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Stolen Obsessions #4
Bond to Break
Shattering glass, the crunch of metal, a cloud of explosive residue as the airbags launch, the screeching wail of agony.
The dust falls and the only man I’ve ever loved sits dead beside me. The legs I used to dance ballet are shattered, and I have nothing left.
Each opportunity to save myself turns into a worse betrayal, and I think I’ve hit my lowest when my old director tricks me into auctioning my chastity.
Much like my first ballet, standing on that stage changes my life forever.
Seated in the audience is my benefactor, my single greatest supporter, and when he buys me it means so much more than the first time I agreed to sell.
He wants me to walk again, to face the world without Pietro, but are there some bonds that can’t be broken?
The dust falls and the only man I’ve ever loved sits dead beside me. The legs I used to dance ballet are shattered, and I have nothing left.
Each opportunity to save myself turns into a worse betrayal, and I think I’ve hit my lowest when my old director tricks me into auctioning my chastity.
Much like my first ballet, standing on that stage changes my life forever.
Seated in the audience is my benefactor, my single greatest supporter, and when he buys me it means so much more than the first time I agreed to sell.
He wants me to walk again, to face the world without Pietro, but are there some bonds that can’t be broken?
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274 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 30, 2025
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January 22, 2025
i can't exactly say this was "tame", but it wasn't unhinged in the way the other books in the series were (not that i minded). or maybe i'm desensitized, because nothing feels quite deranged compared to pax. nevertheless, just like in the last book, i feel like the author is focusing more on the story, which was solid, and less on shock value and smut for the sake of smut. that's not to say the smut wasn't downright delicious, because it was, it always is when it comes to these books. but i appreciate the development, for lack of a better word, although i still enjoyed the first 2 installments.
* i was provided an arc by the author in exchange for a honest review
* i was provided an arc by the author in exchange for a honest review
January 9, 2025
“I love you.”
“Then live for me.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Tropes:
- Mafia
- Virgin FMC
- Ballerina X Pakhan
- Obsessive MMC
- Auction
- Single Dad
- 🔫 play
- Somno
- Age Gap
- Slow Burn
Such a bittersweet ending to the Stolen Obsessions series. From Mind To Bend to Bond To Break, every single book in our interconnected stories has bought darkness, spice and a story to keep you in turning the page.
When the retired Pakhan, Fydor Domachego (I defo butchered the spelling so forgive me) attends an event his wayward sons are throwing, the last thing he elected to do was to buy a virgin ballerina with broken legs but having watched her for years on the stage as she danced he knew no one else could have her. With the loss of her first love and fiance looming over her, two broken legs and no where to go. The money from the question was supposed to be her saving grace, instead Fydor was.
This book was oddly wholesome for a non-con dark romance with gun play, when you want your virginity gone with a bang, I don’t think Katya quite had this in mind. It was intense at times, you’re stuck between am I enjoying this and why tf am I enjoying this? Therapy needs doubled because I ate this up and loved every chapter of it. It was a slow burn in comparison to the other three in the series but honestly you weren’t entirely missing the spice because the tension, the conflict on both sides was enough to have you vying for it. Such a great ending to the series, another must read by AK
“Then live for me.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Tropes:
- Mafia
- Virgin FMC
- Ballerina X Pakhan
- Obsessive MMC
- Auction
- Single Dad
- 🔫 play
- Somno
- Age Gap
- Slow Burn
Such a bittersweet ending to the Stolen Obsessions series. From Mind To Bend to Bond To Break, every single book in our interconnected stories has bought darkness, spice and a story to keep you in turning the page.
When the retired Pakhan, Fydor Domachego (I defo butchered the spelling so forgive me) attends an event his wayward sons are throwing, the last thing he elected to do was to buy a virgin ballerina with broken legs but having watched her for years on the stage as she danced he knew no one else could have her. With the loss of her first love and fiance looming over her, two broken legs and no where to go. The money from the question was supposed to be her saving grace, instead Fydor was.
This book was oddly wholesome for a non-con dark romance with gun play, when you want your virginity gone with a bang, I don’t think Katya quite had this in mind. It was intense at times, you’re stuck between am I enjoying this and why tf am I enjoying this? Therapy needs doubled because I ate this up and loved every chapter of it. It was a slow burn in comparison to the other three in the series but honestly you weren’t entirely missing the spice because the tension, the conflict on both sides was enough to have you vying for it. Such a great ending to the series, another must read by AK
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January 30, 2026DNF
مقدرت كان حلو الين صار يستغلها وهي فاقده للوعي ر سالفه المسدس خلتني اشمئز بدال ما يوديها دكتور نفسي يعالجها بذالك يا راسي مالومها حاولت تنىحر
مقدرت كان حلو الين صار يستغلها وهي فاقده للوعي ر سالفه المسدس خلتني اشمئز بدال ما يوديها دكتور نفسي يعالجها بذالك يا راسي مالومها حاولت تنىحر
January 24, 2025
I give this 4.5 stars. For me this was darker than I remember the other books being. Please take the authors notes into consideration before starting this one in particular.
Overall, I really liked the story. When it came to the age gap this is probably one that some people might have an issue with. It is an extremely large age gap but unlike a lot of other books where there’s a more of a large age gap like this usually the characters are known to each other personally on some type of level. You do not have to worry about that going into this book while they have seen each other before they have never interacted and do not know each other on a personal level.
This book, while it is a dark romance, also has growth of the fmc after experience the loss of her loved one and an extreme injury to herself from an accident. (this is not a spoiler. You can clearly read it in the synopsis.)
The book is about her overcoming these challenges that she faces after the accident and somehow finding love again despite more obstacles being thrown in her way.
I will not lie if there was a couple pieces that frustrated me but overall, I got over it because I think that Aurelia tied them up at the end very well together and throughout the book put things in there that made the path she chose the right one… sadly I’m just a bloodthirsty, dark romance, reader who likes everything to end up the opposite way sometimes (laughing face). As always, I love this addition to this series and I can’t wait to see what she does next.
Overall, I really liked the story. When it came to the age gap this is probably one that some people might have an issue with. It is an extremely large age gap but unlike a lot of other books where there’s a more of a large age gap like this usually the characters are known to each other personally on some type of level. You do not have to worry about that going into this book while they have seen each other before they have never interacted and do not know each other on a personal level.
This book, while it is a dark romance, also has growth of the fmc after experience the loss of her loved one and an extreme injury to herself from an accident. (this is not a spoiler. You can clearly read it in the synopsis.)
The book is about her overcoming these challenges that she faces after the accident and somehow finding love again despite more obstacles being thrown in her way.
I will not lie if there was a couple pieces that frustrated me but overall, I got over it because I think that Aurelia tied them up at the end very well together and throughout the book put things in there that made the path she chose the right one… sadly I’m just a bloodthirsty, dark romance, reader who likes everything to end up the opposite way sometimes (laughing face). As always, I love this addition to this series and I can’t wait to see what she does next.
January 28, 2025
“This beautiful, pathetic mess of a woman.”
Did it make me cry? Yes.
Did it make me cry between my thighs? Also, yes.
This book was a beautiful conclusion to the stolen obsessions series and I loved it.
Katya has been a dancer and loves doing it with her partner in life and on the stage. Tragedy strikes and suddenly everything she’s ever loved is stripped from her. She has no job, no help, and nothing left for her in life. In order to survive she agrees to be auctioned in a s3x club. The book highlights the struggles of both MFC and MMC struggling with their past and working on their present.
🩰 Bratva
🩰 Age Gap
🩰 V!rgin
🩰 🔫 scene
Please remember your mental health is important. Like always check your trigger warnings. This has some heavy depression and su!code themes.
Did it make me cry? Yes.
Did it make me cry between my thighs? Also, yes.
This book was a beautiful conclusion to the stolen obsessions series and I loved it.
Katya has been a dancer and loves doing it with her partner in life and on the stage. Tragedy strikes and suddenly everything she’s ever loved is stripped from her. She has no job, no help, and nothing left for her in life. In order to survive she agrees to be auctioned in a s3x club. The book highlights the struggles of both MFC and MMC struggling with their past and working on their present.
🩰 Bratva
🩰 Age Gap
🩰 V!rgin
🩰 🔫 scene
Please remember your mental health is important. Like always check your trigger warnings. This has some heavy depression and su!code themes.
March 26, 2025
It's such a beautiful, tragic love story for both MMC and the FMC. Her ballet career was crushed, and she was betrayed by people she trusted, and then her biggest fan became her savior.
I really loved this story. I could feel the tension between the MMC and FMC. The spice and plot were well written.
ARC recipient .
I really loved this story. I could feel the tension between the MMC and FMC. The spice and plot were well written.
ARC recipient .
May 27, 2025
i definitely read this book, that's for sure
February 2, 2025
Painfully good
This is not your traditional love story or HEA. The author’s warning at the beginning of the book is no joke. The FMC is living a person’s worst nightmare where she is stripped of EVERYTHING. I was seriously stressed for her. I honestly could not blame her for her thoughts of hopelessness and depth of despair.
Her “savior” is no knight in shining armor, though he truly does rescue her. His treatment of her could at best be considered tough love. He has survived grief himself, but lives in a state of guilt and regret. He is also 30 years her senior.
And yet…in the midst of the messiness, healing happens and a love grows between them. What I appreciated most in the story was when, in a manner of acceptance of her grief, Katya acknowledges that her old self died alongside her fiancé, that she was no longer the same person she was prior to the accident. It is that acceptance that also helps her accept and even embrace the circumstances of her present and the dynamics of her relationship with Fyodor.
I recently read another really sad book (more than I anticipated), and by the end, I couldn’t say it was worth it. This story was sad and full of despair in the beginning, but it was also filled with love and determination and finding the will to live and overcome, even if someone has to force it upon you. Also, the importance of living and loving in the present. The transformation of the characters, Katya more so than Fyodor, was satisfying. I’m curious if we will get a peek (or even a book) of the future of Fyodor’s sons.
Highly recommend this read!
This is not your traditional love story or HEA. The author’s warning at the beginning of the book is no joke. The FMC is living a person’s worst nightmare where she is stripped of EVERYTHING. I was seriously stressed for her. I honestly could not blame her for her thoughts of hopelessness and depth of despair.
Her “savior” is no knight in shining armor, though he truly does rescue her. His treatment of her could at best be considered tough love. He has survived grief himself, but lives in a state of guilt and regret. He is also 30 years her senior.
And yet…in the midst of the messiness, healing happens and a love grows between them. What I appreciated most in the story was when, in a manner of acceptance of her grief, Katya acknowledges that her old self died alongside her fiancé, that she was no longer the same person she was prior to the accident. It is that acceptance that also helps her accept and even embrace the circumstances of her present and the dynamics of her relationship with Fyodor.
I recently read another really sad book (more than I anticipated), and by the end, I couldn’t say it was worth it. This story was sad and full of despair in the beginning, but it was also filled with love and determination and finding the will to live and overcome, even if someone has to force it upon you. Also, the importance of living and loving in the present. The transformation of the characters, Katya more so than Fyodor, was satisfying. I’m curious if we will get a peek (or even a book) of the future of Fyodor’s sons.
Highly recommend this read!
January 30, 2025
I am finding it hard to put into words just what this book meant to me. It wasn’t a book that I devoured. I had to pause and work through the content as it hit SO close to home.
Bond to Break dives DEEP into the abyss of grief and the guilt that follows those who survive a tragic loss. It is clear that the author poured her soul and possibly her own struggles with grief into this book. She painted a beautiful and devastatingly accurate portrait of how one can begin to drown in their sorrow. As someone who also battles suicidal ideation, Katya’s own fight felt like it was pulled right from my mind.
She also did an amazing job of showing how powerful trauma bonding can be and how love and compassion and pull us from the depths of despair and give us hope once again.
I’ve never been a huge fan of age-gap romance, especially as it tends to lean into tropes that I don’t enjoy, but Aurelia did an amazing job showcasing an age-gap that feels more romantic than f3tish.
Another aspect that I loved was Fyodor’s determination to save his sons from their own spirals and show them love despite their fighting him.
This conclusion to the Stolen Obsessions Series was everything I could have hoped for and more, with SO much heart. I ADORED the cameos which I won’t spoil, and I loved how the book ended.
I highly recommend this book, but again, please heed the warnings and take them to heart. But if you are looking for a safe space to work through your own grief and survivor’s guilt, this book just may be the place for you. It was for me.
Bond to Break dives DEEP into the abyss of grief and the guilt that follows those who survive a tragic loss. It is clear that the author poured her soul and possibly her own struggles with grief into this book. She painted a beautiful and devastatingly accurate portrait of how one can begin to drown in their sorrow. As someone who also battles suicidal ideation, Katya’s own fight felt like it was pulled right from my mind.
She also did an amazing job of showing how powerful trauma bonding can be and how love and compassion and pull us from the depths of despair and give us hope once again.
I’ve never been a huge fan of age-gap romance, especially as it tends to lean into tropes that I don’t enjoy, but Aurelia did an amazing job showcasing an age-gap that feels more romantic than f3tish.
Another aspect that I loved was Fyodor’s determination to save his sons from their own spirals and show them love despite their fighting him.
This conclusion to the Stolen Obsessions Series was everything I could have hoped for and more, with SO much heart. I ADORED the cameos which I won’t spoil, and I loved how the book ended.
I highly recommend this book, but again, please heed the warnings and take them to heart. But if you are looking for a safe space to work through your own grief and survivor’s guilt, this book just may be the place for you. It was for me.
January 24, 2025
Plot:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice:🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Romance:🖤🖤🖤🖤
“Live for me”
Aurelia does it again. Something about this series just makes me giddy. While it’s definitely dark romance, the dark humor and love that she writes makes it such a light and easy read.
I can’t say I’m shocked with how much I loved Fydor. He’s everything we’ve come to love and pine over in a bravta MMC. Fydor embodies the king of the pride- strong, hard, rough, strategic, dominant, and commanding. But he’s also passionate with a beautiful soul and fucks like a god. I loved seeing him as a father and the struggles that came with raising them in such a cruel world. I felt like it was a perspective we don’t often get.
One thing about this author, she can write the hell out of an FMC. I love how strong and slightly deranged they all are. Katya was very well developed and her struggle with depression was portrayed well. But I really enjoyed what a little minx she was for Fyoder. She folded from the jump and barely looked back, and I personally love that for because same lol.
I’m hoping this wasn’t the end of the series. I would love to see Mason and see how all these characters eventually intertwine. Especially with the Medeiros crime family and some of the loose ends that seem very very intentional. Fingers crossed for a redemption arch for the Domalachego boys. They need it lol
Spice:🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Romance:🖤🖤🖤🖤
“Live for me”
Aurelia does it again. Something about this series just makes me giddy. While it’s definitely dark romance, the dark humor and love that she writes makes it such a light and easy read.
I can’t say I’m shocked with how much I loved Fydor. He’s everything we’ve come to love and pine over in a bravta MMC. Fydor embodies the king of the pride- strong, hard, rough, strategic, dominant, and commanding. But he’s also passionate with a beautiful soul and fucks like a god. I loved seeing him as a father and the struggles that came with raising them in such a cruel world. I felt like it was a perspective we don’t often get.
One thing about this author, she can write the hell out of an FMC. I love how strong and slightly deranged they all are. Katya was very well developed and her struggle with depression was portrayed well. But I really enjoyed what a little minx she was for Fyoder. She folded from the jump and barely looked back, and I personally love that for because same lol.
I’m hoping this wasn’t the end of the series. I would love to see Mason and see how all these characters eventually intertwine. Especially with the Medeiros crime family and some of the loose ends that seem very very intentional. Fingers crossed for a redemption arch for the Domalachego boys. They need it lol
February 2, 2025
⭐️ ARC Review ⭐️
4.5⭐️
Aurelia Knight is one of my new favorite authors! I was introduced through a Christmas Novella and I have been obsessed ever since! Bond to Break is the last book in the Stolen Obsession series, however it can be read as a stand alone. It is all the dark and twisty I love about this author. Bond to Break is also so beautifully tragic. It also has a severe age-gap, which isn’t my favorite, but I ate this book up!!
Katya moved from Russia when she was a teenager. All she’s known since, is ballet. As she wraps up an amazing season, she thinks it can’t get better. She goes from the highest high to the lowest low in a matter of minutes, after her car is hit by a drunk driver. Every time Katya tries to save herself, another tragedy brings her back to the bottom. The very bottom is being betrayed by her best friend and sold at a s*x auction. In the audience sits the Pakhan, who also attends the ballet regularly. He recognizes the broken girl in front of him, and decides she is his! Katya is throw into a life she is not prepared for, but she doesn’t shy away from. Two broken people who find a way to save each other.
Thank you Aurelia for allowing me to review this book. These are my honest opinions.
4.5⭐️
Aurelia Knight is one of my new favorite authors! I was introduced through a Christmas Novella and I have been obsessed ever since! Bond to Break is the last book in the Stolen Obsession series, however it can be read as a stand alone. It is all the dark and twisty I love about this author. Bond to Break is also so beautifully tragic. It also has a severe age-gap, which isn’t my favorite, but I ate this book up!!
Katya moved from Russia when she was a teenager. All she’s known since, is ballet. As she wraps up an amazing season, she thinks it can’t get better. She goes from the highest high to the lowest low in a matter of minutes, after her car is hit by a drunk driver. Every time Katya tries to save herself, another tragedy brings her back to the bottom. The very bottom is being betrayed by her best friend and sold at a s*x auction. In the audience sits the Pakhan, who also attends the ballet regularly. He recognizes the broken girl in front of him, and decides she is his! Katya is throw into a life she is not prepared for, but she doesn’t shy away from. Two broken people who find a way to save each other.
Thank you Aurelia for allowing me to review this book. These are my honest opinions.
January 24, 2025
CHECK YOUR TRIGGER WARNINGS!!!!
This book was brilliant. I absolutely loved it! This is the second book I have read by Aurelia Knight and I have loved both immensely. I think I am gonna have to go on a little reading binge of her book!
Shattering glass, the crunch of metal, a cloud of explosive residue as the airbags launch, the screeching wail of agony. The dust falls and the only man l've ever loved sits dead beside me. The legs I used to dance ballet are shattered, and I have nothing left. Each opportunity to save myself turns into a worse betrayal, and I think l've hit my lowest when my old director tricks me into auctioning my chastity. Much like my first ballet, standing on that stage changes my life forever.
Seated in the audience is my benefactor, my single greatest supporter, and when he buys me it means so much more than the first time I agreed to sell.
He wants me to walk again, to face the world without Pietro, but are there some bonds that can't be broken?
This book was brilliant. I absolutely loved it! This is the second book I have read by Aurelia Knight and I have loved both immensely. I think I am gonna have to go on a little reading binge of her book!
Shattering glass, the crunch of metal, a cloud of explosive residue as the airbags launch, the screeching wail of agony. The dust falls and the only man l've ever loved sits dead beside me. The legs I used to dance ballet are shattered, and I have nothing left. Each opportunity to save myself turns into a worse betrayal, and I think l've hit my lowest when my old director tricks me into auctioning my chastity. Much like my first ballet, standing on that stage changes my life forever.
Seated in the audience is my benefactor, my single greatest supporter, and when he buys me it means so much more than the first time I agreed to sell.
He wants me to walk again, to face the world without Pietro, but are there some bonds that can't be broken?
January 29, 2025
This book was an emotional roller coaster ride. Aurelia Knight truly knows how to write a book that shows emotional depth. This story was so true to life. When we go through some of the worst times of our lives we develop deep pain. She showed how tragedy can cause the emotional grief and trauma a person can go through. Fyodor was such a kind, patient, and caring man. He supported Katya through the worst moments of her life. He never gave up on her. He was her rock through the most heart breaking moments of her life. Even though he had his own baggage, he gave her his all. Katya was such a beautiful but heartbreaking young lady. She went on a rollercoaster of life events as well as emotional trauma and heartbreak. You could really feel her pain and struggle. Her finally finding love and acceptance with Fyodor was truly heart mending. I would 100% read this again and recommend it to others. Check your triggers. This book touches on some heavy triggers.
January 30, 2025
Everything you love from a dark romance!
I loved Katya and Fyodor! Their story is so deliciously dark and twisty and I ate it up! This is one of those books that I couldn't put down and read entirely in one sitting. Katya loses everything, and mostly all in one horrible night. Then she's betrayed and tricked by the people she trusts. Luckily, she's saved by Fyodor, but how can you save someone who doesn't want to be saved? Fyodor is domineering, ruthless and a total alphahole. He's used to everyone doing whatever he says whenever he says it. Katya is just ready to give up on life, by Fyodor refuses to let her. Your heart can't help but break for her and swoon for him. He totally brings the "hates everyone but his girl" vibe that I love. This is an age gap, second chance (for both), and dark mafia romance. I loved everything about it!
I loved Katya and Fyodor! Their story is so deliciously dark and twisty and I ate it up! This is one of those books that I couldn't put down and read entirely in one sitting. Katya loses everything, and mostly all in one horrible night. Then she's betrayed and tricked by the people she trusts. Luckily, she's saved by Fyodor, but how can you save someone who doesn't want to be saved? Fyodor is domineering, ruthless and a total alphahole. He's used to everyone doing whatever he says whenever he says it. Katya is just ready to give up on life, by Fyodor refuses to let her. Your heart can't help but break for her and swoon for him. He totally brings the "hates everyone but his girl" vibe that I love. This is an age gap, second chance (for both), and dark mafia romance. I loved everything about it!
January 30, 2025
Sold at a Sex Slave Auction
So first off this book mad me giggle every time I read one of the son's names. Irakily in my brain became broccoli and I couldn't change it for anything.
So back to the review. I actually enjoyed this book.
When your entire life gets upended and your entire future is gone in a flash can you find a way to move forward? When you have no family and your only friend isn't able to help you as exp cted and you get sold on auction as a sex slave how can life be worth living?
This is the story of a young woman with everything going right until everything right was ended. She has to find a reason to continue living because the pain she is in makes her wish she had died. Things get so much worse but eventually she finds a little bit of light on her darkness.
So first off this book mad me giggle every time I read one of the son's names. Irakily in my brain became broccoli and I couldn't change it for anything.
So back to the review. I actually enjoyed this book.
When your entire life gets upended and your entire future is gone in a flash can you find a way to move forward? When you have no family and your only friend isn't able to help you as exp cted and you get sold on auction as a sex slave how can life be worth living?
This is the story of a young woman with everything going right until everything right was ended. She has to find a reason to continue living because the pain she is in makes her wish she had died. Things get so much worse but eventually she finds a little bit of light on her darkness.
February 26, 2025
I was lucky enough to get an ARC of this emotional heavy book.
Aurelia Knight becomes a quick favorite author after Dance, Sugarplum and as soon as I saw the ballerina trope, I knew I was a goner.
The book wasn't what I expected. I was expecting dark and twisted but the emotional trauma the characters are carrying and the peak behind the curtain made this book too real and too heavy.
I loved how the human connection is portraited life saving and how the pretty things can be destroyed and shaped from the ashes.
Bond to break isn't a dark mafia/age gap book. It's a heavy, dark and twisted book with mafia setting and the biggest mental health struggling book I read to this day.
In some points the plot felt a bit rushed, it could easily have 50 pages more to smooth the transition between scenes but overall was one of my favorites so far.
Aurelia Knight becomes a quick favorite author after Dance, Sugarplum and as soon as I saw the ballerina trope, I knew I was a goner.
The book wasn't what I expected. I was expecting dark and twisted but the emotional trauma the characters are carrying and the peak behind the curtain made this book too real and too heavy.
I loved how the human connection is portraited life saving and how the pretty things can be destroyed and shaped from the ashes.
Bond to break isn't a dark mafia/age gap book. It's a heavy, dark and twisted book with mafia setting and the biggest mental health struggling book I read to this day.
In some points the plot felt a bit rushed, it could easily have 50 pages more to smooth the transition between scenes but overall was one of my favorites so far.
January 26, 2025
I wasn’t sure how to feel about Fyodor having his own story. He was the villain in Dynasty to Destroy and has a lot of skeletons in his closet. But he did grow on me, and I’m actually glad he found Katya.
Another dark romance in this series with a lot of triggers, some to be expected but also some new ones for this series.
Villains are people too, some deserving of happiness, some enduring harsh trials in order to get there. A Bratva leader finds a much younger former ballerina, they’re surprised to find a lot in common and grow together. It’s a hard journey l for these two but I think they needed it to be a difficult one for them to be the people they’re meant to be.
I wonder if we’ll see them again?
4/5 stars
3/5 chilli peppers
Another dark romance in this series with a lot of triggers, some to be expected but also some new ones for this series.
Villains are people too, some deserving of happiness, some enduring harsh trials in order to get there. A Bratva leader finds a much younger former ballerina, they’re surprised to find a lot in common and grow together. It’s a hard journey l for these two but I think they needed it to be a difficult one for them to be the people they’re meant to be.
I wonder if we’ll see them again?
4/5 stars
3/5 chilli peppers
January 27, 2025
Protect your mental health and please check trigger warnings.
This book is a dark read, and I ate up every bit of it. When the life that Katya had was torn apart, she thought she could lean on her friend. However she quickly learns that is the farthest thing from the truth. Broken and completely lost, her life takes another twisted turn that lands her in the path of Fydor.
I honestly had no idea what I was as getting ready to read, as I went in completely blind. For which I’m glad I did. For me trigger warnings are just a shopping list but I can’t state this enough…protect your peace. I highly recommend this book, series and author!
*I received an arc in exchange for a honest review.
This book is a dark read, and I ate up every bit of it. When the life that Katya had was torn apart, she thought she could lean on her friend. However she quickly learns that is the farthest thing from the truth. Broken and completely lost, her life takes another twisted turn that lands her in the path of Fydor.
I honestly had no idea what I was as getting ready to read, as I went in completely blind. For which I’m glad I did. For me trigger warnings are just a shopping list but I can’t state this enough…protect your peace. I highly recommend this book, series and author!
*I received an arc in exchange for a honest review.
January 23, 2025
This was a really good read. I love how strong Katya is even after she went through all the messed up things that she went through. I can't really blame her for not wanting to live anymore. I'm so glad that she decided to live because she's one of my favorite characters. I can see parts of myself in Katya as I also used to dance. Despite the age difference, Fyodor and Katya bring out the best in each other. I love their love. This is a dark romance and has some very heavy triggers. Please proceed with caution before just diving in. I highly recommend this and the rest of the Stolen Obsessions series.
February 25, 2025
This story is very dark. It's not like an ordinary love story. But in the darkness there is a small light at the end of the tunnel. Katya had a wonderful life. Then she didn't. After her fiancé d!es she is in despair. And she can no longer dance ballet. She is then betrayed by a person she trusted and is sold at an auction and is bought by a mafia boss. Katya and Fyodor's love story is not your ordinary romance. It comes hard fought, working together to come through their pain and grief. Katya is not the same woman she used to be but she found a way to be happy and to let love in again.
May 5, 2025
Spice: 2.5🌶
I can't help but struggle with the 35-year age gap. I'm a complete romantic at heart, and it's so hard not to think about him dying and leaving her alone for the last half of her life because of the huge age gap. I'm all about dying together. Haha. It was a good ending to the series. It wasn't my favorite, but it was good. I wish there had been more drama, angst, more bloody gore. I loved reading about my psycho Pax and his nun. And reading about Gianna and her pregnant belly. Now, I would like books about Fryodo sons. I need to know if Irakily and Daniil get clean and find partners who bring them to their knees. I'm gonna miss this series.
I can't help but struggle with the 35-year age gap. I'm a complete romantic at heart, and it's so hard not to think about him dying and leaving her alone for the last half of her life because of the huge age gap. I'm all about dying together. Haha. It was a good ending to the series. It wasn't my favorite, but it was good. I wish there had been more drama, angst, more bloody gore. I loved reading about my psycho Pax and his nun. And reading about Gianna and her pregnant belly. Now, I would like books about Fryodo sons. I need to know if Irakily and Daniil get clean and find partners who bring them to their knees. I'm gonna miss this series.
January 22, 2025
While this book was a dark romance with very serious topics and trigger warnings, it was oddly the most wholesome book in the series. Two lost souls finding a second chance.
Fydor is the Pakhan who catches his eye on his favourite little ballerina, Katya. Katya is an absolutely broken mess. Loosing her fiancée in an accident and breaking her legs . Katya feels as she has nothing to live for.
Fydor knows the pain from loosing his wife, so he makes it his mission to show how much she has to live for.
He might be the bad guy, but he the biggest teddy bear for Katya.
Fydor is the Pakhan who catches his eye on his favourite little ballerina, Katya. Katya is an absolutely broken mess. Loosing her fiancée in an accident and breaking her legs . Katya feels as she has nothing to live for.
Fydor knows the pain from loosing his wife, so he makes it his mission to show how much she has to live for.
He might be the bad guy, but he the biggest teddy bear for Katya.
February 2, 2025
Another wonderful read from Aurelia Knight
This review has spoilers.
As like her other books I have read, I couldn't put this one down. This one took me through all the emotions. When Pierto dies, I could not imagine how this book would carry on, but through all the trauma and grief Katya goes through, I love that she is able to find love and happiness again. I love that she is able to find herself a new identity that she is comfortable with. Definitely pay attention to the trigger warnings as this book has some dark scenes, but I do highly recommend it.
This review has spoilers.
As like her other books I have read, I couldn't put this one down. This one took me through all the emotions. When Pierto dies, I could not imagine how this book would carry on, but through all the trauma and grief Katya goes through, I love that she is able to find love and happiness again. I love that she is able to find herself a new identity that she is comfortable with. Definitely pay attention to the trigger warnings as this book has some dark scenes, but I do highly recommend it.
January 29, 2025
This book is part of a series but can be read as a standalone. The story starts off fast and keeps on moving. It easily flows from one moment to the next and the dots of the plot are easily connected. The FMC goes through a traumatic experience at the start of the book and it continues from there until the MMC comes along and in a dark way is her saviour. There’s spice and trauma healing and ends with a HEA.
January 30, 2025
This is probably the darkest book I've ever read, I struggled to find the good in Fyodor. While he did improve Katya's life he didn't do it in the best way.
Katya had a complete life shift and became a completely different person after her loss making Fyodor's behavior acceptable. I eventually could see where their relationship became real. Aurelia did a great job writing this dark story in a way that still had you rooting for them.
Katya had a complete life shift and became a completely different person after her loss making Fyodor's behavior acceptable. I eventually could see where their relationship became real. Aurelia did a great job writing this dark story in a way that still had you rooting for them.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 30, 2025
One of the few Aurelia books I’ve read but absolutely SO good. I was very skeptical of how this would play out… the age gap, the way their relationship came about, her past, everything made me very worried it wouldn’t get to where it needed to but holy crap did it exceed my expectations. Spicy- but not so much there’s no story. A very good and quick read! Now I have to go back and read the rest of the series (each is a standalone, but tied)
February 1, 2025
This book was pretty dark, seeing as the fmc was bought at an auction by the already obsessed mmc. That being said, Katya went through it in this book, but Fyodor didn’t let her go through it alone. This was a fast paced, dark, spicy read and it’s perfect to get you out of a slump if you’re in one.
Tropes: age gap (35 years), bratva, overprotective mmc, a dash of Stockholm syndrome, taking care of her when she’s hurt, touch her and die
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
Tropes: age gap (35 years), bratva, overprotective mmc, a dash of Stockholm syndrome, taking care of her when she’s hurt, touch her and die
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
February 4, 2025
LOVEEEE!
I don’t think I’ve ever found an AK book I didn’t absolutely adore, and this is no exception. The beginning was heartbreaking and I felt every emotion Katya felt. The tension with Fyodor and slow burn was EPIC. & the ending just made me so happy for Katya and all the things she’d been through (yeah, yeah….she was sold to him but, they fell in love so it counts!). 100% worth the read! Do yourself a favor and download right now.
I don’t think I’ve ever found an AK book I didn’t absolutely adore, and this is no exception. The beginning was heartbreaking and I felt every emotion Katya felt. The tension with Fyodor and slow burn was EPIC. & the ending just made me so happy for Katya and all the things she’d been through (yeah, yeah….she was sold to him but, they fell in love so it counts!). 100% worth the read! Do yourself a favor and download right now.
September 15, 2025
when I tell you he killed a man… felt guilty for leaving her in the car, fixed someone to cut the head off and gifted it to her with a hand written note and I GIGGLED and KICKED MY FEET… oh well Fyodor 🙂↔️🙂↔️🤭🤭🫶🏼🫶🏼💅🏼💅🏼🧎🏼♀️🧎🏼♀️ do be giving her the princess treatment 👸🏼👸🏼 ans just… uGHHHHH once again with the kotyonok. dead given imma love it. would also love a 57-year old HUNK pakhan to buy me for 3 million dollars. yes pls 💅🏼💁🏼♀️🫦🫦
January 22, 2025
Love reading Fyodor and Katya story. This two have lost so much in their lives. It was hard seeing Katya go through so many things that life was not easy for her. I really felt so much for this two because it’s not easy losing a love one either being a husband,wife,brother or sister the loss is the same. I love reading their story and seeing a few of previous characters was amazing to read.
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