A review by daniela_endless_tbr
When She Unravels by Gabrielle Sands

dark tense medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

* Mafia Romance Readathon 2024 *

Listened to the audiobook & read along with ebook.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/6.
🌶️🌶️🌶️/5.

I can't believe I'm now just reading this but oh well, I'm here now and I can't wait to continue the series.

Vale has such a tragic life once she gets married and  she losing herself to the life her husband is forcing her to live so when the opportunity presents itself, she grabs it with both hands and saves not only her but another girl too.
I loved Vale. Everything was stacked against her including her new boss in Ibiza but she wanted her freedom more than anything so her new boss didn't scare her. I just loved seeing her be brave and discover new parts of herself. She had stuff to overcome and with the people she surrounded herself with, she gets there and she sees that she's a survivor and no one will take anyone she loved from her if she can stop it.

Damiano was a bit of a wild card for me but I actually loved him. He was hard on Vale at first and she also needed it in order to prove to herself that she could make it. Damiano took a liking to her early on so he put the ball in Vale's court to see if she would play and she certainly did.
I just found it odd that he didn't want to find out who she really was once they got involved especially because of what he does for a living.
The other stuff was surprising to me but I loved seeing Damiano fall head over heels for Vale but also seeing Vale's relationship with Damiano's sister and how much they helped each other by just talking to one another.

I very much look forward to the next book in the series!