3.75 AVERAGE

dark medium-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Autumn and Alessio. Story told through flashbacks. He is a mafia billionaire and she is his sisters best friend. He meets her when she is 18 and contracts for her as wife. They hook up and she gets pregnant but she thinks he cheated so she keeps the baby from him. Story has been told before but some good dialogue and character development. Ending was good. 
medium-paced
adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

This is my first book by Eva Winners and it definitely won't be the last. I absolutely LOVED this book. This is a book that once you're finished, you just sit there looking off into space just processing how amazing the story was. I almost cried when it was over, I just didn't want it to end.

The author did an amazing job writing that much of an age gap without it being cringey. I loved how obsessive, possessive, and protective Alessio was, but not in a creepy way. He risked everything with her when he decided to open up an tell her everything. He wanted her to know he didn't really cheat on her and that he was protecting her when he made it seem she meant nothing to him. He wanted her choose him because of love, not because of the contract. Autumn loved Alessio despite his scars and past trauma. I think it was cool that Alessio sort of came to peace with his birth father. I feel the ending was rushed. I wish we could have gotten a wedding scene in Alessio's point-of-view. I think it would have been nice to see his thoughts of marrying his woman. I think it would also have been nice to see Alessio as a father fussing over Autumn and attending ultrasounds. 
adventurous 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: Yes
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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DID NOT FINISH: 60%

DNF around 60%.
1- All this time and the man hasn’t groveled (I can already tell the FMC has forgotten & forgiven everything).
2- I wouldn’t let this man near my son during bath time on the first night they met, WTF was that! You don’t know this man at this point, it’s been 4 years.