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sydny_n's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Torture, Murder, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Violence, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence
Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape
sami_leigh's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
“Now, let’s clear up a few things. You touch my wife again, in any way, I cut off your hand.”
‘I wonder how a creature so painfully beautiful can bear to look at me and not flinch.’
🗡️ First person dual POV
🗡️ Second in a series that can be read as stand alone (I read this book first)
🗡️ Arranged marriage for alliances
🗡️ Mafia romance
🗡️ Ballerina / scared mafia ‘butcher’
🗡️ Age gap
🗡️ Nicknames
🗡️ Toxic family
🗡️ Tension & spice 🥵
🗡️ He’s been pining for her for years
🗡️ Insta-chemistry
🗡️ Protective & possessive MCs 🙌🏻
🗡️ Would-crawl-home-to-her
🗡️ ‘My wife!’
🗡️ Well established secondary characters
🗡️ MC growth: trust, overcoming past trauma.
🗡️ Representation via use of ASL for mute character
🗡️ Epilogue
🗡️ Quick read
⚠️ Violence (explicit), gun violence (explicit), death (explicit), torture (explicit), death of a parent (past), medical content/trauma (explicit), injury/injury detail (explicit), fire injury (explicit, past), rape (mentioned, not recounted, no MC), pregnancy (not MC), drugs (minor, trafficking), car accident (past, not recounted).
Graphic: Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Death, and Medical content
Minor: Rape, Car accident, Drug use, and Pregnancy
hellowildflower'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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Rape, War, Vomit, and Pregnancy
flor3nce17's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.75
My heart wanted to hug Mikhail 💚 and I loved how Bianca is a strong and loving character.
This has dark themes and scenes of torture where the main character executes it which I am not a fan of but it's what you get when picking mafia books 😆
Last thing, I realised that I'm not a fan of over the top possessive/jealous characters 🤷🏻♀️
Moderate: Torture and Sexual content
Minor: Rape
auri_underthing's review
- 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
3.5
Crave. Blood. Gunshot.
It was quite sweet. I loved Bianca and Lena. Mikhail, Mikhial? Mickhale? Him, he kinda weirded me out. He was very, very obsessed with Bianca. Also he told Lena’s bio mum that he would kill her if she got an abortion…? Uhhh, so that was a bit off putting.
Graphic: Torture
Moderate: Blood, Death, and Physical abuse
Minor: Rape
herinterlude'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? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Torture and Kidnapping
Minor: Rape
absolutely_court's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Blood, Death, Body horror, Gore, and Violence
Minor: Vomit, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
hazelgirl21'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Death
Minor: Rape and Abandonment
ariana_m's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Blood and Domestic abuse
Minor: Abortion
ymread's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Murder, Torture, Gun violence, and Sexual content
Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Death of parent