A review by nim_reads_a_lot
Broken Whispers by Neva Altaj

4.0

Ok I could not stop reading this book. I literally kept wanting to come back to it when I had to do adult things like care for my children and drive. Real life is so annoying. Anyway, I loved this book way more than the first. Mikhail is the brute Russian “information extractor” who has the sweetest little girl. (Ok, she’s a bit spoiled because parakeets are loud as hell and she maneuvered her way to getting one) He’s been through hell but he is able to love. Bianca is a freaking ballerina (because why not?) from the Italian mob. They have an arranged marriage and she makes the best of it. There is love. There is danger. There is baking. There is sign language due to speech impairments. Both main characters have a disability and I love it as they make it work.