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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
(Zi0nist Author. I didn't know. But now you do.)
*audiobook
Review:
Pathetic as fuck fmc. Could not stand her since the 1st chapter.
Bianca deserves a better sister.
I totally understand why her family treats her like that; she's SUPER pathetic.
In one scene, fmc literally daydreams about stabbing her sister Bianca with a heel.
Psychotic, Pick Me fmc, obsessed with her sister's husband, puts a man over her sister and hates her sister over a man.
Pathetic.
MMC is also pathetic, but in different ways.
I don't like pathetic characters.
And no matter how "evil" my sister is, i would never choose a man over her.
I would also try to do my best to mend my relationship with my sister... not hate her over a man...
Weirdo b!tch.
Spoiler:
Her sister comes back from the dead, instead of being thankful that her sister is not dead, her first thought is "she's still pretty."
And then she calls Bianca a bitch.. and they proceed to cat fight over a man...
*audiobook
Review:
Pathetic as fuck fmc. Could not stand her since the 1st chapter.
Bianca deserves a better sister.
I totally understand why her family treats her like that; she's SUPER pathetic.
In one scene, fmc literally daydreams about stabbing her sister Bianca with a heel.
Psychotic, Pick Me fmc, obsessed with her sister's husband, puts a man over her sister and hates her sister over a man.
Pathetic.
MMC is also pathetic, but in different ways.
I don't like pathetic characters.
And no matter how "evil" my sister is, i would never choose a man over her.
I would also try to do my best to mend my relationship with my sister... not hate her over a man...
Weirdo b!tch.
Spoiler:
Her sister comes back from the dead, instead of being thankful that her sister is not dead, her first thought is "she's still pretty."
And then she calls Bianca a bitch.. and they proceed to cat fight over a man...
Raph and Nicolette are explosive! They have chemistry like no other and the more they fight and push back against each other the better it gets! This book was so amazing and where I didn’t think it could get better than book 1, I was wrong!!! I can’t not wait for the next one!
Doormat heroine who kept throwing herself at the hero and get rejected time and time again
Updated Review*
So I just listened to the audio of this story and just wow! It was almost perfect beforehand but hands down I was obsessed with both narrators and the way they portrayed the characters! The emotions were raw and I swear the tension had me me melting! Talk about swoon central!
So I just listened to the audio of this story and just wow! It was almost perfect beforehand but hands down I was obsessed with both narrators and the way they portrayed the characters! The emotions were raw and I swear the tension had me me melting! Talk about swoon central!
Raphael Marino the love of my life, the hottest book boyfriend, ever, and all around my idea of perfection stole my heart the first time I met him. Raph is flawed and has been put through the wringer his whole life by his father and most recently his wife. Raph always tried to do what was right for his family even if it meant compromising his own happiness, he knew the things he truly wanted were things he could never truly have, like Nicolette. Nicolette and Raph are similar yet different from the treatment by their families to craving the forbidden, yet their special bond creates a friendship they both lived for. With all the events in book one happening Raph and Nicolette’s story is also taking place so the story flows seamlessly to mesh together then throw its own mix of twists in there. Nicolette has loved Raph from day one while knowing her sister never deserved a single thing from him and she stood on the sidelines pining, daydreaming if things were different, yet always knowing things could never be. The story has so many twists you are glued from start to finish. These two are hiding together and the tension bleeds off the pages while your heart bleeds for Nicolette’s pain and Raph’s internal struggles. I honestly feel that I have known these characters for years and their world is a dangerous but one I have loved diving into every single time. A touch of the forbidden, an undeniable love, struggles from inside and outside forces, brotherhood bonds that are unbreakable, possessive incredible bleeding heart that is Raph, and the love that defies it all this story packs one hell of a punch leaving you craving more.
“I imagine.. What if? What if she were mine? What if I were a man worthy of her?..”
“I loved him in silence then, and I continue to love him in silence now. Love doesn’t simply cease to exist just because we want it to.”
“It’s a brutal existence to live in a world with someone you can’t have.”
I also had a chance to get this on AUDIO and holy WOW!!! It’s no lie that these Messina boys really have my heart,so when I had the chance to hear my favorite (so far) come to life I jumped all over that. Let me say the narrator’s are phenomenal, but hearing Troy Duran do Raph’s voice???? OMG I totally swooned hard and fell in love with is voice, there’s just something about that deep raspy timber that got me and I LOVED every second of hearing it.
“I imagine.. What if? What if she were mine? What if I were a man worthy of her?..”
“I loved him in silence then, and I continue to love him in silence now. Love doesn’t simply cease to exist just because we want it to.”
“It’s a brutal existence to live in a world with someone you can’t have.”
I also had a chance to get this on AUDIO and holy WOW!!! It’s no lie that these Messina boys really have my heart,so when I had the chance to hear my favorite (so far) come to life I jumped all over that. Let me say the narrator’s are phenomenal, but hearing Troy Duran do Raph’s voice???? OMG I totally swooned hard and fell in love with is voice, there’s just something about that deep raspy timber that got me and I LOVED every second of hearing it.
DNF 45% no, él es un perdedor y ella patética por seguir rogando y rogándole que la ame después de que él la rechaza cada vez, BASTA POR DIOS
ahhhh i don’t know how to put into words just how much i love this series. i didn’t think it could get better after michael’s book and i was so wrong. i’m obsessed. that’s all i have to say. the angst. the spice. the tension. the characters. the plot twist. hello!?! it was amazing and i’m not sure how lilian does it but every time i read another book by her they just keep getting better every time. raph and nicolette were everything. i knew i would be obsessed when i got a glimpse of them from sinful vows but i was blown away. i was not expecting a lot of the plot twists in the book and i really liked how the timeline matched up with the first book. i loved getting to see michael, elsie and sophia in the book too and even gio and iseult. i cannot wait for their book because i just know it’s going to be amazing. all in all i’m obsessed. this was amazing. everyone should read this series asap!
cruel lies is a mafia romance with age gap (17 years), forced proximity, forbidden, touch her and die vibes, possessive, secret lining, unrequited love, slow burn, and found family. it comes out on march 13 so mark your calendar because you don’t want to miss it!!!
thank you lilian for the arc!!!! i cannot wait to read more about the messina crime family in gio’s book!!
cruel lies is a mafia romance with age gap (17 years), forced proximity, forbidden, touch her and die vibes, possessive, secret lining, unrequited love, slow burn, and found family. it comes out on march 13 so mark your calendar because you don’t want to miss it!!!
thank you lilian for the arc!!!! i cannot wait to read more about the messina crime family in gio’s book!!
Yes Raph!!!
Okay so maybe Raph is my new favorite brother? Ugghh the love between him and Nicolette literally gave me life. We also have age gap, mafia romance, possessive, and the ultimate forbidden romance just all wrapped into one pretty present for me to indulge my favorite book cravings?! Yes please! Now when I say forbidden Raph had married Nicolette’s sister but I mean ehhh logistics. The heart wants what the heart wants and mine wants more of these two. This is book 2 in the series and can be read as a standalone. So this means no cliffhanger but also doesn’t mean I cannot wait for the next book to come in the series.
Okay so maybe Raph is my new favorite brother? Ugghh the love between him and Nicolette literally gave me life. We also have age gap, mafia romance, possessive, and the ultimate forbidden romance just all wrapped into one pretty present for me to indulge my favorite book cravings?! Yes please! Now when I say forbidden Raph had married Nicolette’s sister but I mean ehhh logistics. The heart wants what the heart wants and mine wants more of these two. This is book 2 in the series and can be read as a standalone. So this means no cliffhanger but also doesn’t mean I cannot wait for the next book to come in the series.