A review by covetedbooks
Fractured Souls by Neva Altaj

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

โ€œ๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™‹๐™–๐™จ๐™๐™– ๐™›๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™š, ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ . ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™โ€ฆ ๐™›๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™™. ๐™‹๐™–๐™จ๐™๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™š๐™˜๐™š๐™™ ๐™ข๐™š ๐™—๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง. ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ž๐™ข ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™œ๐™ก๐™ช๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ง๐™ค๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™š. ๐™‹๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š, ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™.โ€

I donโ€™t read mafia romances often, but when  Iโ€™m in the mood to read one, I always grab a Neva Altaj book. Her books are dark, steamy, and delicious. This book absolutely tore me apart. Itโ€™s the sixth book in the perfectly imperfect series, and while itโ€™s more focused on drama romance in this book, itโ€™s an incredibly beautiful storyline. 

I donโ€™t even know where to begin with this review because this book was so heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time. But first, let me just say that I have the upmost respect for authors that not only include trigger warnings and a note regarding said warnings with hotlines and resources for help, but also intense respect for writing and conveying Asyaโ€™s story in a delicate manner. 

Fractured Souls is a book about healing, dealing with PTSD, resilience, and survival. Asyaโ€™s story tore me apart, and Pashaโ€™s love and patience towards Asya put the pieces back together. He builds her confidence back up, and alters his lifestyle in order to focus on Asya and her healing journey as she navigates the aftermath of her trauma. 

This book has HEAVY triggers, so please read the trigger list before you pick up this book. Neva Altaj, you set the bar so high for dark mafia romance novels! 

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