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A Match Made in Hatred
by Morgan Bridges
This is a fairly typical mafia arranged marriage romance. We have an H, Maximus, set out for revenge. Our h, Emilia, is the ill treated daughter of his enemy, she’s not particularly happy about being forced to marry the asshole H but doesn’t really get a say. The enemy father is forced to agree to the marriage under duress. The asshole H sets out to torment, humiliate and enjoy the suffering of the unhappy bride who’s literally the only innocent party in this mess. Asshole eventually catches feelings despite fighting them and being an even bigger asshole in the meantime.
Here’s what I did like with this one:
Emilia is an h with surprising quite strength. She’s truly broken in spirit by her father. Many heroines think or say the H can’t break them more than they already are but then it’s not true. It’s true here. She’s all about just doing whatever it takes to survive while suffering the minimum amount.
I did appreciate that it took so long to make her beg. That is a quite kind of strength. I know it conflicts with the above sentiment but I respected that she held out so long. By the time she broke it didn’t feel like a defeat or concession. I think she broke him too, in fact.
I’ll give it to the H, despite his initial insistence that he didn’t give a crap, he was pretty quick to *start* catching feelings. Of course, he continued to deny, fight and act like a manchild for the vast majority of the book but he beat himself up mentally for his *weakness*.
What I *really* didn’t like:
This trope is predictable and this book is no exception. Predictable or not, this trope is also one of my most favorite tropes in romance. You may have noted that I didn’t like the H very much. He called the h *donnaccia* for the majority of the book. This apparently means whore. He continued to call her donnaccia through about 70% of the book. He called her this like most Hs call their hs sweet pet names. It was meant to be degrading, humiliating and mocking. She never *once* gave him a reaction to it. Good for her - but it made me loathe him. What kind of man calls his virgin bride a whore as a pet name for 70% of the book. It’s not even in a sexy way - I like that, he’s just being a pig because he never gets a reaction. It made him beyond redemption for me, personally. I’d forgive a cheating H before this one.
Story 2/5, Heat 1.5/5, Angst 2/5
Medium burn - he takes her v card at 55% but he starts defiling her long before that.
No condoms, virgin h, no idea if he was a manwhore or not, humiliation, degradation, bondage, no OW/OM drama, no push away but h was a broken spirited captive before and during H, no separation but she’s predictably abducted near the end. No cheating, no sharing, no cliffhanger and HEA.
Safety - safe read in regards to cheating and OW. Fairly tame and predictable for mafia arranged marriage.
Here’s what I did like with this one:
Emilia is an h with surprising quite strength. She’s truly broken in spirit by her father. Many heroines think or say the H can’t break them more than they already are but then it’s not true. It’s true here. She’s all about just doing whatever it takes to survive while suffering the minimum amount.
I did appreciate that it took so long to make her beg. That is a quite kind of strength. I know it conflicts with the above sentiment but I respected that she held out so long. By the time she broke it didn’t feel like a defeat or concession. I think she broke him too, in fact.
I’ll give it to the H, despite his initial insistence that he didn’t give a crap, he was pretty quick to *start* catching feelings. Of course, he continued to deny, fight and act like a manchild for the vast majority of the book but he beat himself up mentally for his *weakness*.
What I *really* didn’t like:
This trope is predictable and this book is no exception. Predictable or not, this trope is also one of my most favorite tropes in romance. You may have noted that I didn’t like the H very much. He called the h *donnaccia* for the majority of the book. This apparently means whore. He continued to call her donnaccia through about 70% of the book. He called her this like most Hs call their hs sweet pet names. It was meant to be degrading, humiliating and mocking. She never *once* gave him a reaction to it. Good for her - but it made me loathe him. What kind of man calls his virgin bride a whore as a pet name for 70% of the book. It’s not even in a sexy way - I like that, he’s just being a pig because he never gets a reaction. It made him beyond redemption for me, personally. I’d forgive a cheating H before this one.
Story 2/5, Heat 1.5/5, Angst 2/5
Medium burn - he takes her v card at 55% but he starts defiling her long before that.
No condoms, virgin h, no idea if he was a manwhore or not, humiliation, degradation, bondage, no OW/OM drama, no push away but h was a broken spirited captive before and during H, no separation but she’s predictably abducted near the end. No cheating, no sharing, no cliffhanger and HEA.
Safety - safe read in regards to cheating and OW. Fairly tame and predictable for mafia arranged marriage.