A review by daniela_endless_tbr
Sacred Vow by Measha Stone

challenging fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/6.
🌶️🌶️🌶️.5/5.

This is my first book by this author. I loved Andrei but Izzy was a bit more difficult to love but that has to do with my preferences than anything else. I was also a bit confused about what this was. I just assumed by the end of it that Andrei is the boss of the russian mafia in this city because he is russian. I don't remember reading anything specific about this topic besides someone saying they do shady stuff, whatever that means.

When Andrei decides something, he does it whether that means keeping someone from going places or not. If he wants someone then he will do anything to have her and Izzy was the one. I liked that he punished her 😉.

Izzy has selective amnesia so she comes to her hometown where stuff went down to try and see if she can remember what happened years ago but all that puts her in Andrei's sights.
Izzy was such a brat though and I appreciate bratness but she was too much for me and hence why I mentioned above that this is about preferences. I feel like her bratiness/ stubbornness at times put her in danger which to me at some point came across as her being a brat/stubborn just for the sake of it which in turn made her kind of a dummy imo. i liked her for the most part but her being such a brat brought the story down for me but if you like this type of fmc and wanna dip your toes in mafia then this is for you. Just expect a bit of a spanking here and there. 🙃