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dunndiggity's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Body horror, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Slavery, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual assault
Minor: Vomit
abicaro17's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Body horror, Gun violence, Stalking, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body shaming, War, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Grief
__romancereader__'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit
tguccione's review
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Death
Minor: Vomit
herbookarchives's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture
sami_leigh's review
- 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
3.5
🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
“What would he do with me? I’m…nobody.”
“You’re my wife. Hurting you would mean hurting me.”
“I don’t care what we agreed to. You’re mine now and I’m not letting you go.”
🗡️ First person dual POV
🗡️ First in a series that can be read as stand alone (I read book 2 first)
🗡️ Arranged marriage — blackmail to save father’s life
🗡️ Mafia romance
🗡️ Artist / mafia boss
🗡️ Age gap
🗡️ Nicknames
🗡️ Banter 👌🏻
🗡️ Toxic family
🗡️ Tension & spice 🥵
🗡️ Insta-love
🗡️ Protective & possessive MC 🙌🏻
🗡️ ‘My wife!’
🗡️ Well established secondary characters
🗡️ MC growth: trust, overcoming past trauma.
🗡️ Epilogue
🗡️ Quick read
• Issues with Nina’s family are never resolved fully — she puts her life in danger, marrying Roman, to fix his mistake.
• Third act breakup resolves quickly. Doesn’t for the severity with which the situation was presented.
⚠️ Violence (explicit), gun violence (explicit), death (explicit), torture (explicit), death of a parent (past), medical content/trauma (minor), injury/injury detail (explicit), pregnancy, drugs (minor, trafficking).
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Torture
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
colorcrystals's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual content
Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Death
Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Sexual violence
threeundertwopnw's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Ableism, Sexual content, Blood, Violence, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Car accident
bakergirlsbooks1999's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, and Vomit
mana_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual content
Minor: Vomit and Car accident