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Złamane pragnienia by Cora Reilly

elianavazquez's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

erin_woolton3's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

zebaabbas's review against another edition

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2.0

It was too mild, it didn’t feel like a mafia book. Adamo was always the “good” amongst the brothers but this just felt like he was never part of the mafia or Camorra!! He a FALCONE and nothing described that for him.

lizziehughie's review against another edition

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dnf at 9% im sorry

cobaltbookshelf's review against another edition

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1.0

There has been book by cora that were truly horrible but this one can be described only by one word and that is boring.

This book is about Dinara first then her having sex fest with Adamo, then about races and bits of mafia stuff and then about Adamo.

Dinara “I’m not like other girls ” is such one dimensional character and only Cora can make competition about sexual assault and trauma.

Adamo as kid I liked because he was different then his brothers but here he is just boring and I couldn’t care less about him.

Plus Dinara and Adamo have no chemistry overall complete waste of time.

ollyollyox's review against another edition

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dark emotional slow-paced

3.0

luvrhys's review against another edition

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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

dysthee's review against another edition

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4.0

Te amo adamo

uehfiwo's review against another edition

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4.0

I liked seeing Adamo again. It was interesting bringing in the Russian mafia into the story and I’m curious if there’ll be another series there.

cala_p's review against another edition

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4.0

Finally got to this series ending! After reading a lot of negative reviews, I was worried about jumping into this one, but I found myself pleasantly enjoying it.

Still, I give it four stars because it’s definitely missing that mafia element for me. I suppose it’s because Adamo was simply the younger brother with the different interests, but I was hoping this book would involve his delve into his brothers’ lifestyles, which wasn’t the case. It’s a good book but would serve well as a standalone, situated like Fragile Longing is - not apart of the two mafia series but connected.

The Bratva has been mentioned before but through Dianara, we really get insights into the actual characters. A lot of similarities between Dianara’s father and Luca, actually. I won’t lie, I’m hoping she creates a Bratva-focused series soon and this serves as an intro for those characters. Dianara mentions to half-brothers (or step?) either way, there’s more of her line that can have stories. And did anyone else like Dima? Just me. Because I was fascinated with his character and I want to see him with his own book!

And Remo. Oh, my heart. This book serves as another way to deepen Remo’s insane character. Even in the past, the man had a heart and interesting motives. He saves a little girl--his enemy’s daughter--and even keeps the people involved in her horrors alive just for her return. Such a great character element.

I should probably discuss this book’s characters now…. Adamo was basically what we saw in the past books, but older. He’s happy to be away from his family and running the races. Dianara was determined to chase her past and use Adamo to get what she wants--revenge. At first, we’re not told about her dark past so it did surprise me a bit but her motives for going to the US makes a lot of sense in the end.

Good read. Wasn’t my favourite Camorra book, but it wasn't the worst