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3.98 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
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
medium-paced
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Oh, my Z.E.R.O. boys...
I love all 3 of them SOOOOO MUCH!
From the beginning I was enchanted, but quite honestly I knew I'd love the book before it was even released... and I was right of course because it was perfect. HE WAS PERFECT. My perfect Kai who was presented as the most unhinged of the trio, was as unhinged as promised. With a little twist. The twist being that he was adorable and so hurt, beyond belief, and even though Sergei and Az seemed a little scared of him, to me he was the weakest of them all (HEAR ME OUT!).
Not in a physical or funtional sense but in the sense that Az hated Kruger from the first second and Sergei from the moment when the dead-girls-in-the-basement happened, but Kai? Kai was a child, younger than all of them, the first one in and last one out and Kruger was the closest thing he had to support and guidance and he was a kind of father (in the most un-literral, fucked up sense there is) and that made him weak at heart.
He mentions time and time again throught the book that he has no talents, no skills, nothing to make a living for other than what was forced upon him by Kruger which was to be killer, honed to perfection at that and only that and being cut off from everything and everyone was the last straw as to why he says -repeatedly- that he only has his hair and his Nera as his and only his.
The stoker part was really exciting and the nickname (tiger cub) was a bit to much for me but overall I loved every moment. I think that forever and ever those 3 boys with interlinked stories and pain in their hearts and adoration for their women will always be my favourite books!
Now to get to the real shit. The pregnancy trope in never my favourite, but somehow Neva made it work with the fact that all of Nera's story was enhanced by her change of heart by her determination and strong will and it wasn't too much, rather just a cute little addition to the adorable Kai and his long hair to be braided and adorned with scrunchies and colourful bows.
As for killing her father, I didn't feel it... I expected to be shocked to the bone by Nera's pov but I wasn't and I don't think it was a bad thing because I finally lived the grief through Kai when he finally accepted that he has to accept the Mexico job. That was, I think, when I realised that he has to be gone in order to be forgiven. He also has to hurt in order to forgive himself. And Lucia has to know her father so that should work as a motivational factor, and that was when all the pieces came to fit together in my mind. Kruger being aware of the situation and the killing being his fault is also so much like him...
Last, but not least, I don't think I like the sister very much... ILL READ ANYTHING WRITTEN BY NEVA, but I'm not really hopping around high with joy (like I was for this) for the next (AND LAST?!?!?!?) book of the series...
Side note, HOW AWESOME IS THE NAME Kai Mazur and HOW MUCH OF A GIRLBOSS IS NERA for literally being the leader of a Mafia and being named Donna!
I love all 3 of them SOOOOO MUCH!
From the beginning I was enchanted, but quite honestly I knew I'd love the book before it was even released... and I was right of course because it was perfect. HE WAS PERFECT. My perfect Kai who was presented as the most unhinged of the trio, was as unhinged as promised. With a little twist. The twist being that he was adorable and so hurt, beyond belief, and even though Sergei and Az seemed a little scared of him, to me he was the weakest of them all (HEAR ME OUT!).
Not in a physical or funtional sense but in the sense that Az hated Kruger from the first second and Sergei from the moment when the dead-girls-in-the-basement happened, but Kai? Kai was a child, younger than all of them, the first one in and last one out and Kruger was the closest thing he had to support and guidance and he was a kind of father (in the most un-literral, fucked up sense there is) and that made him weak at heart.
He mentions time and time again throught the book that he has no talents, no skills, nothing to make a living for other than what was forced upon him by Kruger which was to be killer, honed to perfection at that and only that and being cut off from everything and everyone was the last straw as to why he says -repeatedly- that he only has his hair and his Nera as his and only his.
The stoker part was really exciting and the nickname (tiger cub) was a bit to much for me but overall I loved every moment. I think that forever and ever those 3 boys with interlinked stories and pain in their hearts and adoration for their women will always be my favourite books!
Now to get to the real shit. The pregnancy trope in never my favourite, but somehow Neva made it work with the fact that all of Nera's story was enhanced by her change of heart by her determination and strong will and it wasn't too much, rather just a cute little addition to the adorable Kai and his long hair to be braided and adorned with scrunchies and colourful bows.
As for killing her father, I didn't feel it... I expected to be shocked to the bone by Nera's pov but I wasn't and I don't think it was a bad thing because I finally lived the grief through Kai when he finally accepted that he has to accept the Mexico job. That was, I think, when I realised that he has to be gone in order to be forgiven. He also has to hurt in order to forgive himself. And Lucia has to know her father so that should work as a motivational factor, and that was when all the pieces came to fit together in my mind. Kruger being aware of the situation and the killing being his fault is also so much like him...
Last, but not least, I don't think I like the sister very much... ILL READ ANYTHING WRITTEN BY NEVA, but I'm not really hopping around high with joy (like I was for this) for the next (AND LAST?!?!?!?) book of the series...
Side note, HOW AWESOME IS THE NAME Kai Mazur and HOW MUCH OF A GIRLBOSS IS NERA for literally being the leader of a Mafia and being named Donna!
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ever since I read the excerpt in the email and didn't want it to end, I just knew Darkest Sins was going to be a favorite. Read it start to finish yesterday and loved Nera and Kai's story so much. A slow burn that feels so right and with characters like Demon and his Tiger Cub you're just so engaged it doesn't even feel like any time had passed. Stalking, angsty, possessive mmc, strong and capable FMC. All the best things in a Mafia book. Appearances from favorite characters from previous books. I'm always happy to visit Salvatore. He's still my fave, but Kai has truly made me shuffle my perfectly imperfect men. Cannot wait for what Neva has coming for her readers later this year.
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
dark
emotional
fast-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes