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sonialusiveira's review against another edition
aurorareed's review against another edition
5.0
- a strong, interesting fmc who doesn't fold like a deck of cards (as I would if I were in her place lol)
- an mmc who is down so fucking bad it's almost embarrassing
- a deliciously, agonisingly slow burn (to scratch the masochistic itch I have for writers to withhold satisfaction from me)
ohheyitsmel's review against another edition
3.75
embelle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Car accident, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Stalking
secondhandbookshelves's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
This probably isn't a spoiler, but hey, let's mark it like one anyway since it talks about how the characters change during the story. (I refuse to say character development)
And immediately after that he talks for half a page about how he will force her to be his.
Big no from me 🚩🚩
Then around the halfway mark Elena had turned into a simp who could only think about being with HIM and actively goes about destroying the life shes been working for and building since age 11.....
And he suddenly was a poet who desires nothing more than her to be safe and loved and healed from her past.
In conclusion, they're both idiots and may they be happy in book two which I will not read 👍🏻
Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Grief, Torture, Abandonment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Medical trauma
Minor: Slavery, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Car accident, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury
winnowiris's review against another edition
3.0
Dante was different from the typical mafioso man, he actually has hobbies and a personality outside of the mafia and he's not thinking about how ruthless and bad he is all the time(very different from what I'm used to seeing in mafia), he's really smart, charismatic and a good person regardless of his "job".
Elena was definitely my favorite character, she's so mature, smart, and cold, she's been through a lot, but she knows how to handle things and the way her mind works is wow, I mean her evolution of someone who always tries to do good things to prove herself to accept that maybe she can be an antihero is phenomenal, she's now one of my favorite characters in a mafia book.
this was my first book by Giana Darling and it won't be the last, I fell in love with her writing and her characters and this world I'm excited to read the conclusion to their story and read more about the side characters :heart:
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need their happy ending in book 2
RTC
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arobis_the_bookworm's review against another edition
3.0
bambinochance's review against another edition
3.0
christaandersen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
simrooon's review against another edition
5.0
Can’t seem to find out any particular excerpts that made the book so enjoyable for me but I was so invested.
DANTE has literally destroyed my bias list and is now the only dude imma simpin for. Onto the next one wohoooo….