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abicaro17's review against another edition
- 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
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
sydny_n's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Torture, Murder, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Violence, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence
Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape
herbookarchives's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Torture, Gore, Blood, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Stalking
sami_leigh's review against another edition
- 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
“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).
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
- 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
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
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Death, and Physical abuse
saraheckes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence
lina5010's review against another edition
- 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 immediately fell in love with the characters. Very little plot but I loved the characters so much it didn’t even matter
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
johall7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Car accident