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Bound by Hatred by Cora Reilly

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thereadaholic's review against another edition

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

3.75

I LOVED Matteo so much , I loved him way more than gianna because honestly she was just overdoing it , I get that she swore to never love a man who kills or whatever but Matteo was trying to make it work but she wasn't budging. But overall the book was good and it wasn't bad. I'll stop yapping and say what the book was about: 

This book follows a girl named Gianna and a guy named Matteo , Gianna had always wanted to experience and live the normal human life but being born in a mafia family had stopped her from doing so. She had always craved and loved the idea of freedom , she is a wild soul and someone who isn't afraid to speak up,she is also a person who swore to never marry into a loveless marriage even if her father had forced her , because she didn't wanna follow into her sisters footsteps. 

Matteo is a simple guy , he likes to kill and hunt , if he ever sets his mind upon something or someone he will hunt them / it down no matter the challenge that he will face , and no matter how much people will try to stop him. And that's what happens with him and Gianna. He saw her and saw her big mouth  , saw a girl who wasnt afraid to break rules and he set his mind on her. 

And so he asks for her hand in marriage , of course Gianna refused but she didn't have a voice in this does she? No , so she decides to run away. Before her marriage to Matteo she ran away for 6 months until Matteo finally found her and killed off her boyfriend. 



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dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.25

Ok, here we go...

As soon as I finished the book I gave it 3.7 stars but I couldn't write the review at the time. Now I sat down to write it and I already had time to think and my almost hate towards Gianna does not deserve that many stars, so I lower it to 2.7 stars. I really understand what she says and thinks but none of it justifies the way that she acts, speaks and, well, her completely. I've been talking about reading her book since I read Bound by Honor because I hoped I would finally like her but I only got the opposite.

"Oh but it's not just her book, what about Matteo?"
I like him. Weirdly, I do. Of course, I don't LOVE him or anything like that, it's just that near Gianna it's hard to not like other people. But he's not all that either, just to make that very clear. Even though we also get his point of view I feel like it was just Gianna's book, completely character-driven.
This book can be defined by:
Gianna, Gianna being a huge pain in the ass, sex, Gianna making me roll my eyes in frustration, sex, Matteo showing a human and loveable side, please I can't take more Gianna, sex, Matteo and Gianna kinda being a couple, sex, can't we focus on Aria and Luca please?, sex, GIVE ME ARIA AND LUCA, more Gianna, and then, Gianna and Matteo.
Basically, I don't recommend it... I'm thinking about lowering the rating already.

OH, important to say, I spent the WHOLE book thinking about Aria and Luca in the middle of it all. Everything that happened I imagined "oh, how are Luca and Aria dealing with it?", wanting their side, their point of view, and didn't care about Gianna and Matteo. That's extremely bad since it is THEIR book.

Maybe I'm the problem, maybe it's because I don't like enemies-to-lovers. But I'll go with 2.28 stars.
 
 

Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles - reviewed:

 
0.5 - Luca Vitiello:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/57f24b82-8331-460a-bd4d-ae02fc323861
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4561568230

1.0 - Bound by Honor:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/eb670dd1-294d-4e23-9bab-bc9c11aef33f
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4558103572

2.0 - Bound by Duty:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a71e2654-573c-4d41-a224-363bbfb62ba0
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3021719736

3.0 - Bound by Hatred:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8e3fc6be-670e-4ae3-8bf1-eba71c361dcd
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4578787289

4.0 - Bound by Temptation:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e0ad773e-86e3-46fc-a250-df3cc60c318b
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4585687182

5.0 - Bound by Vengeance:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/902ff414-f764-429f-b3a2-dfcd8fd35d0b
Goodreads
- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4593389597 

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

3.5


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bookedupchick's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny fast-paced

4.0

β€œIf she liked to play with fire, fine. I didn’t mind getting burned. I’d walk through flames for her.” πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

I freaking loved Gianna + Matteo’s story! ❀️ Their banter is fantastic and the spice ❀️‍πŸ”₯  Their was a lot of action in this book too! Loved it πŸ₯° another wild adventure!

Read this if you like ‡️

πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦° Mafia Romance 
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦° Enemies To Lovers 
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦° Dual POV
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦° Spicy Scenes 🌢
πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦° Clever Banter

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Bound By Hatred by Cora Reilly

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