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_one_more_chapter's review against another edition
5.0
Ryker and Calla are my new favorite couple in the Bellandi Crime Syndicate Series! Both of these characters tug at my heart strings while speeding up my pulse with delight. Sexy, sweet and high on the swoon meter, this story brings the perfect blend of darkness and light. Five stars for this extremely enjoyable read!
eliv_bookstagram's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- 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? Yes
4.0
Grieved Loss
๐ง สษช๊ฑแดแดษดษชษดษข แด ษชแด แดแดแด ษชสสแด
โณ13h 20m
๐๏ธ แดแดษขสแดษด แดแดสสส & แดแดแดสษชแดแด แดขแดสสแดส
สแดแดษชษดษข: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
๊ฑแดษชแดแด: ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ
โค๏ธโ๐ฉน๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
โค๏ธโ๐ฉน๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐
โค๏ธโ๐ฉน๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐
โค๏ธโ๐ฉน๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐ & ๐๐๐โ๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐
๐แดแดแดษดแดแดแด: แดแด๊ฑแดสแด, ๊ฑแดษด๊ฑสษชษดแด
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ 2 ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ 1 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ดโฆ.
โ๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ก ๐ข๐๐ฃ. ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ. ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ช๐จ: ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ช๐จ. ๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข.โ
Stalker romance will always be a conundrum for me, mostly Iโm not into them, and honestly, this one almost went over my threshold of tolerance. The only things that save it is how sweet Ryker is towards the children. Ryker might have been waiting for Calla for years, so his patience is wearing thin by the time he works out his plan to take Calla and her children. Some of his actions are questionable at best, but itโs not worse than what the other Bellandi men did. I just wish he wasnโt so demanding and gave Calla a little bit of time, not a choice per se, as we know these men wonโt give it!
"๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช, ๐'๐ก๐ก ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐, ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ง๐ค. ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ?"
I love the scenes where they all spend time at Matteoโs Estate, the found family they have is so beautiful and fucked up at the same time, and I love it. If Adelaide Forrest isnโt so busy, I might think sheโs planning to do a second generation, what with how she sets up Axel in this book.
"๐โ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐ช๐ง๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐"
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ'๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐บ ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฅต
แฏแผแฉT YOแ GET Iแ TแผIแ แทOOK:
โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
โ ๐๐๐๐ข ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ท๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ข
โ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ข
โ ๏ธแดแดก/แดษชษดแด๊ฑโ ๏ธ
- sแดแดสแดษชษดษข
- สสแดแดแดแดแดษชส
- สแด๊ฑ๊ฑ แด๊ฐ สแดแด แด แดษดแด๊ฑ
- สสแดแดแดษชษดษข & แดษดแดแดสษชษดษข/๊ฑแดสแด แดษชสสแดษดแดแด
- แด ษชแดสแดษดแดแด/แดแดสแด แดส/ษขแดสแด
- แดแดษดแดษชแดษด แด๊ฐ สแดแดแดษด แดสแด๊ฐ๊ฐษชแดแดษชษดษข
- สสแดแดแด ษชษดษข แดษชษดแด
๐ง สษช๊ฑแดแดษดษชษดษข แด ษชแด แดแดแด ษชสสแด
โณ13h 20m
๐๏ธ แดแดษขสแดษด แดแดสสส & แดแดแดสษชแดแด แดขแดสสแดส
สแดแดษชษดษข: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
๊ฑแดษชแดแด: ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ
โค๏ธโ๐ฉน๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
โค๏ธโ๐ฉน๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐
โค๏ธโ๐ฉน๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐
โค๏ธโ๐ฉน๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐ & ๐๐๐โ๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐
๐แดแดแดษดแดแดแด: แดแด๊ฑแดสแด, ๊ฑแดษด๊ฑสษชษดแด
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ 2 ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ 1 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ดโฆ.
โ๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ก ๐ข๐๐ฃ. ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ. ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ช๐จ: ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ช๐จ. ๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข.โ
Stalker romance will always be a conundrum for me, mostly Iโm not into them, and honestly, this one almost went over my threshold of tolerance. The only things that save it is how sweet Ryker is towards the children. Ryker might have been waiting for Calla for years, so his patience is wearing thin by the time he works out his plan to take Calla and her children. Some of his actions are questionable at best, but itโs not worse than what the other Bellandi men did. I just wish he wasnโt so demanding and gave Calla a little bit of time, not a choice per se, as we know these men wonโt give it!
"๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช, ๐'๐ก๐ก ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐, ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ง๐ค. ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ?"
I love the scenes where they all spend time at Matteoโs Estate, the found family they have is so beautiful and fucked up at the same time, and I love it. If Adelaide Forrest isnโt so busy, I might think sheโs planning to do a second generation, what with how she sets up Axel in this book.
"๐โ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐ช๐ง๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐"
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ'๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐บ ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฅต
แฏแผแฉT YOแ GET Iแ TแผIแ แทOOK:
โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
โ ๐๐๐๐ข ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ท๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ข
โ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ข
โ ๏ธแดแดก/แดษชษดแด๊ฑโ ๏ธ
- sแดแดสแดษชษดษข
- สสแดแดแดแดแดษชส
- สแด๊ฑ๊ฑ แด๊ฐ สแดแด แด แดษดแด๊ฑ
- สสแดแดแดษชษดษข & แดษดแดแดสษชษดษข/๊ฑแดสแด แดษชสสแดษดแดแด
- แด ษชแดสแดษดแดแด/แดแดสแด แดส/ษขแดสแด
- แดแดษดแดษชแดษด แด๊ฐ สแดแดแดษด แดสแด๊ฐ๊ฐษชแดแดษชษดษข
- สสแดแดแด ษชษดษข แดษชษดแด
misshannah's review against another edition
2.0
This is my least favorite of the series. You can have a strong male lead who's dark and dangerous without having him . Not attractive, and not cool. Mafia men in general are not good role models, but even in this genre there's opportunities for a truly strong man to admit his mistakes, apologize, and be selfless. I get Ryker is supposed to be unhinged and he is, but he should have been condemned and punished for his actions by his friends and Calla, not praised and coddled.
I don't have triggers, but this frustrated me. I hate when authors shaft their female leads. You build up this expectation of a "Bellandi woman" throughout the series who's opinionated, powerful in her own right even when powerless, and doesn't take anyone's shit. Yet when it comes down to it, Calla. Not for me, fam.
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straight up kidnap, coerce, and rape his love interestI don't have triggers, but this frustrated me. I hate when authors shaft their female leads. You build up this expectation of a "Bellandi woman" throughout the series who's opinionated, powerful in her own right even when powerless, and doesn't take anyone's shit. Yet when it comes down to it, Calla
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becomes some wanton slut who forgets her kids, her values, and whatever else her character was supposed to be when faced with a muscly man with a big dickbloomsky32's review against another edition
2.25
The female narrator was one of the worst, narrators I have heard. I only listen to it because they were free on audible.
desiree_mcl's review
5.0
4.5 stars.
I really enjoyed this installment.
Loved Ryker, while his past was a mystery/secret for most of the book, I adored him. Sure, he's a "bad" guy, sure he disposes of other bad people, and ok fine, he stalked and kidnapped Calla. I don't care. He deserves all the love.
Honestly what kept this from being a full 5 stars, was Calla. And it makes me question myself a little bit but again don't care. Yes, he stalked Calla. Yes, he basically kidnapped her. Yes, he kills people. But he was a sweetheart to Calla and her kids. And every time she pushed him away or closed herself off to him, I just wanted to pull her aside and ask if she was nuts. He loves and protects you, he loves and protects your children, he treats your two children like they are his own, what is wrong with you?
So, if Calla had been a little less standoff-ish with Ryker, I probably would have rated this a full 5 stars but Calla kept getting on my nerves.
I loved the kids too, they were so cute and I loved how quickly they warmed up to Ryker, I loved when Calla finally started to accept Ryker and the killer side of him. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.
I really enjoyed this installment.
Loved Ryker, while his past was a mystery/secret for most of the book, I adored him. Sure, he's a "bad" guy, sure he disposes of other bad people, and ok fine, he stalked and kidnapped Calla. I don't care. He deserves all the love.
Honestly what kept this from being a full 5 stars, was Calla. And it makes me question myself a little bit but again don't care. Yes, he stalked Calla. Yes, he basically kidnapped her. Yes, he kills people. But he was a sweetheart to Calla and her kids. And every time she pushed him away or closed herself off to him, I just wanted to pull her aside and ask if she was nuts. He loves and protects you, he loves and protects your children, he treats your two children like they are his own, what is wrong with you?
So, if Calla had been a little less standoff-ish with Ryker, I probably would have rated this a full 5 stars but Calla kept getting on my nerves.
I loved the kids too, they were so cute and I loved how quickly they warmed up to Ryker, I loved when Calla finally started to accept Ryker and the killer side of him. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.
amberreadsromance28's review
4.0
I always enjoy an OTT and possessive hero, then you add stalker and I am here for it. Adelaide Forest is one of the best at writing these type of heroes. Ryder was everything you need in the stalker/possessive man.
I would have given it 5 stars, but I had to doc a star for how annoying Calla could be and how long it was for the story it was telling. I get that he stalked her and kinda forced her into this relationship but she fought it for most of the book. She just got on my nerves. Also, this book could have been 100 pages shorter. It got repetitive in the middle, just going through the same cycle of Calla wanting Ryker but then denying or fighting it.
Still a great story and I will definitely continue the series.
I would have given it 5 stars, but I had to doc a star for how annoying Calla could be and how long it was for the story it was telling. I get that he stalked her and kinda forced her into this relationship but she fought it for most of the book. She just got on my nerves. Also, this book could have been 100 pages shorter. It got repetitive in the middle, just going through the same cycle of Calla wanting Ryker but then denying or fighting it.
Still a great story and I will definitely continue the series.
coka_lukic's review
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.75
sophieasreads's review against another edition
3.0
3.75/5โญ๏ธ
Honestly, I donโt know what to rate this book, so I thought why not just go for the middle. I have very mixed opinions about this book.
I usually love books like these and not much scares me or makes me not like a book, but I think it was the way Ryker what about the whole situation with what Calla wanted that made me question how much I like this book. Like I get that he was trying to protect her and that she was being really suborn when she didnโt really need to be, but he never once treated her as an equal. I usually donโt mind books like that, but in those books, the story always resolved with the mafia mmc acknowledging this and working towards treating the fmc as an equal. That just didnโt happen in this book. I feel like Calla just gave up in general and it just didnโt make me like the book as much.
Another thing I didnโt like was that we only hear about his backstory towards the end when he was forced to tell it. I feel that it would have had more of an impact on Calla and their trust if he had chosen to be vulnerable to Calla out of his own free will.
Now, did that make me hate the book? No. I love how devoted Ryker is Calla (also love the stalking trope) and to her kids. Ryker is an AMAZING father and it was so heartwarming to see them together. Also, the kids were so adorable
Honestly, I donโt know what to rate this book, so I thought why not just go for the middle. I have very mixed opinions about this book.
I usually love books like these and not much scares me or makes me not like a book, but I think it was the way Ryker what about the whole situation with what Calla wanted that made me question how much I like this book. Like I get that he was trying to protect her and that she was being really suborn when she didnโt really need to be, but he never once treated her as an equal. I usually donโt mind books like that, but in those books, the story always resolved with the mafia mmc acknowledging this and working towards treating the fmc as an equal. That just didnโt happen in this book. I feel like Calla just gave up in general and it just didnโt make me like the book as much.
Another thing I didnโt like was that we only hear about his backstory towards the end when he was forced to tell it. I feel that it would have had more of an impact on Calla and their trust if he had chosen to be vulnerable to Calla out of his own free will.
Now, did that make me hate the book? No. I love how devoted Ryker is Calla (also love the stalking trope) and to her kids. Ryker is an AMAZING father and it was so heartwarming to see them together. Also, the kids were so adorable
jilllewis10's review
5.0
Grieved Loss is DARK, and that's one of the reasons that I loved it. Ryker loves hard and perhaps and bit too hard, but that's what I loved about him. Calla just just wants to do what's best for her and her children. There are some interesting twists that I did not see coming in this one, and between those and Ryker's craziness, I did not want to put Grieved Loss down.