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Reaper by A. Zavarelli

7 reviews

belle13's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Amount of spice:🔥🔥🔥
Explicitness: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

❤️Inexperienced MMC
❤️Irish Mafia
❤️Possessive MMC
❤️THEY HAVE IRISH ACCENTS
❤️Unexpectedly Sweet
❤️Boston Setting

This was miles better than book one and it felt like the author was settling into the characters a little more. Both of the leads are so much more complex and loveable than the previous book. It was also surprisingly tender and sweet which is always surprising when it comes to mafia romance.

I was just a little bored by the end of this unfortunately and I have a feeling that each book in this series is going to follow a very similar formula because the three I’ve read so far have all felt very much the same. I wanted to binge the whole series but I’m already the tiniest bit over it.

CHECK THE CWs PRETTY PLEASE

I would recommend it if you like a mafia romance with a good dose of sweetness and a MMC that needs a little direction, if ya know what I mean. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

erinreadstoomuch's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

all the classic aspects of a mafia book covered, honestly wish I saw more of Daisy 😒

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Abandonment

schottofjen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

erinmd156's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Blood, and Death of parent

r1vana's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cassie823's review against another edition

4.25

Ronan is one of my favorite men ever, genuinely. This man is so big and bad, but the absolute sweetest there is. His story is heartbreaking and I love him so much.

 I only wish we had seen more closure on his part, more healing. Or at least more details of it, especially from his pov.

 Also Ronans character was so well developed and was genuinely so wonderful, but sadly Sasha’s fell a bit flat.  Don’t get me wrong she was enjoyable, but I wanted more. 

And I felt as though we were missing the “healing” part of Sasha’s story too. She had trauma she should have been working on as well, and we just didn’t rlly see that. 
The ending felt a bit rushed and sadly, again, flat. For 75% of this book I thought I would be a 5/5⭐️ Read and sadly the last 25% just didn’t compare to the rest of the book. 
2.75/5🌶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ashleycmms's review against another edition

4.0

I did not enjoy this as much as the first book, because it heavily deals with child abuse/trauma (a lot of which is intense psychological, physical, emotional and some moments of sexual as well), sexual abuse (including children), domestic violence, etc. A LOT of this is on page and explicit. The characters are truly both going through A LOT and I’m not a believer in relationships can be salvation, so this book was a little difficult for me. BUT I do see how healthy relationships is something that both characters were SEVERELY lacking and how the introduction of that could change so much for them. That being said, I really loved both characters separately and I enjoyed seeing them being genuinely KIND and patient to/with one another (because they both had little of that in their lives.) I think this is the ONE romance where I would have liked it to be more on page slow burn? Like these people can’t do therapy, but uhhhh something has to give LOL.  

Also, like the consensual sex scenes are all so cold to read? Not intimate at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Pregnancy