midnight_rose_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
However…..
Spoiler
Dante’s character somewhat disappointed me in this book. Don’t get me wrong, he does show up for Sebastian and Yelena’s wedding, but in the heat of the battle towards the end he’s not there. Obviously he explains to Sebastian why at one point in the narrative, but I have a hard time believing a man like Dante would not want to help get retribution for his father’s murder. Quite frankly, I never believed he would be truly happy moving somewhere like Paris, as he did in his book Bloody Heart.Graphic: Violence, Murder, Sexual content, and Gun violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Torture and Pregnancy
apolen's review
4.75
Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Death
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual assault, Trafficking, Pregnancy, and Torture
geminimarsss's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Confinement, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence
__romancereader__'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, and Death
Not all content warnings are about the main characters some are and some are about the other characters you meet/hear about 🫶🏼Enjoy🫶🏼misswirum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
2,25/5⭐️
2,5/5📝
1/5🌶
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Grief, Sexism, Death, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Dementia, Body horror, Confinement, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy
amanda_reads13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Spoiler
At first Seb comes off as selfish and it leads to irrevocable damage to his family. Throughout most of the book he puts his family in danger, first due to infatuation and then his desire for revenge.Yelena was controled by her father, she was a pawn in his schemes against the Gallos. She put all of her faith in her brother to have her back, but she was ultimately betrayed by the one person she trusted the most. You could see how she truly loved Seb, but she could have told him the truth at any point, maybe then his family would have been better prepared at the wedding.
That scene in the dungeon... He said she could saystop at any point, but he made it very clear that to earn back his trust she had to allow him to do whatever he wanted to her. That was messed up. She was psychologically and emotionally abused her whole life, and he basically did to her what every other man has. What he did was emotional blackmail and, really, could be considered rape.
I LOVE seeing the other characters come back through this book and being able to see how their relationships have progressed. BUT you also get the sense that the family is fractured and the damaged suffered will forever keep the family members on seperate paths. This is solidified in the epilogue when you have no mention of Aida, Dante, or Nero. It insinuates that Dante has remained estranged from his family, Aida and Cal have gone clean, and Nero is probably running his garage.
Spoiler
Tropes: Mafia, instalove, revenge, waring families
Graphic: Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Sexism, Confinement, Death, Murder, and Violence
sdupont'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Sexual assault and Pregnancy
weelasswithabook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
⭐ Hidden motive
⭐ Mafia romance
Ooh this had me full of anxiety. So much happened in this book 👀 character deaths that broke my little heart, betrayal, sadness, a hero with such responsibility he didn't want nor need thrust on him, a heroine made to choose between her family (tbh they were dicks so I'd have bounced) and someone she loved.
Uggghhhhh this was just the perfect end to the series and Kingmakers (which I read first for some reason 🤣) is such a natural progression which just flows from Heavy Crown to The Heir.
10/10 would read again.
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
Moderate: Torture, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Terminal illness
readwithelle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content
kim03's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Murder
Minor: Body shaming and Murder