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booksalacarte's review
adventurous
dark
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
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? No
3.0
3⭐️ 3.25🌶️
Mafia Romance
Mafia Romance
First person
Dual POV
Bodyguard romance
Forced proximity
This book follows a different child in the mafia family and jumps straight into the action. A always appreciate that the previous book give a decent amount of set up for whoever is the focus of the next book all while also giving cameos of the ones earlier in the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Cursing, Death, and Medical content
adamstristan's review
3.0
don’t pretend that vaginas taste like “cinnamon and sugar”. that’s fucking ridiculous and we all know it
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Death
geminimarsss's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
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? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use
__romancereader__'s review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I enjoyed this book but obviously the usual i got a little anxiety but this book was different it felt less tense than the last one’s for me and it actually felt more how do i put it it felt more genuine i mean the description of the feelings in this book were so cute you get allot of emotion in this book and its more happy then sad plus I've never read a book with a country boy/girl main character so that was new for me and i enjoyed it i honestly enjoyed this book more than i thought i would i knew i would like it but i didn't know i would really enjoy it like i did i do still favor Stolen heir out of all of them so far and in the book i was so happy for the ending were you see all the other couples and parents and familys from the previous books in the brutal birthrights series i got the illustrations edition and i loved that family picture of the Griffins and Gallos in the beginning that was cute overall i rated this book 5 stars⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Blood, Cursing, Gore, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Not all content warnings are about the main characters some are and some are about the characters you meet/hear about in the book 🫶🏼🫶🏼ENJOY🫶🏼ecravens's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Body horror, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Physical abuse
misswirum's review
mysterious
tense
slow-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? It's complicated
3.75
Riona is an extremely good character, but I feel this book didn't do her justice. Too much of this book concentrated it self around Raylans family, and I really didn't care about them at all 🥲 Love Raylan tho.
I'm looking forward to the series finally with Sebastian!
3,75/5⭐️
3,75/5📝
2,5/5🌶
I'm looking forward to the series finally with Sebastian!
3,75/5⭐️
3,75/5📝
2,5/5🌶
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Medical content, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Blood
amanda_reads13's review
tense
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
3.75
This book felt a little out of place in the series, I think it was due to the setting. That said, I did enjoy it. It is a mafia & bodyguard romance mixed with a small town romance feel.
Riona is the middle child of head of the Irish Mafia in Chicago. She is strong, stubborn, and smart. She is the family's lawyer and keeps her hand relatively clean. One evening she is attacked in the swimming pool in her apartment building, someone tried to drown her and make it look like an accident. someone has hired a Hitman to kill her. Dante arranges for Raylan to be her bodyguard. To keep her safe Raylan brings her to his family's Ranch in Tennessee.
I really enjoyed the chemistry between Riona and Raylan. Their personalities play off of each other really well and he really helped her to discover what she wanted. I also loved seeing more glimpses of the other siblings and the Gallos (especially the wedding!).
Unfortunately, I did see the big twist coming pretty early in the book, so I wasn't surprised when the culprit behind hiring the hitman was revealed.
That barn scene tho...🌶️
Tropes: Reverse grumpy-sunshine, mafia, bodyguard, small town
I really enjoyed the chemistry between Riona and Raylan. Their personalities play off of each other really well and he really helped her to discover what she wanted. I also loved seeing more glimpses of the other siblings and the Gallos (especially the wedding!).
Unfortunately, I did see the big twist coming pretty early in the book, so I wasn't surprised when the culprit behind hiring the hitman was revealed.
That barn scene tho...🌶️
Tropes: Reverse grumpy-sunshine, mafia, bodyguard, small town
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Violence
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
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