A review by africreole
Kostya by Roxie Rivera

5.0

What a tangled web of secrets we weave!

Everyone has secrets to hide. This story was so good. I could not put it down, and I did not want it to end. It's obvious that Roxie Rivera has not lost her creative writing touch after being gone for sooooo long. I just love how she weaves a story and Kostya did not disappoint. She shows how the love of family, even among made men, and woman in this story, will do anything to protect the ones they love. I find it how ironic that Kostya and Holly fell in love despite the information they just found out about their parents' involvement in the Russian underworld. Even Lana's father had a tie into their past.

This story was so heartbreaking about how even made men in the Russian Mafia need love too. It's just a human longing to love and be loved by someone. Kostya's mind was all in a jumble because he hated bringing his life into Holly's but in the end, love won out for the both of them. Even Savannah could not sway Holly out of love for Kostya. But he knew he wanted a chance with Holly and needed to get out of the wet work he was so good at. I wonder who will take his place? Will it be one of his little spiders, will it be Boychenko? I also see a brewing romance between Savvy and Gabe, and possibly another romance brewing between Atenon and Nisha. I can't wait to find out. Come on Roxie, your dedicated and d patient readers have missed you so much, and we can't wait for your future books. Welcome back and congratulations on a publication well done.