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Painted Scars

Neva Altaj

3.51 AVERAGE

dark 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

  • mafia themed
  • spice level: šŸŒ¶ļøšŸŒ¶ļøšŸŒ¶ļø (hits right, right timing and right amount for the scene)
  • predictive ending but still loved it
  • SO KILIG 
dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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: Yes

My new guilty pleasure and I’m not even sorry 🤣 I don’t even know how to explain this but this book.. I LOVED IT. 

Was it good? No. Was it deeply romantic? No. Was it fast-paced without any depth and did it have a cringe vibe? Absolutely. And yet, I. Couldn’t. Stop. Reading. It. I laughed out loud several times and I don’t even know why. 

Roman is a walking red flag and still there were moments where I found him kinda sweet and I felt so bad for him that I wanted to cry.  Like, why did I just want to hug this man?? Make it make sense.

I rated this book 4ā­ļø This book is very short and has pure guilty pleasure vibes and I would definitely recommend it. But don’t have high expectations.
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

2.5-3 stars… Definitely scratched the mafia itch and was a very easy, quick read.

I smiled a lot while reading! Just our typical mafia man, ā€œtouch her and you dieā€ antics.
I honestly enjoyed our FMC Nina, she was a little feisty and was intelligent .. (but how dare the mean mafia man that she loves kill somebody in front of her!!!)

Overall it was fine! Read it if you want, or don’t.
adventurous dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Sadly I was bored and disconnected from this book. Considering this was supposed to be a forced marriage of convenience I expected a bit more hatred and anger from the fmc towards the mmc, instead we get a hefty amount of fast paced, insta-lust.

HOWEVER, I do see potential for future books, and people rave about this series so I’ll continue it at some point.

started this series because of multiple good reviews on tiktok and was disappointed. I did not understand the main characters attraction towards each other and did not like them individually.

2.5⭐

3.75 ā­ļø

ā€œAt that moment Nina raises her head, our gazes connect, and she smiles at me. It’s like the sun has suddenly broken through the dark clouds, hitting me with its warmth, and I find myself wishing this was real and not just an act.ā€