Reviews - Merciless | The StoryGraph

476 reviews for:

Merciless

Willow Winters

3.34 AVERAGE

hail_18's review against another edition

2.75

emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

libra_booklibraries's review against another edition

4.0

It’s a mafia romance book with dual perspectives.

He has a rival mafia organization kidnap her and he keeps her. She’s in a cell for sometime because he wants her to submit him. When she finally does they start this sexual dominant relationship filled with punishments for misbehavior.

kenzie_hutch's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

hail_storms's review against another edition

3.0

dark

verbose_'s review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I just came into it for the spice as it was portrayed as a mafia romance spicy book but there was no spice, let alone seasoning. It kind of just felt like a kidnap fantasy. It was well written with grammar and punctuation but the book itself with the plot was just super disappointing...

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cerro7's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

guylou's review against another edition

4.0

This is a dark, gripping, and addictive mafia romance that pulls no punches. From the first page, Carter Cross commands attention as a cold-hearted, ruthless crime boss who swore never to fall. But when Aria is given to him to provoke a war, all his rules begin to unravel. Their chemistry is intense, their dynamic crackles with danger, and watching Carter fall—slowly, painfully, and against his will—is absolutely magnetic.

Willow Winters delivers a fast-paced story filled with suspense, raw emotion, and explosive tension. This is not a soft romance—it's gritty, steamy, and absolutely riveting. Carter is one of Willow’s most complex antiheroes to date, and the cliffhanger ending? Completely jaw-dropping.

This is the first book in the Merciless series.

shannbriann's review against another edition

2.5

dark

🌶 the spice didn't outweigh the dark but intrigued to read the next

bf252815's review against another edition

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

No. No. No no no. Stockholm syndrome isn’t a romance.

msridge's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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