753 reviews for:

Say I Do

Brea Alepoú, Skyler Snow

4.05 AVERAGE

mooncryptid's review

4.0

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

spot_the_book_unicorn's review

4.25

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

lexf's review

2.5

adventurous dark

tays_readingnook's review

4.0

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

julienn_a's review

4.75

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I’m in love with this series. Each book just keeps getting better, and I feel like I get a deeper understanding of the characters and world-building every time.

Benito and Harlow’s relationship is so sweet. Bloody, but still, they were made for each other.

I love Harlow. My new 2025 goal is to aspire to be like him. Damn, the man can fight, and he never backs down. I love that about him. I’m always drawn to characters with a big attitude.

Also, who would’ve thought Benito was the kinkiest one? I don’t even know who my favorite brother is anymore. The glimpses of previous couples appearing throughout the book just made me even more attached to all of them. But I have to say, I love Tex and Gin’s personalities haha

One of my favorite things is when an uptight, serious character spills their feelings when they’re drunk, and Benito is exactly like that. Being on the receiving end of that can be difficult and painful, but those moments of vulnerability between him and Harlow were so sweet. Whenever Benito let his walls down, even just a little, it was endearing.

But. The only issue I had with this book was the Japanese in Harlow’s parts. It was just off. There were a lot of mistakes, some of them so ridiculous they were hard to ignore. It also didn’t feel like how I’d imagine a yakuza would speak, and on top of that, his dialogue was inconsistent. The way he spoke would randomly change, and it completely took me out of the story. Huge turn-off. Also, as someone who speaks Portuguese, he could’ve just said Te amo—it would’ve felt way more natural. Don’t get me wrong, I love language barriers in books, but this one just kept reminding me that I was reading instead of letting me stay immersed in the world.

That being said… damn, the plot twist was twisting. I did not see that coming. The way things turned at the wedding and everything that happened after? Insane.

Also, Benito becoming a dad was everything I needed. He already had so much on his shoulders, and I’m just so glad he finally got the family he dreamed of having.

I can’t wait to read the next book!

khollenbeck315's review

4.5

dark emotional

dailyquantum's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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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Both MCs are anti-hero types, so we'll written. 

aether888's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny 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

yurieslays's review

5.0

challenging funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

novelbound1813's review

4.0

adventurous dark 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: Complicated

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This is one of the best mafia romances I've read in quite some time. You know when you read a mafia romance that you have to set your moral compass to a different setting. This book definitely requires that. Harlow and Benito are both unhinged in the best way. They're violent, unpredictable, and hot 🥵

Benito is leading his family's mafia empire. In order to strengthen his family business, he agrees to marry the daughter of another mafia family. Except at the last minute, the daughter is switched out for the son, Harlow. Neither Harlow nor Benito are happy about this and pretty soon knives/guns are drawn and sparks start to fly.

The writing and storytelling were really good. Read this if you like:
- mafia romance
- arranged/fake marriage
- forced proximity
- hate s3x