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bee_thebibliophile 's review for:
Broken Vow
by Sophie Lark
Well, I really expected Riona to end up with Dante, but it turns out that Raylan was the perfect guy for her all along. I’ve been excited to get a peek into Riona’s head and how it works since the first book and I wasn’t disappointed at all by her story!
Riona Griffin’s determined to be seen as a formidable opponent, both in and out of the courtroom, and has built up walls around herself to create a stern, no nonsense persona. Everything about her is perfectly calculated - her appearance, her personality, her dates, her ambition...but being the target of an assassin really turns her world upside down, starting with the addition of Raylan Boone to her daily life.
Raylan served in the military with Dante and has traveled the world with a team of mercenaries, so when Callum and Dante decide she needs a personal bodyguard, Raylan is the first person they call. He’s a country boy whose specialty is reading people and he’s got Riona’s number. While serving as her bodyguard, he picks up on how to thaw out the ice queen and turn her into a living, breathing, feeling human again.
I couldn’t see the connection between the two of them at first other than the obvious physical attraction. But once they get out of Chicago, both of them start to flourish and finally come into their own as characters, connecting on a different level and finally opening up about the things they keep hidden from everyone else. I really enjoyed seeing them push each other, grow together and really accept their own happiness. This pairing felt the most real of all the pairings so far - they became more together than they ever could have been apart.
My biggest complaint is that there wasn’t enough closure on their story. Even if there’s some mentions of Riona and Raylan in the last book in the series, it won’t be enough. Once they make their decision to really be together, there’s so much more I’d like to see but I’m not hopeful we’ll ever get to see them happy and thriving together in their new environment.
Riona Griffin’s determined to be seen as a formidable opponent, both in and out of the courtroom, and has built up walls around herself to create a stern, no nonsense persona. Everything about her is perfectly calculated - her appearance, her personality, her dates, her ambition...but being the target of an assassin really turns her world upside down, starting with the addition of Raylan Boone to her daily life.
Raylan served in the military with Dante and has traveled the world with a team of mercenaries, so when Callum and Dante decide she needs a personal bodyguard, Raylan is the first person they call. He’s a country boy whose specialty is reading people and he’s got Riona’s number. While serving as her bodyguard, he picks up on how to thaw out the ice queen and turn her into a living, breathing, feeling human again.
I couldn’t see the connection between the two of them at first other than the obvious physical attraction. But once they get out of Chicago, both of them start to flourish and finally come into their own as characters, connecting on a different level and finally opening up about the things they keep hidden from everyone else. I really enjoyed seeing them push each other, grow together and really accept their own happiness. This pairing felt the most real of all the pairings so far - they became more together than they ever could have been apart.
My biggest complaint is that there wasn’t enough closure on their story. Even if there’s some mentions of Riona and Raylan in the last book in the series, it won’t be enough. Once they make their decision to really be together, there’s so much more I’d like to see but I’m not hopeful we’ll ever get to see them happy and thriving together in their new environment.