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The Beauty in Scars by M.L. Philpitt
4.0
The Beauty In Scars - Fractured Ever Afters #3 - Review
Couple: Isabelle Dupont & Rafael Corsetti
Author: M.L. Phipitt
Tropes: dark romance, Mafia romance, innocent heroine, spicy reads, opposites attract, frenemy to lover, romantic suspense, Modern Beauty & the Beast retelling
Review: A modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast with a dark mafia twist. ML Philpitt does it again with her new book in the Corsetti crime world. The book is dual POV and first person.
Rafael and Isabelle are IT. While book 1 is still my favorite, I appreciated this book since it dealt with areas of the crime world that dealt with more feelings. Isabelle is a young woman who has her life turned upside down and begins to realize how little she know about her father and their past. When she meets Rafe we immediately see the tension spark between the two that begins the cascade of events between them.
Rafe on the other hand is the youngest Corsetti brother and Capo of their family. I really enjoyed his character and development since we see the progression of his feelings for Isabelle. His antagonistic yet protective ways were also parts that I really loved reading since in prior books we see it but never really get much from him. His more carefree demeanor drew me in more since it was not the norm for tropes in this genre and I fell in love with his desire to protect Isabelle.
This is book is more slow-burn than the prior books and really takes the time to build up the tension and trust between the two. This just makes Rafe’s deception that much worse when Isabelle finds out the secrets he keeps from her.
Ultimately the book deals with the arc of Isabelle’s father’s secret life. As the book unfolds, we learn many secrets about her family and learn about so many deceptions in regards to Dela’s “father” and his goals for the Corsetti’s. This book heats up the plot a TON and sets the stage for the final few books in the series and the epic finale I expect we will see!
Rating: 9/10, Rafe was an unexpected surprise
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Couple: Isabelle Dupont & Rafael Corsetti
Author: M.L. Phipitt
Tropes: dark romance, Mafia romance, innocent heroine, spicy reads, opposites attract, frenemy to lover, romantic suspense, Modern Beauty & the Beast retelling
Review: A modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast with a dark mafia twist. ML Philpitt does it again with her new book in the Corsetti crime world. The book is dual POV and first person.
Rafael and Isabelle are IT. While book 1 is still my favorite, I appreciated this book since it dealt with areas of the crime world that dealt with more feelings. Isabelle is a young woman who has her life turned upside down and begins to realize how little she know about her father and their past. When she meets Rafe we immediately see the tension spark between the two that begins the cascade of events between them.
Rafe on the other hand is the youngest Corsetti brother and Capo of their family. I really enjoyed his character and development since we see the progression of his feelings for Isabelle. His antagonistic yet protective ways were also parts that I really loved reading since in prior books we see it but never really get much from him. His more carefree demeanor drew me in more since it was not the norm for tropes in this genre and I fell in love with his desire to protect Isabelle.
This is book is more slow-burn than the prior books and really takes the time to build up the tension and trust between the two. This just makes Rafe’s deception that much worse when Isabelle finds out the secrets he keeps from her.
Ultimately the book deals with the arc of Isabelle’s father’s secret life. As the book unfolds, we learn many secrets about her family and learn about so many deceptions in regards to Dela’s “father” and his goals for the Corsetti’s. This book heats up the plot a TON and sets the stage for the final few books in the series and the epic finale I expect we will see!
Rating: 9/10, Rafe was an unexpected surprise
#TheBeautyInScarsRelease #MLPhilpitt #TheBeautyInScars #FracturedEverAftersSeries #BookThree #DarkRomance #MafiaRomance #FairytaleReimagining #BeautyAndTheBeastReimagining #OppositesAttract #KindleUnlimited #OneBedTrope #TheNextStepPR #mafiaromancebook #mafiaromancelover #mafiaromanceread #mafiaromancewriter #darkromancebooks #darkromancereads #darkromancereader #darkromanceauthors #darkromanceseries #darkromancewriter #darkromanceaddict #BookWormProblems #Bibliophile #BooksAndCoffee #IdRatherBeReading