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3.84 AVERAGE

dark emotional medium-paced
challenging dark funny inspiring lighthearted 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: Complicated
challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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: Yes
emotional mysterious sad 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: Complicated

Four words.
Get. On. With. It.
The story just ambles and stumbles along feeling more like a thought purge from Elena. I did not buy the relationship with Nico and just wasn’t sold on their feelings by the end. Nico just disappoints all round. 
Was a struggle to get through and I very nearly gave up. Won’t be reading any more in the series. 

Enjoyed the book.
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Rating
3.5⭐️
2🌶️
Kindle📱

Themes 
  • Mafia romance 
  • Rival families 
  • Marriage of Convenience
  • He falls first 
  • Enemies to lovers 
  • Touch her and die  

Thoughts 
As my first Mafia romance, I actually really enjoyed this. Quick, easy read with lots of tension. I absolutely adored Elana in this book, she was so cute. 

Best bits
“Everyone knew you didn’t fall in love with a man in my world, like the one who stood before me now. Not unless you wanted your heart shattered into a thousand tiny pieces.” 

Her obsession with pink 💕

“Which hand did he use?” 🥵

“I said I would never hurt you, Elana, but if I find out you’ve touched another man, there is nothing in this world that could save him.” 

He had something I wanted 🥵

“Love gave a woman a reason to let her dark colours shine, because I suddenly knew I would lie, cheat, and steal for this man. I would burn the world for him. He was king of the Cosa Nostra. And he was all mine.” 

He bought her a carousel 😭
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

reread via audible: 3.5/5 ☆
not even gonna lie, i couldn’t figure out how i knew nico’s narrator’s voice. but then i figured out he literally sounds like health ledger’s joker

I guess the plot is ok. The end is meh. But what really matters is that it's very, very, very hot.
challenging dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes