A review by sami_leigh
Broken Whispers by Neva Altaj

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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