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A review by elizjmcfarland
Alexei by Eva Winners
3.0
This is my first book by Eva Winners and I was not impressed. She has written a plethora of books and I felt like this book was her first rough draft. I love a good mafia, mc, and mobster book and this fell flat for me. The plot/storyline was there, but the execution was not.
Here is what I liked:
Alexei. He is this damaged, tortured soul who still has some good in him despite everything he has been through. He is determined to make good on his promises.
Aurora. She is determined to find the person who kidnapped her brother and joined the FBI. However, despite having all the resources at her fingertips, aka her brothers, she refuses to ask for help and does it on her own.
The plot. There is a ghost who has been kidnapping boys for decades and Aurora knows there is somehow a connection between these kidnappings to her brother’s kidnapping. The FBI has teamed up with Nikolaev brothers and taking down this kidnapping operation.
Here is what I didn’t like:
The Prologue was chapter 18. Isn’t the prologue supposed to be an earlier event that happened and connects the rest of the story. Since this was an ARC issue, was this an editing error?
There was no structure to the story. I feel like the story captured a minute-by-minute play.
There was soo much repetition within the dialogue and the story itself. There were times, I thought I was reading the same sentence 2-3 times.
The smut scenes were lacking. Some of the scenes felt like it only took 30 seconds. For example, the scene where he is blindfolding her and restraining her was soo boring. There needed to be more descriptive words to get the reader to feel what Aurora is feeling.
There was no foreshadowing on the surprise announcement at the end. It was more of a random - oh hey, I am pregnant. It didn’t feel like it belonged in the story. Maybe in the epilogue of 5 years later, we had 2 kids blah blah blah.
Overall, I would not recommend this book based on what I mentioned above. I am disappointed because it really sounded like a great read!
Rating: 2.5/5
Spice: 2/5
Trope: forced proximity, mafia/gang
Please check TW/CW prior to reading
*received ARC for an honest review
Here is what I liked:
Alexei. He is this damaged, tortured soul who still has some good in him despite everything he has been through. He is determined to make good on his promises.
Aurora. She is determined to find the person who kidnapped her brother and joined the FBI. However, despite having all the resources at her fingertips, aka her brothers, she refuses to ask for help and does it on her own.
The plot. There is a ghost who has been kidnapping boys for decades and Aurora knows there is somehow a connection between these kidnappings to her brother’s kidnapping. The FBI has teamed up with Nikolaev brothers and taking down this kidnapping operation.
Here is what I didn’t like:
The Prologue was chapter 18. Isn’t the prologue supposed to be an earlier event that happened and connects the rest of the story. Since this was an ARC issue, was this an editing error?
There was no structure to the story. I feel like the story captured a minute-by-minute play.
There was soo much repetition within the dialogue and the story itself. There were times, I thought I was reading the same sentence 2-3 times.
The smut scenes were lacking. Some of the scenes felt like it only took 30 seconds. For example, the scene where he is blindfolding her and restraining her was soo boring. There needed to be more descriptive words to get the reader to feel what Aurora is feeling.
There was no foreshadowing on the surprise announcement at the end. It was more of a random - oh hey, I am pregnant. It didn’t feel like it belonged in the story. Maybe in the epilogue of 5 years later, we had 2 kids blah blah blah.
Overall, I would not recommend this book based on what I mentioned above. I am disappointed because it really sounded like a great read!
Rating: 2.5/5
Spice: 2/5
Trope: forced proximity, mafia/gang
Please check TW/CW prior to reading
*received ARC for an honest review