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A review by plsnotanotherdamselindistress
Painted Scars by Neva Altaj
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
This is somehow not a dark romance even with the love interest being a mafia boss.
I enjoyed that there were no cnc scenes and I believe this book could be recommended to people who want to find out if they could like dark romances, because this book definitely has the glorification of violence typical for dark romances, but without the relationship between the fMC and mMC being dark as he treats her very respectfully, does not cross any of her boundaries and so on...
The fMC is not involved at all in the mafia business and while her ability to play other characters is cool she is not giving...bad bitch
- he falls first and harder
- like a mafia romance but make it hallmark with sex scenes (not that much depth but the romance was sweet)
- spice 1/5 (not that low of a quantity but not very detailed and quite vanilla, no tension was created so even the open door scenes were boring)
I enjoyed that there were no cnc scenes and I believe this book could be recommended to people who want to find out if they could like dark romances, because this book definitely has the glorification of violence typical for dark romances, but without the relationship between the fMC and mMC being dark as he treats her very respectfully, does not cross any of her boundaries and so on...
The fMC is not involved at all in the mafia business and while her ability to play other characters is cool she is not giving...bad bitch
- he falls first and harder
- like a mafia romance but make it hallmark with sex scenes (not that much depth but the romance was sweet)
- spice 1/5 (not that low of a quantity but not very detailed and quite vanilla, no tension was created so even the open door scenes were boring)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Murder
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail