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A review by pvrisreadinggurl40
This Day by Blanka Lipińska
3.0
This Day picks up shortly after 365 Days ends, with Massimo and Laura dealing with the aftermath of an attempt on her life. Don Massimo struggles to allow Laura to be her own person as he is used to keeping control of everyone and everything in his world. Unfortunately, Laura doesn't take kindly to being bossed around. However, she loves Massimo so much that she has decided to try to allow him to care for her. Especially since they have a baby on the way. To add to the stress of an unplanned pregnancy and trying not to get killed by Massimo's rivals, Laura is also planning a wedding.
After a whirlwind wedding, and a honeymoon that comes to an abrupt end, Laura has to face the harsh realities of being a Mafia boss's wife. Along with managing those realities, there are also marital hiccups for Laura and Massimo to face that cause several emotional misunderstandings. Then, just as Laura has begun to settle into her life as Massimo's wife, she is kidnapped by a hitman named Nacho, who is also the son of Massimo's enemy. At first Laura is terrified, but the more time she spends with the handsome hitman, she begins to realize that despite his reputation for being one of the most dangerous Spanish hitmen, he is actually kind. As Laura lowers her guard, she soon starts to see Nacho as a friend, and before long confusing feelings stir within her, and she worries she may be attracted to him. Laura fights to stay faithful to Massimo and maintain her hope that he will rescue her and their unborn child. Eventually, Massimo and his enforcers come to Laura's rescue, but when tragedy strikes, it may be too late.
My overall thoughts on this book are that it had a decent plot, but there were things that happened that made me cringe. This book had so much potential to be a five-star read, but I just feel as though there were too many moments in it that had it not been a Netgalley copy, would have made me stop reading it. The book is supposed to be romance, but honestly there is not much I found romantic about the moments between Massimo and Laura. I know Laura likes rough sexual activity, but Massimo is borderline abusive to me, and I don't like that. Because of the cliffhanger ending of this book, I plan to read the third, but I really hope the toxic masculinity in the first two books isn't as rampant in the third.
Likes:
-The plot of Massimo's enemies attempting to kill Laura made for an intriguing read. It's why I kept reading.
-I actually found Nacho much more likable than Massimo
Dislikes:
-There is SO MUCH toxic masculinity in this book. There were FAR too many men doing things that overstepped boundaries and it was unacceptable. (i.e. embracing a MARRIED pregnant woman around her waist IN HER BED without asking-and I don't mean a hug).
-Men BRUTALLY attacking women and getting away with it
-Why does Laura STILL refer to Massimo, her husband as "The Man in Black" ?
-Why does Laura STILL refer to Massimo's accent as BRITISH? He's ITALIAN.
-Massimo is physically abusive (particularly in Chapter eleven), under the guise of being protective. He choked Laura so badly that her feet left the ground. That is NOT OKAY.
After a whirlwind wedding, and a honeymoon that comes to an abrupt end, Laura has to face the harsh realities of being a Mafia boss's wife. Along with managing those realities, there are also marital hiccups for Laura and Massimo to face that cause several emotional misunderstandings. Then, just as Laura has begun to settle into her life as Massimo's wife, she is kidnapped by a hitman named Nacho, who is also the son of Massimo's enemy. At first Laura is terrified, but the more time she spends with the handsome hitman, she begins to realize that despite his reputation for being one of the most dangerous Spanish hitmen, he is actually kind. As Laura lowers her guard, she soon starts to see Nacho as a friend, and before long confusing feelings stir within her, and she worries she may be attracted to him. Laura fights to stay faithful to Massimo and maintain her hope that he will rescue her and their unborn child. Eventually, Massimo and his enforcers come to Laura's rescue, but when tragedy strikes, it may be too late.
My overall thoughts on this book are that it had a decent plot, but there were things that happened that made me cringe. This book had so much potential to be a five-star read, but I just feel as though there were too many moments in it that had it not been a Netgalley copy, would have made me stop reading it. The book is supposed to be romance, but honestly there is not much I found romantic about the moments between Massimo and Laura. I know Laura likes rough sexual activity, but Massimo is borderline abusive to me, and I don't like that. Because of the cliffhanger ending of this book, I plan to read the third, but I really hope the toxic masculinity in the first two books isn't as rampant in the third.
Likes:
-The plot of Massimo's enemies attempting to kill Laura made for an intriguing read. It's why I kept reading.
-I actually found Nacho much more likable than Massimo
Dislikes:
-There is SO MUCH toxic masculinity in this book. There were FAR too many men doing things that overstepped boundaries and it was unacceptable. (i.e. embracing a MARRIED pregnant woman around her waist IN HER BED without asking-and I don't mean a hug).
-Men BRUTALLY attacking women and getting away with it
-Why does Laura STILL refer to Massimo, her husband as "The Man in Black" ?
-Why does Laura STILL refer to Massimo's accent as BRITISH? He's ITALIAN.
-Massimo is physically abusive (particularly in Chapter eleven), under the guise of being protective. He choked Laura so badly that her feet left the ground. That is NOT OKAY.