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kkmbrlyy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
rayesp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
poupimali's review against another edition
4.5
- mafia
- age gap
- kind of enemies to lovers with a bit of Stockholm syndrome
- Hilarious and sunchine FMC
- grumpy tense MMC
- Slow burn
I really laugh out loud many times because of the banter between them.
And I am really a sucker for mobster who are speaking a foreign language that the FMC doesn’t understand.
Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent
naviareadinghub's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
zayyssa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Physical abuse, Trafficking, and Gaslighting
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Stockholm Syndrome. Emotional Torture. Manipulation. Forced confinement in one room. Female MC tied to bed, naked.claravek's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
molly_rose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Incest, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War
vertreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Grief, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug abuse, Trafficking, and Death of parent
r1vana's review against another edition
3.25
I hate these kinds of things bcz of the main end up together, it feels stockholm syndrome, like mentioned in the book, a few time..
But not gonna lie, in a weird f-up way, Ronan aka D'yavol grew on me.
This couple is completely different from the first two.
Christian + Gianna and Ronan + Mila= when their love language is literally them insulting one another>>>
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Beside that this man kept her earring with him…?!
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And Christian, Gianna and Kate appearances and Ronan sweet moments with Kat.
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Christian looked like Gabriel the archangel.
Ronan was every part D'yavol. I knew if they stood on separate sides of an alley and I was running from danger
I'd jump into D'yavol's arms.
Quotes:
Mila glowed. The only shadows that
touched her were mine.
She gave me her forgiveness.
I had nothing to give her but vengeance.
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
literamy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
i’m a character reader, first and foremost. i fell in love with Elena and her sweet romanticism, i adored Gianna for her sarcasm and softness, but i fell the hardest for Mila. from the get-go, she was imperfect, but so wholly intent on her life meaning something more. more than Miami, more than The Moorings, more than being married off to a man who doesn’t love her. i understand people’s criticisms of her character—she’s blindly optimistic, she’s too trusting, she makes mistakes, and she’s imperfect—but that’s why i fell in love with her. her sunshine smile, her yellow wardrobe, her warm heart, and wanting to love so much that it ends up hurting her. in that way, i thought this book was Danielle Lori’s strongest. both Mila and Ronan were SO deeply flawed, and even in this world of mafia romance and fanaticism, there was something real about that. it sucked me right in and made my heart race, and it completely transported me to Moscow alongside Mila.
and as the story unfolded, as the sucker punch of Ronan’s cruel, twisted intentions fully came to light, i got nauseous. i teared up; i felt my belly twist in rage. as we moved into the second act, i almost had to stop reading. it was visceral and too real, and i felt betrayed by Ronan right alongside Mila. the only thing that kept me going was how much i connected with her, how much she felt like a real person to me. and i was disgusted, i felt sick, and then, somewhere along the way, it quieted.
it wasn’t easy. i was so sure that my hatred and disgust for Ronan would stick with me long after i finished—but through his horrible, twisted exterior, little things started to shine. D’yavol, the most ruthless and feared man in the Russian mafia, fell for the sunshine girl he kidnapped, plays candy crush on his phone, eats froot loops, and has a thaw in his heart. there are Ronan haters and there are Ronan apologists, but i fall somewhere in the middle.
dark romances—especially ones with twisted, sadistic themes, with kidnapping, with every single plot point in TDT—are never my thing. ever. but because of Mila’s character, because of how strongly she resonated with me, because of the way this book got inside of me and refused to get out—something got me. this is my guiltiest pleasure of a read, and i understand the criticisms. i understand why people don’t like it. i understand the complaints of it being too dark, too twisted, too much. but, just like Mila, disgust turned, somewhere along the way, into passion. and then, despite all reason, passion turned into love. Mila Mikhailov, and all of her fucking yellow, drowned everything else out. and, like Mila, somehow, i fell for Ronan and the horrible, violent way he loves. it’s not simple, and it’s almost inexplicable, but the way i felt after i finished—awestruck, whiplashed, stunned—that stuck with me long after. and that’s what a good book—with complex but ultimately, somehow, lovable characters—does. it sticks to you, it stays with you.
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting