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Dirty Dom: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance by Willow Winters

8 reviews

octagon's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Confinement

maria8w4's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Violence, Blood, Sexual content, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Cursing, Death, and Gun violence

kiratamara's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Enjoyed that it wasn’t just all smut

didn’t expect the twist near the end!!

ending was abit predictable but enjoyed the happy ending going straight on to read the next one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Sexual content

Moderate: Torture and Kidnapping

Minor: Car accident

lissy_reads345's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, Torture, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gun violence, Stalking, Infidelity, Cursing, Grief, and Torture

Minor: Death, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Car accident

zaesbookshelf's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It was okay. Lots of misogyny (believe it or not, you can have mafia romances without misogyny!) and a massive miscommunication trope that just was not my thing, personally.  Having the dual perspective really just highlighted the lack of communication between the MMC and FMC. I’ve enjoyed other books written by this author so thought it was a good call buying the whole series this book is the first of, but I am in no rush to read the rest of them as of now. Three stars because it was the first book Willow Winters wrote and certainly could’ve been worse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Torture, Death of parent, and Car accident

mrs_reading_runes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

In less then 24 hours ….

This book is ravishing! 

365 Day  meets Goodfellas vibes 

Now I am just very picky so this book did not receive 5 stars…with that said….I will forever recommend this book if you are looking for a mafia spice romance.

The pet name in this book is just an ick for me …and the suspense in the overall conclusion of the plot fades to black and I knew it was coming and just expected a little more. 

The smut is to die for it’s a great plot/smut ratio 

I’m looking forward to the rest of the discreet series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Murder and Violence

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I really liked the world building for this book.  It surprisedly kept my interest, the audiobook was really lovely done.  It was a bit dramatic at some points but then again most mafia romances are.  The spicy moments were kinda boring, they all seemed rushed.  I liked the ending but not so much the epilogue; it seemed a bit too heteronormative for me.


Mafia Romance
Insta Attraction
Wholesome Family
Lovely World Building
Angst with a Happy Ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, and Gore

Minor: Blood, Death, Pregnancy, and Torture

tiggerreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

CW: violence, gun violence, kidnapping, death of parent, death of spouse, gambling

This isn't insta-love, but it's really fast. Dom and Becca have instant chemistry and acted on it. They started out intending to use each other, but then feelings got involved. They both have issues with the mafia life and it definitely causes division in their fledgling relationship. I did like how things were brought to a close. I did find Dom cute as he tried to explore his feelings and figure out how to share them with Becca. They both had problems expressing their feelings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death

Minor: Death of parent