284 reviews for:

Because You're Mine

Claire Contreras

3.51 AVERAGE

mostlyromance's review against another edition

1.0

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This was absolutely awful. The writing was juvenile and needed editing in the worst way. Paragraphs were restated in a slightly different way, one after the other. Characters would have defining speeches that contradicted what they said one paragraph before. The worst one was Vinny: “I wanted to be with you, but she (the mistress) was pregnant.” And then ONE paragraph later: “you were fine, she was… everything.” What? The inconsistencies and miscommunication made this so hard to read. What was her sister doing? The FMC had to go to a class for her sister - pretend to be her - why? The sister was in Boston or Miami the whole time. The sister “wants to expose the seedy underbelly of the mafia and make the bad guys pay” but also thinks that the FMC should ask their mafia dad for money to start a dance line. The MMC was boring and made no sense with any decision he made.

Seriously I had no idea what was happening or why for 90% of this book.

81acire's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

read_with_shawntel's review against another edition

3.25

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Mafia romance with so many moving parts! I love a mafia romance that has enough going that you feel invested and want to continue reading. Claire provided all that- and then some. It was a very quick enjoyable read.

thenicolelee's review against another edition

3.0

emotional 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: Yes

hannas_heas47's review against another edition

5.0

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Great Read

Enjoyable read with an OTT possessive male MC and a dancer FMC. Very little angst, no current cheating and a HEA. Might of been a little predictable.

duntax's review

2.75

mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 I read this for our bookclub. I'm not a huge mafia fan because I have a feeling most of them have a similar plot. This one was different. The plot is different and I loved that Catalina was a ballet dancer. I think she wrote the part very realistic. I think the overall plot was okay, but I just missed diving deep into the mafia world. Cat just stopped having contact with her dad after being in the news as a mafia family. Claire wrote that part as if she and her sister didn't know what was going on and I just found that very unrealistic, as they were teenagers when it all went down. Than Loren comes into the picture and I just didn't feel the chemistry. Could be me, but it felt a bit weird. Cat has strong believes that she doesn't want to be involved with criminal men, but she meets Loren once and all her believes went out the door. Then something bad happens, she's upset... and oh well, let's just have sex... like who would be in the mood then? It just lacked some deeper emotions for me. 

lindslikesbooks's review

2.75

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I love this author but this book had too many little plot holes.

And I think I have read other mafia books that had a little more research or made more sense for the lifestyle. 

The spice was fun but the FMC was too much of a door mat for the MMC and other men in the life. I wish she would have stuck up for herself a bit more and held her ground. 

⭐️⭐️.75
🌶️🌶️🌶️

jennasbookcase's review

2.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was my first book by Claire and although I mostly liked it, it wasn't my favourite. 

Since it's a mafia romance, I expected it to be a bit darker. Also, there were some language errors with punctuation and spelling which bothered me as well as some errors such as writing the wrong name for a character. 

The part that kept me reading was the character Lorenzo. I actually enjoyed his character more than Cat. 

I felt like every time something happened in the book, it just brushed the surface. Each time I expected it to dive in deeper, it pulled back and just moved on to the next part. 

I'm hoping the next book in this series will have a bit more depth or even be a bit darker as I do want to find out what happens to other characters in this world.

renee_lewis81's review against another edition

4.0

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I loved Loren and Cat’s story. The author knows how to weave a story to give all the feels mixed with action. A mafia story and the best friends sister…a great combination. Not to mention Cat is a ballerina!

Highly recommended this series. It’s a interconnected story with each couple a focus in the story. This is the first book in that world!

Story 4⭐️
Spice 5⭐️

car155a's review against another edition

3.0

dark funny informative tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes