into coming home with him to pretend to be his dead wife and mother to his son, Jeremy. Winter was a homeless drunk who was just trying to forget the memory of her dead daughter and past career that was ruined. Adrian basically told her she didn't have a choice or the murder of the guy would be pinned on her and she would go to prison. So pretending to be Lia or prison was her options.
Now, along the way, you start to see and question if Winter was really Lia. Adrian would punish her every time she said her name was Winter, not Lia, when they were alone. Adrian punished her for a lot of things, like back taking, scoffing, saying ok, not listening, and a lot more. But it wasn't punishment to hurt her. It was BDSM and Winter got off during it. Adrian only did things during punishment that got her off.
You could tell that Adrian was trying to make her Lia and behave like she would. Yet, she did things differently than the real Lia would. Like how she acted with Jeremy and would mother him. She wanted to dress differently and act differently. You could tell that she was slowly bringing Adrian out of his shell a little bit.
There are so many things that Adrian needs to tell her. Like, why he ignores her when they are around members of the brotherhood (mafia). She is Adrian's weakness, but he doesn't want them or anyone to know that he actually cares for his wife. What he actually told the mafia about Lia isn't that great. They both need to be honest with each other, and it would solve so much. Especially when she gets her memories back at the end of this book.
You will start to question who Lia is. If Winter is really her, or is she really upstairs in the guesthouse. Winter's nightmares/night terrors are a twist on her memories, and she thinks she's going crazy. Jeremy hates when his mom turns into a "ghost" of herself. You'll question how many times has this actually happened in the past and what is Lia running away from. I hope they both get their crap together and realize who is important and who really isn't before it's too late and something bad happens. Lia isn't actually who you think she is either. By the end of this book, you'll question everything.
The narrators of this book were amazing as always. Jason Clarke always does an amazing job in Rina Kent's books and others he's done. I love how accents when he uses them. He does a Russian accent so well. His voice is very yummy to listen to. Desiree Ketchum always does an excellent job in anything she narrates. I've listened to quite a few of the books she's narrated, and I could listen to her read all day. These 2 together sounded so well. I've listened to other books with these 2 narrating, and they always sound so good together.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Outing, Abandonment
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
omg to było porąbane i uzależniające coo mam tyle pytań, muszę zacząć drugi tom
3,5
Kurdeee to nie było idealne ale tyle to dało mi rozrywki, nie mogłam się oderwać
Kurdeee to nie było idealne ale tyle to dało mi rozrywki, nie mogłam się oderwać