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WOW! Merciless was a gripping read! I was so addicted to Carter and Aria's story! I have been dying for a piece of Carter ever since I read Possessive and Hot Damn am I so glad it's finally here! Everyone has a Choice, but sometimes Choices are taken from you and Fate steps in! Carter's given a gift, he's taken a deal that he never saw coming. Aria has her own sad story and boy did my heart bleed for her. Carter is the master of control and he always gets what he wants, he wants Aria. Aria becomes so much more than his pawn, a beautifully broken piece in this War. Merciless was full of heart breaking revelations and thrilling suspense. But it was also sexy and sensual. Carter and Aria have a intense relationship, it's both scary and intriguing. You just can't help but want more. Carter is dangerous, a man you don't want to cross, but Aria makes his human. I have to say Carter is my favorite brother so far! I did enjoy the bits I got of Daniel in this book, and I loved that we get a bit more of the other two brothers. Nothing could have prepared me for that ending!! I'm still dying! Ugh!! Can't wait to see what Willow has for us next! She never disappoints to make you fall in love with her characters and give you a story you will be stewing on for days! I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

emma_fern's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

renaes01's review against another edition

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4.0

Damn this was dark. Normally when captor captive scenarios you see the hero at some points be caring and gentle or they eventually become that when they start to like the girl they kidnapped. Well...that does not fucking happen.

Carter treats Aria like shit and literally keeps her in a cell for weeks until she is starving, exhausted and so deprived of affection that she develops Stockholm Syndrome and starts to do anything for his affection.

Poor Aria is just so broken and manipulated and I honestly feel terrible for her. What she has to go through in this book and having to watch her go from a strong girl to a shell was really hard to read.

I do still like Carter in some way, maybe its because I read his back story and understand why he is fucked up, and I think he does care for her in his own way. However, we only see him have an obsession with her and want her to submit, there is literally no romance or love between them whatsoever. I honestly didn't even feel the sexual tension or like the smut scenes between them because you know Carter just wants to possess her and Aria is fucked in the head. I was routing more for Aria and one of his brothers because they treated her a lot better. We also don't even found out why he wants her to fear him so much so I don't understand his motivation but I'm assuming we will found out in the future.

In saying all that I still found it to be an interesting and very addictive read. I really hope he does eventually see how horribly he has been treating her and we see a HUGE grovel and change of character but...we'll see.

emileigherin's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.5

I’m not really sure how to describe my feelings toward this book. I’ve been wanting to read something from this author since seeing her on tiktok and thought this book (of all 4) would be a good start since it’s the most popular. I decided that I’d break them up into the separate books in case i couldn’t finish the big one which was a great idea. But I am honestly still processing this book. I liked the plot of the book but I didn’t like the whole captivity thing where she was being secluded. I know with it being a Mafia book, that happens but this was just different i guess. I normally love the whole dominating male character and the bdsm side of stuff but the whole depriving here of vital things just didn’t sit right with me. I’m not saying I didn’t like it, it just wasn’t what I was expecting. I plan to read the other 3 but I will have to wait until I can rent the book again lol.

ace97's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

stephfutch3's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I really struggled with this book! While it is somewhat interesting, I feel like it has the potential for so much more. It almost feels like W. Winters was writing from an outline & left out the real meat of the story.

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