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lokeylez's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Car accident
Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol
dovahkiin_shea's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Trauma, car accidents, raising nephew.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death and Torture
Minor: Body shaming and Alcohol
Angelo x Beth. He's told to watch her at the gym she works at as a PT. He starts to like her and she thinks he hates her. Lots of miscommunication. Eventually she lets him into her and her nephew's lives (she's raising him after her estranged brother passed in a car accident)now_booking's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.75
Another really adorable romantic suspense novel in the Sin series. After enjoying Book 1 of the Sin series, I had to hop right into the next book, Angelo’s story. Angelo appears as a side character in Book 1 but somewhat peripheral so that you don’t feel it’s imperative to read his book, but you also probably will want to because the first book is so darn sweet and suspenseful. The good thing about this however, is that these books stand alone quite well. I can see how one could read this first because it contains such light linkages to the first book, so if reading out of order is your jam, you’ll be fine here.
The premise is that physiotherapist, Beth, and her newly inherited nephew Noah are on the run from the Philadelphia mob after a series of tragedies. Her old family friend asks security expert and all round giant of a man, Angelo, to keep an eye on them when they move to his city. Beth and Angelo’s budding relationship is in jeopardy when Beth finds out that Angelo has been keeping secrets, and things come to a head when danger finds them in their new hiding place despite them changing their names.
This was a solid, well-balanced romance with the perfect blend of sweet, funny, emotional and suspenseful. I adored the growing relationship between Beth and her nephew- it felt authentic in its development and the emotion was perfectly executed. I enjoyed the characters overall and seeing Vincent and Sasha again from Book 1. If there’s a little niggle, it’s with the spicier scenes- they always sounded a little 🥵 rather than 🌶 and there’s a comment that Angelo makes at a point about not being “dirty” in STI terms that I found unnecessary. But other than that, I thought this was solid and really enjoyed it.
The premise is that physiotherapist, Beth, and her newly inherited nephew Noah are on the run from the Philadelphia mob after a series of tragedies. Her old family friend asks security expert and all round giant of a man, Angelo, to keep an eye on them when they move to his city. Beth and Angelo’s budding relationship is in jeopardy when Beth finds out that Angelo has been keeping secrets, and things come to a head when danger finds them in their new hiding place despite them changing their names.
This was a solid, well-balanced romance with the perfect blend of sweet, funny, emotional and suspenseful. I adored the growing relationship between Beth and her nephew- it felt authentic in its development and the emotion was perfectly executed. I enjoyed the characters overall and seeing Vincent and Sasha again from Book 1. If there’s a little niggle, it’s with the spicier scenes- they always sounded a little 🥵 rather than 🌶 and there’s a comment that Angelo makes at a point about not being “dirty” in STI terms that I found unnecessary. But other than that, I thought this was solid and really enjoyed it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, and Stalking
There is a scene where the heroine is roofied, consider that if you might be sensitive.
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