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laraisabelle's Reviews (687)


This book is EVERYTHING to me 
I don’t have the words to describe how much I love this book
With every reread I spot more plot holes yet I couldn’t care less
There are many things in these two books that aren’t perfect however I will not take criticism on them 
To me Binding 13 and Keeping 13 are the most wonderful books that have ever been written
I will forever be sad that Johnny and Shannon (and their whole gang tbh) are only fictional because I love them all so deeply 

I have extremely mixed feelings about this book because on one hand I literally couldn’t put it down and I couldn’t wait to continue reading this 
I was very invested and I think that was mostly due to the writing style and this kind of mafia world felt very different to the other mafia romances I have read before 
BUT the thing I DESPISED waa the way sex and women were viewed from the male characters 
I understand that these are mafia men and that this is a mafia world and it is expected of them…. That doesn’t mean I want to hear it. Sometimes the words coming out of these men’s mouths made me want to throw up 
Most of the time I sort of forgot about it because this wasn’t an every page thing and then I’d have a great time and I’d absolutely love the book, until Fabiano or someone else would say the most disgusting thing and I’d just want to throw my headphones and phone out the window (I listened to the audiobook)
So yeah idk I can’t give this book more than 3,5 ⭐️ because of that even though I really enjoyed the story in itself 

I will be reading the second book in this series because I’ve heard amazing things about it but if that one isn’t AMAZING then I’m just gonna accept that Cora Reilly isn’t for me

To the Styx? To the Styx

Loved these two books! I might change my rating in a few days to more than 4 stars because I can already feel myself thinking about Lyra and Thatcher a lot 
I am so so excited to read Silas’ book next. I have a feeling it’ll destroy me

(The only thing I didn’t like was that there were so many spiders in these, my arachnophobic ass can’t handle that) 

Yep still hurts just as bad as the other two times I read this 

I absolutely loved this story!! Ari and Noah are so special and I think that I will think about this book for a long time 
I will say that I had a hard time getting into this book, I didn’t like the writing style at all but because I know so many people love this book I kept on reading. After that initial reaction I quickly started loving the story and was able to ignore that the writing style wasn’t my favourite (also sadly didn’t love the audiobook) 
But now I definitely understand why everyone loves this book so much! It was beautiful and an emotional rollercoaster. I think I felt every emotion possible during this book
Noah deserves the world. That man went through so much I just want to take him and never let anyone hurt him ever again. 

The last 30% broke me. I usually listen to audiobooks while I’m at the gym but I had to stop this one because I didn’t want to randomly start SOBBING on the treadmill 

I would also like to mention that I hate chase with every fibre of my being. He is definitely up there with Tamlin on my shit list 
Every time that man showed up I just wanted to kick him in the balls and tell him to leave Ari tf alone 

(I probably would’ve rated this 4,5-5 ⭐️ if I had liked the writing style more and had liked the audiobook. Maybe I’ll give it another shot and reread it in the future) 

There is NO WAY  chase will be redeemed for me. That man took advantage of Ari’s fucking amnesia???? To “correct” his own stupid mistakes???? Because he treated her like shit in the first place??? How disgusting can a man be??

Not in Love

Ali Hazelwood

DID NOT FINISH: 37%

This was hella boring and that first sex scene was incredibly cringy 
I do not have it in me to read another 200 pages of this 

It kills me to say that this was a disappointment for me. I expected to absolutely love this and for this to be a 4,5-5 ⭐️ book. And it honestly breaks my heart that it’s not 😭
This started of really strong, I was so excited for this book and the beginning had me hooked 
I absolutely loved the first 50%, I was invested and I had so many questions I needed answers to
But after a while it just reminded me too much of the truths & lies duet. The vibes in this book were completely different than the rest of the legacy of gods series and while some people might love that, I sadly didn’t. I still really enjoyed this book but it just didn’t give me what I wanted it to 
I think if I didn’t have such a big emotional attachment to this series in general and I read it as a standalone this would only be around 3 stars tbh
There were a few things I hated and there were a few things I absolutely adored so rating this book is kind of hard and I might change the rating in the future
But I can definitely say that it’s my least favourite with God of Pain out of this series, which I’m kind of sad about because I was so so excited for this book 

I also hated that Ava was a virgin. That was so incredibly unnecessary. I didn’t love it in the rest of this series but here it reaaaally bothered me because it was so dumb

I did not expect to spend the last 30 pages sobbing but here I am
This was a beautiful book!
I love Fisher, he is the least toxic man ever. I love that he’s not afraid to cry and show his emotions
I love that they talked to each other 
Sage was an amazing fmc, her love for all those animals and just her genuinely wanting to help people because it makes her happy was inspiring 
I hope to see more of this world, especially Wren and Ellis

I liked this book a lot more than the first one (even though I’m pretty sure that’s my own fault and I just need to reread it and then I’ll like it) 
I loved Rook and Sage. I hurt for them and I loved the process of their relationship 
I’m very excited to read about Lyla and Thatcher and I loved that we got to see more of Silas’ character 
I can’t imagine what his story will be like so I’m eager to read it 

The only thing I didn’t like is that these books seriously should’ve underwent another round of editing and a bit more simple research for some small details but I can overlook that since that happens with a lot of self published books (which makes sense)