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thisreadingcorner's review against another edition
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, and Violence
midnightrose_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Stolen Heir is the second book in the ‘Brutal Birthright’ series. Nessa Griffin is the youngest daughter of the Griffin family. She’s a college student and ballet dancer. She gets kidnapped after her Jeep malfunctions. Mikolaj Wilk is apart of the Polish Braterstwo. He wants to get revenge on the Gallo’s and the Griffin’s who in the previous book killed his mentor/adoptive father Tymon Zajac. So he has one of his men kidnap Nessa and bring her to his house. Her family are frantic to find her. After a false exchange and brief alliance with the Russian Bratva, Miko realizes that he not only loves Nessa but that he wants a marriage alliance with the Griffins (and by extension the Gallos). And Nessa feels a strong connection to him as well. The get married at the end of the book, both having been changed for the better having met each other.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape
ariallbooked's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
4.0
The Beauty & the Beast retelling I didn't know I needed!!
Straight out of the gate, I knew I was going to love Mikolaj. His backstory brought me to tears & completely broke my heart, but it left me with this little glimmer of hope for him as the story went on. Yes, he's the leader of the Polish mafia out to destroy the family unit I grew to love back in book one, but still, Miko had a piece of my heart! Nessa Griffin, on the other hand, is the complete opposite of Miko. Nessa is super sheltered, but she's so sweet & pure and just wants to be your average college-aged ballerina. She's the youngest Griffin in the Irish mafia family, and though she's aware of her family's mafia involvement, she's not interested in the business like her older brother and sister.
"Sometimes I think they want to keep me that way so at least one part of the family stays pure and innocent."
I'm not going to lie, when I found out this book was following Nessa, I was a bit weary. I enjoyed her in Brutal Prince, but at the time, she didn't stick out much to me enough to have her own book, but OH BOY was I wrong!!! Nessa's character development was AMAZING! She realized that her being sheltered has hindered her more than helped, and she's set on changing it (Sidenote: I loved her friendship with Klara so much).
“I see her, and she sees me. I was death, and she was life. I thought I’d had stolen her, brought her down to the underworld. All the while she was waking me up. Stirring the blood in my veins. Breathing air into my lungs.”
Watching Miko slowly fall for Nessa made me swoon! Because Nessa is innocent and inexperienced in all things life, this book isn't as spicy as the first, but I didn't mind it at all. Also in true mafia romance fashion, there's a lot of action, violence, and gore, so PLEASE check the trigger warning before going into this one.
Nero's book is next, and I'm super excited!
Straight out of the gate, I knew I was going to love Mikolaj. His backstory brought me to tears & completely broke my heart, but it left me with this little glimmer of hope for him as the story went on. Yes, he's the leader of the Polish mafia out to destroy the family unit I grew to love back in book one, but still, Miko had a piece of my heart! Nessa Griffin, on the other hand, is the complete opposite of Miko. Nessa is super sheltered, but she's so sweet & pure and just wants to be your average college-aged ballerina. She's the youngest Griffin in the Irish mafia family, and though she's aware of her family's mafia involvement, she's not interested in the business like her older brother and sister.
"Sometimes I think they want to keep me that way so at least one part of the family stays pure and innocent."
I'm not going to lie, when I found out this book was following Nessa, I was a bit weary. I enjoyed her in Brutal Prince, but at the time, she didn't stick out much to me enough to have her own book, but OH BOY was I wrong!!! Nessa's character development was AMAZING! She realized that her being sheltered has hindered her more than helped, and she's set on changing it (Sidenote: I loved her friendship with Klara so much).
“I see her, and she sees me. I was death, and she was life. I thought I’d had stolen her, brought her down to the underworld. All the while she was waking me up. Stirring the blood in my veins. Breathing air into my lungs.”
Watching Miko slowly fall for Nessa made me swoon! Because Nessa is innocent and inexperienced in all things life, this book isn't as spicy as the first, but I didn't mind it at all. Also in true mafia romance fashion, there's a lot of action, violence, and gore, so PLEASE check the trigger warning before going into this one.
Nero's book is next, and I'm super excited!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Minor: Rape and Suicide
ayaaamor's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Minor: Suicide
hazelgirl21's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Murder
marisam104's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide
romanceschmomance's review against another edition
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I feel like we're getting closer with just the right balance and for what I'm hoping. Stolen Heir is a bit of a Beauty and the Beast retelling, which aren't really my favorites, but here we are.
I love that Sophie does a really great job shining the light on various elements in her books, one of them being the heroines. I really do like them a lot.
The mafia side of things is always quite interesting and I felt like you're in it more with Stolen Heir. Miko doesn't hold back and can be pretty ruthless. When it came to his past, I thought it would have been discussed more in the present especially with Nessa.
I was surprised a bit as we get closer to the end because there were definitely some things that I didn't expect to be handled the way they were.
Other than that, still very much an enjoyable read, and I can't quite get enough of them.
One thing I wanted to point out is that some of the analogies used in this, I could have definitely done without.
I love that Sophie does a really great job shining the light on various elements in her books, one of them being the heroines. I really do like them a lot.
The mafia side of things is always quite interesting and I felt like you're in it more with Stolen Heir. Miko doesn't hold back and can be pretty ruthless. When it came to his past, I thought it would have been discussed more in the present especially with Nessa.
I was surprised a bit as we get closer to the end because there were definitely some things that I didn't expect to be handled the way they were.
Other than that, still very much an enjoyable read, and I can't quite get enough of them.
One thing I wanted to point out is that some of the analogies used in this, I could have definitely done without.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Rape
vicariouslyy's review against another edition
dark
reflective
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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Sexual harassment
fatherkrystal's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
absolutely love sophie lark and her twist on the disney classic "beauty and the beast."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Death and Sexual assault
zehelleroth's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
3 -No lo que esperaba -estrellas
*SPOILER ALERT*
Miko es un hombre brutal, criado por un hobre que no conoce la piedad, después de todo, no le queda nada que perder. Entonces, cuando el hombre que lo ayudó es asesinado por la familia rival, está más que dispuesto a derramar la sangre de inocentes si es necesario para vengarse.
Nessa es la princesa de la mafia, aunque no realmente, no cuando la protegen de todo. Así, Nessa tiene una vida normal, pero eso también significa que está desprotegida y confía con demasiada facilidad.
Cuando Miko la secuestra, el dolor de saber que su familia sufre, alimenta su odio y recentimiento hacia él, sin embargo, hay algo más bajo la superficie, no puede evitar notar lo mucho que racciona a su cercanía.
Miko se sente posesivo con Nessa, y a pesar de que se dice a si mismo, que es por el bien de su plan, parece que no puede resistirce a su mirada inocente y la bondad que su presencia irradia.
Pero una guerra está en camino y ambos deberán elegir el bando al que pertenecen antes de que sea demasiado tarde.
Luego de que el primer libro me gustara bastante, pensé que Stolen Heir sría como mínimo algo bueno y lleno de toda esa emoción que esta clase de relación conlleva, pero desafortunadamente la química no estuv ahí.
Aunque disfruto mucho del arquetipo de la bella y la bestia, la historia de Sophie Lark queda plana y no llega a ser lo que debiera.
Para empezar, Miko, en mi opinión no tiene alma, es decir, no hay nada detrás del personaje, su cmabio de corazón es demasiado abrupto y poco creíble. Mientras que Nessa hace muy poco para interpretar el papel, fuera de que es inteligente aprendiendo polaco, y su relación con la empleada de Miko, no me sentí conectada a ella y desafortunadamente, cayó muy pronto en la categoría de niña tonta.
Ninguno de ls dos evoluciona de la manera esperada y la tensión se disuelve cuando el único escenario es la casa de Miko. Además, sus pensamientos confilctúan y no de la manera que uno esperaría. No sólo eso, las escenas de dormitorio no me entusiasmaron demasiado, así como toda la química entre ambos en general, y terminé por saltarme párrafos y páginas enteras para poder seguir y no estancarme.
La verdad es que no vi mucho de lo que tanto me gustó en el primer libro, y eso es triste porque en serio me gustn las series de mafia y quería agregar una más, y sobre todo una que fuera larga pero por como me siento en este momento con el segundo libro, no me apetece demasiado leer el tercero, pero lo haré, quiero darle una última oportunidad a esta autora y ver a dónde me lleva la siguiente vez.
*SPOILER ALERT*
Miko es un hombre brutal, criado por un hobre que no conoce la piedad, después de todo, no le queda nada que perder. Entonces, cuando el hombre que lo ayudó es asesinado por la familia rival, está más que dispuesto a derramar la sangre de inocentes si es necesario para vengarse.
Nessa es la princesa de la mafia, aunque no realmente, no cuando la protegen de todo. Así, Nessa tiene una vida normal, pero eso también significa que está desprotegida y confía con demasiada facilidad.
Cuando Miko la secuestra, el dolor de saber que su familia sufre, alimenta su odio y recentimiento hacia él, sin embargo, hay algo más bajo la superficie, no puede evitar notar lo mucho que racciona a su cercanía.
Miko se sente posesivo con Nessa, y a pesar de que se dice a si mismo, que es por el bien de su plan, parece que no puede resistirce a su mirada inocente y la bondad que su presencia irradia.
Pero una guerra está en camino y ambos deberán elegir el bando al que pertenecen antes de que sea demasiado tarde.
Luego de que el primer libro me gustara bastante, pensé que Stolen Heir sría como mínimo algo bueno y lleno de toda esa emoción que esta clase de relación conlleva, pero desafortunadamente la química no estuv ahí.
Aunque disfruto mucho del arquetipo de la bella y la bestia, la historia de Sophie Lark queda plana y no llega a ser lo que debiera.
Para empezar, Miko, en mi opinión no tiene alma, es decir, no hay nada detrás del personaje, su cmabio de corazón es demasiado abrupto y poco creíble. Mientras que Nessa hace muy poco para interpretar el papel, fuera de que es inteligente aprendiendo polaco, y su relación con la empleada de Miko, no me sentí conectada a ella y desafortunadamente, cayó muy pronto en la categoría de niña tonta.
Ninguno de ls dos evoluciona de la manera esperada y la tensión se disuelve cuando el único escenario es la casa de Miko. Además, sus pensamientos confilctúan y no de la manera que uno esperaría. No sólo eso, las escenas de dormitorio no me entusiasmaron demasiado, así como toda la química entre ambos en general, y terminé por saltarme párrafos y páginas enteras para poder seguir y no estancarme.
La verdad es que no vi mucho de lo que tanto me gustó en el primer libro, y eso es triste porque en serio me gustn las series de mafia y quería agregar una más, y sobre todo una que fuera larga pero por como me siento en este momento con el segundo libro, no me apetece demasiado leer el tercero, pero lo haré, quiero darle una última oportunidad a esta autora y ver a dónde me lleva la siguiente vez.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Kidnapping