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darkandsteamylit 's review for:
The Darkest Temptation
by Danielle Lori
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Well this one was unexpected, I kind of don’t know how to feel about it. Like I really enjoyed and loved parts. But this one left my brain in a tizzy. I adored Mila, while extremely naive it wasn’t completely her fault. Her character had a lot of growth throughout the story, while still holding on to some of that naivety and sunshine. She had 1 million percent had Stockholm’s but the end, though before she realized she was a captive she was already dazzled with Ronan. So I felt she held out as long as she did, just to prove she could and honestly good on you girl.
Ronan I wanted to love and while he grew on me, he also rubbed me the wrong way. Filming her and sending it to her father was an absolute ICK for me. I get the whole revenge plot, but these mafia men always protect their women. Even when they hate them. The scene when he gives her oral like 30% in and it’s made clear she says no… absolutely NO. That’s not cnc or dub that’s just SA. I really didn’t like that. Then when he took her V card and he didn’t believe her. Then when he did realize his reaction was garbage. I also didn’t like that he called her a whore *derogatively*.
I get it’s mafia, but everything he did to her until they developed a relationship was malicious. I know in mafia most of them start that way or the men “pretend”. But it took most of the book for him to grow on me. I did really enjoy this story, I just wish Ronan’s character would have been written better I guess. I was really hoping he’d be my favorite of the series.
Read: Audible 🎧
MMC: Ronan Markov
FMC: Mila Mikhailov
Spice: 3🌶️
Tropes: Mafia, Captive, Grumpy+Sunshine, Forced Proximity, Virgin
Ronan I wanted to love and while he grew on me, he also rubbed me the wrong way. Filming her and sending it to her father was an absolute ICK for me. I get the whole revenge plot, but these mafia men always protect their women. Even when they hate them. The scene when he gives her oral like 30% in and it’s made clear she says no… absolutely NO. That’s not cnc or dub that’s just SA. I really didn’t like that. Then when he took her V card and he didn’t believe her. Then when he did realize his reaction was garbage. I also didn’t like that he called her a whore *derogatively*.
I get it’s mafia, but everything he did to her until they developed a relationship was malicious. I know in mafia most of them start that way or the men “pretend”. But it took most of the book for him to grow on me. I did really enjoy this story, I just wish Ronan’s character would have been written better I guess. I was really hoping he’d be my favorite of the series.
Read: Audible 🎧
MMC: Ronan Markov
FMC: Mila Mikhailov
Spice: 3🌶️
Tropes: Mafia, Captive, Grumpy+Sunshine, Forced Proximity, Virgin