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Painted Scars

Neva Altaj

3.51 AVERAGE

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The perfect book to read when working at Albertina modern … easy, quick, romance

No creo que esté sea un libro que deba tomarme en serio, por eso no me di mala vida mientras lo leí... pero eso no lo salva de que la trama sea inconsistente, los personajes medio desubicados y las situaciones demasiado exageradas. Aún así me pareció entretenido la primera mitad del libro, incluso hizo que me riera de lo absurdo que era todo (pase un buen rato gracias eso, no lo voy a negar), pero después del 60% (más o menos) se puso medio repetitivo y tedioso al punto de llegar a aburrirme un poco.

En fin, no es la mejor lectura del mundo, pero me hizo pasar un rato divertido y también tomo eso en cuenta, así que está bien.
dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Nothing extraordinary but a short and sweet mafia romance 

Easy sweet reading despite the dark/grey aspect !

wow!

This is officially my favorite mafia romance… I love the representation of disabled people, and I also love how overly protective Roman becomes over time and the slow burn! Pheeeeeew!

From Russia with blood. It was decent. I will forget everything in 2 weeks.

thuvaraha14's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 33%

Lost interest pretty quickly. Pure lust 
tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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abmalada's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

DNF @ 47%. I just couldn’t get through this book. It’s advertised as an enemies-to-lovers romance, but it’s not, even a little bit. It’s “enemies” in the sense that the FMC’s dad is blackmailed such that she has an arranged, fake marriage to the Bratva pakhan. However, (and this is a good thing) both the MMC and FMC act like adults about it and are not antagonistic with each other. It’s refreshing to read about an FMC who takes the hand she’s dealt, accepts it, and does the best she can in her situation. However, it’s not enemies to lovers – it feels more like friends to lovers. There’s also no romantic buildup, from the first meeting both characters are into each other, and the romance comes across the way a young teenager’ crush would.