Arranged

"Oof, that was an awful experience!<br/><br/>I never want to revisit this.<br/><br/>I was made to believe this was a hot enemies-to-lovers, so that's why I picked up the audio.<br/><br/>Awful, awful hero!<br/><br/>Even worst heroine!<br/><br/>The heroine, I liked her motives at first, because I respect women who know the value of money and would do anything to get it, and she was doing great at first. And I always love stories that start this way: the character was in it for something else but then falls in love unexpectedly.<br/><br/>But then she starts (falling?) for the hero, way too fast... A hero who calls her horrible names and cheats on her...? What the ****?! No way. This is not the type of heroine I want to read about.<br/><br/>At some point, she even claimed she was "turned on" after the hero practically humiliated her...? And it wasn't even a hot thing, the hero was blatantly disgusting and rude to her!<br/><br/>Um... Girl, I liked you at first but the fact that you don't even try to tell this man off for his disgusting behavior towards you is very much off-putting and disappointing, and gag-inducing.<br/><br/>And I would totally get it if the reason she was taking the abuse was because of the money, but in her POV, she claimed to be so attracted to the hero, claimed to want his attention so much, that I'm like... <br/><br/>Girl, he just called you a cum-dumpster. <br/><br/>Have you no shame? Do you not value yourself? Why do you care at this point if this man loves you or is attracted to you?<br/><br/>Don't read this book unless you want to rip your eyes out.<br/><br/>And I do notice this is a trend with this author. She has her heroines act like doormats to awful, cheating heroes. I also read her Tristan and Danika series a while back and had a similar experience, I just could not stand how the heroine just lets the cheating hero walk all over her like she was dog-****.<br/><br/>The only good series I have read from her is the Up in the Air series, a few years ago, which I may need to revisit now, if only to see if my initial good judgment of it was correct.<br/><br/>Because if her other books are like this, maybe Up in the Air was not as great as I remembered..."

"The ending went by really fast for me but still really good, a classic #enemiestolovers hmm there’s some cheating but i think it’s still up for interpretation "

"I just loved this story. Dark mafia romance is my favorite genre. Especially when it's an Italian family.<br/><br/>Mia and Alessio story is Dark, tragic and beautiful. There will be some times you will curse Alessio, After he is the underboss of the Costa mob, other times you will love him.<br/>Mia is the daughter of an Italian mob boss, trying to heal from her sisters disappearance, Now presumed dead . Her sister was arranged to marry Alesia. Fast forward six months and now Mia is now arranged to marry Alessio. Mis is shocked her father has agreed to this arrangement.<br/>This book is filled with , kidnapping, death, love, romance, betrayal , alpha males, twist and turns, and steamy chemistry. I just wish it was a little darker.<br/>In a personal side note , Which I greatly appreciated was the author differently did her home work with some of the Italian traditions, First time I read a books with the feast of the seven fishes. Brought me back to Nonnis house. Thank you"