Getaway

by bazookah

𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

. . . . . . . . . .

We've all heard the tales of good and bad, the tales of innocent deceit and her hero, the tales that despite their nature, show us the beauty in contrast.

But it's the tales of pure evil that get swept under the rug. The tales of deception, where cruelty is rewarded. The tales that have you questioning who the real villain of the story is.

There's a simple philosophy to most thing in life; two wrongs 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 make a right.

So what ensues when you put two of the worst kinds of people together?

Loyalties transfer, lines blur, and hatred ignites complete chaos.

She's cunning.

𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴.

She's dangerous.

𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴.

She's evil.

𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦.

Or so that's what we're told.

The devil is always worse.

But maybe, just maybe, she's the devil in disguise, playing his advocate...

. . . . . . . . . .

- 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
- 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬
- 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
- 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧.
- 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞.

Genres: Dark Romance, Romance, Enemies To Lovers, Mafia Romance, Marriage Of Convenience, Forced Proximity, Dark

775 pages, ebook

First published November 14, 2022

Reviews

[Marianna Moore]

No notes. Obsessed. Getaway and runaway are now my two favorite mafia romances EVER. Adrik Kozlov. One of my new favorite MMCs ever and Celina….. literally one of the best FMCs I’ve ever read. They are THAT COUPLE!!! Celina gives Lana Myers and I’m obsessed with her. A couple that is equally morally grey and unhinged and stabby >>>>> no and the plot LIKE I CANNOTTTTTTT I was gnawing at the bars of my enclosure during every last page. What do I do now???

Celina killed a man with her bare hands and was pissed she broke two nails so like that would be me I fear.

Adrik yearning and groveling. I’m drooling. He also calls her Malyshka. Like a quiet, unhinged, neurodivergent Russian mafia man who literally cannot be touched/touch anyone BUT her, who is so weak and pathetic FOR HER!!!

“I can only see half her face, it’s merely a glance from afar, but it’s the oxygen to my fire. The water to my dying thirst. The heaven to my Lucifer.”

[ess ✶]

4.75 ★ DRUM SMACK MA ASS!!!! YASSSS NOW THIS IS HOW U DO A DAMN ENEMIES TO LOVERS/ MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE MAFIA

IM ESTATICCCCCCCC— THIS IS CRAWLED OUT OF MY UTURUSSSSSS. i can’t stop rotisserie chicken spinning, my back is arched to HEAVEN and i am non stop wobbling dis jello trunkk. possessed is all i am GRAHHH DIS. IS. MAH. JAMMMMMM 💳💥💳💥

bazookah did it AGAIN, she up and deserved EVERY surface of her puni derrière munched for runaway alone. i been, still am and forever will be on a never-ending quest for books like it. 😩 ma outdid herself again and delivered TWO bangerssss 👏🏾 queen u get meee. holla at me if you need my left titty, a kidney or some sucked toes. i’d army crawl through hot coals to read the snot drops u leave on a napkin

“You’re responsible for the death of my two men.”
“And i’ll kill more if I have to.”
I maintain a large distance to suppress the urge to kill her. “Go ahead, you’ll be doing me a favor in weeding out the weak ones.”

this MIGHT be the only hate/enemies to lovers mafia where i didn’t feel lied to, felt properly FED and foamed at the mouth like a stray dog at a cookout with the enemying/ hating part

i’m so used to y’all frontin’, lyin’ ass weak to no delivery fuck-ass hoez cus it’s always either nonexistent, lame, poorly executed, one-sided from the fmc, too short or wrapped up faster than a dolla store burrito.. ,..🥱 bleh IM TIREDDDDD but this one, about damn time, understood the fucking assignment

here it was well balanced, lasted a solid amount & had intensity that had me asking myself how da hell they even gone end up as lovers and if i ain’t asking myself that THEN ION WANT ITT

"I hate you." He supplies, shoving me back into a nearby wall.

“I hate that i can’t bring myself to kill you.”

“I hate that for some reason, I want you to be my wife." He sounds disgusted with himself, yet still manages to lean in so close his nose nudges mine.

"And most of all," His eyes flicker across my face. My lips, my hair, and finally, my eyes."I fucking hate that I waste my time thinking about you.”

THE DIALOGUE. THE BANTER. THE VERBAL SPARRING. THE CHEMISTY. THE SLOW BURNNNN. THE (SEXUAL) TENSIONNN 🥵. PINING. ANGST. GROVELING. CHARACTERIZATION, DEVELOPMENT, STORY

SUBLIMEEEEEEE sizzled like hot grease poppin’ off a skillet, i was HOOKEDDDD, GLUEDDDD tummy did dancy dances with excitement, kewch beatboxed 🦋 and i wanted to bootylick every interaction, it was EXACTLY what i’ve been craving, a rare delicacy that checked off on my boxes

”Three minutes.” “I only had to fuck you for three minutes with your own knife before you turned into a desperate little mess.” “I think I win.”

adrik kozlov: flash us! WHO SAID THAT?? ME!! 🤸🏿‍♂️ PULL IT OUTTTTTT GOK GOK GAWK GULP SLURP SLOPPIEST SLOPPY TOPPYYY TAKE. THEM. DRAWS. OWFFF!!!!!!! 🫵🏾 i AGGRESSIVELY barked out ON LOOP

BLYATTTT NO RUSSIAN WILL EVER TOP TO ADRIK MF KOZLOV

SEDATE MEEEE i’m one squealing dying orca moaning, pillow biting, feet kicking MESS over the FINERY that is THIS man 🫦

“You’re standing here because i allow it”
“You’re breathing because i allow it”

”I'd tear you apart." "If not with my hands..." I leave the rest of my sentence up to her imagination as my eyes flicker across hers.

TEAR ME SHRED ME CRUSH ME RUN ME OVERRRRRRRRRR

please spit that vodka coffee on me, let me lick it off, thank you for the honor, beg you to non stop do it again whilst laying open and butt naked on the floor🧎🏽‍♀️🧎🏽‍♀️🧎🏽‍♀️

rich cold intimidating dominating menacing threatening brooding nerd smart nonchalant untouched tortured unhinged morally grey horsecock aurafarming mafia boss. somethings missing and it’s MY CLOTHES! panties was gone never to be seen again AT FIRST SIGHT! 🤸🏿‍♀️ DUHHH

I watch the tip of the knife as I drag it up her throat and slice the tiniest patch of skin below her chin. "I could torture you until near death,"
"And then stop." "Only to resume once you've built up the strength to live through it once again.”

edge me zaddayyy 😛

how i operate: the more he wants her to drop dead the more i drop to my KNEES, the more he shows no interest the more interested i am in HIM, the more he doesn’t want her the more i want him, the colder he is the hotter i am for him, the more he hates the more I’ll love him,…. so on, and he was a good bunchhh 🍴

my type of romantic is adrik saying that she looks like a dead carcass, locking her up and leaving her in a room with rabid dogs knowing she’s terrified of them to then afterward only tilt her chin up with her valentino pump & cutting the hands off a woman and have her hung by the hair on a lamp as decor because she dared to touch her 🤭

<<< ‘Adrik koslov was physically attracted to me, and by the looks of the disgust on his face he hated it.’ >>>

not only does this man hate her he also does NOT like being touched, he’s a germaphobe or sure acts like one and DENIES any and all attraction to her. even when he does feel something, he’s delulu, balls deep in denial, fighting for his life to pretend that he doesn’t which is tewww goooddddd 🍿 when he finally gives in to her and that temptation, it’s DELISHHHH you can just feel that dam breaking

i even love his OCD, neatfreak tendencies & whatever personal beef he got with even numbers. mf fr counts as one, three, five,.. in his head and ykw? hell yea i like dis autistic man and would i be wrong if i asked him at dinnur is u autistic cus i like DET ❕(no he’s not autistic fr sound reference ) but it makes him SO HIM and funny.

<<< 'The mere thought of all the bacterial gathering atop the surface of it before she popped it back into her mouth had me imagining a world where I pushed her out of the moving vehicle and watched her body flop onto the highway.

Surprise and betrayal would flash in her beady little eyes, before it'd all vanish the moment she was ran over.' >>>

his inner monologue and remarks actually had me holleringgg. i dunno if my cheeks hurt more from cackling or flushing. it had some sass and jokes in him who knewww. ate hard and so much on his jabs HOW is u not obese dawg

his + nico’s pov hands down one of the— if not my favorite male pov’s i’ve ever read. I LIVE and am OBSESSEDDDD with what is bedazzed and sazzed in these men and just, everythinggggg about them. zookah really KNOWS how to write a real sexy masculine BDE swoonworthy MANNNN when it comes to these two. IM SO IN LUVVVV 🪭😮‍💨

“My wife, my property.” “Don’t touch.”

if ur not like me and well.. normal? u might, probably have a bone to pick with him BUT bare with himmm, trust the process, his tightass does loosen up bit by bit and not to worry he GROVELS beautifullly, obsessively and pathetically there is GREAT character development

“That was a shitty apology.”
“I wouldn’t know.” He snaps against my lips, breathing the next ones in a soft murmur. “I’ve never done it before.”

oh you just wait until he crumbles into a possessive, obsessive, down horrendously bad whipped SIMP for her.

”You don't think I'd care?" With a scoff, he steps closer. "I've killed for you, I'd take a bullet over and over again if it meant you didn't have to endure the pain of it.”

we really go from him hating her existence to i can’t exist without you, from “Not even the sight of your pain is worth an inch of my desire” “Remove yourself”, “Touch me for a second longer and i’ll break what’s left of your functioning fingers.“ to i’m DESPERATE i’m STARVED for a touch, a kiss, a crumb of attention, muttering out a please AND ain’t that just transitions we live for 🤌🏾

”I care more about you than I do myself, and anything else.”

how he goes all baby on her damn near had me in the feels that i don’t got. i wanna gnaw on a brick I NEED THIS MAN I NEED HIM SO BADDDD

”How many times do I have to tell you I love you? How many times do I have to show you I'd do anything?”

and when he knew just how to work them “baby”“yeah?” and “oh yeah?” ’s WEAKKKK. IM WEAKKKKKKK i folded my spine in half, my ovaries released an egg and i’m nothin but a fontain of squirt

we’re also not gonna question how his germaphobia magically got exorcised the second he hit them sheets— 🧑🏻‍🦯 pussymatized logic! we just THANKIN GAWD cus THANK GOD. leave the neat in neatfreak out and put nasty in front of it or GERRAOUTTAHEAAA 🚪

****! contains some small spoilers from here on out !****

did i mention that he’s multilinguallllll. can speak italian with her LEARNED arabic FOR HER just so that he can communicate with her granny HABIBIIIII HAYATIIIII the future IS bright he’s got to atleast curse enzo as y hmar once

what i highly appreciate too is that it actually shows the languages being spoken with translation instead of just slapping on a lazy “he said this in this language”, like yes i wanna feel the native tongue dialogue, know what it means and mentally soundgasm myself!! 👂🏽

I look up at him and smooth my fingers coated in my own cum across his lower lip. I bring my fingers up to my lips, slip them into my own mouth and suck them clean.

A slow smile stretches my lips as I whisper my words across his. "I win.”

celina ademaro: half egyptian half italian DIVAAAAAA. rock paper scissor me. she was a fly reckless handful doing the absolute most typa bitch, i’d love her for it i’d hate her for it. there were times when i wanted her shhhhhh pipe down

but she was a good, well rounded, fun heroine that held her own and challenged adrik HEAD ONNN and blow for blow like it’s really a match folks.💥

“We’d drive him mad together.”
“Now that we would.”

“I drive. You shoot.”

ahhhh this scene 💌 turned out to be so wholesome

“Eyeing the one thing he can’t control.”
“You by my side instead of his.”

i love when leng people date leng people. straight as a ruler but i did have a bi paniccc & got mr and mrs smith/ power couple vibesss, their dynamic was IT, i adored watching their journey and how they broke their walls down together

also props for how interconnected the away series was, it all came together. the crossoverssssssssss

alessio mid man from a mid book the weakest link 😭 but nice to see him still and gigiiiiii we fw her such a girls girl!!! 🤞🏾

”Nico, language!”
“¿Qué diablos está haciendo ella aquí?” / What the fuck is she doing here?”

“I thought that you weren’t going to smoke anymore”
“I lied, baby, I lied.”

JOSIE GIMME DAT INHALERRRRRRR NICO AND BAMBIIII MY SHAYLASSSSS ARE PARENTS??? i’m getting sentimental n shit. lil pest better scoot cuz he was ma papi first

ion miss let alone miss anybody but i missed THEMM i MISS runaway most of all MISSED my dominican hubby like crazyyy. been years and he still has me in that same feral coma AAHHH the deathgrippp he has on meee LIKEEEE DAS MY MAN FR HE IS JUST SOOO MY MANNNNN 🤭 AAAAA i love him so much i can’t

“You’ve seen my kid she’s fucking annoying.”
“She is.”
“Watch your fucking mouth.”
“I don’t need you in my home”
“Who pissed in your cereal?”
“It was probably your wife. Now her? She’s fucking annoying.”
“Watch your mouth.”
“Not so funny now is it?”

bye y’all my two seater just pulled up. the lomls in the same room? im bouta repaint the walls in CREAM. 🧴 i’ll always choose double stacked double dicked and panini pressed ‼️ BUT if i gotta pick then nico > adrik

loved some of the side characters and the role they had too, natasha coocoo lunatic and her glances, granny sitto, enzo, even dima and dora,.. silivio.. oh..

- 0.25 because we do NOT tolerate nico slander in this house!!!! yes i’m a dickride or DIE, i will shave this head clean before u even get the CHANCE to yank me off his dick. got a prob w him u got a prob w ME 🤺😤

so.. uh.. celina…lowkey… highkey.... gagged his dead lungs…. and i HATE that she did bye 😭 I WON’T STAND FOR ITTTTT close ya reeking running mouf bitch make no mistake I WILL SWANGGGG YO ASS cus not to my husband!!! # finna knock myself unconscious so that i can have no recollection of this 😔

and that d’yavelnok nickname (= devil) was a nope. but wasn’t mentioned much and ignorable

plotwise — do think that some of it suffered because of some off pacing… but the letters, twists and backstories slayed

have to admit that this did ran longer than it needed to, maybe was a bit of a trope mashup but it pulls it off, at the end of the day i still absolutely DEVOUREDDD AND LOVE LOVE LOVED LOVEDDDDDDDDDD THA SHIT OUTTA THIS

this review is bombastically long?? 💀 i over yapped, yikes. (i hate when i can’t express what i want to express briefly ffs i’m not the long reviewer type).. if u really read allat then a cookie for you! cuz shiii god knows i wouldn’t 🧍🏾 let me remove myself THIS INSTANT

queen no pressure take your time but i need house of bedlam like Y.E.S.T.E.R.D.A.Y 🫴🏾 FEED ME MY THIRD OBSESSION MOMMY

[Fairuz ᥫ᭡.]

ALL THE STARS!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
MY FAV BOOK EVER. PERIOD.

"What if I said I love you and hate myself for it?"

Bazookah, you genius. You evil, evil genius.

This book??? This book??? THIS. BOOK. I'm ruined. I'm wrecked. I’m obsessed. Bazookah just set the GOLD STANDARD for enemies-to-lovers, and I'm never recovering. This was angsty, messy, toxic, and SO DAMN GOOD. I was devouring every word like I hadn't eaten in days. Celina and Adrik??? The definition of peak tension, peak chemistry, peak storytelling.

🔥 Enemies to lovers, but make it lethal.
💍 Marriage of convenience, but with chaos.
🖤 Morally grey x morally worse.
🔥 Tension so thick you could cut it with a knife.
💀 Revenge, betrayal, and the BEST kind of toxicity.

CELINA. My queen. My icon. My role model. She is the villain, and I LOVE HER FOR IT. The way she played Adrik like a chess piece, the way she made him lose his mind over her??? Mother is mothering. NO weak damsel-in-distress here—Celina would burn the world before letting a man control her. A girlboss with blood on her hands. A menace. A legend.

ADRIK. KOZLOV. Adrik Kozlov is the darkness I willingly drown in. This man is feral, possessive, and borderline unhinged. Every time he spoke, I was foaming at the mouth. Men written by Bazookah just hit DIFFERENT. His devotion to Celina? His obsession? His "touch her and die" energy??? I need someone to fight for me the way Adrik fights for her.

AND THE BANTER??? I WAS SCREAMING.

"Don't run away, now."
"If I did, would you catch me?"
"Without a doubt, Celina, baby."

THE PINING. THE RAGE. THE SEXUAL TENSION. I was literally kicking my feet, throwing my pillow, throwing my phone. This book had me in a chokehold from start to finish. The way they hated each other so much, they couldn’t breathe without thinking about one another??? This is enemies-to-lovers PERFECTION.

AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE PLOT??? The betrayals. The twists. The mind games. Bazookah said "trust no one" and I took that personally. Every chapter had me clutching my pearls, screaming into the void.

I NEED this book in a hardcover IMMEDIATELY. I want to throw it at my wall, annotate the hell out of it, and then read it all over again. If Bazookah doesn’t publish this, I will be knocking on her door myself.

FINAL THOUGHTS:
✧ THIS is how you write enemies-to-lovers.
✧ THIS is how you write a strong female lead.
✧ THIS is how you write tension, chemistry, and angst.
✧ Bazookah deserves her flowers, her throne, and a book deal.

I’m so serious when I say NO OTHER BOOK WILL EVER COMPARE.

Run, don’t walk, to read this. You will never be the same.

⭐ RATING: 5/5 (infinity stars if I could)
📖 RECOMMEND? If you don’t read this, you are making a life-altering mistake.
💀 CURRENT STATUS: Emotionally ruined, physically shaking, mentally obsessed.

[ˋ✧*⁀➷ ʙᴇᴛᴛʏ (med school got me good)]

dnf @ ch27

Celina "i'm not like other girls" Ademaro.
Adrik "i'm not like other guys" Kozlov.

Runaway still remains to be bazookah's undefeated masterpiece. This book made me realise how once you get out of your wattpad phase, you don't go back in.

br with my skibidi toilets— ayushi and antima (we all dnf'd 💀)

[naima]

hi 🙋‍♀️

aspects that didnt hit for me
- very rude, condescending fmc that is lowkey unjustified in all of her remarks. theres a limit and line before it get blatantly annoying. eg; making fun of her body guards who are trying to protect her.

- you know when stylists say not to have too many patterns and colours in an outfit? well yes! this also applies to a story. too many plot twists, violent actions, unjustified remarks, characters, filler events that try, oh so hard to act like a major plot just get lost in translation. it all adds to nothing in the end,

- everytime the fmc would open her mouth and/or act insufferable in her monologue her ass would get handed to her. literally. she gets kidnapped, shot and the list goes on. i know that the author said her whole character is like that but it became annoying because she was all bark no bite.

- so i may not be a stem girl buttt i am a english/history girl. and i do have complaints about the writing and certain speech and word choices not to mention the plot...

aspects that did hit for me
-i will be falling for the adrik propaganda even if he would push me off the bed because i snored.

- the cairo setting at times okay😍

- the authors notes at the end of each chapter!!!!!!!!!regardless of the fact that this story didnt hit for me i missed wattpad itself. and i ended up looking forward to her notes at the end because they were fun and real and raw and i appreciate that. shes cool.

[Ri]

"What if I said I love you and hate myself for it?"
"What if I said that my love for you is not conditional.
Nothing I feel for you is conditional, Celina."

THIS IS HOW YOU EXECUTE AN ENEMIES TO LOVERS🖤
I'm in a worst slump more like life slump. Istg academic stress is the worst. It's like I've lost my charm and my enthusiasm. But i'm trying, everyday. It took me a while to finish this book but i swear it's only because I was too busy and tired. Each and every time I opened this book it drew me and I found comfort and solace in it's own dark twisted world, far away from reality. I laughed with the characters, found my heart aching in their sufferings. I experienced every emotion the author wanted to provoke.
Celina and Adrik were everything. From their chemistry, sexual tension to their love, everything was top-notch. The plot and world-building? Bazookah is a mastermind. The slow-burn burned all the way more because it was a perfect enemies to lovers. All i want is my besties to give this book a try please🙏🥺

"Don't run away, now."
"If I did would you catch me?"
"Without a doubt, Celina, baby."

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Need Adrik Kozlov to alter my brain chemistry🤭

[Readbyana]

The best enemies-to-lovers I've read!!! ❤️‍🔥

I genuinely think this is the best enemies to lovers I've read so far because they actually HATED each other. And I don't mean the “we're enemies but secretly attracted to each other from the beginning” kind of enemies. They genuinely couldn't stand each other, constantly challenged each other, and neither of them was willing to simply give in.

The beginning was SO good. I really enjoyed the first 30–40 chapters, but then things started dragging and I got a little bored. Thankfully, it picked up again towards the last few chapters.

But some things felt rushed, like that woman's death and Celina's relationship with her father. There were so many things she didn't even get to know about her father, and I wish that had been explored more.

Also, the groveling didn't really do it for me. It felt so rushed, and he was forgiven way too easily for lying to her, manipulating her, leaving her like that, and especially for all the things he said to her. I really wanted MORE groveling.

But I love them so much!! Their bickering, the back-and-forth, the hate-filled spicy scenes, and even the soft, cute moments towards the end I loved all of it.

As Celina said in the last chapter, they really are a match made in hell. 🤭 Also, him wearing a tie and watch in the exact shade of her eyes?? SIR. 😭

ADRIK KOZLOV

The way the author wrote his character development was amazing. It was so smooth and gradual, and didn't just happen overnight. You could actually see him slowly changing throughout the book.

The way his obsession starts and how he slowly becomes so obsessed with touching her the same man who despises physical touch and is literally a germaphobe had me like... SIR?? 😭🫠

I loved seeing how much Celina affected him without him even realizing it at first.

CELINA

Oh my god, I LOVE HER.

The way she constantly fought back against Adrik and refused to simply do whatever he told her to do?? Loved it. She kept challenging him and defying him at every turn, and honestly, watching him deal with her was so much fun. 😭

She never made things easy for him, and I loved her for that.


And we got Nico and Josie's cameo!! 🥹❤️

I LOVE whenever Nico and Celina interact. Their scenes were so funny, especially all the names she calls him in her monologues. 😭

Overall I really enjoyed this book. The enemies to lovers was genuinely done so well, and Adrik and Celina were such an amazing couple to read.


➣ 𝑷𝒓𝒆-𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 :-

So it's time to finally meet Celina and Adrik...
There were so many readers who kept mentioning them in the comment section of Runaway... and now I’m finally going to see what all the hype is about.🤭

[Antima Singh♡]

PRE REVIEW: THE ONLY WATTPAD AUTHOR I TRUST. dark romance world here your worshiper comes.
buddy read with my beloveds ayushi and wokeupbricked<3
I hate GoodReads format more than I hate myself.[Aayushi had to give me half an hour of classes to learn how to link usernames in the review. 🥹🫡]

[Kiani]

This is one of the best enemies to lovers mafia romance books I’ve ever read & both Celina & Adrik have me ENTRANCED. The way this author wrote their story she is beyond talented & I hope this gets published!

Celina and Adrik both being morally black and beyond unhinged had me sat the entire time. I loved how they both had their walls up but managed to crack through the other person in their own unique way.

Adrik is a new top 3 mafia man whose complex with so much depth put into his character. His development and seeing him be completely touch averse and gradually wanting Celina HAD ME SWOONING. The mouth on this man had me seeing stars I can’t get over how hot he is

The spice in this is some of the best I’ve ever read

Celina had my jaw on the floor. This is what I call a BADDIE FMC because I’ve never read a book where the FMC had me SCARED she was out here beating everyone up and getting rid of them. I loved watching her grow & learn to trust others and let them in

The plot in this book is so unique I’ve never read anything like it. The way the author intertwined the Russian & Italian mafia elements was done so well. Once this is edited easily a 5 star from me

[alexleasins]

celina babyyyyy!!! hands down one of the best mafia books ever i’m utterly obsessed with them. ADRIK KOSLOV THATS DADA

[⋆⭒˚｡⋆Kriti(.❛ ᴗ ❛.) semi hiatus :(]

HELLO TO THE BEST OF THE SERIES😋🫶🏻.

The female lead was very different from what's usually served there. She had a temper, had anger towards her loved ones (that she absolutely didn't hesitate to show💀), had an attitude to her, was mean at some instances, not the innocent victim who'll take the BS of MMC at all. And yet she had a depth to her and deep love for the same family she was angry at. Had a slight tone of "I'm not like other girls" but more of "I'm not meek, sweet, submissive etc like other girls" (spoiler- her mother was all that, and it didn't fare well for her)

The male lead is not a manwhore but more of an untouchable type cold ruthless unfeeling. All because of his traumatic past. Also a germaphobe. The only one who could touch him was the FMC. 🌚🤌🏻

No insta-lust or insta-love. It took time. They almost killed each other or atleast tried to. True enemies.😮‍💨

Has marriage of convenience while they were in denial of their feelings. Made the smut angsty during their wedding night 🫠❤️‍🔥

Safety- no ow, no om, no cheating
But has jealousy scenes. Nothing serious.
Both non virgin (i don't remember exactly but both lost it somewhat in a coerced/non consensual way and it's the reason why the MMC was traumatized)

[Nikii]

Not rating this because my brain is too fried to be objective, I just KNOW I loved it.

Celina & Adrik have my heart but bestie what was that writing? So many fillers. Still devoured it tho, blame it on ovulation.

The banter? 10/10.
Him being absolutely down BAD for her? 100/10.
Adrik? MY MAN 😭

He's pathetic. He's mean. He's obsessive, possessive, certified asshole. I wanted to punch him in the face and then sit on it. Make it make sense.

His jealousy?? I was CACKLING. Like sir, calm down 🌚

I need to go touch grass, drink water, reconnect with reality. ( Currently screaming crying throwing up - WHY HE IS NOT REAL??? )

[Lola Shug]

I’m honestly kinda speechless. I’d rate it higher if this wasn’t a blatant ripoff of The Maddest Obsession by Danielle Lori. Surprised why no one else is making that connection on GR, but plenty of others on Wattpad have made comments on it. The MMCs entire personality from the OCD (he does everything in 3s), his looks(dark hair blue eyes incredibly handsome), the sex scenes(car sex scene was blatantly ripped off), even certain phrases are word for word... Not to mention he’s Russian and she’s Italian (literally the same as TMO), and the Wattpad author went so far as using the same pet names (malyshka) as author Danielle Lori did. The audacity of the author asking others not to copy her work, while she CLEARLY copies another I could go on about the similarities but at some point it becomes straight up plagiarism. In the notes of the previous book Bazookah mentions she’s reading TMO and how much she loved it, so I know she got inspired but it’s a whole other thing to steal so many themes from another book. The plot may have changed, but there were WAY too many instances where it felt like I was reading a badly written TMO (which I have read like 30 times because it’s one of my favorites, so I can easily spot the similarities) Even names like Gianna and Nico were stolen from Danielle Lori. But unfortunately for this author, this book didn’t hold a candle to the original. The dragged out immaturity, the failed attempt at being as witty and funny, the barely there emotional connection, it was enough to give me secondhand embarrassment. I know people love this book, and probably don’t care that it’s a ripoff but it had to be said. 🤷🏻‍♀️The sad thing is, this author is not untalented, and I actually enjoyed her previous book until I started noting all the stolen parts. This was the one of first wattpad series I’ve ever read, and I fear the hate they get is valid because I’m not going near Wattpad again, and I have Bazookah to thank for that.

[Nari]

2/5 ⭐️
Now how do I even begin…
This book was so so so hyped and maybe that’s why I’m so disappointed. Genuinely wtf was going on. Constant betrayal and constant lying from both of them. Like I didn’t mind it in the beginning cause they’re enemies, it made sense at that point to try and trick each other or keep things or lie. But it just continued… it was like one step forward and 3 steps back.

I don’t even remember all the things adrik did but leaving her to drown after the whole boat fire thing was diabolical. I don’t care that he came back. Like at that point they’d made some sort of connection. Like literally the scene just before that they seemed to be having a heart to heart and then he just leaves her there to drown KNOWING SHE CANT SWIM??? HELLO. I wish that was his only offence. Her dad was shitty yes but adrik manipulated everything to make it seem like her dad was worse than he was. Like he wasn’t winning father of the year award but for adrik to just lie to Celina about everything and manipulate the situation so he can get her on his side… no thanks. Also meeting her dad behind Celina’s back to further fuel the fire was just the cherry on top

Now Celina I did not mind at the start. But she also got annoying and just like wtf are you doing girl…
The constant back and forth of her being mad at him and then just folding cause he’s hot… girl please. What she did in the “climax” was so crazy cause I legit believed she was gonna go through with it which was insane.

Overall from both sides it seemed like obsessive possessive lust and not love. They did not have any sort of meaningful conversation and just seemed like they did not talk to each other. Even tho we as the reader were in Adrik’s pov we still did not know anything about him until like 60% so imagine how that was for the supposed coupe. They seemed to never talk or have a meaningful conversation about each other. I didn’t get the big “why” should they end up together sort of thing. At the end of the day it is a wattpad book and even tho I have read some good ones, this wasn’t one. Overhyped for sure bc I’m not sure why we’re comparing these 2 dysfunctional characters to some of the best book couples. It was gonna be 1 star but I liked the side characters, Nico and Josie cameos and Celina’s little brother.

[Ellie]

Very hard to get through. The beginning sounded promising but as the story progressed the repetition was very boring. And it just felt like the story was being draggedddd. The girl was super inconsistent you’re either a pushover or not. I wanted a badass fmc but she was not that 😐 the guy was consistent and a dick for the most part but what he was and did was at least consistent. the girl would so easily fold and was easily humiliated and manipulated by the mcm. And she always took him back. I needed yearning and begging and if he ever did do that it wasn’t done right since it wasn’t memorable at least for me.

[esperanza ♡]

4.5 stars

this book is amazing. I love that this had a true enemies to lovers and a lot of angst and push and pull between celina and adrik. celina is definitely one of my favorite female leads ever. I loved whenever she would talk about other men in front of adrik and make him jealous and possessive 😌. I also loved that adrik would do anything for celina and that she’s the only woman he’s ever touched 🤭.

[Amen Halle]

Best author in the world. I have read these more than a hundred times. And zookah I need you to publish these books

[ʀᴀᴇ]

This literally took me over a week to read. It was so freaking long for no goddamn reason, and it was way more repetitive than it needed to be…

But my biggest issue was the characters. Both the mmc and the fmc were absolutely exhausting. Their constant bickering got old within the first few chapters, and every time they opened their mouths, I was like “OH MY GOD… just cut this shit already!” It made both of them feel incredibly immature. I kept waiting for them to stop the drama and just have one normal conversation, but that didn’t really happen until around 60% into the book 🫪

I was actually looking forward to the fmc because I already couldn’t stand the mmc, but somehow they both ended up frustrating me. I genuinely hated the way they were written!

Runaway was honestly so much more enjoyable than this, and even the fmc in that book felt way more mature than this one (I’m mainly comparing the fmcs because I already slightly disliked both mmcs anyway lmao).

I made it to around 70% before calling it quits. I kept hoping it would get better, but I just couldn’t force myself to keep reading anymore, so this one’s a dnf for me

[spiralslugg]

This is literally just a copy of Maddest Obsession by Danielle lori... why is nobody making that connection? Didn't even bother changing all the characters names.

[michelle]

all the back and forth with celina and adrik gave me whiplash that's why im giving it 4⭐️ and not 5⭐️

[kels]

this couple got me bricked up

[diyapatel]

why was the ending absolute cinema.. like omllll. celina and adrik have come such a long way 🥹. the story line from the beginning of the series to the end took some while to comprehend but honestly i didn't even need to understand all of it. i cant even lie i shed a tear or two when reading the last chapter bc why was it so damn sad. bazookah rlly did such a good job on this book. so so so many poetic quotes throughout this whole book and series. i genuinely thought i liked nico and josie better but after reading getaway i like celina and adrik more.. the way the book started off with them being COMPLETELY ENEMIES which i loveeee to being ADDICTED with eachother like yes i love that. him going to WAR FOR HER AND ending it by CREATING A TRUCE FOR HERRR is genuinely a real man. not only that but he started buying everything emerald green like her eyes, was extremelyyy patient with her, learned arabic for her grandma, basically took in enzo as their own child and so much moreee like is this too much to ask for.. i also love how adrik was shown as a clean freak and a quiet man at the beginning but at the end he was SUCHHH a big freak for her and was so sassy. he would also be letting her fight her own battles but was also always right behind her which was so attractive. god this man is genuinely so fine and they're just such a huge power couple. i would love an adrik in my life thank u.

"If you have a problem," Adrik's steady voice sounds as he remains behind me. "Lower your gaze.”

"Things were replaceable, emotions were ignorable and men, they were forgettable."

"Sometimes I think she asks only because she wants to hear it. I say it, tightening my fingers around hers. "I realized I love you too much to make you choose."

[arjin (regulus’ version)]

DNF at 50%

HOWEVER, LET ME EXPLAIN.

This story has such good banter, incredible tension, and morally gray characters who actually hate each other. The slow burn is done so well, and it’s genuinely addictive.

This could have easily been a four-star read for me. It’s exactly the kind of dark romance I want to read.

The only reason I DNF’d it was because of the many typos.

Now, I know I don’t really have the right to complain because this is a Wattpad book. The incredibly talented author doesn’t have a professional editor, and I can’t expect that from wonderful authors who write and share their stories for free in their spare time.

I know I’m such a pedantic person. 😭 But typos take me out of the story really quickly.

That said, I looked it up, and the author plans to publish Runaway first and then, hopefully, her other books. I’ll definitely be supporting the author and reading her amazing stories when they’re published!

[Oissela_Retssila]

love this book! I am so sad that I am done with this serie. I feel so empty...

I give this book 5⭐️

[Manuela]

4.9 ⭐️ Obsessed obsessed obsessed. I need Adrik and Celina like I need air. This was so incredibly angsty with the most insane amount of push and pull. I adore Celina’s feisty personality, she was so independent and a genuine badass. I love a take no shit fmc when it’s done right. Do not even get me started on Adrik, he genuinely couldn’t even handle human touch or emotion before she came into his life. I love how she genuinely wiggled her way into his brain and vise versa until they physically couldn’t stay away. This book is the definition of actual enemies to lovers and it made me remember how much it can build real tension and chemistry. The amount of time it took for them to even remotely start to admit feelings for one another was insane, there was so much miscommunication here but I loved it. Eventually I was like ok let’s stop with this toxic cycle (even though you couldn’t pry this book from me) and that’s the only reason this isn’t 5 stars.

The tension in this book was top tier 😫 watching an absolute maniac like Adrik grovel for her forgiveness after his mistakes was everything. Pretty much everything about this was bingable perfection, everytime there was a jealousy scene, or he would call her my wife I was on the verge of passing out. I adored how much depth each of these characters have and I never wanted it to end. This was mafia done in the best way, not too over complicated but interesting and cohesive. Runaway is still #1 but I’m depressed that this series is over, easily the best mafia books ever - tied with duplicity - and hopefully the spin off book gives me half of the seratonin I got from this series.

Plot:🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎
Characters: 🩷🩷🩷🩷
Romance:🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

[Sumayah Assaf]

Guys I love this so much. I love adrik more than Nico Blaine. This is enemies to lovers, real enemies btw, he has ocd hates touch and is lowkey mean. She’s even ruder LOOL she stays a bitch the whole story and I love it. He’s more obsessed with her which I love. I ate up every bit of this book and I’m itching to re read it.
Tw the girl is half Egyptian so for those who hate when a character is Arab you don’t like it. She’s half Italian too so she speaks Italian and Arabic.

[dess]

4.5 ✨

didn’t enjoy it as much as runaway, but it was still so so so fucking good.

[melina ୨୧]

4.5★

[Liz &#x1fabd;✨ S.]

I simply will never move on from Adrik and Celina. Best russian mafia romance I’ve ever read. No notes.

[Monicutt]

CUM POT SĂ MAI CITESC ALTE CĂRȚI CA NU O SĂ MAI FIE CA ACEASTĂ SERIEEEEEEE. plâng