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The Reaper by RuNyx
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-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? No
4.0
๐ป.๐พ: Human Trafficking, Rape (past, recounted), Panic Attacks, Suicide and Suicidal Ideation, Blood Depiction, Death of a Parent (on and off page), Death of a Sibling (mentioned), Murder and Attempted Murder (including children), Torture, Gun Violence, Explosion, Kidnapping (mentioned).
Head for the Triggers in the author's note before proceeding with the book!
๐ญ The Reaper is the second instalment in the Dark Verse series and the last instalment focusing on the point-of-view of Morana and Tristan.
The follow-up to The Predator starts right where we left Morana and Tristan. Now they are on a mission to find out what happened to the codes and the mystery surrounding the missing girls while surrounded by enemies and figuring out how their relationship will work in this volatile world of crime.
The sequel to The Predator has continued to deliver on the expectations set from book one. Everything that you experience in book one? Expect more. More thrill. More tension. More pain. More stakes. More heat.
The action and the plot in this book amped up and once again there was still a lot of repetition when it came to whiskey and sin but, thankfully, his blue eyes were mentioned a little less and they didn't just stare at each other most of the time but there was a lot of internal monologuing by the heroine (no choice here, it's in her POV after all).
However, when a book has such a gripping and captivating storyline, it becomes easier to overlook those repetitions.
Tristan is way too silent for my liking for more than half of the book like hardly a few sentences!! The second half does improve a bit with more than fewer sentences from Tristan.
I absolutely adore Tristan. His character growth in this book was truly remarkable, delivering everything I had hoped for. He's a captivating blend of lethal, intimidating, and scary, yet he's equally tender, caring, and fiercely protective when it comes to Morana. In short, he embodies everything I desire and everything I need in a character๐ฅฐ. I loved how we got so much more information about Tristan in this book(like he has a fucking dimple๐ซ ), he became a real person instead of just an idea and it was really well done(If we have this book from his POVs as well then this book would have been chef's kiss).
So glad to see more TristanDante scenes and how they had each otherโs backs their entire lives. Their bromance was everything!!
Morana continues to be a total badass in this story, and her interactions with Lorenzo Maroni filled my heart with glee! Further, just like in the previous book, I cherished Morana's bond with Dante and her friendship with Amara. Finally, she found people who genuinely cared about her and for whom she truly mattered. There are a lot of suspenseful scenes with Morana fighting for her life and Dante and Tristan either coming to her aid or helping her out after.
This book was an emotional rollercoaster, filled with so many heartfelt scenes. And the bond between Tristan and Morana was truly special. They are now a couple and fight the fact throughout the story and I loved the way they got together as a couple, found their missing pieces in each other and aligned themselves to each other without changing their individuality. It's beautiful to see how they were always there for each other, even in their own quiet and subtle ways. Those moments of support and understanding really tug at my heartstrings. It's one of the things that makes this book so memorable and touching. It's incredible how Tristan and Morana have this deep connection where they can understand each other just by looking into each other's eyes. It's like they have their own secret language, communicating volumes without uttering a single word. Those unspoken conversations can be so powerful and intimate, creating a bond that goes beyond words. His relationship with Morana was so sweet and so many times I was saying awwww out loud! The way Morana just knows what he can and can't give and accepts him completely is really beautiful. It's truly magical to witness such a profound connection between characters.
My favorite part was the EPILOGUE(No Spoilers - You will love it and those who have already read it know what I am talking about!!)
Overall, some answers are found, but Tristanโs sister is still in the wind. The code theft is resolved almost as an afterthought, but the thief is a big player in Moranaโs life. The ending was amazing! The Reaper's revelation was so damn good! I think reading all the books is a must because there are a lot of things that are left unanswered! IT'S DEFINITELY NOT STANDALONE.
Enemies to Lovers? CHECK
Mafia Romance? CHECK
Rival Mafia Families? CHECK
Forbidden Romance? CHECK
Possessive/Morally Grey MMC? CHECK
Fierce FMC? CHECK
Biker MMC? CHECK
Found Family? CHECK
๐.๐ Dante was also a huge standout in this book. I seriously can't wait for the next book because I need more of him and Amara. Since Tristan has a whiskey and sin voice I wonder what type of voice Dante will have๐
๐.๐.๐ I must also say that the 4โฐ stars are subjective, I think that objectively and If I was trying to be more critical, I would be mentioning a lot more flaws and the book may deserve 3.5 or 3 โฐ, but I had such a good time and I completed it in a day So, fuck it and 4โฐ stars for this book.
๐ธ๐ด๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐: โญโญโญโญ
๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐: 4.31 (48164)
๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐:Mafia Romance
๐ธ๐บ๐๐๐๐: ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ธ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐: Dark Verse (Book 2)
๐ธ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐: Yes!!
Dark, Cute, Spicy, Breathtaking, Sweet, Heartbreaking all at the same time!
๐ธ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐:
โYou might have been born with another name but you are Morana. My Morana. Youโre the girl I killed for and youโre the woman Iโd die for. You are mine and you are exactly where youโre supposed to be. Donโt ever question that again, do you understand?โ
โHe wanted to tell her that love was too tame a word for everything that happened inside him where she was concerned. She had shifted him, realigned him from the inside out. Like a planet that suddenly pulls a moon into its orbit, she had bound him to her, given him direction for longer than she knew, and gave him a purpose to exist.
She was his gravity, his fucking planet, and he was lost without her.โ
โIf you burned as I burn with the need to claim you. That I wasnโt alone in the fire.โ
โHis demons dance with mine,โ
โYou are exactly where you were supposed to be,โ he told her, his voice leaving no room for doubts. โI know exactly who you are.โ โWho am I?โ โMine.โ
โNever again,โ he whispered, his voice rough with an edge of the wildness sheโd seen in his eyes. It sent a delicious shiver down her spine.
โThey will die a thousand deaths,โ he murmured, almost gently as his thumb traced the line of her jaw, โbefore they ever touch a single hair on your head again.โ
And then, with that deathly vow still echoing in her heart, he pressed his lips to her fluttering pulse.
โI promise,โ his lips wrote against her skin.โ
โWhat I am is a woman who has been freed from the shackles men like you had bound me to. What I am is a woman who knows that freedom thanks to two good men who've made me believe again.โ
โNow, listen to me and listen hard,โ Tristan uttered, shaking her fatherโs jaw for emphasis. โSheโs under my protection. Mine. Nobody hurts her. Nobody talks shit about her. Not me, not you, not anyone. Next time I hear you call her anything less than the woman she is, I will cut your tongue out and feed it to your dogs. Next time I see you anywhere close to her, I will kill you. Stay. The. Fuck. Away. From. Her. Do you understand?โ
Her father nodded.
Tristan nodded. โGood. And anytime you forget that, just remember how I killed my father when I was a boy for her. And think on and think of the people I can kill now that I am a man to keep her safe.โ
โIโm the smartest of them. I claimed you long before any of them had a chance.
โDonโt play these juvenile games with me, Tristan. I will cut you open and eat you alive.โ
โBrushing her thumb over the line of his jaw, feeling the scruff rasping against it, she vowed, repeating his own words. โNever again. Youโll never be alone again. No matter how bad the nightmare gets, Iโm going to be right here.โ
โInhaling deeply, she continued. โI just, I really like you Tristan Caine, as messed up as you are.โ One of his hands settled on her hips, the other coming up to her neck. โMy loyalty is not a luxury for you, Morana. Itโs a gift and itโs yours. You never have to walk into a room and question that.โ
โYou,โ she whispered to the space between them, โTristan Caine, are a beautiful, beautiful man. And my heart beats for you.โ
โShe had bled and he had licked her wounds clean. She had almost tasted death and he had breathed life back into her. And she realized sheโd never, not once in her life, felt safer. For the first time in her life, she felt at home.โ
Head for the Triggers in the author's note before proceeding with the book!
๐ญ The Reaper is the second instalment in the Dark Verse series and the last instalment focusing on the point-of-view of Morana and Tristan.
The follow-up to The Predator starts right where we left Morana and Tristan. Now they are on a mission to find out what happened to the codes and the mystery surrounding the missing girls while surrounded by enemies and figuring out how their relationship will work in this volatile world of crime.
The sequel to The Predator has continued to deliver on the expectations set from book one. Everything that you experience in book one? Expect more. More thrill. More tension. More pain. More stakes. More heat.
The action and the plot in this book amped up and once again there was still a lot of repetition when it came to whiskey and sin but, thankfully, his blue eyes were mentioned a little less and they didn't just stare at each other most of the time but there was a lot of internal monologuing by the heroine (no choice here, it's in her POV after all).
However, when a book has such a gripping and captivating storyline, it becomes easier to overlook those repetitions.
Tristan is way too silent for my liking for more than half of the book like hardly a few sentences!! The second half does improve a bit with more than fewer sentences from Tristan.
I absolutely adore Tristan. His character growth in this book was truly remarkable, delivering everything I had hoped for. He's a captivating blend of lethal, intimidating, and scary, yet he's equally tender, caring, and fiercely protective when it comes to Morana. In short, he embodies everything I desire and everything I need in a character๐ฅฐ. I loved how we got so much more information about Tristan in this book(like he has a fucking dimple๐ซ ), he became a real person instead of just an idea and it was really well done(If we have this book from his POVs as well then this book would have been chef's kiss).
So glad to see more TristanDante scenes and how they had each otherโs backs their entire lives. Their bromance was everything!!
Morana continues to be a total badass in this story, and her interactions with Lorenzo Maroni filled my heart with glee! Further, just like in the previous book, I cherished Morana's bond with Dante and her friendship with Amara. Finally, she found people who genuinely cared about her and for whom she truly mattered. There are a lot of suspenseful scenes with Morana fighting for her life and Dante and Tristan either coming to her aid or helping her out after.
This book was an emotional rollercoaster, filled with so many heartfelt scenes. And the bond between Tristan and Morana was truly special. They are now a couple and fight the fact throughout the story and I loved the way they got together as a couple, found their missing pieces in each other and aligned themselves to each other without changing their individuality. It's beautiful to see how they were always there for each other, even in their own quiet and subtle ways. Those moments of support and understanding really tug at my heartstrings. It's one of the things that makes this book so memorable and touching. It's incredible how Tristan and Morana have this deep connection where they can understand each other just by looking into each other's eyes. It's like they have their own secret language, communicating volumes without uttering a single word. Those unspoken conversations can be so powerful and intimate, creating a bond that goes beyond words. His relationship with Morana was so sweet and so many times I was saying awwww out loud! The way Morana just knows what he can and can't give and accepts him completely is really beautiful. It's truly magical to witness such a profound connection between characters.
My favorite part was the EPILOGUE(No Spoilers - You will love it and those who have already read it know what I am talking about!!)
Overall, some answers are found, but Tristanโs sister is still in the wind. The code theft is resolved almost as an afterthought, but the thief is a big player in Moranaโs life. The ending was amazing! The Reaper's revelation was so damn good! I think reading all the books is a must because there are a lot of things that are left unanswered! IT'S DEFINITELY NOT STANDALONE.
Enemies to Lovers? CHECK
Mafia Romance? CHECK
Rival Mafia Families? CHECK
Forbidden Romance? CHECK
Possessive/Morally Grey MMC? CHECK
Fierce FMC? CHECK
Biker MMC? CHECK
Found Family? CHECK
๐.๐ Dante was also a huge standout in this book. I seriously can't wait for the next book because I need more of him and Amara. Since Tristan has a whiskey and sin voice I wonder what type of voice Dante will have๐
๐.๐.๐ I must also say that the 4โฐ stars are subjective, I think that objectively and If I was trying to be more critical, I would be mentioning a lot more flaws and the book may deserve 3.5 or 3 โฐ, but I had such a good time and I completed it in a day So, fuck it and 4โฐ stars for this book.
๐ธ๐ด๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐: โญโญโญโญ
๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐: 4.31 (48164)
๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐:Mafia Romance
๐ธ๐บ๐๐๐๐: ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ธ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐: Dark Verse (Book 2)
๐ธ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐: Yes!!
Dark, Cute, Spicy, Breathtaking, Sweet, Heartbreaking all at the same time!
๐ธ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐:
โYou might have been born with another name but you are Morana. My Morana. Youโre the girl I killed for and youโre the woman Iโd die for. You are mine and you are exactly where youโre supposed to be. Donโt ever question that again, do you understand?โ
โHe wanted to tell her that love was too tame a word for everything that happened inside him where she was concerned. She had shifted him, realigned him from the inside out. Like a planet that suddenly pulls a moon into its orbit, she had bound him to her, given him direction for longer than she knew, and gave him a purpose to exist.
She was his gravity, his fucking planet, and he was lost without her.โ
โIf you burned as I burn with the need to claim you. That I wasnโt alone in the fire.โ
โHis demons dance with mine,โ
โYou are exactly where you were supposed to be,โ he told her, his voice leaving no room for doubts. โI know exactly who you are.โ โWho am I?โ โMine.โ
โNever again,โ he whispered, his voice rough with an edge of the wildness sheโd seen in his eyes. It sent a delicious shiver down her spine.
โThey will die a thousand deaths,โ he murmured, almost gently as his thumb traced the line of her jaw, โbefore they ever touch a single hair on your head again.โ
And then, with that deathly vow still echoing in her heart, he pressed his lips to her fluttering pulse.
โI promise,โ his lips wrote against her skin.โ
โWhat I am is a woman who has been freed from the shackles men like you had bound me to. What I am is a woman who knows that freedom thanks to two good men who've made me believe again.โ
โNow, listen to me and listen hard,โ Tristan uttered, shaking her fatherโs jaw for emphasis. โSheโs under my protection. Mine. Nobody hurts her. Nobody talks shit about her. Not me, not you, not anyone. Next time I hear you call her anything less than the woman she is, I will cut your tongue out and feed it to your dogs. Next time I see you anywhere close to her, I will kill you. Stay. The. Fuck. Away. From. Her. Do you understand?โ
Her father nodded.
Tristan nodded. โGood. And anytime you forget that, just remember how I killed my father when I was a boy for her. And think on and think of the people I can kill now that I am a man to keep her safe.โ
โIโm the smartest of them. I claimed you long before any of them had a chance.
โDonโt play these juvenile games with me, Tristan. I will cut you open and eat you alive.โ
โBrushing her thumb over the line of his jaw, feeling the scruff rasping against it, she vowed, repeating his own words. โNever again. Youโll never be alone again. No matter how bad the nightmare gets, Iโm going to be right here.โ
โInhaling deeply, she continued. โI just, I really like you Tristan Caine, as messed up as you are.โ One of his hands settled on her hips, the other coming up to her neck. โMy loyalty is not a luxury for you, Morana. Itโs a gift and itโs yours. You never have to walk into a room and question that.โ
โYou,โ she whispered to the space between them, โTristan Caine, are a beautiful, beautiful man. And my heart beats for you.โ
โShe had bled and he had licked her wounds clean. She had almost tasted death and he had breathed life back into her. And she realized sheโd never, not once in her life, felt safer. For the first time in her life, she felt at home.โ