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A review by cala_p
Fragile Longing by Cora Reilly
5.0
ARC received from The Next Step PR. Voluntarily reviewing and all opinions are objective and my own.
Read in one sitting! Because it is Cora Reilly and can we expect anything else?!?! Although this is listed as a standalone attached to her two mafia series, I would find value in reading all those first. Since I read the Born in Blood Chronicles, all except the latest one (and it’s been a while since those) and not the Camorra Chronicles (yet), I wasn’t sure who Sofia and Serafina was, and although I knew Remo was a name from Camorra, I didn’t have knowledge of the kidnapping they spoke about at the beginning of this book. So while it is classified as a standalone and I felt fine reading it in the end, my personal preference would have been to have every other book read beforehand to go into this one with a complete background of the characters.
I didn’t dislike one thing about this book! I loved the characters. Sofia isn’t too smart at times, but what redeems her is that she’s aware of this and pointed out her own faults. She knows she’s being dumb, and that’s step one. Also factoring in her age; it’s likely she would make the calls she did when faced with that all-consuming crush. Danilo wasn’t always the nicest of men, but he did have his reasons, and in the end he did come out on top for me. He is sweet to her and I loved all those scenes.
I enjoyed this plot and I enjoyed the mistake because it really did wonders for her character, and in the end, their relationship. Without it, she would have gone into that marriage the sweet-eyed girl who thought the world of him and all would be dandy. It played out that he needed to atone for mistakes and she didn’t feel 100% comfortable with him. It gave the plot time to develop the romance in a more natural and not forced way and showed his true feelings for her, and I love it for this.
When the romance does hit, oh boy, turn on a fan because these two are hot! Sizzling with the perfect amount of sweet...Danilo knows how to work!
With this story is the introduction of another marriage, with both characters connected to Sofia and Danilo. They’re talked a lot about before the wedding and not so afterwards and given the female character involved I really hope to see a book from them too! At this rate the connected ‘standalones’ that the author keeps writing will need a series name too.
Is there one book from this author I dislike?! She’ll have to just keep writing them I suppose and we’ll find out...
Read in one sitting! Because it is Cora Reilly and can we expect anything else?!?! Although this is listed as a standalone attached to her two mafia series, I would find value in reading all those first. Since I read the Born in Blood Chronicles, all except the latest one (and it’s been a while since those) and not the Camorra Chronicles (yet), I wasn’t sure who Sofia and Serafina was, and although I knew Remo was a name from Camorra, I didn’t have knowledge of the kidnapping they spoke about at the beginning of this book. So while it is classified as a standalone and I felt fine reading it in the end, my personal preference would have been to have every other book read beforehand to go into this one with a complete background of the characters.
I didn’t dislike one thing about this book! I loved the characters. Sofia isn’t too smart at times, but what redeems her is that she’s aware of this and pointed out her own faults. She knows she’s being dumb, and that’s step one. Also factoring in her age; it’s likely she would make the calls she did when faced with that all-consuming crush. Danilo wasn’t always the nicest of men, but he did have his reasons, and in the end he did come out on top for me. He is sweet to her and I loved all those scenes.
I enjoyed this plot and I enjoyed the mistake because it really did wonders for her character, and in the end, their relationship. Without it, she would have gone into that marriage the sweet-eyed girl who thought the world of him and all would be dandy. It played out that he needed to atone for mistakes and she didn’t feel 100% comfortable with him. It gave the plot time to develop the romance in a more natural and not forced way and showed his true feelings for her, and I love it for this.
When the romance does hit, oh boy, turn on a fan because these two are hot! Sizzling with the perfect amount of sweet...Danilo knows how to work!
With this story is the introduction of another marriage, with both characters connected to Sofia and Danilo. They’re talked a lot about before the wedding and not so afterwards and given the female character involved I really hope to see a book from them too! At this rate the connected ‘standalones’ that the author keeps writing will need a series name too.
Is there one book from this author I dislike?! She’ll have to just keep writing them I suppose and we’ll find out...