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Declan by Cala Riley

bear_back_books's review

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4.0

4/5 stars
3/5 peppers
1.5/5 buzz buzz

britneysromancelibrary's review

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dark emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Declan has put me back in my mafia era! My goodness was this book incredible!

I came into this series late lol. I started with the Christmas novella and that got me hooked but Declan got me even more hooked! I need to go back and start book 1 now.

Sorry I needed to get that out. Back to Declan and Nikita, these two had me gaga over them! Gosh the little glimpse I got of them in the Christmas novella got me so excited for their story, but gosh starting this book I was sucked in from page one! Truthfully as much as both of them intrigued me, Nikita was the one that I was most excited to read about. Her story, gosh this poor girl had my heart going out to her. But I just loved who she turned out to be. And I loved the banter she had with Declan, made it so fun to read.

Now Declan took me by surprise. This man was not what I thought he would be but he turned out even better than I thought! Let’s just say there was a side to him I did not expect to see with a mafia man.

I didn’t want their story to end. I need more of them but I cannot wait to get pieces of them in the next book of the series!!
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5️⃣🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
🌶️🌶️(Not a real spicy book but it doesn’t need it and what spice you do get it SPICY and really sweet too lol)
🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
10/10 recommendation‼️

ace97's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice:🌶️🌶️🌶️
Story:📕📕📕📕📕

I think I was FOR SURE a mafia wife in my past life or something because the way I love this book so much is unreal!!🤭

Declan is so loyal and willing to defend his family and friends at any cost, so it’s no surprise that he jumps in to save Nikita from her predicament. He was so protective for the beginning, even when he detested her and the world she’s from. He opened up her so well once he realized that this relationship was something he wanted, and would do ANYTHING to protect.💚

Nikita is sooooo stabby and I’m here for it🤣🤣
She did not hesitate when it comes to defending herself  from others harming her, and she’s had to do that many times since women aren’t valued in her world. It was so sad to see her be so broken when it comes to being treated with literal human DECENCY when that’s something she’s always deserved!!
I’m so glad that Declan was there to teach her she deserves to be loved, and that as his wife she deserves EVERYTHING this world has to offer.😍🫠

This slow burn was so gooooooood ahhh!
I was be literally giggling lol, because you could tell it was so genuine. And when the spice hit, IT HIT😌

Cala Riley, thank you so much for this wonderful story!
This book is going into my favorite mafia reads of the year for sure.💚🖤
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