A review by belle13
Fragile Longing by Cora Reilly

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Going into this I was hoping it would give me sweetest temptation vibes and not Bound by Temptation or By Virtue I fall vibes. It feel somewhere in the middle for me - it wasn't as good as ST but it was nowhere as near as painful as BBT or BVIF. Sofia was a little immature but not as pining as Lily was in BBT. So much happened to both these families and it was quite emotional. I could see why Sofia felt very inadequate and why Danilo would be closed off. Anna was great in these books and I wished she had been as endearing in her own books. I did struggle to connect at first with both MCs and I wish that we didn't have to wait until 60% of the way in for them to get married. By the end I was finding Sofia frustrating because she could not drop the Serafina thing even after Danilo told her that he loved her. All in all this was a very enjoyable book and as usual Cora impressed me.