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Broken Whispers (Special Edition Print) by Neva Altaj

11 reviews

sydny_n's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

1.5

I mean I got what I wanted when I downloaded this. I wanted a quick mafia romance with more smut than romance, but even then it was ehhh. Also I haven’t seen a child introduced to a plot and then thrown away so quickly since that kid in Friends. 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Violence, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

sami_leigh's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

“Now, let’s clear up a few things. You touch my wife again, in any way, I cut off your hand.”

‘I wonder how a creature so painfully beautiful can bear to look at me and not flinch.’

🗡️ First person dual POV
🗡️ Second in a series that can be read as stand alone (I read this book first)
🗡️ Arranged marriage for alliances
🗡️ Mafia romance
🗡️ Ballerina / scared mafia ‘butcher’
🗡️ Age gap
🗡️ Nicknames 
🗡️ Toxic family 
🗡️ Tension & spice 🥵
🗡️ He’s been pining for her for years 
🗡️ Insta-chemistry
🗡️ Protective & possessive MCs 🙌🏻
🗡️ Would-crawl-home-to-her 
🗡️ ‘My wife!’
🗡️ Well established secondary characters
🗡️ MC growth: trust, overcoming past trauma.
🗡️ Representation via use of ASL for mute character 
🗡️ Epilogue 
🗡️ Quick read

⚠️ Violence (explicit), gun violence (explicit), death (explicit), torture (explicit), death of a parent (past), medical content/trauma (explicit), injury/injury detail (explicit), fire injury (explicit, past), rape (mentioned, not recounted, no MC), pregnancy (not MC), drugs (minor, trafficking), car accident (past, not recounted).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Death, and Medical content

Minor: Rape, Car accident, Drug use, and Pregnancy

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

flor3nce17's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

Quick and easy read. Liked both of the main characters and loved the dynamic between the two. I also loved Mikhail's relationship with his daughter 💖

My heart wanted to hug Mikhail 💚 and I loved how Bianca is a strong and loving character. 

This has dark themes and scenes of torture where the main character executes it which I am not a fan of but it's what you get when picking mafia books 😆

Last thing, I realised that I'm not a fan of over the top possessive/jealous characters 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture and Sexual content

Minor: Rape

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

herinterlude's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I am so in love with Bianca and Mikhail. Bianca is the daughter of a capo and interesting development, she is mute. However don’t even think for a moment that being mute stops her from being badass because it doesn’t. Mikhail has touch contact issues and a scarred body and face, which makes him to be very popular being stared at and whatnot. I honestly loved this short book, they are so cute and I loved it. If the book could be longer, I would be even happier.

I want to know what happened to her older sister though. Her older sister has an issue with her and was the one who had basically led Bianca into the trap. I know her Dad ends up dying (very well deserved) but we don’t hear what happens to her and we see nothing of her brother, who has an issue with her husband. A bit of loose ends

but nevertheless an amazing book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture and Kidnapping

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

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Death

Minor: Rape and Abandonment

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

ymread's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Gun violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Death of parent