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dark
funny
hopeful
relaxing
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
WOW! i actually enjoyed this book LMAO. like the other 2 books in the series were romances with practically no chemistry, like the FMC loved him and would take a bullet for him and sure the MMC was possessive but beside that he didn't seem to care for her and it seemed like a rushed romance with all the love coming in the last chapter/epilogue.
but i really liked this book. regardless of what anyone says Gianna was amazing. she spoke her mind and reminded me of Nix from The Spy by Sophie Lark (which if you've read, you know is amazing and shes incredible). her feelings weren't unreasonable and her behaviour was justifiable imo, like ik in the book everyone else thinks shes a bit questionable but idc i love her to bits and pieces. she's scared and she's brave and she's so many things at once and i think although it was a little rushed, it was captured so well here and there's deffo an improvement that you can see with this book's characters as opposed to the first book.
ALSO DIBUFHIJ there was dual pov which we hadn't seen in the first book which really added to the experience. it gave us so much more insight into Matteo's mindset which I think would've been amazing in the first 2 books. Matteo is this flirty, play-boy type who has his eye set on Gianna and regardless of what she does to get away from him, he knows what he wants AND HE'LL GET IT. he was funny and charming and idc what that says about me but i loved him.
the chemistry between them both was THERE!!!! like oh my gosh Reilly finally delivered with an actual romances and she really put some effort into this one man. i dont wanna spoil it too much so ill leave the rest but i just loved the way we had both characters pov and could really see their feelings and the conflicting emotions and everything <3
but like i said. it was still rushed. like there was 2 big kinda events that happened in the play and i feel like they were both half-done and instead of developing on these events which had had such a big lead up to them, we were instead handed with time jumps. no flashbacks or nada, i notice that Reilly seems to do this in her other books too which just really takes away from the experience. like sure we see the characters feelings after but what's the point in even including them if the whole build-up was practically for nothing.like there was such a big build up to her growing up and the wedding and all we got were just boring time-jumps and then when she ran away it wouldve been AMAZING and added so much to see her pov and get a view of her daily-life and how she was actually doing without the mafia and everything with her being on the run but instead we just got the tiniest little snippets, like not even enough paragraphs for a small chapter and then all of a sudden she was found again!?!? like especially with her in chicago. what was the point of her being in chicago, the very place where her family lived if she literally did nothing there? it seemed so useless and just like a dumb filler paragraph, esp as it Aria had literally said that her passport would be useless bc they'd known that A would help G and that in europe there was no border control and that whole spiel. what was the point of that for her just to travel back to europe anyway?
but i really liked this book. regardless of what anyone says Gianna was amazing. she spoke her mind and reminded me of Nix from The Spy by Sophie Lark (which if you've read, you know is amazing and shes incredible). her feelings weren't unreasonable and her behaviour was justifiable imo, like ik in the book everyone else thinks shes a bit questionable but idc i love her to bits and pieces. she's scared and she's brave and she's so many things at once and i think although it was a little rushed, it was captured so well here and there's deffo an improvement that you can see with this book's characters as opposed to the first book.
ALSO DIBUFHIJ there was dual pov which we hadn't seen in the first book which really added to the experience. it gave us so much more insight into Matteo's mindset which I think would've been amazing in the first 2 books. Matteo is this flirty, play-boy type who has his eye set on Gianna and regardless of what she does to get away from him, he knows what he wants AND HE'LL GET IT. he was funny and charming and idc what that says about me but i loved him.
the chemistry between them both was THERE!!!! like oh my gosh Reilly finally delivered with an actual romances and she really put some effort into this one man. i dont wanna spoil it too much so ill leave the rest but i just loved the way we had both characters pov and could really see their feelings and the conflicting emotions and everything <3
but like i said. it was still rushed. like there was 2 big kinda events that happened in the play and i feel like they were both half-done and instead of developing on these events which had had such a big lead up to them, we were instead handed with time jumps. no flashbacks or nada, i notice that Reilly seems to do this in her other books too which just really takes away from the experience. like sure we see the characters feelings after but what's the point in even including them if the whole build-up was practically for nothing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Torture
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment
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