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Feathers and Blood
Librarian note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN-13: 9798388322548, ASIN: B0BZFFX4BF
I’ve been looking for a girl like her my whole life. Now that I’ve found her, I’m never letting go.
CARTER
I’m a twisted man with dark desires. Ever since my stepsister passed away, I’ve been obsessed with finding a girl who looks just like her. But none of them are good enough… until I lay eyes on Isabella.
The resemblance is uncanny. She looks just like my stepsister, who killed herself years ago, and I can’t stay away.
When I find out she has debts, I’m more than happy to take care of them… for a price that will ruin her and make me stronger than ever.
BELLA
Life has not been easy for me, and when my father gets sick, I have to come up with money to pay for his treatment. I’ve resigned myself to my fate, and I’ll do whatever it takes to take care of my family, even if it means selling my body to the vilest bidder…
But then I meet Carter. A handsome, strict, cruel mob boss who becomes inexplicably obsessed with me after just one glance.
His protection is something I can’t turn down.
Not even when I find out what it’s going to cost me…
Feathers and Blood is book one of the Feathers and Thorne dark mafia series of interconnected standalone, full-length novels. Start this darkly seductive mafia book today.
I’ve been looking for a girl like her my whole life. Now that I’ve found her, I’m never letting go.
CARTER
I’m a twisted man with dark desires. Ever since my stepsister passed away, I’ve been obsessed with finding a girl who looks just like her. But none of them are good enough… until I lay eyes on Isabella.
The resemblance is uncanny. She looks just like my stepsister, who killed herself years ago, and I can’t stay away.
When I find out she has debts, I’m more than happy to take care of them… for a price that will ruin her and make me stronger than ever.
BELLA
Life has not been easy for me, and when my father gets sick, I have to come up with money to pay for his treatment. I’ve resigned myself to my fate, and I’ll do whatever it takes to take care of my family, even if it means selling my body to the vilest bidder…
But then I meet Carter. A handsome, strict, cruel mob boss who becomes inexplicably obsessed with me after just one glance.
His protection is something I can’t turn down.
Not even when I find out what it’s going to cost me…
Feathers and Blood is book one of the Feathers and Thorne dark mafia series of interconnected standalone, full-length novels. Start this darkly seductive mafia book today.
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Published March 24, 2023
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May 7, 2023
It is a terrible book unless you're into a culture of domestic abuse and don't mind lots of bad diction. I HATED the two lead characters in the nonsensical plot-- DNF
There are so many holes in the plot it's ridiculous -- there is no way a successful billionaire organized crime boss would have a politician choose a business partner to act as middleman without knowing everything about them first-- and the whole "say mercy" thing was just stupid in the extreme. It was more like a threat demanding she do everything he wanted or directed immediately without question or complaint or she'd get nothing, ever; so it was an all or nothing proposition completely devoid of true consent (can't truly give consent after the inception of violence, financial coercion, and torture).
She hated the beatings, was afraid of his violence, so why not say "mercy" and get away from the scumbag? I mean seriously this is grooming women to accept abuse to get some kind of attention, and no sex is worth getting beaten until you're black and blue and bleeding. The guy was never portrayed treating her well enough for her to stay: in fact by 55% I was screaming at the damn book that only an idiot would think the way he looked at her was admiration for her beauty -- it's was gratification about what she would allow him to do to her that he admired, how she acted like a desperate doormat and just cowered under his control like the brainless, spineless idiot she was. Any woman with self-worth would have told him to get one thing straight right away: that she's a grown ass woman and he had no right and no place to punish her for a single damned thing.
Falling for this crud and allowing it makes her the most pathetic and gullible walking sex toy on the face of the Earth who gives women everywhere a bad name. Grow a set of ovaries, grow a brain cell, and try to find your spine. The phrase libido-driven, money-grubbing, doormat comes to mind -- yeah that sums it up succinctly. She flipping gave away her dignity because she kept romanticizing abuse and was too easily brainwashed to say "no" and find a real man who didn't need to abuse people to feel tough and in control. The risk of losing her life thus not being able to take care of her father was more serious than the whole "I need the money," since injury or death is far worse and would seriously inhibit her ability to earn enough to care for anyone.
The bottom line is, if some piece of filth treated me like this (hell, even a fraction of the crap he pulled), he'd be missing body parts and be missing me. I wouldn't have hesitated to say the word, and no effing way would I stick around to let a man beat me like this in order to get a couple of orgasms, or EVER think he had the right to punish me for ANYTHING. No sex is worth the pain or that kind of humiliation, degradation and complete loss of self and dignity -- I have more self-worth and more self-respect than this TSTL female character who should look into therapy instead of signing up as a punching bag. And just because the beatings occurred during sex doesn't negate his behavior being abuse, especially if she doesn't like it, and he knows that and does it more persistently because she doesn't enjoy it. She should have run from the sick creepy freak at the first opportunity and never looked back.
So unless you just want to suffer through THREE attempted rapes by her first boss, only to read about her becoming the whipping bag and sex toy to the second piece of abusive garbage before the story was more than 34% through, I would skip this tripe. I quit a bit over halfway through the book. Seriously, stay far away from this group of authors who are all about glorification of violence against women, and excusing and romanticizing abusive narcissistic douchebags in a plot that gleefully promotes domestic violence and is pervaded with rape culture and the devaluation of women. Not for me. NOT. AT. ALL.
There are so many holes in the plot it's ridiculous -- there is no way a successful billionaire organized crime boss would have a politician choose a business partner to act as middleman without knowing everything about them first-- and the whole "say mercy" thing was just stupid in the extreme. It was more like a threat demanding she do everything he wanted or directed immediately without question or complaint or she'd get nothing, ever; so it was an all or nothing proposition completely devoid of true consent (can't truly give consent after the inception of violence, financial coercion, and torture).
She hated the beatings, was afraid of his violence, so why not say "mercy" and get away from the scumbag? I mean seriously this is grooming women to accept abuse to get some kind of attention, and no sex is worth getting beaten until you're black and blue and bleeding. The guy was never portrayed treating her well enough for her to stay: in fact by 55% I was screaming at the damn book that only an idiot would think the way he looked at her was admiration for her beauty -- it's was gratification about what she would allow him to do to her that he admired, how she acted like a desperate doormat and just cowered under his control like the brainless, spineless idiot she was. Any woman with self-worth would have told him to get one thing straight right away: that she's a grown ass woman and he had no right and no place to punish her for a single damned thing.
Falling for this crud and allowing it makes her the most pathetic and gullible walking sex toy on the face of the Earth who gives women everywhere a bad name. Grow a set of ovaries, grow a brain cell, and try to find your spine. The phrase libido-driven, money-grubbing, doormat comes to mind -- yeah that sums it up succinctly. She flipping gave away her dignity because she kept romanticizing abuse and was too easily brainwashed to say "no" and find a real man who didn't need to abuse people to feel tough and in control. The risk of losing her life thus not being able to take care of her father was more serious than the whole "I need the money," since injury or death is far worse and would seriously inhibit her ability to earn enough to care for anyone.
The bottom line is, if some piece of filth treated me like this (hell, even a fraction of the crap he pulled), he'd be missing body parts and be missing me. I wouldn't have hesitated to say the word, and no effing way would I stick around to let a man beat me like this in order to get a couple of orgasms, or EVER think he had the right to punish me for ANYTHING. No sex is worth the pain or that kind of humiliation, degradation and complete loss of self and dignity -- I have more self-worth and more self-respect than this TSTL female character who should look into therapy instead of signing up as a punching bag. And just because the beatings occurred during sex doesn't negate his behavior being abuse, especially if she doesn't like it, and he knows that and does it more persistently because she doesn't enjoy it. She should have run from the sick creepy freak at the first opportunity and never looked back.
So unless you just want to suffer through THREE attempted rapes by her first boss, only to read about her becoming the whipping bag and sex toy to the second piece of abusive garbage before the story was more than 34% through, I would skip this tripe. I quit a bit over halfway through the book. Seriously, stay far away from this group of authors who are all about glorification of violence against women, and excusing and romanticizing abusive narcissistic douchebags in a plot that gleefully promotes domestic violence and is pervaded with rape culture and the devaluation of women. Not for me. NOT. AT. ALL.
May 30, 2023
I just wanted to read horny book but this was low key abusive. Actually, not even low-key it was bad. Literally a horny man child stalker who is trying to find a lady that looks like his step sister and doesn’t understand the meaning of no?? Wish I could unread it
March 31, 2023
Disappointed
I have read other books by this author that I have enjoyed. I read over half way through and could not finish. I found it dragged in quite a few places and I felt the main characters were not strong enough. Especially the MFC Isabella. Although her reactions to certain situations seemed realistic. As far as the MMC Carter, what a pontificating jerk. Perhaps her next book will be like her previous books.
I received a free copy of this book via BookSprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I have read other books by this author that I have enjoyed. I read over half way through and could not finish. I found it dragged in quite a few places and I felt the main characters were not strong enough. Especially the MFC Isabella. Although her reactions to certain situations seemed realistic. As far as the MMC Carter, what a pontificating jerk. Perhaps her next book will be like her previous books.
I received a free copy of this book via BookSprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
May 3, 2023
The story is messy. The sex scenes most of the time don't even make sense let alone mesh. And there was nothing sexy about the abuse. And that was abuse because she really wasn't consenting and scared because of her father's health. And he didn't really give a fuck what she wanted. No chemistry and more. I would give this 0 stars if i could. Major DNF
June 5, 2023
Boring
Tbh this book was boring. No real plot and the smut wasn’t good enough to carry it on. I’m all for dark romance and pushing the boundaries but the chemistry was too off to even entice a boundary pushing romance
Dnf at like 35%
Tbh this book was boring. No real plot and the smut wasn’t good enough to carry it on. I’m all for dark romance and pushing the boundaries but the chemistry was too off to even entice a boundary pushing romance
Dnf at like 35%
May 27, 2023
I felt like I was getting whipped like Isabella after reading this book
January 15, 2024
I wasn't really feeling either character. Carter was dark and twisted and like way manic all the time. When he met Bella he had to have her. But that's just it, it always felt like everything he did was just to keep her because she was his possession. I never felt that he actually cared about her, just having her.... Bella was a weak character who was always cowering, flinching and hiccupping (seriously I think that description was overused for Bella). She hated his brand of torture but was okay being bruised if it meant more orgasms. This was definitely not for me.
May 19, 2024
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Soggy folds 🤮
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January 1, 2025
The pacing of this book is atrocious. I wanted to say “she never gets a moment of peace” but I seriously think that has to do with how it’s written and not just the twisted shit the fmc has to go through. There’s no transitions, it’s basically just “and then, and then, and then.” The amount of times this girl gets abused and almost raped is crazy and i dont think she processes it once. The timing and description of everything is off and it makes you question if you read it properly.
pass
November 11, 2025Um does the MMC have something for his dead stepsister?
dnf
October 19, 2025Don’t like the feel of this book. The fact that’s it’s a trilogy sealed the DNF. I’m good with possessive MMC, but Carter is too much. I don’t like him enough to care who his step sister was. I can see him parting ways with his cousin, Tristan……that just doesn’t feel right.
Isabella is a non entity to me. I get you need the money for your dad’s health, but what you are putting yourself through. Then to believe Tristan to not tell Carter what her former boss is wanting is just dumb
Isabella is a non entity to me. I get you need the money for your dad’s health, but what you are putting yourself through. Then to believe Tristan to not tell Carter what her former boss is wanting is just dumb
August 5, 2025
I defiantly feel like the ending was very rushed, because it went straight from the last chapter where something bad happens to the epilogue where it’s like a few months or weeks (i don’t remember$ and it’s good… and ALSO this mmc is insane in such a hot way 🤭 if she doesn’t like his belt please know that i do
November 20, 2024
DNF. So many grammar and scene issues.
March 8, 2025
abuse?
This was bad and abusive and I wanted to DNF but I got too far into it and basically flipped through the rest. Carter is the worst mmc of all time
This was bad and abusive and I wanted to DNF but I got too far into it and basically flipped through the rest. Carter is the worst mmc of all time
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July 31, 2025dnfed at 49%.
December 16, 2023
Not the worst book in the world but the mmc is nothing more than an abusive asshole 90% of the book. If you like domestic abuse then I guess this is for you otherwise it's not really worth it. Only plus side was it had some decent scenes with toys but that's about it.
December 5, 2023
Too much abuse
The MMC beat the MFC for sexual enjoyment and also when he was angry. The MFC was beholden to the MMC because he was her boss and protecting her from another sexually abusive man. She was financially dependent and knew if she used her “Safe Word”, she would lose her job, her protection, and the MMC who played cruel mind games with her. Even after he regretted beating and bruising her, and even after she forgave him, both characters knew beatings with a belt were always and option. Just ICK.
The MMC beat the MFC for sexual enjoyment and also when he was angry. The MFC was beholden to the MMC because he was her boss and protecting her from another sexually abusive man. She was financially dependent and knew if she used her “Safe Word”, she would lose her job, her protection, and the MMC who played cruel mind games with her. Even after he regretted beating and bruising her, and even after she forgave him, both characters knew beatings with a belt were always and option. Just ICK.
August 6, 2023
I actually really enjoyed this book. I’m not too sure what all the bad reviews are for. It’s a FICTIONAL BOOK. Meaning none of what is written is real. Can’t wait for the second book. Bella and Carter have issues like ANY REAL HUMAN DOES but they are simply CHARACTERS in a FICTIONAL BOOK. If you’re looking for DARK ROMANCE expect to have the limits pushed. It’s called DARK for a reason. If you’re looking for a cute little love story with nothing but arguments before they’re back together and in love again…this is not the book or GENRE for you. Stick to regular romance. PLAIN and SIMPLE.
May 22, 2023
id give this 0 if i could. nothing about this book was even remotely enjoyable, unless you enjoy reading about abuse then go all ahead. there was absolutely no build-up, no consequences, absolutely nothing of substance in this book.
February 8, 2024
Awful
Honestly I could only read up to 51% of this book. This book absolutely made it to the top five worse books ,that were so bad that I couldn't even finish. Run from this book! Shirley
Honestly I could only read up to 51% of this book. This book absolutely made it to the top five worse books ,that were so bad that I couldn't even finish. Run from this book! Shirley
June 4, 2023
I think I may just have a high standard for these kinds of books but I didn't like it very much. Repetitive storyline and the relationship and the sex seemed more like abuse then BDSM.
May 25, 2023
Honestly, I got about 1/3 of the way in and just got bored and couldn't be bothered to finish. After sitting on my kindle for another month I decided to DNF.
February 18, 2024
Not really for me. I wanted to like it but I felt like there weren't enough redeeming qualities to the MMC to make up for all of his bad qualities. The FMC has no voice at all and I honestly feel bad for her. She goes from one scumbag, abusive boss to another. She tries to have a voice and opinion but if it differs from the MMC, he just threatens to or actually beats her into submission. This is a terrible depiction of a BDSM relationship. I don't even view it as a BDSM relationship because there was zero communication, it is an abusive relationship. The FMC is just straight up scared of him and he holds an immense amount of power in her life. Sure, he gives her a "safeword" as an out but the cost of using that safeword is astronomical to her life. She's caring for her ill father and his medical bills and the MMC is her boss so completely in charge of her life financially, he isn't paying her for her first 30 days of working for him (making her more dependent on him), and he paid a massive amount of money to help with her last terrible boss so she feels indebted to him there as well even if he claims she isn't. A safeword isn't really a safeword if it is an ultimatum. Do everything I want or the relationship ends, your life is in ruins, and your fathers life is forfeit simply because you won't be able to support his care anymore. Not to mention there is literally never any discussion of limits or her needs ever, he just starts whipping her and when she is like "ummm, look what you did to me last night. I'm not okay with this?" he is like, "well. this is how it's going to be. Figure it out ands stop getting punished"
Then! When he loses control and actually hurts her in anger, they don't even talk about it beyond his "I'm sorry! I love you! I made a mistake" ugh. She just immediately forgives him and continues to be afraid of him punishing her again. So unhealthy and not sexy. Granted, he didn't hit her with a belt again (at least in this book, I haven't read further) but she remains afraid of it happening because shocker! They didn't talk about it! So maybe he doesn't plan to ever use a belt on her again but he leaves her afraid of it happening. Kind of like how he left her feeling financially stuck with him by not telling her/allowing the hospital to tell her that her fathers bills were paid. Ugh. His only redeeming quality is that he does actually listen and stop when the 'safeword' is called.
I wish I could do 2.5 stars. I thought the writing flowed well, I like this style of writing in this type of book, and it was a quick read. I didn't dislike it enough for just 2 stars but I feel like 3 stars implies that I liked it enough to finish it. I ended up speed reading/skimming the last 20% to grab the highlights because I couldn't read anymore. I can put up with bad BDSM etiquette like this if there is a redemption arc and they figure it out, that just didn't happen here unfortunately and even just reading the description of the next two books, I'm not holding my breath for that redemption arc for the MMC in the way that I would need it to happen to continue with the series.
Then! When he loses control and actually hurts her in anger, they don't even talk about it beyond his "I'm sorry! I love you! I made a mistake" ugh. She just immediately forgives him and continues to be afraid of him punishing her again. So unhealthy and not sexy. Granted, he didn't hit her with a belt again (at least in this book, I haven't read further) but she remains afraid of it happening because shocker! They didn't talk about it! So maybe he doesn't plan to ever use a belt on her again but he leaves her afraid of it happening. Kind of like how he left her feeling financially stuck with him by not telling her/allowing the hospital to tell her that her fathers bills were paid. Ugh. His only redeeming quality is that he does actually listen and stop when the 'safeword' is called.
I wish I could do 2.5 stars. I thought the writing flowed well, I like this style of writing in this type of book, and it was a quick read. I didn't dislike it enough for just 2 stars but I feel like 3 stars implies that I liked it enough to finish it. I ended up speed reading/skimming the last 20% to grab the highlights because I couldn't read anymore. I can put up with bad BDSM etiquette like this if there is a redemption arc and they figure it out, that just didn't happen here unfortunately and even just reading the description of the next two books, I'm not holding my breath for that redemption arc for the MMC in the way that I would need it to happen to continue with the series.
November 17, 2025
Feathers and Blood, Book 1 of the Feathers and Thorne trilogy, was about 31-year-old Carter Blackthorne, a mob boss, and 22-year-old Isabella "Bella" Julis, a receptionist at Lacey Construction LLC.
Carter spent years looking for a woman who resembled his long-dead adopted sister (he was adopted as a teenager by the Blackthorne family, and Brooke was their biological daughter, and although he loved her, there was no intimacy between them during that time), but no one ever came close... until he met Isabella. Once he had laid eyes on her, she was in his thoughts and dreams, making every other woman pale in comparison. Even when he paid other women to service him, none of them could bring him to completion.
Bella had to drop out of college when her father became ill with cancer. She took a job as a receptionist with the shady Jacob Lacey, who wanted nothing more than to have his way with her. When she found a money clip under his chair after work one night, she used it to pay for her father's cancer treatments. Unfortunately, Jacob had a video of the theft and used that to blackmail her into doing his bidding...with no end to what he wanted or how long. Fortunately, Carter walked in as he was forcing her to her knees and sent her on her way while he did business with her boss. Unknown to her, she had just become Carter's prey.
The story was your typical dark, mafia romance with tons of angst, drama, violence, and an emotional rollercoaster with more than enough twists and turns to hold the reader's attention. The BDSM was over the top and violent, but while they did have a safe word, there wasn't a contract between the two main characters. It was just understood, never explained. The MMC never told the FMC what was coming, and since she was an innocent, untouched girl of 22, she had no clue what to expect.
While both main characters were well developed and somewhat mature, they both had a lot of growing to do. Some of it was achieved in this story, but since there were two more books to complement this one, I'm certain there should be more growth to take place in each of them.
I only gave this a three-star rating because it was so long (68 chapters), very repetitive, and had too many issues that were never resolved. While those may or may not be taken care of in one or both of the next stories, it would have been nice if at least some of them had been successfully dealt with in this story. I'm off to read Book 2 next.
Carter spent years looking for a woman who resembled his long-dead adopted sister (he was adopted as a teenager by the Blackthorne family, and Brooke was their biological daughter, and although he loved her, there was no intimacy between them during that time), but no one ever came close... until he met Isabella. Once he had laid eyes on her, she was in his thoughts and dreams, making every other woman pale in comparison. Even when he paid other women to service him, none of them could bring him to completion.
Bella had to drop out of college when her father became ill with cancer. She took a job as a receptionist with the shady Jacob Lacey, who wanted nothing more than to have his way with her. When she found a money clip under his chair after work one night, she used it to pay for her father's cancer treatments. Unfortunately, Jacob had a video of the theft and used that to blackmail her into doing his bidding...with no end to what he wanted or how long. Fortunately, Carter walked in as he was forcing her to her knees and sent her on her way while he did business with her boss. Unknown to her, she had just become Carter's prey.
The story was your typical dark, mafia romance with tons of angst, drama, violence, and an emotional rollercoaster with more than enough twists and turns to hold the reader's attention. The BDSM was over the top and violent, but while they did have a safe word, there wasn't a contract between the two main characters. It was just understood, never explained. The MMC never told the FMC what was coming, and since she was an innocent, untouched girl of 22, she had no clue what to expect.
While both main characters were well developed and somewhat mature, they both had a lot of growing to do. Some of it was achieved in this story, but since there were two more books to complement this one, I'm certain there should be more growth to take place in each of them.
I only gave this a three-star rating because it was so long (68 chapters), very repetitive, and had too many issues that were never resolved. While those may or may not be taken care of in one or both of the next stories, it would have been nice if at least some of them had been successfully dealt with in this story. I'm off to read Book 2 next.
March 27, 2024
I’m surprised I finished it. It’s not unusual for me to finish books in one day but I did finish this one just to get it over with. The plot holes, the writing… it could’ve used some work. (Spoils.)
Now I understand that not every book can have a strong FMC, and I appreciate someone who doesn’t mind writing a damsel (in very loose terminology) but she had absolutely no back bone. At least not to Me. I will never understand how she could just forgive him so easily!
If you give me a MMC that’s obsessed and possessive then I better see some GROVELINGGGGG! I need to see this man so desperate for forgiveness and I need HER to not easily forgive.
Like I get he di*cked you down for the first time but shawty you lived your whole life without the peen so where’s your self control when it matters the most?
Don’t get me started on the absolute turn off of this notoriously powerful family bosses walnut size of a brain. Mateo should’ve overthrown at this point. What part of his brain was present throughout the years of his reign because he absolutely had no idea how to protect Bella.
Like obviously the author will make him pull through but it was so ridiculous to me that he still manages to constantly keep her up his ass while still ALWAYS loosing her. He could’ve killed Jacob so many times for disobeying him… idk at least after one of the first three times? I can’t even remember how many times he got away with hurting Bella.
Anyway, there’s better dark romances imo. I finished it because I did like the way he thought abt her. He actually did give me obsessive so I stuck around.
But I simply couldn’t ignore the ick of him not being over his first love. Sorry but absolutely not. He would’ve had to GROVELL after i found out he fucks me because he can’t get over someone else? Yeah nope. 👎
Now I understand that not every book can have a strong FMC, and I appreciate someone who doesn’t mind writing a damsel (in very loose terminology) but she had absolutely no back bone. At least not to Me. I will never understand how she could just forgive him so easily!
If you give me a MMC that’s obsessed and possessive then I better see some GROVELINGGGGG! I need to see this man so desperate for forgiveness and I need HER to not easily forgive.
Like I get he di*cked you down for the first time but shawty you lived your whole life without the peen so where’s your self control when it matters the most?
Don’t get me started on the absolute turn off of this notoriously powerful family bosses walnut size of a brain. Mateo should’ve overthrown at this point. What part of his brain was present throughout the years of his reign because he absolutely had no idea how to protect Bella.
Like obviously the author will make him pull through but it was so ridiculous to me that he still manages to constantly keep her up his ass while still ALWAYS loosing her. He could’ve killed Jacob so many times for disobeying him… idk at least after one of the first three times? I can’t even remember how many times he got away with hurting Bella.
Anyway, there’s better dark romances imo. I finished it because I did like the way he thought abt her. He actually did give me obsessive so I stuck around.
But I simply couldn’t ignore the ick of him not being over his first love. Sorry but absolutely not. He would’ve had to GROVELL after i found out he fucks me because he can’t get over someone else? Yeah nope. 👎
March 27, 2025
I like this book. But, I can’t lie and say there weren’t parts I didn’t like. I HATED how the MC’s cousin;
right hand man ;brother , wtv you want to call him betrayed him by putting the FMC in danger. The shit piss me off. Like how your second and command betray you? The MC honestly needs to get his shit together. Also tell me why the FMC is getting kidnapped every 5 second and she always scared. I completely understand why and don’t undermine the trauma she going through but at some point you except her to grow a backbone. I think that what the author did at some points, however throughout the book she feared everything, it got kinda of annoying. I was pretty indifferent toward the sex. I know it sounds crazy but I don’t think the author took it far enough. Everyone is saying the “say mercy” thing was too much. But I personally don’t think it was used correctly. I think the reason people are so offended by it because, it never really felt like they loved each other. There is something about their connect that is lacking. But as a reader I can only assume they fell in love during sex or maybe that was where they connected the most. But the sex chapters weren’t loving to me. I think if the author emphasizes how they fall in love and gives the reader things to look back on, truly selfless loving things then this booked would be rated higher. If there is anything I would say to the author is make the connection stronger between the main characters. Give us romance.
right hand man ;brother , wtv you want to call him betrayed him by putting the FMC in danger. The shit piss me off. Like how your second and command betray you? The MC honestly needs to get his shit together. Also tell me why the FMC is getting kidnapped every 5 second and she always scared. I completely understand why and don’t undermine the trauma she going through but at some point you except her to grow a backbone. I think that what the author did at some points, however throughout the book she feared everything, it got kinda of annoying. I was pretty indifferent toward the sex. I know it sounds crazy but I don’t think the author took it far enough. Everyone is saying the “say mercy” thing was too much. But I personally don’t think it was used correctly. I think the reason people are so offended by it because, it never really felt like they loved each other. There is something about their connect that is lacking. But as a reader I can only assume they fell in love during sex or maybe that was where they connected the most. But the sex chapters weren’t loving to me. I think if the author emphasizes how they fall in love and gives the reader things to look back on, truly selfless loving things then this booked would be rated higher. If there is anything I would say to the author is make the connection stronger between the main characters. Give us romance.
June 6, 2024
Very repetitive and honestly I did not feel the chemistry between Isabella and Carter. This could’ve been more than a hundred pages shorter imo but she was either almost getting SA’d by her ex boss for the umpteenth time or Carter was losing his temper threatening to punish her or they were in a shoot out. Over and over again. It was kind of all over the place and by the time I was 300 pages in I wanted to DNF but stuck it out so I could give it a proper review. The last 20% wasn’t much better. I also have major issues with how there was no conversation about him being into spanking and rough sex and this girl who was LITERALLY a virgin until she met him is constantly being spanked (with a freaking belt) and hates it!!! But he continues to do it. Like there was no conversation about consent, he just gave her a safe word and made it seem like if she used it anything between them was done (like her working for him/having income to pay for her sick dads treatment, a relationship, etc). I just was not convinced by their romance and the plot was a mess, so this was not for me and I wouldn’t recommend it.
May 10, 2024
not your average mafia
This story was a little messy. I felt like stuff was missing and it was jumping paragraphs. Bella is confusing to not like any violence but is there in the middle everytime. You don’t like it but your attacked but hey it’s ok I’ll get attacked again but someone I’m sleeping with and then get hurt again. Like how does that make sense. I hate how she’s always referred to as a prostitute or other similar names when she was a virgin. Which her losing her virginity was horrible and didn’t make sense. I almost DNF’d this book a couple times but I was in it and needed to know what happened. The ending wasn’t bad but it’s ok. This book wasn’t for me but that’s not to say it might be for someone else. If you like dark mafia you give it a try if you like.
Check trigger warnings
-beatings
-talk of SA
-trying to SA
-killing
-blood
-belt beating
-virginity taken
-stalking
I’m sure there’s more these are just what stood out to me.
Again not for me. But maybe it might be for someone else.
This story was a little messy. I felt like stuff was missing and it was jumping paragraphs. Bella is confusing to not like any violence but is there in the middle everytime. You don’t like it but your attacked but hey it’s ok I’ll get attacked again but someone I’m sleeping with and then get hurt again. Like how does that make sense. I hate how she’s always referred to as a prostitute or other similar names when she was a virgin. Which her losing her virginity was horrible and didn’t make sense. I almost DNF’d this book a couple times but I was in it and needed to know what happened. The ending wasn’t bad but it’s ok. This book wasn’t for me but that’s not to say it might be for someone else. If you like dark mafia you give it a try if you like.
Check trigger warnings
-beatings
-talk of SA
-trying to SA
-killing
-blood
-belt beating
-virginity taken
-stalking
I’m sure there’s more these are just what stood out to me.
Again not for me. But maybe it might be for someone else.
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