hannibanani29's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Cursing, Infidelity, Gun violence, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Suicide attempt, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Suicide, Pregnancy, Grief, and Toxic relationship
khaleesimod93's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Minor: Domestic abuse
Cheating, domestic violence, and some child abuse mentionedlilwanderingpages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
4.25 to 4.75
I'll keep what I said because I continue agreeing with everything BUT I've been thinking about the rating of this book because I'm reading of the books in the series and now that I just finished "Bound by Vengence" I can no longer keep the old rating. Now it's 4.75, I think there are only two or three books left so let's see how it'll turn out (I'm hoping for more Aria and Luca).
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Well, I've read the book already but when the audiobook appeared as a suggestion I was just like "why not?" and I don't regret a thing.
I'm growing used to audiobooks and I'm loving it. I don't know if it's because I read the book before listening but I feel like I liked it better this time.
The thing is: this book will never get five stars from me because I just HATE one part of it and I can't pretend it's not there when I'm rating it (even though I do it throughout the rest of the book).
Spoiler
While I'm writing this, I already started listening to "Luca Vitiello" - bound by honor by Luca's pov - doesn't change much about what he did because I understood what he meant even without knowing about his side on this (I'll write more about that when I finish that one).
Spoiler
Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles - reviewed:
0.5 - Luca Vitiello:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/57f24b82-8331-460a-bd4d-ae02fc323861
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4561568230
1.0 - Bound by Honor:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/eb670dd1-294d-4e23-9bab-bc9c11aef33f
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4558103572
2.0 - Bound by Duty:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a71e2654-573c-4d41-a224-363bbfb62ba0
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3021719736
3.0 - Bound by Hatred:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8e3fc6be-670e-4ae3-8bf1-eba71c361dcd
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4578787289
4.0 - Bound by Temptation:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e0ad773e-86e3-46fc-a250-df3cc60c318b
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4585687182
5.0 - Bound by Vengeance:
TSG - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/902ff414-f764-429f-b3a2-dfcd8fd35d0b
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4593389597
Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Misogyny, Murder, and Rape
Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Confinement, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse
lh_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit and Death of parent
Minor: Self harm and Domestic abuse
monirgzz's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, and Sexism
Minor: Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Medical content, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Suicide
alexhyder's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Domestic abuse
bookedupchick's review against another edition
4.0
Oh my goodness! This book! Luca & Aria are so perfect together. Luca gets all the praise in this book 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 IYKYK! 🥰 Mafia romances are such a blast! I love all of the passion brought on by the intensity of the situations. Loved Aria’s siblings — they are honestly the best. I can’t wait to read more of this series ✨especially Gianna’s story!
Read this if you like ⤵️
🌃 Arranged Marriage Trope
🌃 Mafia Romance
🌃 Strong Female Characters
🌃 NYC Setting
🌃 Single POV
🌃 Series (Book 1)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Bound By Honor by Cora Reilly
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Rape
lanorton's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Spoiler
Then he sees no problem with not informing her weeks ago that her little sister was sold into a marriage. Also the big ending is I actually love you I don’t just want to Fuck you.Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
mariereads_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Sexual content, and Death
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Infidelity
Minor: Cursing, Murder, and Toxic relationship