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nyx_999'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
5.0
“You have no idea.”
I couldn’t let him go. Not even if my brother asked me to. Tex had become something far more important.
“Enzo, you knew this wasn’t going to last.”
“I didn’t.” My chest felt as if a knife was steadily piercing it.
“Come on. I’m a cop. I—”
“You are mine!”
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Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Toxic relationship and Stalking
plutonianonmars's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use
galleytrot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Tex is acting in the pursuit of upstaging his retired detective father, who is venerated for taking down a crime family in the prime of his career. Unfortunately, he’s playing a game of snakes & ladders while everyone else around him is playing 3D chess. He walks in to the Vitale’s bar with no game plan, just grit and determination and bluster. When Enzo pops out to buy him a drink, it’s all systems go and Tex will gladly give his body over in order to get close to the man. It isn’t until his own safe haven is breached that he begins to understand how dangerous the situation he’s gotten himself into might be.
TECHNICAL / PRODUCTION: 3.25 / 5⭐
I want to be clear upfront: I did not hate this story, but I was extremely baffled by a lot of the choices made about Tex’s character and his motivations. When I take a step back, he is a suitable and complex enough main character, but he is such a departure from what I was expecting in a story featuring a cop/mobster romance that for a while, I couldn’t accept that he wasn’t poorly written. From this book’s premise, I anticipated a battle of wits, two characters evenly matched, alternating between being one step ahead of each other; but this story really is about a silly little guy throwing himself blindly into a situation that he cannot grasp the breadth of and floundering around while things progress.
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Trafficking, and Abandonment
eloise_vi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Drug abuse
emmavanweert'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
3.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder
the_otaku_bibliophile's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This would have been an undefeated 5⭐️ if it had “MORE”. This book was lacking in so many ways. Where is enzo’s backstory???!!!!!!! It was crucial to be detailed with his please. And even Tex’s fell flat. It needed more. And even the dark bits needed to be darker. It’s the mafia fgs. Maybe it’s just me but i needed more. I can’t even believe I’m saying this but it was way too fast paced for me too
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use
vousziel's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Stalking
poetrypup's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
jessie_h's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use