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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book series is so good, I’m really glad I picked up the first one last year and have made my way through them since.
Okay guys and gals, here I am! Had to think on that one quite a bit.
This is a dark-romance marriage-of-convenience story between a heavily childhood-abused, early-twenties yo mafia princess and middle-thirties yo lawyer. This tells you already A LOT about the story. She–overly childish, immature, arrogant and deeply traumatized is married, more or less willingly, to him, who's obsessed with her but won't touch her.
The book is labeled as slow burn, but is it really a slow burn if both passionately burn for each other but won't touch the other? That's the slow burn. Lusting but no touchie until later. Not really a slow burn in the trope's sense. Next, the book tells you to be inspired by Eros and Psyche but except for the butterfly Symbolism (which is already a stretch if you know greek mythology) there is NOTHING that has an ounce of Eros Psyche. Not. An. Ounce. Which doesn't have to be bad!
Now that my criticism is out of the way; overall, I did enjoy it. It's steamy, dark, it was thrilling to see how the mafia story would play out, and I was impressed how well Miller portrayed how deeply how traumas affect us.
If you look for something dark romance-y with some hot pining and spicy scenes and some morally-grey choices, this is the read for you.
This is a dark-romance marriage-of-convenience story between a heavily childhood-abused, early-twenties yo mafia princess and middle-thirties yo lawyer. This tells you already A LOT about the story. She–overly childish, immature, arrogant and deeply traumatized is married, more or less willingly, to him, who's obsessed with her but won't touch her.
The book is labeled as slow burn, but is it really a slow burn if both passionately burn for each other but won't touch the other? That's the slow burn. Lusting but no touchie until later. Not really a slow burn in the trope's sense. Next, the book tells you to be inspired by Eros and Psyche but except for the butterfly Symbolism (which is already a stretch if you know greek mythology) there is NOTHING that has an ounce of Eros Psyche. Not. An. Ounce. Which doesn't have to be bad!
Now that my criticism is out of the way; overall, I did enjoy it. It's steamy, dark, it was thrilling to see how the mafia story would play out, and I was impressed how well Miller portrayed how deeply how traumas affect us.
If you look for something dark romance-y with some hot pining and spicy scenes and some morally-grey choices, this is the read for you.
I love Sav Miller's books, and this was just what I needed as a break away from dense fantasy and science fiction. I got through it really quickly and will likely read the next one soon.
While I do enjoy these, they aren't life-changing, but they certainly are fun.
While I do enjoy these, they aren't life-changing, but they certainly are fun.
It’s always “Hey, want to go splitsies on a fish fry and a pitcher of beer?” and never “I’ll buy you at an auction for two hundred and fifty million dollars and call you my wife after I microchip you like a Pomeranian.”
When will it be my turn?
When will it be my turn?
Cash and his Little Nightmare ❤️
This is the fifth book in the monsters and muses series. I always have a good time reading Savs books and this wasn’t any different. Even though Cash and Ariana’s story wasn’t my favorite, I still enjoyed it immensely. Cash is a sexy lawyer who wears glasses- say less, am I right? Ariana was a bit tougher for me to connect with then some of her other FMCs. She was a total badass while also occasionally being an insecure/anxiety filled mess.
I was dying over the Kal interactions and seeing him feral over his daughters protection. I’m slightly obsessed with Daddy Kal.
This is the fifth book in the monsters and muses series. I always have a good time reading Savs books and this wasn’t any different. Even though Cash and Ariana’s story wasn’t my favorite, I still enjoyed it immensely. Cash is a sexy lawyer who wears glasses- say less, am I right? Ariana was a bit tougher for me to connect with then some of her other FMCs. She was a total badass while also occasionally being an insecure/anxiety filled mess.
I was dying over the Kal interactions and seeing him feral over his daughters protection. I’m slightly obsessed with Daddy Kal.
