in my opinion, the book did not start out great. i loved the fact that the author was trying to show us the trauma that roan was going through bu4 ★'s
in my opinion, the book did not start out great. i loved the fact that the author was trying to show us the trauma that roan was going through but i did not like how it was portrayed.
instead of talking ab it they either fought or had sex and that is never the solution. i also felt that after the initial long drawn out chapters of them fighting, his trauma kinda just disappeared (??) like there was no talk ab it?? not complaining since all they did was fight instead of talk but like ??
also, we got absolutely nothing ab sasha's past and that really, really pissed me off
"How can you care," he asked, grudgingly looking up at me, "knowing what you know?" "Because I love you. I love all of you. The good, the bad, and the fucking ugly. Just like you love me."
moving onto the romance, i loved it. it was beautiful. they had each other's back and more importantly they understood each other.
sasha had a soft side to match roan's and roan had an evil side to match sasha's. they truly balanced each other and they loved each other and it was just beautiful.
'Three little words, followed by four little words. Soft, loving sentiment after a shooting. How fucked up was that? He was proud of me for trying to murder someone. That’s not something you should be fucking proud of.'
i loved how strong roan became in the later part of the book. his revenge plan and the way he did not shy away from embracing his evil side was just so refreshing and amazing to read about. Philip Sinclair deserved everything that he went through and honestly so much more.
also unpopular opinion alert i HATED frankie. and i LOVED freddy. frankie annoyed the fuck out of me. she was supposed to be supportive and kind and just be there for roan but there was none of that. she was just loud and obnoxious and seemed like she always got what she wanted. she pissed me off so much and im glad we didn't have to see much of her in the later part of the book. freddy, on the other hand, was supportive and i really liked him.
If he was anyone else, I would have thought he was fucking joking. "You cannot talk about torturing someone to death and then turn around and take me to brunch!"
this some what reminded me of the energy that Stavros and Daniel had from the Staniel Duet and that is like one of my most favourite books ever and so i loved that
"Missing home?" I asked, slipping my arms around his waist and pressing my cheek to his back. "You’re my home." He dialled down the heat and turned in my arms, kissing me.
overall, an amazing duet and i need more rec's of this kind so help a girl out ________________________
tw (spoilers): alcohol/drug use, sexual assault, graphic violence, self-harm, ethnic and homosexual slurs, and profanity.
so Roan Sinclair is the 4 ★'s
tw (spoilers): alcohol/drug use, sexual assault, graphic violence, self-harm, ethnic and homosexual slurs, and profanity.
so Roan Sinclair is the son of this wealthy dude who is prominent in society and cares only ab his money. he becomes a victim of a robbery gone wrong and is then kidnapped by Aleksandr (Sasha) aka 'the wolf of verkhoyansk'
'If he wasn’t a fucking kidnapper, I would have said he was hot. Lie. He was hot, even if he was a kidnapper. But he lost major points for being a criminal.'
a major part of this book (and the next) was just sex sex sex murder sex did i mind it? no but there were zero feelings and literally no talk which i did not like. i need to see and feel the romance and there wasn't enough of it besides the few love declarations.
roan was horny asf, he was literally dying for some russian dick. he was barely on his feet after sasha hit him but there he was sucking his dick after like 3 seconds like okay baby slow down sasha isn't going anywhere
or maybe he was leaving bc thats what he did every single time. he got a weirdass existential crisis every time he kissed roan and then just ran away. seeing as what happened in his past, it was valid only there should've been more. we should've seen him talk to a friend ab it or have an internal monologue ab his feelings or something but all we got was his running away thrice before d0ing a total 180 and claiming roan as his own.
'The Wolf was off the leash and those motherfuckers had no idea what hell was coming for them.'
when THAT happened w roan, i was shocked to say the least. i knew it was going to be a dark book but goddam i had not expected that. but omg i loved ever second of it.
and sasha's revenge?? the blood?? the gore?? i love
'His screams were inhuman and it was fucking music to my ears. I left him like that, letting the steam liquifying his internal organs, and headed back upstairs.'
the only thing sasha did do in like the entire book was run away from his feelings and kill. now i love me a sexc assassin but i also need the broken character expressing his feelings which wasn't done and i hated that
"You’re mine, Solnyshko," Sasha said, tearing his mouth from mine and fixing me with one of his piercing looks, the kind that saw straight to my soul. "Yes?"
also misha??? I DEMAND A BOOK ilya??? I DEMAND ANOTHER BOOK bennett??? I DEMAND A BOOK FOR THIS TOO
(also eduard has to be gay okay like i will not accept anything else)
i loved all the side characters, they were really fleshed out. i truly fell in love w all of them and i would love to read more ab them.
"I kneel for no one," I repeated, gazing up at Roan, "except the one I love."
i will kneel and bend over for this man all he has to do is look at me ________________________
did not like the om drama AT ALL bc i HATE cheating, it technically wasn't cheating but it still was. LOVED the absence of ow drama. (view spoiler)[shdid not like the om drama AT ALL bc i HATE cheating, it technically wasn't cheating but it still was. LOVED the absence of ow drama. (view spoiler)[she sleeps w the H, and then the H leaves (to protect her) and she moves on to another dude and she dates him/sleeps w him, until the H comes back and she just kicks the om to the curb. the om was a good dude and honestly deserved better than that. the H hadn't been w anyone else during this time. (hide spoiler)]
oh my god okay so this was my first book after 3 weeks of exams and i kinda regret it. there was so much potential but it was just super dramatic and oh my god okay so this was my first book after 3 weeks of exams and i kinda regret it. there was so much potential but it was just super dramatic and unrealistic and repetitive, it could've definitely been better. i honestly have a major migraine rn, it was just too much.
so part of me feels like i should've just dnf'ed the book at 20% when i had the chance and now that i've completed it, im not sure if i should bleach so part of me feels like i should've just dnf'ed the book at 20% when i had the chance and now that i've completed it, im not sure if i should bleach my brain or actually recommend it to fucked up minds like mine.
i love darkness in my books but i draw the line at cheating and there was a lot of ow/om drama in this book. but then again, i loved how Evie didn't just take shit from Ezra and instead actually went out with om to show him that it worked both ways
im honestly not sure how to rate this book so im just gonna leave it at 3 stars...more
it was a good ending. this series wasn't exactly memorable and i definitely sort of hate the mc's rn but thats okay i guess?? winston was really gratiit was a good ending. this series wasn't exactly memorable and i definitely sort of hate the mc's rn but thats okay i guess?? winston was really grating on my nerves by the end of it with the whole i don't love you bc you're a whore and a maid and im a high class billionaire and im just paying for you and i really cannot understand how are why whatshername kept telling him you're my boyfriend i love you and i know you love me when that asshole couldn't be any more clearly telling her he doesn't
he honestly kept treating her like shit with the broken promises and his whole you're just a maid and im a billionaire and we can't be together routine and she had absolutely no backbone or any self respect
and um that ending was good enough?? idk i just stopped by the end of it
overall, the trilogy wasn't bad, i just felt that he was a bit much of an asshole and the books were the same thing on repeat with her getting hurt by her step brothers and him doing nothing bc he probably couldn't see anything besides his money and new plans to treat her like shit
so um this one was majorly disappointing especially after the first book that left me wanting so much more. i watched the same thing on repeat, them bso um this one was majorly disappointing especially after the first book that left me wanting so much more. i watched the same thing on repeat, them bargaining sex and money, and her getting almost raped by her step brothers again and again.
there was literally no development in their relationship but that cliffhanger did leave me wanting more
so the book started off great. better than great in fact but then cue chapter 5 which went something like this:
*Alejo and Sophia having one of thei
so the book started off great. better than great in fact but then cue chapter 5 which went something like this:
*Alejo and Sophia having one of their very rare intense talks*
Alejo: so i have an ex-wife and two kids whose lives i haven't really been a part of bc i was in prison at the time and i mean i am a big bad drug dealer so my wife didn't want me there and then she divorced me too
Sophia: omg that is so sad im sorry
um just wait a second here okay just give me a minute okay just um— wtf?!?
if im dating a guy, id like him to tell me at the beginning of our relationship that he has two teenage kids and an ex-wife, not after almost a year of being together. but obviously Alejo didn't get the memo bc suddenly he just dropped the kid bomb and im not kidding i read the page three times bc i thought he was joking and i kept waiting for him to yell April's fool or some shit but that never came..
but instead, one of the boy's did come. to live with them. and Sophia, our no emotion showing heroine just went like k its just a guinea pig not like its a teenage kid who's getting out of hand and my boyfriend's ex-wife left on our doorstep bc she couldn't handle him. cool cool cool. no big deal.
now listen, Tyler was a good kid okay nothing against him but the kid bomb felt so forced and out of place bc you just don't still us that halfway through the second book about Alejo's secret family. its just not done.
anyway, moving on to Sophia. She was an anomaly who was affected by nothing at all.
My boyfriend kid? no problem A video of my boyfriend with another chick? no problem I just shot someone? no problem My boyfriend at a strip club? no fucking problem
Alejo has to just wink at me and fuck me till the daylight and idc
every fight, argument, disagreement they had ended in him fucking her into submission. it infuriated me to no end that every argument that they had ended like that.
honestly there was like no talking in the book. between the kid and Alejo? nothing i wanted the kid to rebel, Alejo to be frustrated, Sophia to be anything but so complacent, some drama and some angst but i honestly got no real feelings, just things being resolved on their own.
now the romance. ngl i was more invested in Niner//Ben and Luis//Layne than Alejo and Sophie. now this is not me saying i didn't like them bc despite all their faults, i loved them together. they bought out this other side to each other and they made a really good couple but i mean compared to Ninner and Ben? ehh also i need a book about Niner and Ben pls
so overall, pretty enjoyable. it was fast paced and gave a good end to the duet but im not sure if its something i'll re-read. i didn't hate the book, but i guess i just wanted more
so this book was filled with all the favourite tropes of moi:
➺ mafia ➺ age gap ➺ forced proximity ➺ grumpy/sunshine ➺ angst ➺ a lot of steam
so obviously iso this book was filled with all the favourite tropes of moi:
➺ mafia ➺ age gap ➺ forced proximity ➺ grumpy/sunshine ➺ angst ➺ a lot of steam
so obviously it was a one click for me but was i expecting too much?? bc it honestly didn't totally reach the mark i was hoping it would.
I’d told her she reminded me of a mariposa for crying out loud. But she’d lit up at the nickname of butterfly and rendered any embarrassment I’d felt null and void.
// plot // ↪︎ so our girl Sophia aka strawberry shortcake met Alejandro about two yers ago when their encounter left her thinking of him all the time. About almost a year before present day, Sophia had almost died bc of a robbery at a shop she was it, but managed to come out with a grotesque scar around her neck. For Alejandro, Sophia has been a constant. While he knew she and him could never be together, due to the fact that he was the drug dealer and very dangerous, he always watched her from afar and pushed her away but helped her when she needed it.
fast forward to where the book starts. Sophia and Alejandro are at a family gathering (Sophia's sister is married Alejandro's nephew) and the heat between them is palpable. Sophia faints as she is still scared of loud noises after the tragic night and Alejandro helps her through it but is also sort of a jerk about it. then he does something super sweet and—
Easing it aside, I find a medal inside . . . a Catholic medal. San Cristobal, it reads below the image. St. Christopher . . . the patron saint of travellers. Oh my god, he left me a St. Christopher pendant to keep me safe?
when he did things like this?? i—
*Alejandro, Sir, what cAN I DO TO BE YOUR MARIPOSA*
but then that man had to go ruin it. it took me what, 5 days to complete the book?? all bc the start was so boring with us getting a lot of information but no actual story and like no actual things happening and that disappointed the fuck out of me.
i wanted a possessive, obsessive, dangerous, does-what-he-wants H but what i got was.. well, not that. but as disappointed as i was with the start, the mark after 60% really shot up and made me unhealthily interested in the book, so much so, that i read halfway through the second book and skipped all my lectures
"Really?" she drawls. "Do we really want daddy vibes between us? Because considering your age, I’d say that’s a pretty slippery slope." Her ire crackles between us before her actual words register. Then, I laugh. Daddy vibes? Who is this girl? Daddy vibes, my ass. Only if it involves spanking her.
the steam and banter was just— mwah but i felt that after the song of we can't be together that they sung for two years (that we were told), it certainly didn't take them more than two days to jump each others bones.
the worst part was that over those two years, they hardly met more than twice but then 20% into the book and Sophia is already in love with Alejandro which was borderline insta-love. more so, when they don't talk and just sleep together all the time.
"You're going to be the death of me," he says, pulling his fingers from my mouth. I smile lazily at him. "Well, you are old."
but while i had those little problems, and expected a little more (??) from Alejandro, the banter and steam was certainly on point and like i said, after the initial part of the book, their relationship and characters definitely took off that i started enjoying the book.
"You’re an idiot. Obviously, she’s not made for this life," I say, gesturing around us. His gaze follows my hand as if in search of the evidence I’m pointing out, confusion all over his stupid face. "She’s not made for . . .?" he repeats incredulously. "You killed a man in front of her and still she looked at you with hearts in her eyes. She loves your broody ass."
also, can i just say that i love niner and his relationship with ben??? like ms.meyer, when is their book coming out bc i need
"I love you, Sophia. I’ve been miserable without you and I need you back in my life."
overall, it was an enjoyable read and i would definitely recommend it. did i have my problems with it? yes but did i still enjoy it? also yes.
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