4.03 AVERAGE

herondaneer's review

3.0

I love you Donny

plantlife19's review

3.75
dark tense fast-paced

rslofaso's review

4.0

What?!?! Why?!?! How?!? Seriously!!! Ms. McAvoy you are evil. I venture to say you have found your monster. Well done.

jessicafarthing's review

5.0

I have to say the first book of this series was a great story but i didn’t love their love story. Not so with this, i loved the love story in this book and can’t wait to read more! Much more along the lines of Liam and Melody!

ash_reads907's review

4.0

3.75 - i am not loving the spin off series as much as I hoped. Its still good, but seems to be semi-repeating things from the first series, which I find kind of boring. They are also a lot more tame, not as detailed, and I am not able to connect to the main characters at all.

lyn45's review

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. I skipped the first one...for now. Ethan isn't really capturing my attention, I'm also not a big fan of grown up Ethan

Dona was incredible. While I miss their parents I enjoyed her and Gabe. I REALLY want more of them, more of what lies ahead for them

This book had SO many errors, while somewhat annoying I was more than willing to overlook it for the content.

It did have a different feel to it than the original series which was in-fucking-credible.
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bobsvoid's review

4.0

"Every last person we kill is for family. If we don't kill them, they kill us. It is the way of the world. It is self-defense."


I'm not going to lie, I'm slightly disappointed. The great Donatella has been reduced to this book. Children of Vice ended in a goddamn bang. I was ready to throw my book and smash it because that cliffhanger was nuts. It ended with Donatella and all I thought was that I hated her and at the same time she was baddass.

I gave this four stars instead of three because it had elements that were amazing. There's going to be a spinoff series about this. I'm hoping that we'll see more of Donatella because she deserved better. She was mean, but she didn't show she was truly the daughter of mafia royalty.

"It's a tragedy really. Being as handsome as I am yet surrounded by women who prefer power instead."

"Power instead?" she replied. "You speak as if you are better than having power. What can you do that my gaining power can't?"

"I can keep you warm at night?"

"I'm rich. I can afford a blanket made with the fur of polar bears to keep me warm."


I want to give this a better review, but I'm not sure what to say.

Gabriel was secretive. He has a plan and that included getting Dona. Unfortunately, he's quite aware that it isn't going to be easy. He's prepared to work for it because he needs her to get what he wants. He's not ruthless, but he is determined.

Donatella is the only daughter of Bloody Mel and Liam, The Mad-Hatter. She's hungry for power, but realized she's getting lower on the totem pole as the days go on. She's not capable of killing her family, but she needs more out of life than being Ethan Callahan's sister.

What saved this book is the goddamn ending. I am thoroughly pissed at J.J. McAvoy the last dialogue is what got me. I. Am. Furious. Reading Ruthless People I thought it was going to end in a HEA, but it was a mafia HEA which was unexpected. Now McAvoy takes the trust I put into her, again, and takes someone away from me. I'm about to consume Children of Redemption because I'm angry and invested in these batshit crazy people.

Many people like to believe they are the master of their own fates, that nothing controls them. But in reality, fear and need to survive ruled over everything in their lives.

lzbthrmrz995's review

3.0

I liked it better than the first
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ribbitingreads's review

3.0

3.5 stars

That ending should be illegal. I'm just saying.

Also, can I just say that McAvoy is one of my favorite and only author's I will read mafia storylines from. I fell in love with Liam and Melody and now I am watching their children prosper in their own ways.

Donatella was always my favorite. She and Melody are my favorite characters. I loved how ambition and madly driven she was for her own dreams and goals. That she would do only for them yet still loved and cherished her family.

Her love interest was everything I could ever want for her. I was definitely surprised on who his identity was revealed to be in the end. I should have known, but McAvoy caught me off guard.

This series is not for the easily offended. I can't wait for Wyatt's story.

oliviam666's review

5.0

These books progressively get so