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mortibella's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
But I just don’t think I’m a mafia romance girlie. I’m just not into all the violence.
I don’t like people who handle their problems with fighting. The entire time they were banging after she shot him, I couldn’t help but think about him bleeding all over everything. I don’t see who it would be feasible to 69 and then hard ride a man with broken ribs and a stab wound on his abdomen.
Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
saoreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
booksalacarte's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Classism
Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Classism
apolen's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder
Minor: Infidelity and Death of parent
tiana_king's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Grief and Stalking
Minor: Animal death
a_libra_library's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
emmacartlidge's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and Stalking
Minor: Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury
lilyemmaaa'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
3.5
The story moved so quickly and I found myself not wanting to put it down.
Callum and Aida had such amazing chemistry and banter. I loved how Aida acted and how she was just such a badass and independent character. Callum had a soft spot for her and it was obvious form the beginning, even if he acted all tough in the beginning.
I will definitely be continuing this series and hope to fall more in love with these characters.
<SPOILERS>
I can’t even lie, every event that happened in this book had me thinking how is that even possible.
From a fire in the beginning caused by Aida, to an arrangement made between the fathers that made Callum and Aida marry, to Aida being the cause of an allergic reaction and nearly killing her husband not even seconds after they married, to a mafia boss coming in and subtly threatening the safety of their lives, to Aida, Callum and her family nearly getting killed by that same Mafia boss, to Aida and Callum getting drugged and kidnapped by that same mafia boos and Aida somehow created a plan to get out of the captors control, to Aida being kidnapped by her psycho ex and nearly being burned alive, only for Callum to come in and save her.
A very action packed book that like I said had me eating it out of the palm of its hand.
Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Stalking
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
featherinthewind'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
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
weelasswithabook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
⭐ Enemies to lovers
⭐ Mafia romance
⭐ Marriage of convenience
An enemies to lovers, where they are genuinely enemies and hate each other? Sign me the hell up🙏
A brilliant opening to a series, Brutal Prince ditches the rivals to lovers angle of the enemies to lovers trope and brings two feuding families with a prickly heroine who literally tries to kill him within the first quarter of the book 😂 Honestly an iconic move.
I always love to see characters, particularly the macho MMC start to soften gradually over the course of a book and this had it in spades as we see Callum totally disregard his own safety and well-being just to rescue Aida.
I loved it. I needed it. Chef's kiss.
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Confinement and Alcohol