4.19 AVERAGE

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-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

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dark emotional funny tense medium-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

just wow

Bloody ell!!!! I absolutely loved this book. I loved their story, I couldn’t put it down. From wanting to murder the characters myself, to rooting for them all the way through. Beautifully written. I’ll go to sleep now a happy lady. A must read!!!
adventurous challenging funny hopeful medium-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

I want to start this review off first by saying if you haven’t read Beautiful Carnage yet, I strongly suggest you do. While this can be read as a standalone, I feel it would be more enjoyable to read after the first book so you have a better understanding of Nicoli’s backstory.

Beautiful Savage is such an epic story of survival no matter what. Both characters have had a tragic life and they've become so much stronger instead of letting it destroy them. Nicoli is dealing with the knowledge of finding out his entire life has been a lie. He is hiding from who is just found out is his family. He isn’t ready to handle the aftermath of a lifetime at war with people he was raised to hate even though they were really his blood. He moves to the mountains to get away and while there he finds Winter. Winter is the definition of survivor. This girl has been kept captive and tortured by five guys for information she doesn’t even remember. They abuse her everyday, keeping her locked in a cell with hardly any food or water. She finally is able to escape one day and runs away only to be caught in a blizzard in the woods. Nicoli finds her and takes her in to help her. After learning what Winter has been through Nicoli makes it his mission to get revenge for her and keep her safe. Their story is so beautiful. You have two broken people who come together and help heal each other. Nicoli is running away from his life and all he has done and Winter is trying to remember hers and get away from the demons currently after her. I love how they help each other grow and love. Nicoli will do anything to keep Winter safe even if it means risking his own life. Winter is such a warrior. After all she has been through she doesn’t back down. She fights with everything she has. They both accept each other no matter their pasts, or scars.

We also get more Romero brothers time! If you’ve read Beautiful Carnage you know how amazing Rocco, Frankie, and Enzo are. They bring so many smiles and laughter to this story. We get to see Sloan also, as well as a bit of Pappa Romero. It’s such a heartwarming moment when he meets Nicoli. I can’t wait until Frankie’s book. He is going to steal what little bit of my heart Rocco and Nicoli left! Oh also, no cliffhanger! Yay!! Let’s celebrate not being in misery for once!
dark tense medium-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: No
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
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4.25
adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book! OMG! Nicoli and Winter are amazing! There is something so very special about a touch her and I will destroy you male character that I can never get enough of! The twists and turns this book takes you on are so well written but oh my god the anxiety it gave me! There were some parts that were really rough to read with the abuse that happens to one of the characters. If you want a strong bad ass female character you will definitely get one with this book!