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Painted Scars

Neva Altaj

3.51 AVERAGE


Did I enjoy this book? Yes, a mafia romance with Russians is new for me. Finally with a loveable FMC, their love story was really cute.
Was the the ending totally predictable? Absolutely. Nothing original, common trope in a mafia romance. 4 stars

birte123's review

4.5

Tolles Buch! 

I actually don't know what to think. It's good but not?

It was good, almost about to give four stars, I liked Roman and Nina and then after 90%..... I dislike what happened. That 10% ruined the whole book. Suddenly, Nina didn't deserve with Roman. He deserved with someone better. Not her. That was overreacting for someone cared to kill for her.
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It had a really good premise and the execution could have been a bit better. And also it felt insta - romance. I needed more angst but still a good read.

roman was kinda pissing me off for no reason actually
dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

3.5
Nina and Roman
This was.. odd.
Nina father stole from roman and it's either she married roman or he kills the father. She is a pro at acting/mimicking. She doesn't put up to much of a fight and they fall into tune pretty quickly. I liked her though she was not insufferable like a lot of the fmcs I've been reading. They divorce in the third act breakup bc she catches him killing the guy that hurt her after she said not to. She's scared of tall things bc of him and roman instructed his men to sit when in her presence so they wouldn't scare her. Hea & a epilogue pregnancy.
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swaitr's review

1.25
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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readingcats3's review

3.75
emotional funny lighthearted relaxing tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated