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Broken Whispers (Special Edition Print) by Neva Altaj

9 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

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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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sydny_n's review against another edition

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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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sami_leigh's review against another edition

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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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lina5010's review against another edition

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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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lanaw's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


I don't care what the reviews say i loved right from the start
Why am I hiding in dark corners, stalking this girl I’ve only seen from afar, like a psycho?I haven't missed any of her shows for moths,and by now, i recognize exactly when her part comes
Maybe am just crazy but likes he def started falling in love with her before this book even fully started and i honestly love that for him. He started picking up on things that she liked or didn't like so fast  when they first met he already knew that she didn't like big crowds and it really gave insight to the reader about how much attention he shows her. I loved how it was't like the other mafia books where the husbanded is a control freak with low self-esteem and doesn't let the women do anything out of fear that their gonna leave. This book wasn't like that right from the beginning  he was respectful toward her and didn't force anything on her, and he didn't just ignore the abuse that her father made her endure he wen't and dealt with it which i loved because i find the biggest ick to be when they know the girl they say their  in love with is getting abused and does nothing.
As for Lena she dealt well with everything going on over all its a good book ignore the review (other then mine ovi and read the book you won't regret it i swear 
The only things that really bothered me is that they have a 10 year age gap like umm sir.... But also compared to some of the other books out there read i can't even complain about 10 years but also 
why did they change Romans entire personality through the book like i feel like he would've been encouraging the relationship and telling him to go for it and in this book hes like "shes not gonna deal with your issues" shut up or am telling Nina don't forget you got issues to sir

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absolutely_court's review against another edition

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

3.5


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ymread's review against another edition

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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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andeng's review against another edition

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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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laura_rheads_too_much's review against another edition

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

4.0


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