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alexandryareads's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Blood, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
gwynn0715's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Suicide attempt, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexual content, and Suicide
Moderate: Death of parent and Kidnapping
Minor: Medical content, Car accident, and Drug abuse
hq_reads's review
adventurous
emotional
fast-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
4.5
This is the best book in the series by far and I did not expect to enjoy it as I didn’t really like Rione in the previous books. Reading from her POV made her likeable and gave an insight into her previous frostiness. This book was a great example of grumpy sunshine with Raylan very much being the sunshine!
The sexually-charged interactions between Rione and Raylan were great and I loved the character growth from Rione once she got to the ranch. The book was a fast and enjoyable read and I was intrigued to see where the story went.
I found their relationship and their decision very believable, which doesn’t often happen in romance books. Also the barn scene was SO HOT! Zaddy Raylan, where did you come from?!?!
I really enjoyed this book and am really enjoying the series!
The sexually-charged interactions between Rione and Raylan were great and I loved the character growth from Rione once she got to the ranch. The book was a fast and enjoyable read and I was intrigued to see where the story went.
I found their relationship and their decision very believable, which doesn’t often happen in romance books. Also the barn scene was SO HOT! Zaddy Raylan, where did you come from?!?!
I really enjoyed this book and am really enjoying the series!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury
midnightrose_reads's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
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
4.75
Broken Vow is the 5th book in the Brutal Birthright series. It focuses on the oldest Griffin daughter Riona. In the beginning of the story someone sends a assassin to take out Riona while she’s doing laps in her condo’s pool. She stabs the attacker with one of her hair pins and manages to get away. Callum her brother and Dante Gallo her brother in law come over after she calls them. They investigate who it could of been by watching the security footage of the attack. Riona goes to her parents house for a bit. Dante calls his friend and old army buddy Raylan Boone to help guard her. She’s very resistant to having a bodyguard anyway but specifically Raylan, since they got off on the wrong foot when they met briefly in the previous book. After another attack later on (where her condo was set on fire), Raylan takes her to his family’s ranch in Tennessee, to help keep her safe.
Once she’s there, Riona surprises herself with how much she comes to likes certain aspects of the ranch and Raylan. They grow closer. The assassin manages to find out where she is at the ranch but ends up dead. Riona goes back to Chicago thinking that the threat was eliminated, not realizing that her Uncle and mentor was the one who hired the assassin. Her Uncle Oran also had framed her coworker so that it looked like he had taken a large amount of money from the South Shore project when it was in fact him. He was mad because he thought that the Griffin empire should have been his since he’s the oldest brother (he and Fergus have different mothers). After Riona figures all this out and confronts him at his office Oran forces her to take a bottle of pills to make it look like a suicide. Before passing out completely, she manages to shoot him. Raylan goes back to Chicago determined to tell Riona how he feels about her. He goes to her office building and discovers her passed out on the floor and Oran lying dead on the carpet. He takes her to the hospital where they pump her stomach. She stays in the hospital for 3 days recovering. Afterward they talk to each other about the fact they love each other, and Riona surprises Raylan by telling him she bought a office in Knoxville. She wants to start her own law firm there. Now he can be close to his family’s ranch also. The book ends with Dante and Simone Solomon getting married. A sexy fun read!
Once she’s there, Riona surprises herself with how much she comes to likes certain aspects of the ranch and Raylan. They grow closer. The assassin manages to find out where she is at the ranch but ends up dead. Riona goes back to Chicago thinking that the threat was eliminated, not realizing that her Uncle and mentor was the one who hired the assassin. Her Uncle Oran also had framed her coworker so that it looked like he had taken a large amount of money from the South Shore project when it was in fact him. He was mad because he thought that the Griffin empire should have been his since he’s the oldest brother (he and Fergus have different mothers). After Riona figures all this out and confronts him at his office Oran forces her to take a bottle of pills to make it look like a suicide. Before passing out completely, she manages to shoot him. Raylan goes back to Chicago determined to tell Riona how he feels about her. He goes to her office building and discovers her passed out on the floor and Oran lying dead on the carpet. He takes her to the hospital where they pump her stomach. She stays in the hospital for 3 days recovering. Afterward they talk to each other about the fact they love each other, and Riona surprises Raylan by telling him she bought a office in Knoxville. She wants to start her own law firm there. Now he can be close to his family’s ranch also. The book ends with Dante and Simone Solomon getting married. A sexy fun read!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Car accident
gemin1reader's review
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.5
This is definitely my favourite in the Brutal Birthright series so far. Love a grumpy/sunshine story, and I really liked both Riona and Raylan.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Pregnancy
karina_dreamsinwords's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Sophie really said ”save a horse, ride a cowboy” in this one babes 🤠🔥
I freakin loved this installment of the Brutal Birthright series! In the previous books, we got to see bits of Riona in passing so I was interested to get to know more of her character in this book. Riona is the type of person with a permanent RBF, cold exterior who doesn't let anyone see her true emotions. Raylan has a smart mouth and is first introduced in Bloody Heart, when Dante Gallo enlists the help of his very meticulous military training to rescue Dante's beloved. When our characters (R&R) first meet, we see his snarky sarcasm as a complete turnoff for the ever poised Riona Griffin.
Fast forward to Broken Vow and Raylan has been hired by the Griffin/Gallo mob Family to serve as Riona's personal bodyguard when she barely escapes with her life after being attacked.
Seeing the brief introduction of these two characters in the previous book, I knew that this book would have lots of tension and delicious angst. Miss Sophie did not hold back on that front ya'll, trust me. The amazing chemistry between Riona and Raylan led to a big payoff! I won't be able to stop thinking about all the spiciness in here.. the stream & the barn scenes?! I just— 🥵😮💨
anyways read this book. READ THIS SERIES, thank me later.
Giddy up, here I come baby Seb!
I freakin loved this installment of the Brutal Birthright series! In the previous books, we got to see bits of Riona in passing so I was interested to get to know more of her character in this book. Riona is the type of person with a permanent RBF, cold exterior who doesn't let anyone see her true emotions. Raylan has a smart mouth and is first introduced in Bloody Heart, when Dante Gallo enlists the help of his very meticulous military training to rescue Dante's beloved. When our characters (R&R) first meet, we see his snarky sarcasm as a complete turnoff for the ever poised Riona Griffin.
Fast forward to Broken Vow and Raylan has been hired by the Griffin/Gallo mob Family to serve as Riona's personal bodyguard when she barely escapes with her life after being attacked.
Seeing the brief introduction of these two characters in the previous book, I knew that this book would have lots of tension and delicious angst. Miss Sophie did not hold back on that front ya'll, trust me. The amazing chemistry between Riona and Raylan led to a big payoff! I won't be able to stop thinking about all the spiciness in here.. the stream & the barn scenes?! I just— 🥵😮💨
anyways read this book. READ THIS SERIES, thank me later.
Giddy up, here I come baby Seb!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Emotional abuse
Minor: Death of parent
valeria_gzz's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-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
5.0
5 STARS THIS WAS GREAT AND I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT. Holy shirt Raylan was so forking hot. Also this plot had what Nero’s book wanted to have 11/10 freaking AMAZING.
Barn scene?? Yeah that’s gonna live in my head rent free for a while. (And apparently Mr Lark said he realized Sophie borrows when he read this scene🤭 I love them)
Do I have a boyfriend? Of course not, but if I did he would be dumped just for not being Raylan.
Also the way Riona talked about men in her head reminded me of me and although I wouldn’t say I’m similar in personality to her I thought it was so funny to have that in common with her. I was reading that and going “YEAH EXACTLY!!!!”
Barn scene?? Yeah that’s gonna live in my head rent free for a while. (And apparently Mr Lark said he realized Sophie borrows when he read this scene🤭 I love them)
Do I have a boyfriend? Of course not, but if I did he would be dumped just for not being Raylan.
Also the way Riona talked about men in her head reminded me of me and although I wouldn’t say I’m similar in personality to her I thought it was so funny to have that in common with her. I was reading that and going “YEAH EXACTLY!!!!”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence
Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Death of parent
readwithelle's review
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping and Sexual content
sophiac09's review
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Very conflicted feelings about this book. It wasn’t bad in the slightest but I feel like there was just something missing from it. I really did like the time spent on the ranch but it felt like we went from 0-100 way too quickly. I do think there are some things that make it feel like the characters wouldn’t last after the book but overall it was a nice read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Death, and Gun violence
high_lady_of_the_night_court's review
dark
emotional
fast-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? N/A
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content