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lotusspages'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
2.0
what we have here is the perfect mix to get you out of a reading slump. we have an easy to follow character backstory, some nice little smut and a predictable plot... you don't need anything else to get you reading again.
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture
Minor: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, and Car accident
abicaro17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
tguccione'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
4.0
Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit
sami_leigh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
“What would he do with me? I’m…nobody.”
“You’re my wife. Hurting you would mean hurting me.”
“I don’t care what we agreed to. You’re mine now and I’m not letting you go.”
🗡️ First person dual POV
🗡️ First in a series that can be read as stand alone (I read book 2 first)
🗡️ Arranged marriage — blackmail to save father’s life
🗡️ Mafia romance
🗡️ Artist / mafia boss
🗡️ Age gap
🗡️ Nicknames
🗡️ Banter 👌🏻
🗡️ Toxic family
🗡️ Tension & spice 🥵
🗡️ Insta-love
🗡️ Protective & possessive MC 🙌🏻
🗡️ ‘My wife!’
🗡️ Well established secondary characters
🗡️ MC growth: trust, overcoming past trauma.
🗡️ Epilogue
🗡️ Quick read
• Issues with Nina’s family are never resolved fully — she puts her life in danger, marrying Roman, to fix his mistake.
• Third act breakup resolves quickly. Doesn’t for the severity with which the situation was presented.
⚠️ Violence (explicit), gun violence (explicit), death (explicit), torture (explicit), death of a parent (past), medical content/trauma (minor), injury/injury detail (explicit), pregnancy, drugs (minor, trafficking).
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
threeundertwopnw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Car accident
admunro20's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pregnancy and Alcohol
siriuslyz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
okay, the guy is like so madly in love with her and all, and it’s all rly cute. and im glad that they both have a fked mental health and insecurities. but this book was like, meh.
the writing was good. definitely. but some words were just unnecessary. like idc what a table looks like, yk? and sometimes there was no proper description at all so it was hard to imagine things.
the girl is lowkey such a y/n, with her ‘petite frame’ and her little weight (she’s barely 5ft). that threw me off a bit. and then the guy is like giant, massive. tbh i dont fk with those proportions, gives me pick me vibes.
i do love their characters though; the girl is a complete badass and the guy is like a “look at her in a wrong way and youre dead” type of guy. i know many (myself included) love that shit.
it’s not bad, it’s a great book. just wasn’t rly for me bcs it didnt rly captivate me in a way some other books do.
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Forced institutionalization
bookswith_hollie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Pregnancy