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smartcookiesca's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Domestic abuse and Vomit
lotusspages'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
what we have here is the perfect mix to get you out of a reading slump. we have an easy to follow character backstory, some nice little smut and a predictable plot... you don't need anything else to get you reading again.
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture
Minor: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, and Car accident
dunndiggity's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence
Minor: Vomit
abicaro17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
lanahla'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Torture
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Violence
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit
tguccione's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit
herbookarchives's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
sami_leigh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
“What would he do with me? I’m…nobody.”
“You’re my wife. Hurting you would mean hurting me.”
“I don’t care what we agreed to. You’re mine now and I’m not letting you go.”
🗡️ First person dual POV
🗡️ First in a series that can be read as stand alone (I read book 2 first)
🗡️ Arranged marriage — blackmail to save father’s life
🗡️ Mafia romance
🗡️ Artist / mafia boss
🗡️ Age gap
🗡️ Nicknames
🗡️ Banter 👌🏻
🗡️ Toxic family
🗡️ Tension & spice 🥵
🗡️ Insta-love
🗡️ Protective & possessive MC 🙌🏻
🗡️ ‘My wife!’
🗡️ Well established secondary characters
🗡️ MC growth: trust, overcoming past trauma.
🗡️ Epilogue
🗡️ Quick read
• Issues with Nina’s family are never resolved fully — she puts her life in danger, marrying Roman, to fix his mistake.
• Third act breakup resolves quickly. Doesn’t for the severity with which the situation was presented.
⚠️ Violence (explicit), gun violence (explicit), death (explicit), torture (explicit), death of a parent (past), medical content/trauma (minor), injury/injury detail (explicit), pregnancy, drugs (minor, trafficking).
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
mmz19's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
Graphic: Ableism, Blood, and Car accident
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Death of parent
fogla's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Torture and Violence