3.6 AVERAGE

dark reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional medium-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: No

I wish the MCs would have communicated more, more so the FMC because so many issues could have been avoided if she had just talked. Dimitri was so sweet and I loved him. I liked it enough to start the next one! 
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

1 Star - DNF @ 52% (skimmed to the end)

I told myself not to read the next book. Did I listen? Of course I didn't fucking listen.
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Overall a solid mafia romance. It had all my favorite tropes: touch her and die, trauma healing, revenge, and accidental pregnancy. There were a few things that were weird, like I think the end was resolved way too quickly and easily like most of the issues could have been avoided by having the conversation they had way earlier. There are some unanswered questions that I presume are answered in another book in the series? While I like accidental pregnancy tropes I do appreciate an explanation for it and there isn't one here. The whole premise is they're in a fake marriage and they never talk about birth control? 
Otherwise an enjoyable quick read that for the most part is well written!

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emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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challenging dark emotional medium-paced

I loved Dimitri in Alexei's book and was so looking forward to his and Zara's story. He is such a beautiful soul...even with his darkness and worries about being his father. I love Zara's strength and sass. Highly recommended but read Alexei and Bianca's book first!.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.