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A review by ariallbooked
Stolen Heir by Sophie Lark
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
4.0
The Beauty & the Beast retelling I didn't know I needed!!
Straight out of the gate, I knew I was going to love Mikolaj. His backstory brought me to tears & completely broke my heart, but it left me with this little glimmer of hope for him as the story went on. Yes, he's the leader of the Polish mafia out to destroy the family unit I grew to love back in book one, but still, Miko had a piece of my heart! Nessa Griffin, on the other hand, is the complete opposite of Miko. Nessa is super sheltered, but she's so sweet & pure and just wants to be your average college-aged ballerina. She's the youngest Griffin in the Irish mafia family, and though she's aware of her family's mafia involvement, she's not interested in the business like her older brother and sister.
"Sometimes I think they want to keep me that way so at least one part of the family stays pure and innocent."
I'm not going to lie, when I found out this book was following Nessa, I was a bit weary. I enjoyed her in Brutal Prince, but at the time, she didn't stick out much to me enough to have her own book, but OH BOY was I wrong!!! Nessa's character development was AMAZING! She realized that her being sheltered has hindered her more than helped, and she's set on changing it (Sidenote: I loved her friendship with Klara so much).
“I see her, and she sees me. I was death, and she was life. I thought I’d had stolen her, brought her down to the underworld. All the while she was waking me up. Stirring the blood in my veins. Breathing air into my lungs.”
Watching Miko slowly fall for Nessa made me swoon! Because Nessa is innocent and inexperienced in all things life, this book isn't as spicy as the first, but I didn't mind it at all. Also in true mafia romance fashion, there's a lot of action, violence, and gore, so PLEASE check the trigger warning before going into this one.
Nero's book is next, and I'm super excited!
Straight out of the gate, I knew I was going to love Mikolaj. His backstory brought me to tears & completely broke my heart, but it left me with this little glimmer of hope for him as the story went on. Yes, he's the leader of the Polish mafia out to destroy the family unit I grew to love back in book one, but still, Miko had a piece of my heart! Nessa Griffin, on the other hand, is the complete opposite of Miko. Nessa is super sheltered, but she's so sweet & pure and just wants to be your average college-aged ballerina. She's the youngest Griffin in the Irish mafia family, and though she's aware of her family's mafia involvement, she's not interested in the business like her older brother and sister.
"Sometimes I think they want to keep me that way so at least one part of the family stays pure and innocent."
I'm not going to lie, when I found out this book was following Nessa, I was a bit weary. I enjoyed her in Brutal Prince, but at the time, she didn't stick out much to me enough to have her own book, but OH BOY was I wrong!!! Nessa's character development was AMAZING! She realized that her being sheltered has hindered her more than helped, and she's set on changing it (Sidenote: I loved her friendship with Klara so much).
“I see her, and she sees me. I was death, and she was life. I thought I’d had stolen her, brought her down to the underworld. All the while she was waking me up. Stirring the blood in my veins. Breathing air into my lungs.”
Watching Miko slowly fall for Nessa made me swoon! Because Nessa is innocent and inexperienced in all things life, this book isn't as spicy as the first, but I didn't mind it at all. Also in true mafia romance fashion, there's a lot of action, violence, and gore, so PLEASE check the trigger warning before going into this one.
Nero's book is next, and I'm super excited!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Minor: Rape and Suicide