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Painted Scars by Neva Altaj

48 reviews

colorcrystals's review

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • 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


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threeundertwopnw's review

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dark emotional funny medium-paced
  • 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

A quick novella. Not really enemies to lovers, more like strangers to lovers or forced marriage. 

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bakergirlsbooks1999's review

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dark emotional fast-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? No

4.0


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johall7's review

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dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5


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lillithstorm's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0


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one_more_chapter96's review

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dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Twisted mafia romance but with heartwarming moments and humour. The disability rep was good to see and I liked Nina and how in control she was. Quick and easy read. 

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krystalframe's review

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3.0


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belle13's review

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

4.0

Tropes: Age Gap, Arranged Marriage, Touch Her and Die
Amount of spice: 🔥🔥🔥
Explicitness: 🌶️🌶️ .5

I debated between a 3.5 and 4 star rating for this one but decided on a 4 star because I loved Nina’s character so much. Nina stole the show for me. She was independent, self assured, great at communicating her needs, wants and fears and was also just a real laugh. Roman was also surprisingly sweet with just the right amount of scary. I have almost never laughed while reading a mafia romance and yet this one had me laughing on the regular.

The only things that I feel let it down were the fact that there was a lack of friendships - for Nina at least. I refuse to believe someone that funny wouldn’t have friends wondering where she was or wanting to spend time with her. I also thought that the romance was a little lacklustre at times and that the spice was almost an afterthought. It felt like not as much thought had gone into writing the spicy scenes and they were very short and to the point.

Overall, it was an entertaining, quick read and I would be very interested in reading the next few books. 

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ladylaurenexplorer's review

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I did give this a chance this wish is not some thing I would read again. Everything felt really rushed and off paste and literally at 77 pages. I knew that I was giving this a two.

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fnicholee's review

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

2.0


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