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rosereadsalot's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Vomit, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Sexual violence, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and War
hannibanani29's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Cursing, Infidelity, Gun violence, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Suicide attempt, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Suicide, Pregnancy, Grief, and Toxic relationship
samflowerv6's review against another edition
Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Classism, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Sexism
findmeinunderland's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I loved it.
I figured they would’ve come to a stage of obvious emotional affection a lot sooner than they did, but I’m a sucker for a slow burn. I was waiting for more playfulness like in the scene at the gym but mafias are usually more dark so it doesn’t bug me as much as it usually would, but that scene came so naturally it was hard not to want more of that dynamic, can’t wait to see if the other books provide that
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Rape, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
rachaelboyd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Infidelity
Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Minor: Misogyny and Suicide
lh_reads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit and Death of parent
Minor: Self harm and Domestic abuse
lanorton's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
danielle70's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
I loooooved the first 3/4 of this. I enjoyed all of it, but I have a very different personality from the heroine so maybe that's it, but she needed a bit more of a backbone in my opinion. I can suspend my disbelief but come on, no one bites their tongue that often. I also feel like the whole innocent/naive thing was a lil heavy-handed. It makes me uncomfortable after a minute when the heroine, who lives in modern-day Chicago doesn't know much at all about anything, especially someone who grew up in a mafia family. Sure, ok. I did really like her sister Gianna, so I'm pumped to her read her book.
Tropes:
- mafia romance
- opposites attract
- shy/innocent heroine & grumpy/cynical hero
- super possessive hero
- the whole 'I hate that I love you' thing
- 'touch her and you die'
- hurt/comfort (not a lot, but it's there)
- 'I hate everyone but you'
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Sexual content
Spoilery content warnings: *death of a parent *heroine gets roofied and the creep who did it planned on assaulting her (but he didn't) *infidelity (they were newly married and barely knew each other so like they weren't emotionally involved yet, ya know?)