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Boston Underworld #2
Reaper
Sasha.
He’s dark and mysterious. Quiet and lethal.
An Irish mobster.
Pure sin wrapped up in a beautiful package.
But there’s also something off about him.
He doesn’t feel anything. He shows no emotions.
Sometimes I question his humanity.
He hasn’t spoken to me in two years. Not a single word.
But we share a secret, he and I.
And if it ever comes out, I have no doubt in my mind…
He won’t have a problem killing me too.
Ronan.
I’ve slain for her. I’ll do it again.
When it comes to Sasha, there isn’t a line I won’t cross.
I watch her. She doesn’t know it.
She thinks I hate her. Sometimes, I think I might too.
But I’m always there, lurking in the shadows.
Craving her. Trying to keep the beast within at bay.
I’ll keep her safe. I’ll slaughter anyone who tries to hurt her.
The only thing I can’t do… is protect her from myself.
He’s dark and mysterious. Quiet and lethal.
An Irish mobster.
Pure sin wrapped up in a beautiful package.
But there’s also something off about him.
He doesn’t feel anything. He shows no emotions.
Sometimes I question his humanity.
He hasn’t spoken to me in two years. Not a single word.
But we share a secret, he and I.
And if it ever comes out, I have no doubt in my mind…
He won’t have a problem killing me too.
Ronan.
I’ve slain for her. I’ll do it again.
When it comes to Sasha, there isn’t a line I won’t cross.
I watch her. She doesn’t know it.
She thinks I hate her. Sometimes, I think I might too.
But I’m always there, lurking in the shadows.
Craving her. Trying to keep the beast within at bay.
I’ll keep her safe. I’ll slaughter anyone who tries to hurt her.
The only thing I can’t do… is protect her from myself.
260 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 19, 2016
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November 15, 2023
Re-read: 11/11/23
Original Review:
5++++ Fucking Awesome Irish Mafia Sequel Stars
Holy fecking Christ, people.
For those of you who are unaware of this series, this book is the sequel to this awesome book.
As you can see, I lurved it.
Now, nine times out of ten, a sequel to a book I lurved ends of being, well....
It always seems like the first one is just SO fucking awesome...
...it's like a drug.
But then you crack open book two and soon realize...
However, such was NOT the case here.
Because a strong white crystalline central nervous system stimulant this was indeed.
And I adored every moment of this thing.
As I said about book one, this book was "Val Perfect," meaning that it had ALL the ingredients I LURVE....AND pulled it off to boot.
Those ingredients, again, being:
1) Mafia - IRISH in this case.
Now (again)...I'm not sure how legit the slang, culture and all that jazz was depicted here, but...
2) Super hot Irish Mafia Alpha Male...who is the perfect possessive asshole - with a side of some SERIOUS emotional...glitches...
Again...
Now, I'm not sure if AZ was trying to establish Ronan as being on the spectrum or if he simply just had troubles connecting to his emotions based on his upbringing, but again...
3) A rational, mature heroine who was trying to get through some super heavy shit...who - again - I didn't want to punch in the face the entire time.
Again...let's celebrate.
I really, REALLY liked Sasha.
It seems that in books like these, we either get saddled with a TSTL idiot...
A TSTL idiot who thinks she's a badass...
...but isn't.
Or the stubborn one who thinks she is "helping..."
...but is really just a) making things more difficult for the H and/or b) basically handing herself over to the bad guy.
4) H/h have a previously established "connection," but are working out some of the...kinks.
It was obvious in book one that there was something going on between Sasha and Ronan, but we weren't completely sure what.
And in this book we get the answers to all of those questions, and more.
5) Some - more -cool actions scenes.
Which, again, weren't perfect.
But again...
6) A continued sense of "brotherhood" between Ronan, Lachlan, Rory, and Conor.
This never gets old...and snuggles.
7) A supporting cast of characters, including new potential couples, that make me WANT to read about more.
STAT.
Hellooooooo Rory and Scarlett!
But what I loved most of all?
Again:
You can tell that the author did her homework.
I've said this before, and I will say this again.
And again.
SO many times it seems, authors want to write about something they know nothing about...
e.g., sports, NCAA athletics, gangs, prisons, law enforcement, the mafia, the justice system...
...and you can tell that they didn't do their due research diligence or just plainly decided to "wing it," leaving the story feeling cheesy and shallow.
(Looking at you...and you...)
OR, they decide to go SO overboard on the violence, etc., that it ends up being a convoluted mess of things that would never, EVER happen.
But not so here.
Again, I felt that the author really fleshed things out and "stayed in her lane" - aka didn't make things so fantastical and violent in the quest to make them "seem real" that they just end up feeling ridiculous.
But she also didn't err on the side of caution in the way that some authors do in an effort to not make her supposedly tough characters dislikeable to some readers. (Looking at you...as much as I love you.)
In my opinion, this was - again - just the prefect blend of...well, everything I like lol...
In fact, I think I even like this more than I liked book one, because...well, Ronan...
Original Review:
5++++ Fucking Awesome Irish Mafia Sequel Stars
Holy fecking Christ, people.
For those of you who are unaware of this series, this book is the sequel to this awesome book.
As you can see, I lurved it.
Now, nine times out of ten, a sequel to a book I lurved ends of being, well....
It always seems like the first one is just SO fucking awesome...
...it's like a drug.
But then you crack open book two and soon realize...
However, such was NOT the case here.
Because a strong white crystalline central nervous system stimulant this was indeed.
And I adored every moment of this thing.
As I said about book one, this book was "Val Perfect," meaning that it had ALL the ingredients I LURVE....AND pulled it off to boot.
Those ingredients, again, being:
1) Mafia - IRISH in this case.
Now (again)...I'm not sure how legit the slang, culture and all that jazz was depicted here, but...
2) Super hot Irish Mafia Alpha Male...who is the perfect possessive asshole - with a side of some SERIOUS emotional...glitches...
Again...
Now, I'm not sure if AZ was trying to establish Ronan as being on the spectrum or if he simply just had troubles connecting to his emotions based on his upbringing, but again...
3) A rational, mature heroine who was trying to get through some super heavy shit...who - again - I didn't want to punch in the face the entire time.
Again...let's celebrate.
I really, REALLY liked Sasha.
It seems that in books like these, we either get saddled with a TSTL idiot...
A TSTL idiot who thinks she's a badass...
...but isn't.
Or the stubborn one who thinks she is "helping..."
...but is really just a) making things more difficult for the H and/or b) basically handing herself over to the bad guy.
4) H/h have a previously established "connection," but are working out some of the...kinks.
It was obvious in book one that there was something going on between Sasha and Ronan, but we weren't completely sure what.
And in this book we get the answers to all of those questions, and more.
5) Some - more -cool actions scenes.
Which, again, weren't perfect.
But again...
6) A continued sense of "brotherhood" between Ronan, Lachlan, Rory, and Conor.
This never gets old...and snuggles.
7) A supporting cast of characters, including new potential couples, that make me WANT to read about more.
STAT.
Hellooooooo Rory and Scarlett!
But what I loved most of all?
Again:
You can tell that the author did her homework.
I've said this before, and I will say this again.
And again.
SO many times it seems, authors want to write about something they know nothing about...
e.g., sports, NCAA athletics, gangs, prisons, law enforcement, the mafia, the justice system...
...and you can tell that they didn't do their due research diligence or just plainly decided to "wing it," leaving the story feeling cheesy and shallow.
(Looking at you...and you...)
OR, they decide to go SO overboard on the violence, etc., that it ends up being a convoluted mess of things that would never, EVER happen.
But not so here.
Again, I felt that the author really fleshed things out and "stayed in her lane" - aka didn't make things so fantastical and violent in the quest to make them "seem real" that they just end up feeling ridiculous.
But she also didn't err on the side of caution in the way that some authors do in an effort to not make her supposedly tough characters dislikeable to some readers. (Looking at you...as much as I love you.)
In my opinion, this was - again - just the prefect blend of...well, everything I like lol...
In fact, I think I even like this more than I liked book one, because...well, Ronan...
June 10, 2016
This series has completely captured my attention. I am loving these alpha-male mobsters! Like the first book in the series, 'Reaper' was dangerous and incredibly hot!
If you've read the first book in the 'Boston Underworld' series, then you'll remember Sasha as the nice stripper that became Mack's friend. Similarly, Ronan stands out as Lachlan's best friend and the man he trusted to guard Mack. You'll probably also recall that there was some serious sexual tension between these two.
On the other hand, if you haven't read the first book, this book could easily be read as a standalone. Having the background provided in the first book was nice and helped me understand the history between all of the characters, but it wasn't absolutely essential. If you choose to read this book and haven't read the first one, you'll have no trouble following along or understanding what is going on.
After finishing the first book, I couldn't wait to dive right into this one. Sasha and Ronan's story was so much more than I had hoped for. It was emotional and heartfelt. Honestly, I didn't see it coming.
Ronan is deeply scarred from his past. He has survived abuses that no one should ever have to. While it is simply amazing that he grew into a functional human being, he was not left without some deficits. In so many ways, he is childlike and closed-off.
This was something that I didn't pick up on in the first book. I knew he had issues being touched, but didn't understand why or to what extent. He was a strong and silent type, but I had no idea that there was far more going on. Everything is slowly brought to light in 'Reaper'.
Although I didn't find Sasha's history to be surprising, it was still incredibly moving to read. Like Ronan, she has survived some terrible things in her life. Neither of them have had it easy and I think that is why they are such a great match. They get each other in a way that others would not be able to.
The more time the two spent together, the stronger their bond grew. Ronan showed a completely different side of himself when Sasha was around. The trained killer would morph into a sensitive, tender and insecure lover. He was so vulnerable with her that my heart melted.
It is a Mafia story, so you can expect plenty of danger and action to keep you on the edge of your seat. The author has done a nice job of balancing the hard and soft sides of this story. It is gritty and dangerous, but also romantic and heartfelt.
Overall, this was a fantastic read. I am hooked on this series now. Thankfully, each book to this point has provided closure and hasn't left me hanging. That makes the wait for the next book far more bearable.
If you've read the first book in the 'Boston Underworld' series, then you'll remember Sasha as the nice stripper that became Mack's friend. Similarly, Ronan stands out as Lachlan's best friend and the man he trusted to guard Mack. You'll probably also recall that there was some serious sexual tension between these two.
On the other hand, if you haven't read the first book, this book could easily be read as a standalone. Having the background provided in the first book was nice and helped me understand the history between all of the characters, but it wasn't absolutely essential. If you choose to read this book and haven't read the first one, you'll have no trouble following along or understanding what is going on.
After finishing the first book, I couldn't wait to dive right into this one. Sasha and Ronan's story was so much more than I had hoped for. It was emotional and heartfelt. Honestly, I didn't see it coming.
Ronan is deeply scarred from his past. He has survived abuses that no one should ever have to. While it is simply amazing that he grew into a functional human being, he was not left without some deficits. In so many ways, he is childlike and closed-off.
This was something that I didn't pick up on in the first book. I knew he had issues being touched, but didn't understand why or to what extent. He was a strong and silent type, but I had no idea that there was far more going on. Everything is slowly brought to light in 'Reaper'.
Although I didn't find Sasha's history to be surprising, it was still incredibly moving to read. Like Ronan, she has survived some terrible things in her life. Neither of them have had it easy and I think that is why they are such a great match. They get each other in a way that others would not be able to.
The more time the two spent together, the stronger their bond grew. Ronan showed a completely different side of himself when Sasha was around. The trained killer would morph into a sensitive, tender and insecure lover. He was so vulnerable with her that my heart melted.
It is a Mafia story, so you can expect plenty of danger and action to keep you on the edge of your seat. The author has done a nice job of balancing the hard and soft sides of this story. It is gritty and dangerous, but also romantic and heartfelt.
Overall, this was a fantastic read. I am hooked on this series now. Thankfully, each book to this point has provided closure and hasn't left me hanging. That makes the wait for the next book far more bearable.
August 3, 2020
5 Stars
You think the first book was great? Well you’re in for surprise! Because this book tops it all. Best mafia romance I’ve ever read. I cried, I laughed, I smiled, I swooned, I fell in love with everything in this book.
QUICK REVIEW:
Enjoyment: 5/5
Writing style: 5/5
Storyline: 5/5
Hero: 5/5
Heroine: 5/5
Secondary characters: 5/5
Hotness/steam: 5/5
Romance: 5/5
Angst: 4/5
Darkness level: 4/5
Humor: 3/5
Depth of the book: 4/5
POV: dual, 1st person
Recommended for: fans of Tillie Cole (Scarred Souls series), Pepper Winters (Destroyed), J. M. Sevilla (Marked series), Jessica Clare (Hitman series), Nashoda Rose (Perfect Ruin, Unyielding #2), L. J. Shen (Sparrow)
Triggers:
You think the first book was great? Well you’re in for surprise! Because this book tops it all. Best mafia romance I’ve ever read. I cried, I laughed, I smiled, I swooned, I fell in love with everything in this book.
QUICK REVIEW:
Enjoyment: 5/5
Writing style: 5/5
Storyline: 5/5
Hero: 5/5
Heroine: 5/5
Secondary characters: 5/5
Hotness/steam: 5/5
Romance: 5/5
Angst: 4/5
Darkness level: 4/5
Humor: 3/5
Depth of the book: 4/5
POV: dual, 1st person
Recommended for: fans of Tillie Cole (Scarred Souls series), Pepper Winters (Destroyed), J. M. Sevilla (Marked series), Jessica Clare (Hitman series), Nashoda Rose (Perfect Ruin, Unyielding #2), L. J. Shen (Sparrow)
Triggers:
June 25, 2024
“always you. only you, ronan.”
all you need to know is he’s (H) the freaking—ruthless—butcher of the irish mafia BUT he blushes whenever she (h) tries to talk to him without even managing to make eye contact with her for two seconds. & bonus : he wears glasses 😮💨
——————
im probably gonna read everything written by this author 🙇🏽♀️
May 16, 2021
A picture is worth a thousand words...
(these lovely pictures are the character chapter heading in case you were wondering lmao)
... still proceeds to write a whole ass essay about how much I love Ronan and Sasha together.
Reaper gave me soooo many Maddieflame feels & parallels!!! If you liked this book, I would recommend to read Souls Unfractured by Tillie Cole and vise versa.
「 PLOT 」
It's not as easy to summarise Reaper as it is with Crow, since the plot in this book doesn't pick up until the second half of the book. What I can say is that it's about Ronan Fitzpatrick (H) and Sasha Varela (h). Sasha has been one of the dancers at Slainte for a couple of years now since her ex-boyfriend Blaine introduced her into the mafia. She's trying to survive to care for her dying mother. Ronan has been watching Sasha since the moment he first laid eyes on her three years ago, but due to his past he feels like he is not what Sasha needs in her life. Besides that one secret they both share, Ronan hasn't talked to Sasha in all these years. There is a lot of Ronan protecting Sasha quietly from afar, while he's torturing some bad guys.
「 RONAN FITZPATRICK 」
why Ronan reminds me so much of Flame Cade from Soul Unfractured ~
Ronan is a cold-blooded killer, well known as the Reaper, someone who can torture any information out of anyone. He knows how to torture his enemies in hundred different ways, but when it comes to human interactions, he is a mess.
On one hand he's this ruthless killer you wouldn't want to cross on the street, on the other hand, he's actually still so innocent in many ways. What was already so much better compared to the first book is that Miss Zavarelli gave Ronan a personality and a lot of painful flashbacks to his childhood. I don't even want to say childhood, cause it was just torture to see how Ronan was groomed to be a soldier by some very sick people. Reading these flashbacks, my heart went out to Ronan, all I wanted to do is reach into the book and give him a hug.
His head is a mess. He has so many thoughts and feelings, but doesn't know how to express them. The only people he can talk to is Lachlan, and to some extension Mach. Every time he is around Sasha he's mute, bc he doesn't know what to say to her. Out of the two main characters the clear focus of this book is on Ronan as a character. The flashbacks to his trainings were terrible and it makes so much sense why Ronan is the way he is.
「 SASHA VARELA 」
Sasha was at the wrong place at the wrong time when she meet Blaine. She could have had a bright future, but then she got involved with Blaine and was sexually and physically abused by him. Sasha is soft-spoken, reserved and caring. Ronan and her are similar in many ways. Her background story made me love her so much more. How can you not love a girl who gives up her whole life to stay close to her dying mother and care for her? Going into "work" everyday, hating it, but doing it anyway to be able to pay rent and buy her mom's medication. I have a soft spot for selfless characters like Sasha. Her relationship with her mother was so heartwarming. <3
I love how Sasha is understandable when it comes to Ronan. She accepts him the way he is, with all his flaws, and doesn't pressure him to change. She lets him come to term with things one his own pace. I couldn't imagine anyone more perfect for Ronan than Sasha.
「 RONAN & SASHA 」
They have a dysfunctional relationship for most of the time. Neither Ronan nor Sasha knows how to act around the other. Instead they try to avoid each other as much as possible, until they meet again and can't deny their attraction any longer and have sex. In turn, Ronan can't deal with emotions and walks out again and they're back at square one. The dynamic is so toxic. The push and pull was frustrating, but at the same time I couldn't help but root for them to get their happy ending.
There is so much Ronan still doesn't understand like human affection. I found it pretty cute that Sasha was the one to teach him sex .. what he likes, what she likes, making him blush etc. Ronan being embarrassed, bc he doesn't know how to use a condom. How can someone be intense and cute at the same time. Shoutout to Mack who had the bees and birds talk with Ronan lolololol. Everyone better protect my 5 minute king.
Sasha giving Ronan ice cream to eat and show him all these little things in life that can give you please. Making me soooooft!! Babies!!! It's those tiny details that I want to read about. Sasha showing Ronan how to live. Ronan is such a goner for her from the start, keeping a box with her earring, handwritten notes she left for other dancers, a napkin with her lipstick... brb let me cry.
Sasha: *does the most mundane thing * do you like i-
Ronan: I LIKE IT!
Sasha could literally cook him the shittiest food and he would love it. Sometimes Ronan seems like a lost child, trying so hard to please their parents. Idk, if I shoud laugh, bc it's funny or cry, bc he is like that cause he doesn't want to disappoint her.
「 WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE 」
↳ Ronan barely communicating with Sasha. It got better in the second half, but in the first half of the book, I screamed more at my kindle than Ronan saying fully sentences to Sasha and that is not exaggerated.
I understand how Ronan's childhood shaped his personality. How he was trained to be a soldier who wouldn't talk and only take order. How it's hard for him to express his emotions, but it was so frustrating when Sasha would ask him the easiest things and he wouldn't even say yes/no, ignores and walk out the door. I need a bit more conversation between the characters or at least that they are trying.
↳ Sasha and Ronan didn't had many scenes in the first 30% together. Ronan's newly adopted dog had more scenes with him than his actual love interest. I need to go back to count the scenes to be sure, but even without counting i'm 75% sure of that statement. For that reason the first third of the book didn't feel so much of a romance. In general, I have realized that A. Zavarelli gives us a chapter with the couple together, then the next couple of chapters they spend apart to drive the plot and then again a chapter with the couple being cute together.
↳ I feel ambivalent about the accidental pregnancy trope. A lot of people hate the accidental pregnancy trope, because often it feels like the authors doesn't know how to make the couple work and then she throws in the accidental pregnancy for the couple to stay close and then they fall in love, bc of the forced proximity. I wasn't thrilled when it was revealed that Sasha was pregnant, because Ronan and her were nowhere near that stage where their relationship is stable. Ronan has still so many demons to battle... hell, he can't even communicate with Sasha without wanting to run away. On the other hand, because of the pregnancy, this book had some of my favorite scenes in it: Ronan being overprotective, hovering over Sasha all the time. Ronan and Sasha going to the ultrasound check. Ronan and Lachlan borrowing a baby from someone to practise how to change a nappy. LMAOOO that scene was hilarious!! So I don't like it, but at the same time it worked.
「 CONCLUSION 」
This book is the perfect example of god-tier characters, but the writing style and how this series is built up makes it hard for me to give it a higher rating. Initially, I gave this book 3.5 stars rounded down, but after reading every book in this series, I decided to higher the rating to 3.75 stars, because Ronan & Sasha are my favorite couple of this series and I can see myself re-read Reaper again in a few years.
┍━━━━━━━━━━━━━┑
BOSTON UNDERGROUND SERIES
#1 Crow – 2 stars
#2 Reaper – 3.75 stars
#3 Ghost – 3.25 stars (rtc)
#4 Saint – 3 stars (rtc)
#5 Thief – 1.5 stars (rtc)
#6 Conor – 1.75 stars (rtc)
┕━━━━━━━━━━━━━┙
(these lovely pictures are the character chapter heading in case you were wondering lmao)
... still proceeds to write a whole ass essay about how much I love Ronan and Sasha together.
Reaper gave me soooo many Maddieflame feels & parallels!!! If you liked this book, I would recommend to read Souls Unfractured by Tillie Cole and vise versa.
“Shhh, Ronan,” I whisper. “It’s okay. Just look at me. Only me.” To everyone’s surprise, my words seem to soothe him. So I keep repeating them, stroking his face beneath my fingers. He never takes his eyes off me.
“Do you trust me?” I ask him. He nods. “Okay, good,” I whisper.
“Because I would never let anyone hurt you. Do you know that?”
「 PLOT 」
It's not as easy to summarise Reaper as it is with Crow, since the plot in this book doesn't pick up until the second half of the book. What I can say is that it's about Ronan Fitzpatrick (H) and Sasha Varela (h). Sasha has been one of the dancers at Slainte for a couple of years now since her ex-boyfriend Blaine introduced her into the mafia. She's trying to survive to care for her dying mother. Ronan has been watching Sasha since the moment he first laid eyes on her three years ago, but due to his past he feels like he is not what Sasha needs in her life. Besides that one secret they both share, Ronan hasn't talked to Sasha in all these years. There is a lot of Ronan protecting Sasha quietly from afar, while he's torturing some bad guys.
「 RONAN FITZPATRICK 」
why Ronan reminds me so much of Flame Cade from Soul Unfractured ~
I don’t know anything other than that it’s always been her, from the moment I saw her three years ago. She’s the thing that I’ve yearned for more than anything else. And for that reason, she’s the thing I can never have. I cannot control my urges. My instincts.
Ronan is a cold-blooded killer, well known as the Reaper, someone who can torture any information out of anyone. He knows how to torture his enemies in hundred different ways, but when it comes to human interactions, he is a mess.
On one hand he's this ruthless killer you wouldn't want to cross on the street, on the other hand, he's actually still so innocent in many ways. What was already so much better compared to the first book is that Miss Zavarelli gave Ronan a personality and a lot of painful flashbacks to his childhood. I don't even want to say childhood, cause it was just torture to see how Ronan was groomed to be a soldier by some very sick people. Reading these flashbacks, my heart went out to Ronan, all I wanted to do is reach into the book and give him a hug.
His head is a mess. He has so many thoughts and feelings, but doesn't know how to express them. The only people he can talk to is Lachlan, and to some extension Mach. Every time he is around Sasha he's mute, bc he doesn't know what to say to her. Out of the two main characters the clear focus of this book is on Ronan as a character. The flashbacks to his trainings were terrible and it makes so much sense why Ronan is the way he is.
「 SASHA VARELA 」
But I can be anything they want me to be when I’m up on that stage. A saint or a sinner. The girl next door or the one on the street corner. The only thing I can’t be is myself.
Because that girl disappeared a long time ago, and I couldn’t even begin to tell you who she is anymore. That’s the problem with lies. Eventually they start to feel real. Eventually, you start to believe them too.
Sasha was at the wrong place at the wrong time when she meet Blaine. She could have had a bright future, but then she got involved with Blaine and was sexually and physically abused by him. Sasha is soft-spoken, reserved and caring. Ronan and her are similar in many ways. Her background story made me love her so much more. How can you not love a girl who gives up her whole life to stay close to her dying mother and care for her? Going into "work" everyday, hating it, but doing it anyway to be able to pay rent and buy her mom's medication. I have a soft spot for selfless characters like Sasha. Her relationship with her mother was so heartwarming. <3
I love how Sasha is understandable when it comes to Ronan. She accepts him the way he is, with all his flaws, and doesn't pressure him to change. She lets him come to term with things one his own pace. I couldn't imagine anyone more perfect for Ronan than Sasha.
「 RONAN & SASHA 」
We’re a symphony of madness. Dark thirsts and wild obsession. My love for him burns hotter than the sun. It’s sappy. It’s fucked up. And more than anything, it’s real.
They have a dysfunctional relationship for most of the time. Neither Ronan nor Sasha knows how to act around the other. Instead they try to avoid each other as much as possible, until they meet again and can't deny their attraction any longer and have sex. In turn, Ronan can't deal with emotions and walks out again and they're back at square one. The dynamic is so toxic. The push and pull was frustrating, but at the same time I couldn't help but root for them to get their happy ending.
There is so much Ronan still doesn't understand like human affection. I found it pretty cute that Sasha was the one to teach him sex .. what he likes, what she likes, making him blush etc. Ronan being embarrassed, bc he doesn't know how to use a condom. How can someone be intense and cute at the same time. Shoutout to Mack who had the bees and birds talk with Ronan lolololol. Everyone better protect my 5 minute king.
Sasha giving Ronan ice cream to eat and show him all these little things in life that can give you please. Making me soooooft!! Babies!!! It's those tiny details that I want to read about. Sasha showing Ronan how to live. Ronan is such a goner for her from the start, keeping a box with her earring, handwritten notes she left for other dancers, a napkin with her lipstick... brb let me cry.
Sasha: *does the most mundane thing * do you like i-
Ronan: I LIKE IT!
Sasha could literally cook him the shittiest food and he would love it. Sometimes Ronan seems like a lost child, trying so hard to please their parents. Idk, if I shoud laugh, bc it's funny or cry, bc he is like that cause he doesn't want to disappoint her.
“Party’s over,” he says. “You’ll be going home now.”
“Like hell I will,” I argue. “You don’t get to decide that. Or who I talk to either.” “You were smiling at him,” he accuses.
“So frigging what?” I retort. “We were just talking. At least someone around here knows how to use his vocabulary.”
「 WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE 」
↳ Ronan barely communicating with Sasha. It got better in the second half, but in the first half of the book, I screamed more at my kindle than Ronan saying fully sentences to Sasha and that is not exaggerated.
I understand how Ronan's childhood shaped his personality. How he was trained to be a soldier who wouldn't talk and only take order. How it's hard for him to express his emotions, but it was so frustrating when Sasha would ask him the easiest things and he wouldn't even say yes/no, ignores and walk out the door. I need a bit more conversation between the characters or at least that they are trying.
↳ Sasha and Ronan didn't had many scenes in the first 30% together. Ronan's newly adopted dog had more scenes with him than his actual love interest. I need to go back to count the scenes to be sure, but even without counting i'm 75% sure of that statement. For that reason the first third of the book didn't feel so much of a romance. In general, I have realized that A. Zavarelli gives us a chapter with the couple together, then the next couple of chapters they spend apart to drive the plot and then again a chapter with the couple being cute together.
↳ I feel ambivalent about the accidental pregnancy trope. A lot of people hate the accidental pregnancy trope, because often it feels like the authors doesn't know how to make the couple work and then she throws in the accidental pregnancy for the couple to stay close and then they fall in love, bc of the forced proximity. I wasn't thrilled when it was revealed that Sasha was pregnant, because Ronan and her were nowhere near that stage where their relationship is stable. Ronan has still so many demons to battle... hell, he can't even communicate with Sasha without wanting to run away. On the other hand, because of the pregnancy, this book had some of my favorite scenes in it: Ronan being overprotective, hovering over Sasha all the time. Ronan and Sasha going to the ultrasound check. Ronan and Lachlan borrowing a baby from someone to practise how to change a nappy. LMAOOO that scene was hilarious!! So I don't like it, but at the same time it worked.
「 CONCLUSION 」
This book is the perfect example of god-tier characters, but the writing style and how this series is built up makes it hard for me to give it a higher rating. Initially, I gave this book 3.5 stars rounded down, but after reading every book in this series, I decided to higher the rating to 3.75 stars, because Ronan & Sasha are my favorite couple of this series and I can see myself re-read Reaper again in a few years.
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BOSTON UNDERGROUND SERIES
#1 Crow – 2 stars
#2 Reaper – 3.75 stars
#3 Ghost – 3.25 stars (rtc)
#4 Saint – 3 stars (rtc)
#5 Thief – 1.5 stars (rtc)
#6 Conor – 1.75 stars (rtc)
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May 6, 2022
4 stars
It’s been a couple months since I read this and unfortunately I don’t remember all the thoughts I had about the book. One thing which was obvious from the start though, is that this book has exactly the kind of hero I absolutely love to read about. There’s only a few books which have this hero archetype and I inhale them. I wouldn’t say this one was a favourite but it was a good time nonetheless.
So, the hero Ronan, he’s very .. odd. His trauma has shaped his personality and not only that but also the way he can experience life. He genuinely sees himself as an oddity and someone just going through the motions of life but not someone able to participate in it beyond the basic functions of his job.
I am an absolute sucker for the broken and scarred hero who genuinely thinks he can’t be of any use to the heroine. Who can’t even conceive the idea that she might be interested in him or that she could possibly love him in a forever kind of way because I love those moments (that will inevitably show up in the story) where she truly shows him that he is so off in his assessment. I love to see that unwavering loyalty that grows between them and also I adore seeing how he doesn’t take for granted that she sees and accepts him. He’s a total puppy when it comes to the heroine.
I’ll admit I don’t remember all the details from the book cause was I said, I read it some time ago. But this is definitely a book I would re-read because although it wasn’t necessarily memorable because of the plot, it was memorable for all the reasons stated above.
It’s been a couple months since I read this and unfortunately I don’t remember all the thoughts I had about the book. One thing which was obvious from the start though, is that this book has exactly the kind of hero I absolutely love to read about. There’s only a few books which have this hero archetype and I inhale them. I wouldn’t say this one was a favourite but it was a good time nonetheless.
So, the hero Ronan, he’s very .. odd. His trauma has shaped his personality and not only that but also the way he can experience life. He genuinely sees himself as an oddity and someone just going through the motions of life but not someone able to participate in it beyond the basic functions of his job.
I am an absolute sucker for the broken and scarred hero who genuinely thinks he can’t be of any use to the heroine. Who can’t even conceive the idea that she might be interested in him or that she could possibly love him in a forever kind of way because I love those moments (that will inevitably show up in the story) where she truly shows him that he is so off in his assessment. I love to see that unwavering loyalty that grows between them and also I adore seeing how he doesn’t take for granted that she sees and accepts him. He’s a total puppy when it comes to the heroine.
I’ll admit I don’t remember all the details from the book cause was I said, I read it some time ago. But this is definitely a book I would re-read because although it wasn’t necessarily memorable because of the plot, it was memorable for all the reasons stated above.
April 3, 2024
4 stars
It took me many days to finish it. I was just being lazy, but i must say, i enjoyed it! Some of the scenes were incredibly cute and they soothed me in some ways. 💕 Ronan and Sasha are perfect together, and I'm in love with Ronan because he's so soft, gentle, kind, and amazing. I love made men like him. Ahhh the accidental pregnancy scenes were the best! 🤭 I just wanted to see domestic scenes and comfort/care scenes and i got it in this book!
I do wish that the past scenes were more detailed (when he first saw her, Ronan's past with Lachlan). the boy obsessed trope is literally my favourite and blushing hero 🫠
It took me many days to finish it. I was just being lazy, but i must say, i enjoyed it! Some of the scenes were incredibly cute and they soothed me in some ways. 💕 Ronan and Sasha are perfect together, and I'm in love with Ronan because he's so soft, gentle, kind, and amazing. I love made men like him. Ahhh the accidental pregnancy scenes were the best! 🤭 I just wanted to see domestic scenes and comfort/care scenes and i got it in this book!
I do wish that the past scenes were more detailed (when he first saw her, Ronan's past with Lachlan). the boy obsessed trope is literally my favourite and blushing hero 🫠
November 14, 2018
Reaper by A. Zavarelli is part of a new series, It can be read as a standalone. However, there are interconnected characters (Lachlan Crow and Mack, even her best friend who disappeared in book 1).
September 10, 2017
5 STARS
Holy.
Hell.
I do believe I just read one of the most tortured anti-heroes ever. And let me tell you, I've read A LOT of dark romance. I've read the violent, broody, alphahole bad boys, but all of them pale in comparison to Ronan Fitzpatrick
Cross the MacKenna syndicate, and you'll find yourself in front of The Reaper. He's the man that handles all of the delicate and painful jobs. When someone needs eliminating, they find themselves in Ronan's basement, their screams forever becoming a part of the cement walls. A brutal upbringing that knew only pain, Ronan doesn't function like any other man. He's numb. Unfeeling. He only feels rage and breathes punishment. There's only one person that ever stirred a different reaction in him, but she's forever off limits to a man like him.
Sasha hasn't had an easy life herself. Taking care of her ailing mother and protecting her younger sister put her in the crosshairs of a man that changed her life irreparably. Forced into a life she never wanted and doing whatever she can to survive, she's tired. All she wants is to leave, move to a different place where no one knows her or her past. There's just one problem with that; Ronan is not about to let her go.
Their relationship is a turbulent one. Both of these characters are so completely messed up, it's a wonder how they go through the motions at times. But yet together, they made a messed up sort of sense. They offered each other a calmness that they never found on their own. They were like violent waves on a rocky coast.
This was such a dark, captivating story. I was glued to the pages, completely enraptured. My heart hurt for everything that Sasha went through and I wanted her to feel just a little of happiness. It made a dark sort of sense that she would find it in the arms of a ruthless killer that's a borderline psychopath.
Ronan was just...GAH. This man. His training ensured that he feels almost nothing. No empathy. No sympathy. Most human emotions are far beyond his realm of understanding. But you see more and more of his humanity peak out with each minute he spends with Sasha.
I loved this gritty and sexy dark mafia romance. The story was completely unputdownable and the characters vivid and unforgettable.
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I’ve never believed in fairytales. There is no white knight in my story. Only me. And I’m not the girl who gets the prince. I’m the girl he bangs because he can.
Holy.
Hell.
I do believe I just read one of the most tortured anti-heroes ever. And let me tell you, I've read A LOT of dark romance. I've read the violent, broody, alphahole bad boys, but all of them pale in comparison to Ronan Fitzpatrick
Cross the MacKenna syndicate, and you'll find yourself in front of The Reaper. He's the man that handles all of the delicate and painful jobs. When someone needs eliminating, they find themselves in Ronan's basement, their screams forever becoming a part of the cement walls. A brutal upbringing that knew only pain, Ronan doesn't function like any other man. He's numb. Unfeeling. He only feels rage and breathes punishment. There's only one person that ever stirred a different reaction in him, but she's forever off limits to a man like him.
Sasha hasn't had an easy life herself. Taking care of her ailing mother and protecting her younger sister put her in the crosshairs of a man that changed her life irreparably. Forced into a life she never wanted and doing whatever she can to survive, she's tired. All she wants is to leave, move to a different place where no one knows her or her past. There's just one problem with that; Ronan is not about to let her go.
Their relationship is a turbulent one. Both of these characters are so completely messed up, it's a wonder how they go through the motions at times. But yet together, they made a messed up sort of sense. They offered each other a calmness that they never found on their own. They were like violent waves on a rocky coast.
This was such a dark, captivating story. I was glued to the pages, completely enraptured. My heart hurt for everything that Sasha went through and I wanted her to feel just a little of happiness. It made a dark sort of sense that she would find it in the arms of a ruthless killer that's a borderline psychopath.
Ronan was just...GAH. This man. His training ensured that he feels almost nothing. No empathy. No sympathy. Most human emotions are far beyond his realm of understanding. But you see more and more of his humanity peak out with each minute he spends with Sasha.
I loved this gritty and sexy dark mafia romance. The story was completely unputdownable and the characters vivid and unforgettable.
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July 11, 2017
*****4.5 STARS*****
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Well damn, damn, damn.....I loved this one right here.
I want to talk about Ronan first – He is one crazy ass motherf******r. He didn’t get his nickname, Reaper for no reason. He is killer through and through. But damnit, I found that shit so sexy. OMG! Yassssssssss! When he walks, his body screams, “You don’t want to fuck with me.” I think I may need to see doctor because I am really loving killers way to much right now. I don’t think it’s normal.
Now normally I hate stalkers but he was the sexiest damn stalker I have every seen. (Yes I know this is a book and I’ve never really seen him.) But when you understand his back story it helps put things into perspective. He had one seriously fucked up childhood, if you can really call being taught how to kill from age 8 a childhood to begin with. He never had the opportunity to learn how to interact with others. He only learned how to kill them.
His loyalty is beyond amazing. I'm thinking I need to me some mob friends because they are loyal a hell and that is what I need in my life.
Poor Sasha, this girl has had a rough life.
She had no idea what she was getting into when first started dating, Blaine, another member of the mob. He forced her to be a stripper, beat her and used her body as his personal sex machine. He had no feelings of remorse.
Once you get involved in the mob, it's not easy to get out - unless you are ready die. Sasha knew too much, had seen too much so there was no easy way for her to leave. So she did what she had to do. She kept working at the club and she kept her mouth shut.
Baby girl dealt with heartbreak after heart break and Ronan was always there, lurking in the shadows trying to help anyway he could. He had some "interesting" ways of helping but it was all Ronan like, so it worked.
Sasha and Ronan have this crazy, odd, weird connection that no one can explain. He's broken, she's broken....it's a match made in heaven. But no, on the real, Sasha brought Ronan to life. She may not have been the strongest heroine I read about but she was definitely the right one for Ronan. Her personality was exactly what Ronan needed.
Sasha gave Ronan something other people didn't give him - acceptance, letting him know that it's okay to be himself. She never made fun of him or saw him as anything less than a man. Where others saw a psychopath, she saw a loving man. While others feared him, she craved him.
What many people fail to understand is that a man never reaches his full potential until he meets the right woman. Until that right woman comes along a man is not complete. Sasha completed Ronan.
Let me say this....I don't often find series that keep me so captivated after the first book. This one right here, yes it kept my attention until the last word and beyond.
So, I think I kept it pretty so I'm going to call it a night and start on book 3, Ghost. I can't wait!!!!!
Now go and read this damn book....
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Well damn, damn, damn.....I loved this one right here.
I want to talk about Ronan first – He is one crazy ass motherf******r. He didn’t get his nickname, Reaper for no reason. He is killer through and through. But damnit, I found that shit so sexy. OMG! Yassssssssss! When he walks, his body screams, “You don’t want to fuck with me.” I think I may need to see doctor because I am really loving killers way to much right now. I don’t think it’s normal.
Now normally I hate stalkers but he was the sexiest damn stalker I have every seen. (Yes I know this is a book and I’ve never really seen him.) But when you understand his back story it helps put things into perspective. He had one seriously fucked up childhood, if you can really call being taught how to kill from age 8 a childhood to begin with. He never had the opportunity to learn how to interact with others. He only learned how to kill them.
His loyalty is beyond amazing. I'm thinking I need to me some mob friends because they are loyal a hell and that is what I need in my life.
Poor Sasha, this girl has had a rough life.
She had no idea what she was getting into when first started dating, Blaine, another member of the mob. He forced her to be a stripper, beat her and used her body as his personal sex machine. He had no feelings of remorse.
Once you get involved in the mob, it's not easy to get out - unless you are ready die. Sasha knew too much, had seen too much so there was no easy way for her to leave. So she did what she had to do. She kept working at the club and she kept her mouth shut.
Baby girl dealt with heartbreak after heart break and Ronan was always there, lurking in the shadows trying to help anyway he could. He had some "interesting" ways of helping but it was all Ronan like, so it worked.
Sasha and Ronan have this crazy, odd, weird connection that no one can explain. He's broken, she's broken....it's a match made in heaven. But no, on the real, Sasha brought Ronan to life. She may not have been the strongest heroine I read about but she was definitely the right one for Ronan. Her personality was exactly what Ronan needed.
"Damaged souls have their own beauty. A dark, terrifying beauty. The same type of beauty I recognize in Ronan. He isn't like those those other men. The ones who tell me how much they want my body. The filthy things they want to do to me."
Sasha gave Ronan something other people didn't give him - acceptance, letting him know that it's okay to be himself. She never made fun of him or saw him as anything less than a man. Where others saw a psychopath, she saw a loving man. While others feared him, she craved him.
What many people fail to understand is that a man never reaches his full potential until he meets the right woman. Until that right woman comes along a man is not complete. Sasha completed Ronan.
Let me say this....I don't often find series that keep me so captivated after the first book. This one right here, yes it kept my attention until the last word and beyond.
So, I think I kept it pretty so I'm going to call it a night and start on book 3, Ghost. I can't wait!!!!!
Now go and read this damn book....
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June 9, 2021
4.5 🌟
I can’t believe I used to despise this sub-genre. I’m hooked on it like nothing else.
My brain still feels somewhat frazzled, so no RTC, I guess. I don’t know how to at this moment.
I just know I love it. ✌🏾
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RTC. It’s past two in the morning and by brain feels fried.
But Ronan has my heart. 🥺
I can’t believe I used to despise this sub-genre. I’m hooked on it like nothing else.
My brain still feels somewhat frazzled, so no RTC, I guess. I don’t know how to at this moment.
I just know I love it. ✌🏾
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RTC. It’s past two in the morning and by brain feels fried.
But Ronan has my heart. 🥺
January 4, 2021
4.5 Damaged Souls Stars ⭐
"I’ve never believed in fairytales. There is no white knight in my story. Only me. And I’m not the girl who gets the prince. I’m the girl he bangs because he can."
There is no escape for girls like Sasha. It doesn't matter that she has sacrificed it all for everyone else. She still finds herself caught amidst the Boston underbelly. The situation could be worse if not for a guardian in the form of the Reaper.
"He’s like a trip wire, rigged to detonate a category five hurricane of emotions inside of me. But I’m a masochist of the highest order, so I let him obliterate me. Again and again."
Ronan Fitzgerald is one tortured individual. Conditioned to be a killer, he is unable to convey his feelings and thoughts. Almost robotic, many believe him to be cold an heartless. Except her. His one and only weakness, Sasha. She makes him feel things he never thought himself capable of.
"She hasn’t a clue that I’m with her every night. Watching, obsessing, craving her in a way that I’m not accustomed to."
Years he's stood in the shadows pretending not to notice. Yet he'd give his life for hers. Sasha is equally drawn to Ronan, the man who wants nothing to do with her. That is until Sasha is granted the fresh start she's dreamed of. Except there is no way he can let her go...
"We’re a symphony of madness. Dark thirsts and wild obsession. My love for him burns hotter than the sun. It’s sappy. It’s fucked up. And more than anything, it’s real."
Fecking Hell this was good. I seriously need to pick up book 1 and work backwards since I'm officially hooked by the Irish MacKenna Syndicate. I would have to say that Ronan is one of my favourite anti heroes ever in all his broken uncertainty. Regardless that this was a dark mafia book, the romance was prevalent and breathtaking.
Why not 5 stars? Because like a big pussycat, I had to skim over the flashbacks of his 'training' as an 8 year old boy till he took his freedom. Honestly it was that or cry. I just couldn't endure the horrors suffered. 💔
"I’ve never believed in fairytales. There is no white knight in my story. Only me. And I’m not the girl who gets the prince. I’m the girl he bangs because he can."
There is no escape for girls like Sasha. It doesn't matter that she has sacrificed it all for everyone else. She still finds herself caught amidst the Boston underbelly. The situation could be worse if not for a guardian in the form of the Reaper.
"He’s like a trip wire, rigged to detonate a category five hurricane of emotions inside of me. But I’m a masochist of the highest order, so I let him obliterate me. Again and again."
Ronan Fitzgerald is one tortured individual. Conditioned to be a killer, he is unable to convey his feelings and thoughts. Almost robotic, many believe him to be cold an heartless. Except her. His one and only weakness, Sasha. She makes him feel things he never thought himself capable of.
"She hasn’t a clue that I’m with her every night. Watching, obsessing, craving her in a way that I’m not accustomed to."
Years he's stood in the shadows pretending not to notice. Yet he'd give his life for hers. Sasha is equally drawn to Ronan, the man who wants nothing to do with her. That is until Sasha is granted the fresh start she's dreamed of. Except there is no way he can let her go...
"We’re a symphony of madness. Dark thirsts and wild obsession. My love for him burns hotter than the sun. It’s sappy. It’s fucked up. And more than anything, it’s real."
Fecking Hell this was good. I seriously need to pick up book 1 and work backwards since I'm officially hooked by the Irish MacKenna Syndicate. I would have to say that Ronan is one of my favourite anti heroes ever in all his broken uncertainty. Regardless that this was a dark mafia book, the romance was prevalent and breathtaking.
Why not 5 stars? Because like a big pussycat, I had to skim over the flashbacks of his 'training' as an 8 year old boy till he took his freedom. Honestly it was that or cry. I just couldn't endure the horrors suffered. 💔
July 11, 2020
I loved this book!
Reaper is Ronan who was brought up from a very young age at some sort of para-military cult that was preparing for war. Basically they raised kids until age 8 in some sort of dormitory
Led by one woman where they took very basic schooling. Once the kids hit 8 years old they meet their Dad one night at some sort of odd ceremony with an obstacle course like test that s impossible to pass. Then they begin training which is basically torture for the next 8-10 years, for the ones that survive.
He ends up a sociopath with no ability to feel emotions other than rage, though he is a highly effective killer and he is also very good at getting information through torture. However, he doesn’t enjoy it, he just does it because it is what he is good at. Crow says at one point that Ronan doesn’t know what to do when he is not following orders. He was programmed that way from a young age and he wasn’t sure that could be changed.
What Crow doesn’t know, is that Ronan fell for Sasha the first time he saw her. When he saw that her boyfriend was abusing her, Ronan killed him without the approval of the Mafia, and the boyfriend was a made man, at the time even higher than Ronan.
What I really liked about this book was Ronan himself. He is a killer and torturer. So strong and silent, he doesn’t talk to Sasha because he is basically afraid and unsure of himself. He has never really talked to women or been with a woman even though she thinks he is the ultimate man. The sex is very steamy and so hot, but he takes off right away afterwards, thinking he ruined things. He is so adorable, but also so badass and he likes her so much but has no clue how to express it.
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Reaper is Ronan who was brought up from a very young age at some sort of para-military cult that was preparing for war. Basically they raised kids until age 8 in some sort of dormitory
Led by one woman where they took very basic schooling. Once the kids hit 8 years old they meet their Dad one night at some sort of odd ceremony with an obstacle course like test that s impossible to pass. Then they begin training which is basically torture for the next 8-10 years, for the ones that survive.
He ends up a sociopath with no ability to feel emotions other than rage, though he is a highly effective killer and he is also very good at getting information through torture. However, he doesn’t enjoy it, he just does it because it is what he is good at. Crow says at one point that Ronan doesn’t know what to do when he is not following orders. He was programmed that way from a young age and he wasn’t sure that could be changed.
What Crow doesn’t know, is that Ronan fell for Sasha the first time he saw her. When he saw that her boyfriend was abusing her, Ronan killed him without the approval of the Mafia, and the boyfriend was a made man, at the time even higher than Ronan.
What I really liked about this book was Ronan himself. He is a killer and torturer. So strong and silent, he doesn’t talk to Sasha because he is basically afraid and unsure of himself. He has never really talked to women or been with a woman even though she thinks he is the ultimate man. The sex is very steamy and so hot, but he takes off right away afterwards, thinking he ruined things. He is so adorable, but also so badass and he likes her so much but has no clue how to express it.
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May 31, 2016
***4,5 "Lethal" stars***
This was the second book of the Boston Underworld series and it was equal good as the first one...
Even though i have to admit that "Crow" will be always higher in my heart!!!
As the first book, the second was having romance, chasing, killings, and generally an interesting plot...
In "Reaper", we focused on Ronan and Sasha whom we already knew from the first book...
Sasha before three years, she made a bad choice and she walked into the mobster world unwillingly...
At the moment, she is a stripper on the Irish mob's club and she is trying to earn enough money for taking care her ill mother...
Sasha had her own secrets that are bounding her in this world and she can't avoid many things that are causing her troubles... but she is determined to leave this ugly world no matter what...
Her only soft spot is the gorgeous, silent and broody Ronan who seems to hate her guts, even though that they are sharing a great secret.
"My dark prince. The reaper. The man who spilled blood for me without pause. For that reason alone he’ll always be on a pedestal that no other can reach. He’ll always be the memory I revisit in my darkest of times."
Ronan had a difficult past. He was raised to become a killer and he doesn't know more things than that... Most of the feelings are unknown to him and when he is feeling something that he doesn't understand, he is scared and he is running on the opposite side...
He was infatuated with Sasha from the first moment that he laid his eyes on her but he can never have her. His feelings for her is scaring him, so that's why he is keeping his distance and he never speaks to her...
Ronan is Lachlan's best friend and he could do anything for him...
His main job on the syndicate is killing people while he is torturing them...
And that's why he's got the nickname "The Reaper"...
"My purpose in life has only ever been to kill. It was the sole reason for my existence as a wee lad. To learn how to kill. They taught me well. There is not anything else on this earth I can do so efficiently. Conversation, understanding others, making decisions. These are not things I am well versed in. But killing, I can do. Without question. Without hesitance. Without a shadow of doubt in my soul.
I was born to take life."
Sasha and Ronan seem that they don't like each other, but something important happened between them before two years...
They are keeping a huge secret in order to protect each other... and from that moment, they were keeping their distances...
But lately something is changing and they can't seem to stay away from each other... even though that the things are difficult!!!
"It’s not soft. It’s not sweet. It’s something wild and three long years in the making. A kiss that purges the memory of all other kisses before him."
So what will bring the future for those two???
Will Ronan stop running away from Sasha and take a chance with her???
Will Sasha abandon her plan in order to stay with Ronan???
Will those two be able to stay together and be happy when they are having so many demons to changing them down???
"I’ve seen him kill. I’ve tasted his rage too. Tasted it so fiercely that some of it spilled over onto me, tainting me with the mark of the animal that lives inside of him. I crave that animal. I crave everything about this man with his perfect suits and his complete lack of human emotions. Maybe, just maybe, I envy him too.
What it must be like not to feel anything. Anything at all.
I want that for myself."
As in the first book, here are happening too many things as well...
They are some mob bussiness, some chasing, unexpected turns, sexy scenes and all this combination is builting a very good adventure...
Sasha and Ronan together were adorable...
Yeah, i know!!! Ronan was a bloody killer with no remorse, but it wasn't his fault... If you have witnessed his past, you could understand him better...
He was a huge, handsome, powerful man who protected fiercely those who he was loving, but in his heart, he was still a little innocent kid.
He had so many issues and Sasha managed to unlock him and made him see the world and love differently.... and i liked this changing.
"She can hate me. She can despise me. But fear me?
No.
I want to go to her. To comfort her and placate her with lies. But I won’t lie to her. I can barely even speak to her. I don’t know what to say. I never know what to say."
Sasha was a good and wonderful person.
Yep, she made some mistakes in her youth, but who isn't making mistakes???
Her mother and her sister were her whole world and when she was left behind alone, she just wanted to leave this awful world and to start a new life away...
But there was Ronan... and she was so in love with him, even though that she would preffer not to...
He was important for her and she would never betray him... But he was keeping his distance from her and she didn't know what to do with his strange behavior...
He was coming to her and then he was running away from her...
He was driving her nuts, but she had to be patient if she truly want to be with him...
Will she sacrifice her life to stay with him in a world that she hates????
"My heart beats for him.
The man who shares my secret. The man who holds my life in the palm of his hands. Sometimes, I think I could love him. But most of the time, I just hate him. For making me weak. For tempting me to stay. For wondering when he’ll finally make good and kill me too.
I don’t know how it’s possible to have feelings that are such polar opposites. I want to slap him. I want to scream in his face and force him to acknowledge me. His cavalier attitude towards me is worse than any of the pain Blaine ever inflicted on me. I’m not even worth his attention. A moment of his time. And yet, when he walks into the room, everything else ceases to exist."
It was a good book and i enjoyed the ride very much...
I liked that i saw enough of Mack and Lachlan for once again...
I adore the connection that Lachlan and Ronan are having...
Phew!!! And now, I'm wondering...
Who will be next???
Maybe Rory and Scarlet??? Or not???
This was the second book of the Boston Underworld series and it was equal good as the first one...
Even though i have to admit that "Crow" will be always higher in my heart!!!
As the first book, the second was having romance, chasing, killings, and generally an interesting plot...
In "Reaper", we focused on Ronan and Sasha whom we already knew from the first book...
Sasha before three years, she made a bad choice and she walked into the mobster world unwillingly...
At the moment, she is a stripper on the Irish mob's club and she is trying to earn enough money for taking care her ill mother...
Sasha had her own secrets that are bounding her in this world and she can't avoid many things that are causing her troubles... but she is determined to leave this ugly world no matter what...
Her only soft spot is the gorgeous, silent and broody Ronan who seems to hate her guts, even though that they are sharing a great secret.
"My dark prince. The reaper. The man who spilled blood for me without pause. For that reason alone he’ll always be on a pedestal that no other can reach. He’ll always be the memory I revisit in my darkest of times."
Ronan had a difficult past. He was raised to become a killer and he doesn't know more things than that... Most of the feelings are unknown to him and when he is feeling something that he doesn't understand, he is scared and he is running on the opposite side...
He was infatuated with Sasha from the first moment that he laid his eyes on her but he can never have her. His feelings for her is scaring him, so that's why he is keeping his distance and he never speaks to her...
Ronan is Lachlan's best friend and he could do anything for him...
His main job on the syndicate is killing people while he is torturing them...
And that's why he's got the nickname "The Reaper"...
"My purpose in life has only ever been to kill. It was the sole reason for my existence as a wee lad. To learn how to kill. They taught me well. There is not anything else on this earth I can do so efficiently. Conversation, understanding others, making decisions. These are not things I am well versed in. But killing, I can do. Without question. Without hesitance. Without a shadow of doubt in my soul.
I was born to take life."
Sasha and Ronan seem that they don't like each other, but something important happened between them before two years...
They are keeping a huge secret in order to protect each other... and from that moment, they were keeping their distances...
But lately something is changing and they can't seem to stay away from each other... even though that the things are difficult!!!
"It’s not soft. It’s not sweet. It’s something wild and three long years in the making. A kiss that purges the memory of all other kisses before him."
So what will bring the future for those two???
Will Ronan stop running away from Sasha and take a chance with her???
Will Sasha abandon her plan in order to stay with Ronan???
Will those two be able to stay together and be happy when they are having so many demons to changing them down???
"I’ve seen him kill. I’ve tasted his rage too. Tasted it so fiercely that some of it spilled over onto me, tainting me with the mark of the animal that lives inside of him. I crave that animal. I crave everything about this man with his perfect suits and his complete lack of human emotions. Maybe, just maybe, I envy him too.
What it must be like not to feel anything. Anything at all.
I want that for myself."
As in the first book, here are happening too many things as well...
They are some mob bussiness, some chasing, unexpected turns, sexy scenes and all this combination is builting a very good adventure...
Sasha and Ronan together were adorable...
Yeah, i know!!! Ronan was a bloody killer with no remorse, but it wasn't his fault... If you have witnessed his past, you could understand him better...
He was a huge, handsome, powerful man who protected fiercely those who he was loving, but in his heart, he was still a little innocent kid.
He had so many issues and Sasha managed to unlock him and made him see the world and love differently.... and i liked this changing.
"She can hate me. She can despise me. But fear me?
No.
I want to go to her. To comfort her and placate her with lies. But I won’t lie to her. I can barely even speak to her. I don’t know what to say. I never know what to say."
Sasha was a good and wonderful person.
Yep, she made some mistakes in her youth, but who isn't making mistakes???
Her mother and her sister were her whole world and when she was left behind alone, she just wanted to leave this awful world and to start a new life away...
But there was Ronan... and she was so in love with him, even though that she would preffer not to...
He was important for her and she would never betray him... But he was keeping his distance from her and she didn't know what to do with his strange behavior...
He was coming to her and then he was running away from her...
He was driving her nuts, but she had to be patient if she truly want to be with him...
Will she sacrifice her life to stay with him in a world that she hates????
"My heart beats for him.
The man who shares my secret. The man who holds my life in the palm of his hands. Sometimes, I think I could love him. But most of the time, I just hate him. For making me weak. For tempting me to stay. For wondering when he’ll finally make good and kill me too.
I don’t know how it’s possible to have feelings that are such polar opposites. I want to slap him. I want to scream in his face and force him to acknowledge me. His cavalier attitude towards me is worse than any of the pain Blaine ever inflicted on me. I’m not even worth his attention. A moment of his time. And yet, when he walks into the room, everything else ceases to exist."
It was a good book and i enjoyed the ride very much...
I liked that i saw enough of Mack and Lachlan for once again...
I adore the connection that Lachlan and Ronan are having...
Phew!!! And now, I'm wondering...
Who will be next???
Maybe Rory and Scarlet??? Or not???
October 24, 2016
Reaper is the second installment in the Boston Underworld series centering around the characters of Ronan and Sasha. In my opinion, Ronan, a.k.a. "The Reaper", was the most intriguing secondary character in the first book, so I was excited to learn more about him. In Crow, Sasha seemed very much a fragile victim, and I was hoping to see something more to her. I also really looked forward to seeing more of the characters I already knew and loved. Thankfully, I was not disappointed.
We know from the first book that Sasha and Ronan have a history, but we are never told exactly what it is. The author doesn't waste any time remedying that by showing us the events that led up to the death of Blaine, Sasha's ex-boyfriend and Ronan's fellow syndicate member. Ronan has barely spoken to Sasha since the night in question, and neither of them have told a soul about any of it.
Ronan had a rough life, and it left him with more than a little emotional baggage. He endured unimaginable horror at the hands of a radical political fringe group. He never met his mother, and it would have probably been better if he never knew his father, even for the brief time that he did. Torture, isolation, and unspeakable cruelty were all he knew from his childhood until he met Crow and his mother. Because of this, he finds it hard to show or even understand his emotions. The one person other than Crow that he cares about is Sasha. He doesn't know how to act around her, or what to do with his feelings for her. Ronan convinced himself that he wasn't worthy of Sasha; therefore, he doesn't interact with her unless he has to...at least that she knows about anyway.
Sasha has harbored feelings for Ronan for years. She doesn't understand why, after everything they experienced together, he won't even mutter a word in her direction. Sasha has tried to do her best her whole life. She sacrificed so her sister could live a more worry free life than herself, and go to college. She strips to afford a good home nurse for her dying mother. She dealt with Donny to keep Ronan from getting into trouble, even though it was unpleasant to say the least. Sadly, she feels like she will have absolutely nothing to show for it once her mother dies. Her mother will be gone, her sister will be gone, and Ronan will still have nothing to do with her. This leads to her making the decision to move and start over somewhere else when that happens.
Sasha starts getting late night drop ins from Ronan when her mother is nearing the end. At first, it's just things like him tucking her into bed at night after she falls asleep, but it quickly turns into something much more interesting happening in that bed. Ronan always winds up abruptly leaving, usually without a word, after their sexual encounters. This leaves Sasha hurt, frustrated, and even more determined to leave as soon as she can.
After Ronan finds out her intentions, he tries to do whatever he can to keep her with him. However, fate has other plans when Ronan and Sasha's past catches up to them. Donny made sure information got out about what really happened to Blaine in the event of his death. Now, they have to worry about the feds, and also how Ronan's own people will react. Not only that, but Ronan botched a hit on a man named Andrei, also known as "The Butcher", putting his life in danger, as well as Sasha's. What will happen to Ronan when the syndicate finds out what he has been hiding from them?Will Sasha be killed for what she knows? Will they be put in prison? Will Andrei off them before they have to worry about it? Do Sasha and Ronan have any real chance of a happily ever after?
This was such an awesome book! I was nervous that because I loved Crow so much, Reaper would be disappointing. I'm happy that was not the case. I enjoyed every minute of Ronan and Sasha's story.
Reaper was a much more emotional book than the previous one in the series. Several things contributed to this. Learning about Ronan's upbringing, and seeing the way it still affected him ripped my heart out. No one should have to endure such atrocities. Sasha has to deal with watching her mother slowly die of cancer. My own father died of cancer, and I know first hand how painful that can be. My heart broke for her. The emotions I felt watching these two come together is indescribable. Not to mention, Mack and Crow interacting with Sasha and Ronan were some of my favorite parts, and they gave me all the warm and fuzzies. The scene with Ronan, Crow, and Alexi trying to diaper a baby was really something special. Lol
Without a doubt, my absolute favorite thing about the whole story was Ronan. I adored him, and I understood his behavior completely. I wouldn't have been surprised if he wound up in a mental institution after everything he went through. I think, the fact that he isn't completely insane or a monster himself is astonishing. He usually shows a very limited range of emotion. Intimacy is way out of his comfort zone. Even normal social interaction can be awkward, confusing, and almost painful for him; which made watching him try to be different for Sasha even more heartwarming. My heart literally melted over a part where they visit a doctors office. If you have read this already or when you do, you will know what I'm talking about. He is fiercely loyal and protective of the people he cares about. Lastly, like Crow, he is a complete badass. Ronan may be raw and broken, but he is also strong and incredibly beautiful.
I am happy this book gave me a greater appreciation for Sasha, too. I loved how willing she was to always give Ronan time to come to terms with things at his own pace. She tries to understand and reassure him, no matter how difficult that may be. Her loyalty to him is endless, never wavering, even when her own well being is threatened. I admired how she unfailingly put the ones she loved before herself. Sasha was truly the perfect woman for Ronan in every way.
I enjoyed this book immensely, and I can't wait to continue on with the series. I rated it 4 stars instead of 5, because it lacked a tiny bit of the spark that Crow had for me. The romance was more on the sweet side, the action wasn't quite as exciting, and the heroine wasn't as strong as I would have liked. I don't want to make it sound like this story was unimpressive, because it wasn't. I would recommend this book to anyone who thinks they would find it even remotely interesting. The writing was amazing. This author continues to impress me with her fantastic storytelling. The story was unique, engaging, romantic, and addictive. The romance was beautiful. The characters are endearing and complex. There are so many reasons that I could give for you to read this book, but mostly I recommend this because.....Ronan. ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
We know from the first book that Sasha and Ronan have a history, but we are never told exactly what it is. The author doesn't waste any time remedying that by showing us the events that led up to the death of Blaine, Sasha's ex-boyfriend and Ronan's fellow syndicate member. Ronan has barely spoken to Sasha since the night in question, and neither of them have told a soul about any of it.
Ronan had a rough life, and it left him with more than a little emotional baggage. He endured unimaginable horror at the hands of a radical political fringe group. He never met his mother, and it would have probably been better if he never knew his father, even for the brief time that he did. Torture, isolation, and unspeakable cruelty were all he knew from his childhood until he met Crow and his mother. Because of this, he finds it hard to show or even understand his emotions. The one person other than Crow that he cares about is Sasha. He doesn't know how to act around her, or what to do with his feelings for her. Ronan convinced himself that he wasn't worthy of Sasha; therefore, he doesn't interact with her unless he has to...at least that she knows about anyway.
Sasha has harbored feelings for Ronan for years. She doesn't understand why, after everything they experienced together, he won't even mutter a word in her direction. Sasha has tried to do her best her whole life. She sacrificed so her sister could live a more worry free life than herself, and go to college. She strips to afford a good home nurse for her dying mother. She dealt with Donny to keep Ronan from getting into trouble, even though it was unpleasant to say the least. Sadly, she feels like she will have absolutely nothing to show for it once her mother dies. Her mother will be gone, her sister will be gone, and Ronan will still have nothing to do with her. This leads to her making the decision to move and start over somewhere else when that happens.
Sasha starts getting late night drop ins from Ronan when her mother is nearing the end. At first, it's just things like him tucking her into bed at night after she falls asleep, but it quickly turns into something much more interesting happening in that bed. Ronan always winds up abruptly leaving, usually without a word, after their sexual encounters. This leaves Sasha hurt, frustrated, and even more determined to leave as soon as she can.
After Ronan finds out her intentions, he tries to do whatever he can to keep her with him. However, fate has other plans when Ronan and Sasha's past catches up to them. Donny made sure information got out about what really happened to Blaine in the event of his death. Now, they have to worry about the feds, and also how Ronan's own people will react. Not only that, but Ronan botched a hit on a man named Andrei, also known as "The Butcher", putting his life in danger, as well as Sasha's. What will happen to Ronan when the syndicate finds out what he has been hiding from them?Will Sasha be killed for what she knows? Will they be put in prison? Will Andrei off them before they have to worry about it? Do Sasha and Ronan have any real chance of a happily ever after?
This was such an awesome book! I was nervous that because I loved Crow so much, Reaper would be disappointing. I'm happy that was not the case. I enjoyed every minute of Ronan and Sasha's story.
Reaper was a much more emotional book than the previous one in the series. Several things contributed to this. Learning about Ronan's upbringing, and seeing the way it still affected him ripped my heart out. No one should have to endure such atrocities. Sasha has to deal with watching her mother slowly die of cancer. My own father died of cancer, and I know first hand how painful that can be. My heart broke for her. The emotions I felt watching these two come together is indescribable. Not to mention, Mack and Crow interacting with Sasha and Ronan were some of my favorite parts, and they gave me all the warm and fuzzies. The scene with Ronan, Crow, and Alexi trying to diaper a baby was really something special. Lol
Without a doubt, my absolute favorite thing about the whole story was Ronan. I adored him, and I understood his behavior completely. I wouldn't have been surprised if he wound up in a mental institution after everything he went through. I think, the fact that he isn't completely insane or a monster himself is astonishing. He usually shows a very limited range of emotion. Intimacy is way out of his comfort zone. Even normal social interaction can be awkward, confusing, and almost painful for him; which made watching him try to be different for Sasha even more heartwarming. My heart literally melted over a part where they visit a doctors office. If you have read this already or when you do, you will know what I'm talking about. He is fiercely loyal and protective of the people he cares about. Lastly, like Crow, he is a complete badass. Ronan may be raw and broken, but he is also strong and incredibly beautiful.
I am happy this book gave me a greater appreciation for Sasha, too. I loved how willing she was to always give Ronan time to come to terms with things at his own pace. She tries to understand and reassure him, no matter how difficult that may be. Her loyalty to him is endless, never wavering, even when her own well being is threatened. I admired how she unfailingly put the ones she loved before herself. Sasha was truly the perfect woman for Ronan in every way.
I enjoyed this book immensely, and I can't wait to continue on with the series. I rated it 4 stars instead of 5, because it lacked a tiny bit of the spark that Crow had for me. The romance was more on the sweet side, the action wasn't quite as exciting, and the heroine wasn't as strong as I would have liked. I don't want to make it sound like this story was unimpressive, because it wasn't. I would recommend this book to anyone who thinks they would find it even remotely interesting. The writing was amazing. This author continues to impress me with her fantastic storytelling. The story was unique, engaging, romantic, and addictive. The romance was beautiful. The characters are endearing and complex. There are so many reasons that I could give for you to read this book, but mostly I recommend this because.....Ronan. ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
July 27, 2017
3.5 Stars
Overall Opinion: This was an enjoyable story about 2 people that needed each other, and worked through some past trauma to find their HEA. I was rooting for the couple to get that HEA, and I was so happy when they got it. Ronan was what made the book for me tbh. He was such a mystery in the first book of the series, Crow, and I was really happy to get more of him and understand why he is the way he is. **I would highly recommend that if anyone wanted to read this book that they read the first one first, because I don't think you would get the full characterization of Ronan otherwise (and you might be lost on a few other things too).**
Brief Summary of the Storyline: This is Sasha and Ronan's story. Sasha works at the syndicate's strip club to help support her mom who is dying of cancer. Ronin has a strong interest in her, but he is severely damaged by his past and doesn't know how to pursue any type of relationship with her. There are some events that throw them together, and they eventually work through some past baggage to where they become a couple....and get a HEA ending.
POV: This alternated between Sasha and Ronan's POV.
Overall Pace of Story: Good for the most part. It felt a little slow and it did take a little while for me to get into it, but it flowed well after (about) the halfway mark. I never skimmed.
Instalove: No, they have been developing feelings for a good while.
H rating: 5 stars. Ronan. How could you not like Ronan? Poor guy had a horrendous upbringing, and I'm so happy he got a HEA! (Baby scene = the best!!)
h rating: 4 stars. Sasha. I liked her. She was tough when she needed to be, but also sweet and understanding with Ronan.
Sadness level: Low. No tissues needed.
Push/Pull: Yes
Heat level: Moderate. They have some good chemistry and scenes.
Descriptive sex: Yes.
Safe sex: No. They mention condoms and birth control, but they go without most of the time. No mention of h's past practices that I remember.
OW/OM drama: Not really
Sex scene with OW or OM: No
Cheating: No
Separation: Kind of
Possible Triggers: Yes
Closure: This had good closure with a super cute epilogue and a HEA ending.
How I got it: It was part of my kindle unlimited subscription.
Safety: I'd say that this is either Safe or Safe with Exception depending on personal preferences
Overall Opinion: This was an enjoyable story about 2 people that needed each other, and worked through some past trauma to find their HEA. I was rooting for the couple to get that HEA, and I was so happy when they got it. Ronan was what made the book for me tbh. He was such a mystery in the first book of the series, Crow, and I was really happy to get more of him and understand why he is the way he is. **I would highly recommend that if anyone wanted to read this book that they read the first one first, because I don't think you would get the full characterization of Ronan otherwise (and you might be lost on a few other things too).**
Brief Summary of the Storyline: This is Sasha and Ronan's story. Sasha works at the syndicate's strip club to help support her mom who is dying of cancer. Ronin has a strong interest in her, but he is severely damaged by his past and doesn't know how to pursue any type of relationship with her. There are some events that throw them together, and they eventually work through some past baggage to where they become a couple....and get a HEA ending.
POV: This alternated between Sasha and Ronan's POV.
Overall Pace of Story: Good for the most part. It felt a little slow and it did take a little while for me to get into it, but it flowed well after (about) the halfway mark. I never skimmed.
Instalove: No, they have been developing feelings for a good while.
H rating: 5 stars. Ronan. How could you not like Ronan? Poor guy had a horrendous upbringing, and I'm so happy he got a HEA! (Baby scene = the best!!)
h rating: 4 stars. Sasha. I liked her. She was tough when she needed to be, but also sweet and understanding with Ronan.
Sadness level: Low. No tissues needed.
Push/Pull: Yes
Heat level: Moderate. They have some good chemistry and scenes.
Descriptive sex: Yes.
Safe sex: No. They mention condoms and birth control, but they go without most of the time. No mention of h's past practices that I remember.
OW/OM drama: Not really
Sex scene with OW or OM: No
Cheating: No
Separation: Kind of
Possible Triggers: Yes
Closure: This had good closure with a super cute epilogue and a HEA ending.
How I got it: It was part of my kindle unlimited subscription.
Safety: I'd say that this is either Safe or Safe with Exception depending on personal preferences
February 6, 2017
4.5 Tortured Soul Stars
******May Contain Spoilers******
Sasha finds herself trapped in a relationship she does not want to be in, unfortunately that relationship comes with Major baggage. Blaine is part of the MacKenna syndicate (irish mafia) and he drags her into his world.
When Blaine "leaves" Sasha is still trapped in the syndicate. She strips and dances at Slainte a high end strip club owned and run by syndicate. Sasha's mum is dying of cancer, she keeps dancing to pay the bills determined to get out once her mother passes.
Reading about Sasha's mums battle was very emotional for me and had my heart breaking for her. She is right about one thing:
No one should have to go like that :(
Ronan/Reaper's story starts when he is a little boy being held captive and tortured on a compound that trains little boys into killers.
The torture/training turned Ronan into the emotionless killer he is, hence the name Reaper. Ronan has difficulty with understanding emotions and likes things to stay the same and be straightforward (typical man). This is why he hated Sasha at the beginning for the simple fact she made him feel things he just didn't understand.
I love a tortured soul and Ronan didn't disappoint. However as I am not a huge fan of heaps of inner dialogue which this book had lots of, it made it a little less enjoyable. I found there was not as much suspense and intrigue as the first in this series but I still really liked it.
I thought it was a lovely love story about stepping out of your comfort zone and defeating your demons for the one you love.
My dark prince. The reaper. The man who spilled blood for me without pause. For that reason alone he'll always be on a pedestal that no other can reach. He'll always be the memory I revisit in my darkest of times.
******May Contain Spoilers******
Sasha finds herself trapped in a relationship she does not want to be in, unfortunately that relationship comes with Major baggage. Blaine is part of the MacKenna syndicate (irish mafia) and he drags her into his world.
When Blaine "leaves" Sasha is still trapped in the syndicate. She strips and dances at Slainte a high end strip club owned and run by syndicate. Sasha's mum is dying of cancer, she keeps dancing to pay the bills determined to get out once her mother passes.
Reading about Sasha's mums battle was very emotional for me and had my heart breaking for her. She is right about one thing:
No one should have to go like that :(
Ronan/Reaper's story starts when he is a little boy being held captive and tortured on a compound that trains little boys into killers.
Don't fall asleep little fella," he says. "Or you'll never wake up again."
The torture/training turned Ronan into the emotionless killer he is, hence the name Reaper. Ronan has difficulty with understanding emotions and likes things to stay the same and be straightforward (typical man). This is why he hated Sasha at the beginning for the simple fact she made him feel things he just didn't understand.
I love a tortured soul and Ronan didn't disappoint. However as I am not a huge fan of heaps of inner dialogue which this book had lots of, it made it a little less enjoyable. I found there was not as much suspense and intrigue as the first in this series but I still really liked it.
I thought it was a lovely love story about stepping out of your comfort zone and defeating your demons for the one you love.
December 28, 2019
An Audio Review
Wow!! Well, that was an interesting experience. The Irish Mob sure do look a wee bit different to the Irish mob of blokes I’ve met up till now. My encounters with anyone from Ireland so far include the “to be sure, to be sure” variety, not the “I’ll blow your bleedin brains” type. I’ve even been to Ireland and stayed in a relative’s rundown castle (which was bloody cold) and managed to avoid any scary types. The scariest things I experienced in Ireland was their driving and maybe overdosing on potatoes. Fried potatoes for breakfast, chips for lunch and roast potatoes for dinner. I like potatoes, but not to eat them at breakfast lunch and dinner. So, to meet the mob and see this side of Ireland was a real eye-opener.
The audio of Reaper was everything I thought it would be and more. I was sitting on the train listening to some pretty horrific scenes practically hunched up in a ball. I was seriously freaked out to the extent that I was looking around waiting for a knife or gun to be pulled out by someone around me. The narrator, Tracy Marks, does an awesome job of grabbing your attention and making you feel like you’re part of the scene. I think I was mostly affected by the violence more than anything. The sexy times were frequent but to be honest, listening to them on audio is way different from reading them. For one, I don’t normally have an audience when I start to get twitchy. Secondly, I’m still convinced everyone around me can overhear it, so I’m forever turning the volume up and down depending on the level of profanity. When it comes to the accents, I felt that the narrator did a really good job. It’s hard enough to do accents let alone change from a male to a female character. I’m adding Tracy Marks to my favourite narrator's list. Not necessarily for her voice but because she brings emotion and feeling to the characters that other narrators just can’t do as well.
Storyline…I knew after reading Crow that this book was going to be very, very interesting. Poor bloody Ronan. That man…I just wanted…I just needed to give him a hug. The horrors he faced and lived through were unbelievable. No child should have seen let alone lived through that. It bloody scares me that children are used in this way, but then again we know, not just in Ireland but worldwide there are children being used and abused.
I really want to think that this is all from the author’s imagination, but to some extent, I could imagine it to be real. Even though I mentioned I’ve only met the “to be sure, to be sure” Irish, I know there are the “I’ll blow your bleedin brains” too. I remember the news reports of bombings and violent protests. We heard U2 sing about Sunday, bloody Sunday and saw movies like In The Name of the Father. Innocent people die and there’s always the wrongly accused fighting to be heard. So, I knew that Ireland isn’t just four leaf clovers and leprechauns, but it still shocked me to see this side of Ireland.
Sasha has had a hard life. Her mother is dying of cancer and she’s the only one available to financially support her. Sasha’s dad is dead and her sister is in another state studying. Sasha doesn’t want this life for her sister so tries to shield her as much as possible. Look, I felt sorry for Sasha, but I definitely felt that she brought some of her problems on herself. Yes, I’m quick to judge, but she seemed to just keep falling into the same traps over and over again.
The relationship between Ronan and Sasha is a little strange. Ronan is obsessed with her and even though Sasha knows it, she doesn’t know the extent he has gone to and will go to, to protect her. It’s a little…no, probably more accurate to say a lot unhealthy the way the relationship starts, but you always know there’s something different about Ronan. Ronan’s past has made him unable to have normal relationships. He doesn’t recognise love, is uncomfortable being touched and generally only knows violence. Sasha knows all of this but refuses to see just this. She wants what’s underneath. She wants to push past his vulnerable shell and bring him out just for her. Ronan does eventually come out of his shell…just because it’s what Sasha wants.
I really enjoyed the audio of Reaper. The author drags you into the seedier, violent side of the Boston Underworld and takes you for a ride. This series is awesome and I can’t wait to meet more of these crazy Irish Mobsters.
Wow!! Well, that was an interesting experience. The Irish Mob sure do look a wee bit different to the Irish mob of blokes I’ve met up till now. My encounters with anyone from Ireland so far include the “to be sure, to be sure” variety, not the “I’ll blow your bleedin brains” type. I’ve even been to Ireland and stayed in a relative’s rundown castle (which was bloody cold) and managed to avoid any scary types. The scariest things I experienced in Ireland was their driving and maybe overdosing on potatoes. Fried potatoes for breakfast, chips for lunch and roast potatoes for dinner. I like potatoes, but not to eat them at breakfast lunch and dinner. So, to meet the mob and see this side of Ireland was a real eye-opener.
The audio of Reaper was everything I thought it would be and more. I was sitting on the train listening to some pretty horrific scenes practically hunched up in a ball. I was seriously freaked out to the extent that I was looking around waiting for a knife or gun to be pulled out by someone around me. The narrator, Tracy Marks, does an awesome job of grabbing your attention and making you feel like you’re part of the scene. I think I was mostly affected by the violence more than anything. The sexy times were frequent but to be honest, listening to them on audio is way different from reading them. For one, I don’t normally have an audience when I start to get twitchy. Secondly, I’m still convinced everyone around me can overhear it, so I’m forever turning the volume up and down depending on the level of profanity. When it comes to the accents, I felt that the narrator did a really good job. It’s hard enough to do accents let alone change from a male to a female character. I’m adding Tracy Marks to my favourite narrator's list. Not necessarily for her voice but because she brings emotion and feeling to the characters that other narrators just can’t do as well.
Storyline…I knew after reading Crow that this book was going to be very, very interesting. Poor bloody Ronan. That man…I just wanted…I just needed to give him a hug. The horrors he faced and lived through were unbelievable. No child should have seen let alone lived through that. It bloody scares me that children are used in this way, but then again we know, not just in Ireland but worldwide there are children being used and abused.
I really want to think that this is all from the author’s imagination, but to some extent, I could imagine it to be real. Even though I mentioned I’ve only met the “to be sure, to be sure” Irish, I know there are the “I’ll blow your bleedin brains” too. I remember the news reports of bombings and violent protests. We heard U2 sing about Sunday, bloody Sunday and saw movies like In The Name of the Father. Innocent people die and there’s always the wrongly accused fighting to be heard. So, I knew that Ireland isn’t just four leaf clovers and leprechauns, but it still shocked me to see this side of Ireland.
Sasha has had a hard life. Her mother is dying of cancer and she’s the only one available to financially support her. Sasha’s dad is dead and her sister is in another state studying. Sasha doesn’t want this life for her sister so tries to shield her as much as possible. Look, I felt sorry for Sasha, but I definitely felt that she brought some of her problems on herself. Yes, I’m quick to judge, but she seemed to just keep falling into the same traps over and over again.
The relationship between Ronan and Sasha is a little strange. Ronan is obsessed with her and even though Sasha knows it, she doesn’t know the extent he has gone to and will go to, to protect her. It’s a little…no, probably more accurate to say a lot unhealthy the way the relationship starts, but you always know there’s something different about Ronan. Ronan’s past has made him unable to have normal relationships. He doesn’t recognise love, is uncomfortable being touched and generally only knows violence. Sasha knows all of this but refuses to see just this. She wants what’s underneath. She wants to push past his vulnerable shell and bring him out just for her. Ronan does eventually come out of his shell…just because it’s what Sasha wants.
I really enjoyed the audio of Reaper. The author drags you into the seedier, violent side of the Boston Underworld and takes you for a ride. This series is awesome and I can’t wait to meet more of these crazy Irish Mobsters.
December 30, 2021
I can’t rate this any lower because:
- Ronan 🥺
- I stayed until 5 am reading this because it was that addictive.
- Ronan 😍
- Crow and his grins and winks undid me.
- And Ronan. For real, RONAN ❤️
- Ronan 🥺
- I stayed until 5 am reading this because it was that addictive.
- Ronan 😍
- Crow and his grins and winks undid me.
- And Ronan. For real, RONAN ❤️
March 2, 2022
4.5 stars
YESSSSSS. Give me a damaged and super overprotective hero! From the moment we met Ronan, I was so intrigued. He's the killer for the Boston Underworld and we meet him when he's torturing someone. This is definitely a dark mafia romance! We slowly get to learn more about Ronan and his horrible past being trained to be a violent killer and my heart just went out to him. He has a hard time with emotions, intimacy, and communicating, but he knows he's infatuated with Sasha the moment he sees her. Sasha is just as intrigued by Ronan, but she must survive and that means she finds herself in bad relationships with some bad guys. Ronan will do anything to protect Sasha, though, and the two find themselves gravitating more and more towards one another. I really loved this book and Sasha and Ronan's relationship. There was enough mafia intrigue and darkness to feed my dark romance love and I enjoyed seeing the characters from book one. My only complaint is that I didn't love how Sasha would react to Ronan pulling away. She admits she felt guilty for it, but knowing his past, it was hard to see her get so frustrated with him when he had been through so much and just got overwhelmed at times. But I loved this book and can't wait to read the next book!!
YESSSSSS. Give me a damaged and super overprotective hero! From the moment we met Ronan, I was so intrigued. He's the killer for the Boston Underworld and we meet him when he's torturing someone. This is definitely a dark mafia romance! We slowly get to learn more about Ronan and his horrible past being trained to be a violent killer and my heart just went out to him. He has a hard time with emotions, intimacy, and communicating, but he knows he's infatuated with Sasha the moment he sees her. Sasha is just as intrigued by Ronan, but she must survive and that means she finds herself in bad relationships with some bad guys. Ronan will do anything to protect Sasha, though, and the two find themselves gravitating more and more towards one another. I really loved this book and Sasha and Ronan's relationship. There was enough mafia intrigue and darkness to feed my dark romance love and I enjoyed seeing the characters from book one. My only complaint is that I didn't love how Sasha would react to Ronan pulling away. She admits she felt guilty for it, but knowing his past, it was hard to see her get so frustrated with him when he had been through so much and just got overwhelmed at times. But I loved this book and can't wait to read the next book!!
May 30, 2016
I'm so hooked and jonesing for the next story. This was awesome! Ronan is so complex and unique. His tale is sad but I love how he develops throughout the story. Sasha has been in love with him for years and she learns how to deal with him tactfully. Ronan is obsessive and possessive but it seems to be a part of him. He is very different in how he sees the world as his behavior is derived from his experiences or a lack of them. Sasha is a survivor. She does what she must to get by but the life she loves is wearing on her. When faced with losing her, Ronan finally reacts and coupled with what's going on in the mafia world, the plot thickens. The story flows flawlessly and the writing is done well. The imagery is graphic but essential to the telling. You get sucked into this world and it's gripping hold remains to the end. I'm very glad I read this and am dying to read book 3! Safety: No OW/Sharing. h is forced to do things to another man to protect herself and H. There is rape and abuse. One of them was a V their first time together. No condoms. There is pushing away.
November 29, 2017
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Holy Hell this book broke my heart! Reaper was so damaged and all I wanted to do was give him one big hug and never let him go. His character was almost like a little boy at times, trapped in a killers body. It was tragic and at the same time absolutely brilliant. The emotions he evoked from me are the very reason I have such a strong love of reading and I already want to go back and read his story again.
His and Sasha's relationship was definitely complicated and they had a lot to work out, but that's what made it so intriguing. I loved seeing them circling around each other, both wanting to make that first move but both too scared. The sexual tension that was between them because of that conflict lit up my pages and had me in love with them. I definitely can't wait to move on and read more of this series but I think I just found my favorite Boston Underworld couple.
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Holy Hell this book broke my heart! Reaper was so damaged and all I wanted to do was give him one big hug and never let him go. His character was almost like a little boy at times, trapped in a killers body. It was tragic and at the same time absolutely brilliant. The emotions he evoked from me are the very reason I have such a strong love of reading and I already want to go back and read his story again.
His and Sasha's relationship was definitely complicated and they had a lot to work out, but that's what made it so intriguing. I loved seeing them circling around each other, both wanting to make that first move but both too scared. The sexual tension that was between them because of that conflict lit up my pages and had me in love with them. I definitely can't wait to move on and read more of this series but I think I just found my favorite Boston Underworld couple.
May 20, 2016
༺**Complimentary Copy**༺ Provided by the author
"A. Zavarelli" in exchange for an honest review..Thank you!!
TITLE: Reaper
SERIES: (Boston Underworld #2)
AUTHOR: A. Zavarelli
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE: May 24th, 2016
MY RATING
I was almost afraid to start this, mainly because I cray cray loved the previous book in this series Crow (Boston Underworld, #1) and for the fact that it put me in a major book funk for days, so this one has a lot to live up to.
REAPER This is the second book in the Boston Underworld Series by A. Zavarelli, this can not be read as a standalone because previous characters do cross over, and it's where we were first introduced to these two characters, this story picks up where book one left off, I crazy loved the first book and would highly recommend it..
This author is the Queen of all Queens when it comes to Mafia and everyone knows I have a weakness for this genre..
Reaper focuses around Sasha and Ronan, told in dual POV'S, Ronan is a trained killer, the go to man who does all the underhanded shit for the syndicate. Sasha was incorporated into the first book, as one of the clubs dancers that always stayed in the background, the club mouse so to speak, say boo and like a mouse she would likely scuttle away, Sasha, was raised as a good catholic girl who ended up associating with the Irish Mob all due to one unwanted date.
Delve deeper and both of these characters are fighting the dark demons of their pasts.
“One thing I know for certain is that this killer - the Reaper - isn’t my white knight. In fact, in this story, I very well suspect he may even be the villain. Because if Blaine ever finds out how I feel, it will certainly be the death of me.” - Sasha
Ronan is such a complex man with so many deep layers to his character, always watching from the darkness, hidden in the background. A man of few words, a broken, dark soul.
Damaged souls have their own beauty.
A dark terrifying beauty.
The same type of beauty I recognise in Ronan
Sasha is hard to get a handle on, her ailing mother is in the process of passing over, so in the beginning of the book we see a sad pill popping, broken down Sasha.
I will never understand what it is about this quiet,
enigmatic man that renders me completely senseless.
Ronan feels it too.
This explosive link between us.
All I have to do is enter his orbit,
and I'm a slave to his power.
GAH ok well shit I thought Crow would've been hard to beat, but I shit you not this book left Crow in the dust!! And I do not say that lightly. This author yet again ticked ALL my boxes when it came to this book, the grit, the broken man, the likeable sassy heroine..
Ever want to jump in a book and fix/save one of the characters that the author is tormenting with her words, Ronan made me want to crawl within the pages and grab him out of the authors clutches lol
"A. Zavarelli" in exchange for an honest review..Thank you!!
TITLE: Reaper
SERIES: (Boston Underworld #2)
AUTHOR: A. Zavarelli
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE: May 24th, 2016
MY RATING
I was almost afraid to start this, mainly because I cray cray loved the previous book in this series Crow (Boston Underworld, #1) and for the fact that it put me in a major book funk for days, so this one has a lot to live up to.
REAPER This is the second book in the Boston Underworld Series by A. Zavarelli, this can not be read as a standalone because previous characters do cross over, and it's where we were first introduced to these two characters, this story picks up where book one left off, I crazy loved the first book and would highly recommend it..
This author is the Queen of all Queens when it comes to Mafia and everyone knows I have a weakness for this genre..
Reaper focuses around Sasha and Ronan, told in dual POV'S, Ronan is a trained killer, the go to man who does all the underhanded shit for the syndicate. Sasha was incorporated into the first book, as one of the clubs dancers that always stayed in the background, the club mouse so to speak, say boo and like a mouse she would likely scuttle away, Sasha, was raised as a good catholic girl who ended up associating with the Irish Mob all due to one unwanted date.
Delve deeper and both of these characters are fighting the dark demons of their pasts.
“One thing I know for certain is that this killer - the Reaper - isn’t my white knight. In fact, in this story, I very well suspect he may even be the villain. Because if Blaine ever finds out how I feel, it will certainly be the death of me.” - Sasha
Ronan is such a complex man with so many deep layers to his character, always watching from the darkness, hidden in the background. A man of few words, a broken, dark soul.
Damaged souls have their own beauty.
A dark terrifying beauty.
The same type of beauty I recognise in Ronan
Sasha is hard to get a handle on, her ailing mother is in the process of passing over, so in the beginning of the book we see a sad pill popping, broken down Sasha.
I will never understand what it is about this quiet,
enigmatic man that renders me completely senseless.
Ronan feels it too.
This explosive link between us.
All I have to do is enter his orbit,
and I'm a slave to his power.
GAH ok well shit I thought Crow would've been hard to beat, but I shit you not this book left Crow in the dust!! And I do not say that lightly. This author yet again ticked ALL my boxes when it came to this book, the grit, the broken man, the likeable sassy heroine..
Ever want to jump in a book and fix/save one of the characters that the author is tormenting with her words, Ronan made me want to crawl within the pages and grab him out of the authors clutches lol
February 7, 2017
I liked this better than the first one because Ronan is a crazy person. He's antisocial, broody, moody, barely speaks, is known as the reaper, has a damaged past, and he stalks the object of his desire. Swoon worthy, I know.
So basically this is all about Ronan being an awkward weirdo and Sasha being awesome and understanding about his hangups. I liked them together because she's sweet to Ronan and that's what he needs. And he's sweet back in his awkward way.
Now on to that crazy Russian, Alexei.
So basically this is all about Ronan being an awkward weirdo and Sasha being awesome and understanding about his hangups. I liked them together because she's sweet to Ronan and that's what he needs. And he's sweet back in his awkward way.
Now on to that crazy Russian, Alexei.
July 25, 2016
Unpopular Opinion Alert!
This is what someone should have done to me before I downloaded this book. It's not that I hadn't been warned by the first book.
It's free on KU, by they way, if anyone's interested.
Apart from that, all I can say is:
Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.
She is fucked up. He is fucked up. The world they live in is fucked up. Sasha, the heroine, kept on saying that so often, I was ready to slit my wrists.
Nothing really happens. No idea why they love each other. No idea why they have the hots for each other. Insta-lust? Yep! Insta-love? Yep! Writing? As bad as Crow. Characters? They couldn't have been more one-dimensional. Lots of contradictory inner monologues. Like this one:
She's in agony. He's in agony. She's a tortured soul. He's a tortured soul. She's had a fucked up life. He's had a fucked up life. I guess, that's all it takes to make a romance work. Not for me, though.
It wasn't horrible. No, it was worse than horrible. It was BORING. I fell asleep. I did. And I never fall asleep whilst reading a book. I may get tired because it's late and it's been a long day. Then I put the book aside and go to bed like the good, little girl that I am. But I never, ever fall asleep. Well, I did reading Reaper.
This is what someone should have done to me before I downloaded this book. It's not that I hadn't been warned by the first book.
It's free on KU, by they way, if anyone's interested.
Apart from that, all I can say is:
Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.
She is fucked up. He is fucked up. The world they live in is fucked up. Sasha, the heroine, kept on saying that so often, I was ready to slit my wrists.
Nothing really happens. No idea why they love each other. No idea why they have the hots for each other. Insta-lust? Yep! Insta-love? Yep! Writing? As bad as Crow. Characters? They couldn't have been more one-dimensional. Lots of contradictory inner monologues. Like this one:
My heart flat lined long ago. Keeping myself locked in this void is easy.And then, 11 sentences (I counted) later she says:
His cheeks flush pink every time I look his way, and then his jaw strains with the force of his anger. It makes me want him in ways I shouldn’t. It makes my heart stop and start every time he walks into the room. Like a rusty old engine, I’m in disrepair, and I feel like this stranger is the only mechanic for the job.
She's in agony. He's in agony. She's a tortured soul. He's a tortured soul. She's had a fucked up life. He's had a fucked up life. I guess, that's all it takes to make a romance work. Not for me, though.
It wasn't horrible. No, it was worse than horrible. It was BORING. I fell asleep. I did. And I never fall asleep whilst reading a book. I may get tired because it's late and it's been a long day. Then I put the book aside and go to bed like the good, little girl that I am. But I never, ever fall asleep. Well, I did reading Reaper.
November 11, 2018
4 The-Vampire-Ninja’s-Psychological-Kryptonite Stars
I’ve seen him kill. I’ve tasted his rage too. Tasted it so fiercely that some of it spilled over onto me, tainting me with the mark of the animal that lives inside of him. I crave that animal. I crave everything about this man with his perfect suits and his complete lack of human emotions. Maybe, just maybe, I envy him too.
What it must be like not to feel anything. Anything at all.
I want that for myself.
Ronan Fitzpatrick was reared to be a monster. A killer. A psychopathic weapon to sic upon his wielder’s enemies. Within the syndicate, Ronan is referred to as ‘The Reaper’ and it’s an apt title. He is a bringer of death. Quiet, controlled and finite. This story is all about contradictions. How one man can be both a cold-blooded killer and exude childlike innocence, at the same time. How you can love and hate someone in equal measure, with equal passion. How even though you know it’s bad for you, the darkness can consume you until it’s all you see and all you crave. How a kiss can kill you and revive you.
Sasha has been fighting her feelings for Ronan for years. And Ronan doesn’t seem to have any emotions at all. Only Sasha knows that isn’t precisely true, she has seen his temper and tasted the intensity of his passion, but never before and never since. In a single night Sasha signed her death warrant, and every day since she has waited for a set of gorgeous chocolate-brown eyes behind black frames to come collect on it.
My dark prince. The reaper. The man who spilled blood for me without pause. For that reason alone he’ll always be on a pedestal that no other can reach. He’ll always be the memory I revisit in my darkest of times.
Ronan has coveted Sasha since the first time he saw her, she is everything beautiful and lovely and for that reason he must keep his distance from her. However he cannot stop watching her, in the bar where she dances and elsewhere *cough* stalking alert *cough*. He needs to know she is safe, even if he never acknowledges or speaks to her directly. I loathe love interests that stalk their desired….. normally. However in Reaper it’s hard not to try to excuse it. Ronan is such a complexly damaged character, and his lust for Sasha is so entirely foreign and alien to his lifestyle that it makes him childishly selfish about her.
There is so much innocence in this seemingly monstrous character, Ronan’s reactions to the most casual of kindnesses were shattering to read. A battle hardened expert at life’s cruelty and violence and all it take is one gentle brush of Sasha’s fingers to terrify him. This story was entirely compelling, destructive and beautiful in turns.
His words douse me in gasoline. His eyes light the match. And when he grinds himself against me, all that's left to do is burn for him.
PRE-REVIEW:
"When you dance with the devil, the devil doesn't change. The devil changes you." - 8mm
I think Ronan could be the devil himself but if he asked me to dance I don't think I'd have the ability to say no....
I’ve seen him kill. I’ve tasted his rage too. Tasted it so fiercely that some of it spilled over onto me, tainting me with the mark of the animal that lives inside of him. I crave that animal. I crave everything about this man with his perfect suits and his complete lack of human emotions. Maybe, just maybe, I envy him too.
What it must be like not to feel anything. Anything at all.
I want that for myself.
Ronan Fitzpatrick was reared to be a monster. A killer. A psychopathic weapon to sic upon his wielder’s enemies. Within the syndicate, Ronan is referred to as ‘The Reaper’ and it’s an apt title. He is a bringer of death. Quiet, controlled and finite. This story is all about contradictions. How one man can be both a cold-blooded killer and exude childlike innocence, at the same time. How you can love and hate someone in equal measure, with equal passion. How even though you know it’s bad for you, the darkness can consume you until it’s all you see and all you crave. How a kiss can kill you and revive you.
Sasha has been fighting her feelings for Ronan for years. And Ronan doesn’t seem to have any emotions at all. Only Sasha knows that isn’t precisely true, she has seen his temper and tasted the intensity of his passion, but never before and never since. In a single night Sasha signed her death warrant, and every day since she has waited for a set of gorgeous chocolate-brown eyes behind black frames to come collect on it.
My dark prince. The reaper. The man who spilled blood for me without pause. For that reason alone he’ll always be on a pedestal that no other can reach. He’ll always be the memory I revisit in my darkest of times.
Ronan has coveted Sasha since the first time he saw her, she is everything beautiful and lovely and for that reason he must keep his distance from her. However he cannot stop watching her, in the bar where she dances and elsewhere *cough* stalking alert *cough*. He needs to know she is safe, even if he never acknowledges or speaks to her directly. I loathe love interests that stalk their desired….. normally. However in Reaper it’s hard not to try to excuse it. Ronan is such a complexly damaged character, and his lust for Sasha is so entirely foreign and alien to his lifestyle that it makes him childishly selfish about her.
There is so much innocence in this seemingly monstrous character, Ronan’s reactions to the most casual of kindnesses were shattering to read. A battle hardened expert at life’s cruelty and violence and all it take is one gentle brush of Sasha’s fingers to terrify him. This story was entirely compelling, destructive and beautiful in turns.
His words douse me in gasoline. His eyes light the match. And when he grinds himself against me, all that's left to do is burn for him.
PRE-REVIEW:
"When you dance with the devil, the devil doesn't change. The devil changes you." - 8mm
I think Ronan could be the devil himself but if he asked me to dance I don't think I'd have the ability to say no....
June 20, 2018
Title: ➳ ❤-Reaper
Series ➳ Boston Underground 2#
Author: ➳ A. Zavarelli
Publication: May 19th 2016
*****
ღ Just want say wow … Reaper
➳ Ronan is the Reaper of the Irish Syndicate, but Holy shit he so intensely dark. He has survived abuses that no one should ever have to. He Quiet & lethal- He’s dark & mysterious… Ronan has been watches over Sasha for long he lives & breathe her
Normally I would say that hate stalkers but Ronan has saved Sasha few times now, & lord have mercy he is one of the sexiest damn stalker I have every met 💕
➳Sasha has had bad experience when she was dating Blaine, another member of the Irish Syndicate. He forced her to be a stripper, beat her & used her body as his personal sex toy.
Once you get involved in the mob, it's not easy to get out♥●• Sasha seen too much & knows too much.. She knew that she was not get out Girl got do what girl has to, to stay alive
Sasha & Ronan have this crazy, odd, weird kinda understanding. I am so totally hooked on this series
💕 I really enjoyed Ronan & I am excited to read the next book in this series…
📚 Hope you enjoy this read & also always keep in mind this is just my opinion & my honest review 💕
Reading order
1➳Crow
2➳Reaper 💕
3➳Ghost
4➳Saint
5➳Thief
💕 ✎Paulette Review ❤💕
Series ➳ Boston Underground 2#
Author: ➳ A. Zavarelli
Publication: May 19th 2016
*****
ღ Just want say wow … Reaper
➳ Ronan is the Reaper of the Irish Syndicate, but Holy shit he so intensely dark. He has survived abuses that no one should ever have to. He Quiet & lethal- He’s dark & mysterious… Ronan has been watches over Sasha for long he lives & breathe her
Normally I would say that hate stalkers but Ronan has saved Sasha few times now, & lord have mercy he is one of the sexiest damn stalker I have every met 💕
➳Sasha has had bad experience when she was dating Blaine, another member of the Irish Syndicate. He forced her to be a stripper, beat her & used her body as his personal sex toy.
Once you get involved in the mob, it's not easy to get out♥●• Sasha seen too much & knows too much.. She knew that she was not get out Girl got do what girl has to, to stay alive
Sasha & Ronan have this crazy, odd, weird kinda understanding. I am so totally hooked on this series
💕 I really enjoyed Ronan & I am excited to read the next book in this series…
📚 Hope you enjoy this read & also always keep in mind this is just my opinion & my honest review 💕
Reading order
1➳Crow
2➳Reaper 💕
3➳Ghost
4➳Saint
5➳Thief
💕 ✎Paulette Review ❤💕
August 31, 2016
This book is awesome! Ronan is one of the best heroes! He had such a heartbreaking childhood, but remained such a sweetheart! He totally deserved his HEA. I loved Sasha too! She was a wonderful heroine! Everyone needs to read this! I just loved it!
April 1, 2018
"This man is a fortress in his own right."
Reaper is the second book in the Boston Underworld Series. An action-packed mafia romance, Ronan and Sasha's story is my favorite in the series to date! Ronan is a soft-spoken yet lethal mobster who is secretly in love with Sasha a sweet stripper caught up in the Mafia World! Although Ronan wants Sasha, he feels as though he can never have her. Ronan is damaged and scarred from the darkness of his past. Sasha is desperate to break through and help him find peace in her arms. When Sasha decides to break all ties with him, it is Ronan who stakes his claim and refuses to let her go.
"My love for him burns hotter than the sun."Told in dual POV, Reaper is my absolute favorite type of read. With a perfect blend of action, passion, romance, and grit, the characters captivated me through each and every moment. The brotherhood of the Irish Mob is strong and these men will do anything to protect their women. The plot is expertly crafted as the horrific events are retold through Ronan and Sasha's flashbacks from the past. The tempo of the read is fast and furious as these two cannot get enough of each other.
Overall, I highly recommend Reaper and the entire Boston Underworld Series to anyone who enjoys a Mafia Romance with complex characters, plenty of action, and SMOKING HOT STEAM! This series is addictive and I cannot wait for more! Thankfully, I have the entire series locked and loaded on my kindle!
***Boston Underworld***
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