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xoacp's review against another edition
2.0
This is Stockholm Syndrome at its finest. It felt raw with complex, damaged characters. I didn't like the way it was executed. Nothing about it I liked, actually. This actually made me realize that the kidnapping trope might not be my thing.
blvelances's review against another edition
1.0
after everything talia has endured i expected, hoped for a comforting story in her book. a good man who would care for her, instead of the toxic shit she got.
sure he has his problems, but that doesn’t excuse anything.
he’s 12 years older than her, tells her from the get go he ‘won’t be able to love her’ and insists on it. he has no consideration for her, calls her a whore (there’s no real acknowledgment in this book of the horror she has been through and certainly not from him), he’s trying to get her pregnant so that she won’t be suicidal anymore ??? i know this book isn’t a guide to help people who have been through trauma but COME ON! she’s in her early 20s, has been sold into slavery, was a sexual slave, was severely abused in various ways and before that was already struggling with demons - LET THE GIRL HAVE FUN? be in possession of her own body? let her recover without excessive sex and trying to get her pregnant ?
and i almost threw up when he stood in front of the monster who raped her and sold her and he feels POSSESSIVE that she’s slept with the guy before. i just gave up on it all
talia seriously deserved way better and even though it’s fictional - it didn’t feel good to me. women go through the worst shit in some books and it’s as if they deserved it. it’s not even about them it becomes about men. lucky she gets off on all the terrible shit in this book because mc didn’t stop once to ask her opinion
there is bo redemption for a man who keeps hurting her the way he’s doing. 200 pages before the end he’s holding her captive in a room with no means to communicate with anyone
women are supposed to be perfect little martyr, in books written by WOMEN. misogynistic women.
instead of all this suffering maybe the book should have focused on healing. and mack should have had a bigger part in the book, it would have only made sense
additional random thought : talia doesn’t get to be mad at him, or to be sad or anything - she gets deprived of that fairly quickly. alexei? he gets to be mad, irrational, lock her up (pregnant) for weeks, and it’s just the way it is. alpha. powerful. manly… seriously what kind of woman supports this
sure he has his problems, but that doesn’t excuse anything.
he’s 12 years older than her, tells her from the get go he ‘won’t be able to love her’ and insists on it. he has no consideration for her, calls her a whore (there’s no real acknowledgment in this book of the horror she has been through and certainly not from him), he’s trying to get her pregnant so that she won’t be suicidal anymore ??? i know this book isn’t a guide to help people who have been through trauma but COME ON! she’s in her early 20s, has been sold into slavery, was a sexual slave, was severely abused in various ways and before that was already struggling with demons - LET THE GIRL HAVE FUN? be in possession of her own body? let her recover without excessive sex and trying to get her pregnant ?
and i almost threw up when he stood in front of the monster who raped her and sold her and he feels POSSESSIVE that she’s slept with the guy before. i just gave up on it all
talia seriously deserved way better and even though it’s fictional - it didn’t feel good to me. women go through the worst shit in some books and it’s as if they deserved it. it’s not even about them it becomes about men. lucky she gets off on all the terrible shit in this book because mc didn’t stop once to ask her opinion
there is bo redemption for a man who keeps hurting her the way he’s doing. 200 pages before the end he’s holding her captive in a room with no means to communicate with anyone
women are supposed to be perfect little martyr, in books written by WOMEN. misogynistic women.
instead of all this suffering maybe the book should have focused on healing. and mack should have had a bigger part in the book, it would have only made sense
additional random thought : talia doesn’t get to be mad at him, or to be sad or anything - she gets deprived of that fairly quickly. alexei? he gets to be mad, irrational, lock her up (pregnant) for weeks, and it’s just the way it is. alpha. powerful. manly… seriously what kind of woman supports this
cupiecat's review against another edition
5.0
I have just finished this story and I'm so sad to see it it end. I have come to love these characters. All the characters in this series of books. Ronin will always be special to to me but Alexi is strong, damaged and to protective of the loves of his life. This book was an a emotional read and I loved every minute of it. I hope the author continues to write of these characters I love so much. I have that the series will go on so that a reader can continue to be a part of these characters lives.
torixreads's review against another edition
3.0
DNF 50% I knew I wouldn’t be enjoying this book. I struggle with graphic rape scenes and sex trafficking as means for a storyline. I tried but it’s not for me and life is short.
caitybell's review against another edition
5.0
The thing I love most about the Boston Underworld series is that each Mafia Romance book has its own individually popular trope that it plays upon.
Crow: Girl infiltrates
Reaper: Girl sees a crime
Ghost: Girl was sold as a slave
Saint: Girl wants revenge
Thief: Girl is taken as collateral
Connor: Marriage of convenience
We've all read romances with a bunch of these tropes and it makes for a series that isn't the same thing over and over again with each book.
Ghost features yet another dark plot, a girl has been rescued by a mafia man as a favor. But recovering from the kind of horrid existence she was forced to live as a sex slave for months proves something that may not be achievable. This book is difficult to stomach at parts, and at others so darn emotional that you never really give up hope for that HEA. The two MCs are both broken and hurting and it takes a rocky start and a wobbling stretch of road until they are able to truly heal and find solace in one another. And I think that's why those of us who enjoy darker romances do so. It's the redemption, the healing. Not only the tension between the two love interests but the way they are able to find and create something beautiful together when the world is so dark. I know that sounds dramatic, but I always feel such joy when things finally work out in the end with these kinds of books that, for so many chapters, are so bleak!
Major TW: Rape, violence, torture.
Crow: Girl infiltrates
Reaper: Girl sees a crime
Ghost: Girl was sold as a slave
Saint: Girl wants revenge
Thief: Girl is taken as collateral
Connor: Marriage of convenience
We've all read romances with a bunch of these tropes and it makes for a series that isn't the same thing over and over again with each book.
Ghost features yet another dark plot, a girl has been rescued by a mafia man as a favor. But recovering from the kind of horrid existence she was forced to live as a sex slave for months proves something that may not be achievable. This book is difficult to stomach at parts, and at others so darn emotional that you never really give up hope for that HEA. The two MCs are both broken and hurting and it takes a rocky start and a wobbling stretch of road until they are able to truly heal and find solace in one another. And I think that's why those of us who enjoy darker romances do so. It's the redemption, the healing. Not only the tension between the two love interests but the way they are able to find and create something beautiful together when the world is so dark. I know that sounds dramatic, but I always feel such joy when things finally work out in the end with these kinds of books that, for so many chapters, are so bleak!
Major TW: Rape, violence, torture.
falling_flower's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Loved talia and ghost but I wish that ebook was more fleshed out and longer. And I wish the ending was so rushed
sonialusiveira's review against another edition
4.0
Our heroine Talia was kidnapped by her boyfriend when they were in a vacation and was sold to a s*x trafficking ring. She was bought by a man named Arman, an arms dealer for the Bulgarian mafia. Our hero is Alexei, the counselor to the Pakhan of the Russian mafia. He was tasked to find and save the heroine. Well, as all romance goes, he found her and made her his wife. A bit cliché from the overall arc but the execution was well done. Even though Alexei is a high ranking Vor, he has his own secrets that made him broken and when he found the broken Talia, he bonded with her instantly. I love how the way Alexei cared for Talia didn't change the nature of the man he is supposed to be - cold, cruel and vicious. And the rampage he went on when he thought Talia was dead? Awfully sweet, lol. Overall, another great read.
mbgraham's review against another edition
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
3.0