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Cruel Paradise

J.T. Geissinger

4.08 AVERAGE

emotional slow-paced
adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted slow-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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adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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3.75/5

So I do really like Killian, maybe more than Liam, but I did feel like this book was just too similar to the previous one. Sure Killian isn’t as brooding, but the women r the same age, and both choose to fight their attraction to their relative Black brother until they r worn down.

Overall, I enjoyed the book but that Killian’s story wasn’t just a reiteration of Liam’s.
emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

4.5
I think I liked this book a bit more than the first. It's probably because I already knew Killian as a character from Queens & Monsters and Dangerous Beauty. I did not like him in those books, but this book is his redemption.

Killian is now the head of the Irish mob, but he is posing at Liam.

He meets Juliet while she is stealing from one of his warehouses. A warehouse of diapers that she then donates. Juliet and her friends are the children of some very bad men and are trying to make up for their parent's wrongs. Her father happens to be the Black's largest rival.

Killian falls fast and hard for the thief with a heart of gold that one. He spends most of the book attempting to get Juliet to let him in, trust him, and love him.

He even seeks relationship advice from Liam, which is hysterical.

Troy Duran and Maryne Young, do a fantastic job with the narration of this book!

Tropes:
Irish Mafia
Age Gap
He Falls First
Instalust
Love at First Sight
Morally Grey MMC
Enemies Daughter
Enemies to Lovers

4.5 Stars
3.0 Spice
4.75 Narration