Was really excited for Gianna and Matteos book but this was a let down for me.
The first half was dull, pretty much set in the **spoiler alert** 3.5⭐️
Was really excited for Gianna and Matteos book but this was a let down for me.
The first half was dull, pretty much set in the past focusing on how they first met, Arias wedding etc and apart from the kiss, the rest were all events we’d already read about in the previous 2 books.
It got exciting again when Gianna ran away and we were caught up to the present day following Bound by Duty. But how the hell did she burn through £10k worth of cash in 3 months in Europe? ...more
I could not have cared less about Dante and Valentina, I’m far too thirsty for Gianna and Matteo.
However I did enjoy this way more than I thoug3.75⭐️
I could not have cared less about Dante and Valentina, I’m far too thirsty for Gianna and Matteo.
However I did enjoy this way more than I thought I would. The characters and the story was better than Bound by Honour for sure. I definitely preferred Valentina over Aria, shes a QUEEN I loved her ...more
I should have put this down as soon as I saw ‘plot driven book’. It’s also definitely heavier on the mafia than the romance.
Idgaf about charac2.75 ⭐️
I should have put this down as soon as I saw ‘plot driven book’. It’s also definitely heavier on the mafia than the romance.
Idgaf about characters in anything plot driven and this was no different. If I don’t understand why what’s happening matters to the characters, why should it matter to me?
But the plot was shoddy. And corny.
There’s a lot of characters, their roles confusing. It had that whole ‘character hides multiple secrets from reader’ until right at the end, and the reveal is never satisfying, just annoying.
Some of the diaglgue was cliche. “You won’t get away with this!!” And then the villain reveal at the end was cheesy af.
The ending… so unnecessary and made zero sense. Along with the teeth removal? Wtaf. That wasn’t explained.
It was written well. That’s the biggest positive ...more
This had a lot of potential but didn’t quite do it for me.
I didn’t connect with any of the characters. Rory and Angelo were fleshed out to an extent This had a lot of potential but didn’t quite do it for me.
I didn’t connect with any of the characters. Rory and Angelo were fleshed out to an extent but I didn’t connect with either of them. Both of them have clear goals, which was great. But the WHY their goals mattered was missing.
21 yr old Rory wants to protect her father, and the land he lives on so agrees to marry 72 yr old Capo Alberto Visconti who owns the land. Angelo (Alberto’s nephew) has moved back to town to find out who killed his mother and avenge her. But I didn’t understand WHY it was so important to them. I didn’t empathise or relate to their goals because I didn’t understand why their relationship to their parents mattered.
‘I want to protect my dad’ or ‘I want to avenge my mother’ isn’t enough. I need to understand why their mothers and fathers are so important to them in the first place.
Just bc it was their parents, isn’t a given. It doesn’t give the characters a free pass to not explain. I need more. Show backstory. Why did they love their parents so much? What was their upbringing like? Why do they miss the most? How am I supposed to care, if I don’t know why the characters care.
It was super slow, until around 40% mark. I nearly DNF.
And the spice was really disappointing. 2 pump squirt…....more
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