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Broken Whispers (Special Edition Print) by Neva Altaj

10 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Ugh so cute! Ok so I think I liked this better than the last book just a tad! Bianca is a mute Italian mafia princess being offered to the Russians as a wife to bring peace. Mikhail is the enforcer of the Russian mob and has been watching Bianca dance for months. Between Mikhail's no touching and scars and Biancas voice and shit family, the trauma was very prominent in the plot. What wasn't? Mikhails daughter Lena. She's present for plot purposes but she disappears in the last 50ish pages. She isn't even in the epilogue (that I remember). Just kinda weird plot hole stuff. The actual romance and main plot was great and interesting though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Bullying, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, War, Car accident, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Stalking

hellowildflower's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Rape, War, Vomit, and Pregnancy

dovahkiin_shea's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Death, and Physical abuse

lina5010's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

5.0

I consumed this book so fast
I immediately fell in love with the characters. Very little plot but I loved the characters so much it didn’t even matter 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Trafficking and Death of parent

auri_underthing's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Three words to describe this book:
Crave. Blood. Gunshot.

It was quite sweet. I loved Bianca and Lena. Mikhail, Mikhial? Mickhale? Him, he kinda weirded me out. He was very, very obsessed with Bianca. Also he told Lena’s bio mum that he would kill her if she got an abortion…? Uhhh, so that was a bit off putting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape

absolutely_court's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Blood, Death, Body horror, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

danicam's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Gore, Violence, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Bullying and Trafficking

whoisambar's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Minor: Physical abuse

ariana_m's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

5.0

This was amazing! Mikhail and Bianca were so cute. They're relationship was so pure?? Everything about them was so sweet. Mikhail being a single dad was a surprise in the beginning. I didn't expect that lol but his daughter was adorable. I loved the representation throughout this between both of the main characters .There's so much more I want to say but that will take too long lol. This was everything and exactly what I wanted from the last book. I will probably be rereading in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion

andeng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Cursing, Medical content, Body shaming, Gore, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Rape

Moderate: Drug use and Death of parent