A review by biblioniche
New Jersey Noir: Cape May by William Baer
5.0
I went into this thinking it'd be a typical steamy, mafia romance. Damn, was I wrong.
It was SO MUCH MORE. SO, SO MUCH MORE than I could've ever imagined.
I loved the MCs, I loved the side characters. I loved the how wonderful Elena's character development was.
Too often, I've come across the FL struggling with similar themes as Elena, but then they meet the ML and poof! their trauma magically disappears *eye roll*
I loved how in this, there was actually a healing process for her to overcome her trauma and come to terms with who she was.
"Survivors came in all shapes and sizes, and not all of them came out on the other side of their trauma shiny and bright with hope and renewed optimism."
I really, really liked how Dante played his part so damn well without being an alphahole.
And the quotes - they're so fkin beautiful *sniffles* I don't remember the last time I annotated a book this much!
“Between the hero and the villain, there is the anti-hero. A person who may do evil deeds and seem unscrupulous, but who, within their own set of morals, possesses a big heart and the willingness to protect that which they know to be good."
HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
It was SO MUCH MORE. SO, SO MUCH MORE than I could've ever imagined.
I loved the MCs, I loved the side characters. I loved the how wonderful Elena's character development was.
Too often, I've come across the FL struggling with similar themes as Elena, but then they meet the ML and poof! their trauma magically disappears *eye roll*
I loved how in this, there was actually a healing process for her to overcome her trauma and come to terms with who she was.
"Survivors came in all shapes and sizes, and not all of them came out on the other side of their trauma shiny and bright with hope and renewed optimism."
I really, really liked how Dante played his part so damn well without being an alphahole.
And the quotes - they're so fkin beautiful *sniffles* I don't remember the last time I annotated a book this much!
“Between the hero and the villain, there is the anti-hero. A person who may do evil deeds and seem unscrupulous, but who, within their own set of morals, possesses a big heart and the willingness to protect that which they know to be good."
HIGHLY RECOMMEND.