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rickireadss's review
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
WOW WOW WOW. i knew from friends that this one would have much more of everything (smut, violence, action) than book 1 AND I CAN CONFIRM. i had the best time reading this - getting to witness elena grow into even more of a badass was AMAZING. she is ultimate book gf material right there. the found family vibes in this duet is UNmatched - i want to be apart of that family so bad. i love when couples are badass together and fight together, and elena&dante are the perfect example of that. i HIGHLY recommend this duet, but please please please check the CW. this is a dark, mafia romance, and it deals with some very heavy topics (cw listed below!)
⚠️: grooming, adult/minor relationship, violence, gun violence, murder, death, pedophilia, torture, blood, sexual assault, infertility, domestic abuse, child abuse, kidnapping, medical trauma, injury/injury detail, death of parent, grief
⚠️: grooming, adult/minor relationship, violence, gun violence, murder, death, pedophilia, torture, blood, sexual assault, infertility, domestic abuse, child abuse, kidnapping, medical trauma, injury/injury detail, death of parent, grief
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
Minor: Infertility, Pedophilia, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
julietthague's review against another edition
dark
emotional
fast-paced
3.0
after the cliffhanger the first book ended with, i immediately had to start off with this one because i just had to know how elenas and dantes story would progress.
and while the plot was still strong in the second book, it got lost between to many details and honestly, too many filler sex scenes aswell that were so horribly worded that i cringed in disgust more than once.
it sometimes felt like a contest of "who can find the most atrocious word for a bodypart" and i skipped a lot of the scenes after a few sentences. i love me a good steamy scene but this was…. something else.
also the part in italy was so off, it felt anticlimactic and full of unnecessary problems, especially the part about dante ALSO loving elenas sister in the past was cruel, she deserves better than to always be the second choice.
the new york part was however great and exactly how i wished and imagined the story to progress.
all in all, the book would have been an absolute banger if giana darling would have focused more on the plot and original storytime than writing sex scenes and unnecessary fillers.
these two books would probably have been better of they were combined into one, skipping the italy part.
and while the plot was still strong in the second book, it got lost between to many details and honestly, too many filler sex scenes aswell that were so horribly worded that i cringed in disgust more than once.
it sometimes felt like a contest of "who can find the most atrocious word for a bodypart" and i skipped a lot of the scenes after a few sentences. i love me a good steamy scene but this was…. something else.
also the part in italy was so off, it felt anticlimactic and full of unnecessary problems, especially the part about dante ALSO loving elenas sister in the past was cruel, she deserves better than to always be the second choice.
the new york part was however great and exactly how i wished and imagined the story to progress.
all in all, the book would have been an absolute banger if giana darling would have focused more on the plot and original storytime than writing sex scenes and unnecessary fillers.
these two books would probably have been better of they were combined into one, skipping the italy part.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence and Violence