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Of Violent Lineage by Bree Porter
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Of Violent Lineage: ★ ★ . 7 5
Bree Porter (The Vigliano Underworld, #1)
“You are a Vigliano. Your heart is mine, your blood is mine.”
I know it's rare that I don't rate books well, because honestly I am an incredibly generous person when it comes to reviews but as you will find with me always, I am going to be 100% honest with everything I share on this platform.
This author's books are always primarily plot with a side of romance, which I knew coming in and was prepared for. The plot of this book was good, though compared to some of her other books, I felt it lacking slightly. I found it to be predictable and the cliffhanger was calculable, honestly, which I think took away from the appeal of the story.
Giovanni Vigliano is your typical cold, violent, unfeeling mafia don with a soft spot only for his seven year old daughter (understandable as she is cute). There's a difference to me between cold and absolutely devoid of personality, which is what I felt he was. Couldn't connect to him. Couldn't really relate to anything in his mind. He wasn't a man whose head I was particularly impressed with and probably because his POVs didn't add much to the story for me.
Isabella Lombardi is a strong woman, as the author often writes them, and I did like that about her. She knew what she had to do for her family, took it in stride, and was not afraid to demand what she wanted and needed out of a relationship. I appreciated her strength and honestly, her relationship with the Marzia was what kept me going through this book.
I didn't feel a connection between the two main characters, and certainly not enough to be able to call it love because to me, I would put it at acquaintances with minute lust, at the very best. I think it could have been developed further, because after that first date with the roses and the blue paint I was really excited to see their relationship form and then it fell flat after that. They barely talked, there was no time to let the relationship bloom, and especially knowing this is a duet, I think the love confession at the end was just rushed.
I understand that there were some issues with the ebook upload and such with this book, which may have resulted in the oversight, but the writing was flawed–with typos and tense switching from past to present which left me rather muddled at times and focusing on that when I should have been focusing on the story (and no, this was not an ARC). Also had a hard time understanding how much time passed between the beginning and end of book as sometimes weeks flew by, then it was Easter, then it was summer and I was in whiplash.
In terms of the second book–as I mentioned above, the plot and cliffhanger were very predictable to me so I was not left with the feeling of I need to know what happens next in this now or I will die, unfortunately.
Anyhow, cute kids for the win!
Merged review:
Of Violent Lineage: ★ ★ . 7 5
Bree Porter (The Vigliano Underworld, #1)
“You are a Vigliano. Your heart is mine, your blood is mine.”
I know it's rare that I don't rate books well, because honestly I am an incredibly generous person when it comes to reviews but as you will find with me always, I am going to be 100% honest with everything I share on this platform.
This author's books are always primarily plot with a side of romance, which I knew coming in and was prepared for. The plot of this book was good, though compared to some of her other books, I felt it lacking slightly. I found it to be predictable and the cliffhanger was calculable, honestly, which I think took away from the appeal of the story.
Giovanni Vigliano is your typical cold, violent, unfeeling mafia don with a soft spot only for his seven year old daughter (understandable as she is cute). There's a difference to me between cold and absolutely devoid of personality, which is what I felt he was. Couldn't connect to him. Couldn't really relate to anything in his mind. He wasn't a man whose head I was particularly impressed with and probably because his POVs didn't add much to the story for me.
Isabella Lombardi is a strong woman, as the author often writes them, and I did like that about her. She knew what she had to do for her family, took it in stride, and was not afraid to demand what she wanted and needed out of a relationship. I appreciated her strength and honestly, her relationship with the Marzia was what kept me going through this book.
I didn't feel a connection between the two main characters, and certainly not enough to be able to call it love because to me, I would put it at acquaintances with minute lust, at the very best. I think it could have been developed further, because after that first date with the roses and the blue paint I was really excited to see their relationship form and then it fell flat after that. They barely talked, there was no time to let the relationship bloom, and especially knowing this is a duet, I think the love confession at the end was just rushed.
I understand that there were some issues with the ebook upload and such with this book, which may have resulted in the oversight, but the writing was flawed–with typos and tense switching from past to present which left me rather muddled at times and focusing on that when I should have been focusing on the story (and no, this was not an ARC). Also had a hard time understanding how much time passed between the beginning and end of book as sometimes weeks flew by, then it was Easter, then it was summer and I was in whiplash.
In terms of the second book–as I mentioned above, the plot and cliffhanger were very predictable to me so I was not left with the feeling of I need to know what happens next in this now or I will die, unfortunately.
Anyhow, cute kids for the win!
Bree Porter (The Vigliano Underworld, #1)
“You are a Vigliano. Your heart is mine, your blood is mine.”
I know it's rare that I don't rate books well, because honestly I am an incredibly generous person when it comes to reviews but as you will find with me always, I am going to be 100% honest with everything I share on this platform.
This author's books are always primarily plot with a side of romance, which I knew coming in and was prepared for. The plot of this book was good, though compared to some of her other books, I felt it lacking slightly. I found it to be predictable and the cliffhanger was calculable, honestly, which I think took away from the appeal of the story.
Giovanni Vigliano is your typical cold, violent, unfeeling mafia don with a soft spot only for his seven year old daughter (understandable as she is cute). There's a difference to me between cold and absolutely devoid of personality, which is what I felt he was. Couldn't connect to him. Couldn't really relate to anything in his mind. He wasn't a man whose head I was particularly impressed with and probably because his POVs didn't add much to the story for me.
Isabella Lombardi is a strong woman, as the author often writes them, and I did like that about her. She knew what she had to do for her family, took it in stride, and was not afraid to demand what she wanted and needed out of a relationship. I appreciated her strength and honestly, her relationship with the Marzia was what kept me going through this book.
I didn't feel a connection between the two main characters, and certainly not enough to be able to call it love because to me, I would put it at acquaintances with minute lust, at the very best. I think it could have been developed further, because after that first date with the roses and the blue paint I was really excited to see their relationship form and then it fell flat after that. They barely talked, there was no time to let the relationship bloom, and especially knowing this is a duet, I think the love confession at the end was just rushed.
I understand that there were some issues with the ebook upload and such with this book, which may have resulted in the oversight, but the writing was flawed–with typos and tense switching from past to present which left me rather muddled at times and focusing on that when I should have been focusing on the story (and no, this was not an ARC). Also had a hard time understanding how much time passed between the beginning and end of book as sometimes weeks flew by, then it was Easter, then it was summer and I was in whiplash.
In terms of the second book–as I mentioned above, the plot and cliffhanger were very predictable to me so I was not left with the feeling of I need to know what happens next in this now or I will die, unfortunately.
Anyhow, cute kids for the win!
Merged review:
Of Violent Lineage: ★ ★ . 7 5
Bree Porter (The Vigliano Underworld, #1)
“You are a Vigliano. Your heart is mine, your blood is mine.”
I know it's rare that I don't rate books well, because honestly I am an incredibly generous person when it comes to reviews but as you will find with me always, I am going to be 100% honest with everything I share on this platform.
This author's books are always primarily plot with a side of romance, which I knew coming in and was prepared for. The plot of this book was good, though compared to some of her other books, I felt it lacking slightly. I found it to be predictable and the cliffhanger was calculable, honestly, which I think took away from the appeal of the story.
Giovanni Vigliano is your typical cold, violent, unfeeling mafia don with a soft spot only for his seven year old daughter (understandable as she is cute). There's a difference to me between cold and absolutely devoid of personality, which is what I felt he was. Couldn't connect to him. Couldn't really relate to anything in his mind. He wasn't a man whose head I was particularly impressed with and probably because his POVs didn't add much to the story for me.
Isabella Lombardi is a strong woman, as the author often writes them, and I did like that about her. She knew what she had to do for her family, took it in stride, and was not afraid to demand what she wanted and needed out of a relationship. I appreciated her strength and honestly, her relationship with the Marzia was what kept me going through this book.
I didn't feel a connection between the two main characters, and certainly not enough to be able to call it love because to me, I would put it at acquaintances with minute lust, at the very best. I think it could have been developed further, because after that first date with the roses and the blue paint I was really excited to see their relationship form and then it fell flat after that. They barely talked, there was no time to let the relationship bloom, and especially knowing this is a duet, I think the love confession at the end was just rushed.
I understand that there were some issues with the ebook upload and such with this book, which may have resulted in the oversight, but the writing was flawed–with typos and tense switching from past to present which left me rather muddled at times and focusing on that when I should have been focusing on the story (and no, this was not an ARC). Also had a hard time understanding how much time passed between the beginning and end of book as sometimes weeks flew by, then it was Easter, then it was summer and I was in whiplash.
In terms of the second book–as I mentioned above, the plot and cliffhanger were very predictable to me so I was not left with the feeling of I need to know what happens next in this now or I will die, unfortunately.
Anyhow, cute kids for the win!