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A review by julietthague
When Villains Rise by Giana Darling
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