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Bratva Series #5

Bratva Menace

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Lukyan Volkov
It was my time to motherfucking shine.
I've always been underestimated. The type of personality I had ensured that. I liked to joke around a lot. Have fun. Make people laugh. Being underestimated kinda came with that territory, and that was okay. I didn't mind.
But now, I had the chance to prove myself. To show that I wasn't just the idiot, class clown of the Bratva. To show my true potential. What I was capable of. To show my siblings and my father that I could be depended on by doing the impossible.
Killing the patriarch of our family.
A man the whole world feared.
My grandfather, Sergei Volkov.
A plan was in place to accomplish that, which involved me taking part in an arranged marriage. There was just one, small problem.
My stalker would never allow it.

Lyla
From the moment I saw him, he was mine. Lukyan Volkov. Handsome, broad-shouldered, with Golden Retriever energy and a soul that yearned to be dominated.
He was everything to me. My whole world. And I would do whatever it took to have him.
For the better part of a year and a half, I've stalked him. Broken into his house just to watch him sleep. Catalogued his every move and added thousands of photos to my ever growing scrapbook.
I couldn't stay away, even if I tried.
Our connection transcended everything. I was obsessed. I knew that. Understood that, and I didn't fucking care. Nothing and no-one would ever come between us.
My plan to make him mine was a risky one, but what was love without a little risk?

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468 reviews64.2k followers
November 12, 2025
She’s his stalker they’re both ABSOLUTELY INSNAE AND I LOVE THEM WITH ALL MY HEART!!!!

I actually cannot believe this series is over I never want to say goodbye!!!! Without a doubt one of my favorite mafia series of all time!! The plot, the romances, the psychotic volkov family that has me in a chokehold. Ughhhhh this was so good I can’t!!! I did think the ending felt rushed but other than that I loved this!!
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October 8, 2025
“With a soul that yearned to be dominated” stop it right now 🥵, is it December yet?
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206 reviews42 followers
November 29, 2025
Rating: 4 ⭐️

Lukyan Volkov and Lyla Voznesensky took the saying 'match my freak' very seriously, and I love that for them.

Truly enjoyed this book until the end! It was funny, and ridiculous, but T.J. Maguire made it work!

"There was never any doubt in my mind that you’re the one for me. I love you more than I could ever put into words. Ever convey. You’re the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning, and the last thing when I go to sleep. Every part of me yearns for you. My heart. My soul. My light. It’s yours. It’s all yours. Forever until the day we die, and beyond that. You once said ‘we were bound together by forces beyond our control’. That we were destiny. Fate. You were right, baby. I was meant to be yours, and you were meant to be mine. I will never let anything or anyone come between us again. I promise.”


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July 12, 2025
I don’t think you guys understand HOW excited I am for this book I ate this whole entire series up some more some less so so excited
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November 16, 2025
I just finished Bratva Butcher, which I started reading because Marianna was reading and I fell in love with the bad ass woman.

REVIEW - 13/11/25

This is quite possibly her most unhinged book TJ Maguire has given us to date.

Obssesed does not come close to describing the attraction Lyla Voznesensky has for the youngest Volkov son. When news that Lukyon is to wed an heiress from a rival Bratva family reaches her, she kidnaps Lukyon at the alter in a carefully orchestrated heist, to ensure the safety of his family.
With her love now in her grasp, and no intention of letting him go, she has to make he realize that he loves her.

Lukyon is the youngest Volkov son. The family joker who always speaks freely, damn the consequences. All his life, his family has understimated and never taken him seriously. So when his grandfather Sergei Volkov makes a deal with a rival Bratva family, to marry off one of his grandsons to their heiress, no one trusts Lukyon, to not stuff it up. Little do they know, Lukyon has been playing the long game, and their's no one better for the job.
His kidnapping is all part of a well curated plan to deliver his family freedom from the tyranny of his granfather, and head of the family, Sergei Volkov, once a for all. Some plans simply require patience, wiity banter and intense slow burn along the way.

🚨🚨BEFORE PROCEEDING, CHECK YOUR TRIGGER WARNINGS!! 🚨🚨

Guuyyss, I did off with my morals years ago, and after reading this, I know for sure they are well and truly gone.!!! The way this Ate says terrible things about my morals!!! I never claimed to have any in the first place.
TJ Maguire, the Queen that you are, has artistically curated the most wholesome, witty, slow burn, mafia series, with well crafted characters (especially the females) and exceptionally-thought-out storylines and plot twists that had me sparring with my hormones.
If you loved he Edge of Darkness Trilogy, The Darkverse Series you will eat this up. If you're into Mafia, Dark Romance or want something to help get you out of a slump (and then proceeds to put you into an even wosre slump than before), then read this.

Was it well wriiten? No, but thats not the point. The point is, Lukyon fucken Volkov and his Huntress, Lyla. Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh 🫡😜😘🫶 I was indecisive about who I was crushing on the most. Lyla is unhinged 2.0! 😘😘😘 And Lukyon fully endorses and embraces her flavour of crazy, because, of course he would. Why wouldn't he, right? 🫡🤭😏 I mean thats what a good Sub is suppose to do.
If you're not familiar with this series then be prepared because TJM writes spice like Snoop freestyles - effortlessly. And for some reason, you never wanna skip a scene. Because the build up of tension and yearning is worth it. And somehow, someway, TJM turned up the heat in this book. I was suffocating myself because I kept holding mh breath during the spicey scenes.
I read on a Goodread review, some one said, "he who yearns, earns", and giirrll does this bitch make him werrkk, but the rewardssss. 🤌🤌🤌🥵🥵🥵😏😏😏 Because of course the rewards would be worth it when she's, in fact, the Dom! Mmhmm. You read it right. She is the Dom and he's the willing Submissive. She has a red room (50 shades girlies, iykyk)And he needs the safe word. Enough said. What other reason do you need to start this series?
These protagonists match one anothers crazy, leaving chaos, mayhem and a stream of corpses, in their path. Im here for all of it.

I am so not ready to say good bye. There will be a re-read in the near future, with more tears 🥹🥹🥹🥹
Thank you TJM for introducing your avid readers, to all these characters - Arturo, Drea, Aleksandra, Papa D aka Dimitri, Autumn, Tatiana, Zevander, Lukyon and Lyla. All of these characters will live in my heart, forevermore.
Catching up with the whole gang was the most fun. The strong familial bond trope is one of my favourite tropes, next to found family. The relationship the Volkov family share is so wholesome and makes it so easy to fall in love with the series. The squabbling sibling representation is what enraptured me intially,and it's consistent throughout the whole series. Lukyon and Illyanna's fighting had me in tears of joy, so many times.

Here are some of my favourite quotes from Bratva Menace......

I agonizingly waited to catch one more glimpse of my love. My everything. My Lukyan. It had been three hours, seventeen minutes, and forty-three seconds since I’d last laid eyes on him, and I had been suffering for every millisecond of it.

He’d done so well! Strutting down that runway as if he owned it, Lukyan even blew a kiss into the crowd, and I knew—I just knew—he’d meant it for me.
It was mine.
He was mine.

While I could see he enjoyed it—the attention and making people laugh—there was also something more lying deep beneath the surface that he was trying desperately to hide. Almost a…sadness to his soul. No one else could see it. But I could. I saw the way he crumbled bit by bit whenever his family didn’t believe in him. Saw how much it hurt that they didn’t have faith in him. Didn’t see him and all his potential. I saw him. I saw him in a way no one else possibly could have. It was what made us so perfect for each other.

Because we were connected in a way no one else could understand. We were soulmates. And we would be together. Or die together.

I shouldn’t have been as excited as I was at that prospect…but fuck, I was. I was yet to meet anyone who matched my crazy, but that woman…My stalker… Oh, she matched it to a tee, and it was fucking exhilarating.

They began to argue with each other. Not in an angry or aggressive way, but in a fun, picking on each other kind of way. After being around them for a few months, it was easy to see that they liked arguing. They liked riling each other up. It was like some sort of sick, twisted form of foreplay for them. I knew that because, shortly after their bickering, they would always disappear, and wouldn’t come back for hours.

“You big-headed asshole!” I hissed. “I told you I need to be woken up calmly and softly from now on. I have PTSD from the last prank you lot pulled on me in my sleep.”
Aleksandr rolled his eyes. “You do not have PTSD.”
“Yes, I do,” I stated adamantly. “My therapist said so.”
“You don’t have a therapist anymore because you ended up fucking your last one.”
My lips curved. “Oh. Right.”

“Do you want me to hit you in the face with a chicken drumstick again? Coz I fucking will. Try me, Butcher.”
“Go ahead, try it,” Father growled. “This won’t be like last time, devil woman. I’m not cuffed or tied down.”
“You wanna be?”

“I think it’s fairly obvious what I want.
“I want you. I’ve done all of this”—I spread my arms out wide—“for you. So we can finally be together. We’re soulmates. I felt it the moment I laid eyes on you. That unbreakable connection. We’re meant to be together, and nothing and no one will stop us. Our hearts are intertwined. Bound together by forces beyond our control. It’s destiny. Don’t you see? Fate.”
“Oh. You’re like, insane insane.”
“I prefer the term mentally spicy,”

We were best friends, crazy and I. We danced side by side, forever teetering along that line together. That was why it never bothered me when people called me crazy. I was. And I liked it that way.

“Sorry about that,” I said, smoothing my hair. “I’m spontaneously violent.” “Spontaneously violent,” Lukyan repeated, blinking slowly.
“Yeah. But don’t worry. It’s not like, all the time. Just when people piss me off.”

Man, being submissive is awesome.

You went through a fuckton of effort to save me and my family.” “Not your family.” I stared him dead in the eyes. “Only you. Always only you.”

Vernon growled, trying to drive the knife forward and pierce my stunning blue eyes. How dare he! They were my best feature!

“I thought you didn’t care.”
She smiled and helped me to my feet. “You’ll come to see I’m full of shit sometimes.”

“Correct me if I’m wrong, but haven’t you been inside before?”
“Dozens of times. But this is the first time I won’t be hiding.”

“There was never any doubt in my mind that you’re the one for me. I love you more than I could ever put into words. Ever convey. You’re the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning, and the last thing when I go to sleep. Every part of me yearns for you. My heart. My soul. My light. It’s yours. It’s all yours. Forever until the day we die, and beyond that. You once said ‘we were bound together by forces beyond our control’. That we were destiny. Fate. You were right, baby. I was meant to be yours, and you were meant to be mine. I will never let anything or anyone come between us again. I promise.”

Come, my little shadow. Stalk me.
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257 reviews113 followers
November 12, 2025
That last chapter ??? You know what, I was going to give it 4 stars but just because of that end, I’m giving it the max rating. I was not expecting that and it made me so obsessed with these too ! It also answered a few questions because I felt like some things weren’t making sense in the romance, well THAT was why haha. I don’t even know which one I liked more, book 4 or this one.

Apart from the end, which I obviously loved, I loved everything else ! I loved the fact that she was a stalker, I loved their ✨ dynamic ✨ in the bedroom and the plot ! It wasn’t top tier literature obviously but I found it super entertaining :)

I’m still not a huge fan of the writing and I felt like some things didn’t make much sense or weren’t explained enough (?) regarding how undetectable and super sneaky she was, but I like it better than in the first books !
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December 7, 2025
⥼~-✰-~⥽ ☽ ˚•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙˚*☾ ⥼~-✰-~⥽
.𖥔 ݁ ˖༘⋆𐦍⊹₊.𖥔. ..“𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎, 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. “𝙾𝚑. 𝚈𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎, 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚎.”..𖥔 ݁. ˖༘⋆𐦍⊹₊.𖥔 ݁

˚ ┊✦ I cannot believe this series has finished what am I meant to do now that this has completed me?
I can’t tell you how unbelievably hot and steamy this series has been if you want emotions heartbreak this series is definitely for you.
Though I do suggest to read trigger warning first before picking this up it’s a lot mental health topics too which needs to be wary about!


˚ ┊ ✦ Lyla
I wasn’t sure how I was going to like her honestly but the roles has reserved from being a stalker female like it’s not really that attractive for female to stalk the male… I get it why being in the shadows before meeting Lukyan I just find it odd but it does keep you on suspense for sure

˚ ┊ ✦ Lukyan Volkov
I did like him but he wasn’t my favourite brother as I’d hoped i don’t know what it is I loved him as a sideline brother honestly but knowing his pov was kinda meh bit bland in a way.. I did feel sorry for for him what his grandfather was trying to pull on him as all the brothers found their true love all that’s left is Lukyan to fill the void but honestly terrified to say no want to find love on his own which is pretty understandable

 ˚┊✦ Romance - Epilogue
the romance is the only thing that kept me going on this book everything else was just different like the female character acted like a guy too much stalking her crush being the more obedient side especially when it came to kinky scenes ! Where as Lukyan acted like the female a bit more taking more commands rather than being in control…
It was just… tad cringe that way…

The way that Lyla said “yay piggy back ride…” like girl your full grown adult why you acting like a child when you’re out with Lukyan ? Like girl stop being an idiot 😭she really frustrated me 😭

I was really sad too in a way that I had such high hopes for this series the only thing kept me going was my baby daddy Nikolai and dimitiri I first hated dimitri but I grown on me a lot with his character in the other books of this series!


I’m really disappointed in this one in particular the ending was not good on this was so repetitive and everything was all twisted like a freaky Friday situation when everyone had different roles for smutt like really? I didn’t like this one at all I thought Lukyan would do it for me but I think I’m always gonna be full hearted girly on Nikolai he was a baddie!!!

Sorry but this was kinda crappy read 😂😭


𓏲ּ𝄢⋆˙⟡⋆꙳•̩̩͙❅*̩̩͙‧͙ ‧͙*̩̩͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆Side characters⋆꙳•̩̩͙❅*̩̩͙‧͙ ‧͙*̩̩͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆𓏲ּ𝄢⋆˙⟡

 ˚┊✦ . Grandad

The grandad was a total tosser the way he was so dismissive with Dimitiri being in charge like who tf are you to judge him? Your just as bad wanting to kill your own family line go fuck yourself you dirty ape 🦍 he really fucked me off with his attitude for the youngest which is Lukyan having this pressure for the family leave him be he’s still finding himself in the family like yes okay older brothers always gonna piss him off as that’s what they do 😂😭


Idk something about this just frustrated me I’m kinda glad in a way this book is done start my next series !



╭ ✦ • ⥼~-✰-~⥽ ☽ ˚𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 & 𝚂𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐✩•̩̩͙˚*☾ ⥼~-✰-~⥽
│ ⊹ ⭐️2.1
│ ⊹ 🌶3.4
╰ ✦ •⥼~-✰-~⥽ ☽ ˚•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙˚*☾ ⥼~-✰-~⥽
❄️⭒˚.⋆ ❄️ ⋆⭒˚.⋆⋆⭒˚.⋆ ❄️ ⋆⭒˚.⋆⋆⭒˚.⋆ ❄️ ⋆⭒˚.⋆⋆⭒˚.⋆ ❄️ ⋆⭒˚.⋆⋆⭒˚.⋆ ⋆⭒˚.⋆⋆⭒˚.⋆ ❄️ ⋆⭒˚.⋆ ❄️ ⋆⭒˚.⋆ ❄️ ⋆⭒


‧₊˚♪ 𝄞₊˚⊹.𖥔 ݁ ⟡ ݁₊ .˖𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐‧⟡ ݁₊ ..𖥔 ݁ ˖₊˚♪ 𝄞
-abuse
Kidnapped
-kinky smutt
Stalking



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Pre read 🤑🍀💚😈💋

I cannot believe I am on the last book of this series good lord help Im not ready for the last emotional roller coaster that’s about to happen last one was bad enough wonder who the last characters will be for this one I’m praying my babe Lukyan 😜
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214 reviews
November 25, 2025
Okay, I don’t want to spoil too much because there’s a plot twist at the end of the book and I was like, what the actual fk!! (sorry, I didn’t really buy what happened, but I just went along with it anyway).

‼️For safety gang, I’ll give you this tiny spoiler:



The MMC is known as a manwhore (no details about his past are given in this book, so you’re safe from that), but he’s actually been celibate for two years… from the moment he first met the FMC, even before she started stalking him. This is all connected to the plot twist at the end of the book, so I won’t go into it much. But just to be clear: All those scenes in the series where it looks like he’s with other women are just a fake-out. He didn’t touch any other woman.

— Experienced FMC
— Both MCs have been celibate since they first met (two years ago)
— No ow/om (just some jealousy moment)
— Separation for 3 months (both of them are loyal)
— HEA
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798 reviews36 followers
November 15, 2025
I would give it 5 stars but the end about why He left and how she lived the three months without him felt rushed to me

I’ve read the last book because a friend told me it has a harsh words scene and a good grovel and that is one of my fav tropes. I liked it but not loved it… the dead wife it’s not my cup of tea… but I wanted to read Lukyan book because his father was really hard to him and I wanted an apology!

This book is safe, totally, there’s an absolutely crazy and amazing heroine and the hero is a good hero,
The sex scenes are not my cup but there’s only three,
It has violence, the death of a sibling and some torture,
I skipped all that and focused on them and it was worth it!
It’s a mafia book, so you need to understand they’re all crazy! 🤪 and violent

She is obsessed with him but him is obsessed too!!!

No virgins
Rough sex
Safe from OP or cheating
Romantic in a mafia way but… they are good together


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523 reviews2 followers
December 12, 2025
I'm going to miss this series. This book was the perfect ending, featuring all the characters we love so much and, of course, finally solving the case of Lukyan's stalker.

I loved Lyla; her character was a surprise to me. I knew she was going to be a badass because all the women in this series are, but you'll have to read it to find out more.

The plot twist... Well, there's one that I might have expected, but I didn't see the ending coming.
It's been a different kind of series, and I definitely recommend it.
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43 reviews3 followers
November 11, 2025
This is what I was expecting syndicator to be. Filled with Action, fun , emotional, loving ,obsession, etc... A perfect end to the series.

Honestly the only thing I didn’t like was that I couldn't see the love between them. I saw obsession, possessiveness, liking , caring But not love. That was the issue.

I enjoyed the story , the fights, fun, stalking , craziness , etc. The last twist at the end was something. I saw that coming but still it was good.

I think middle of the book could have been better otherwise everything was perfect.
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7 reviews4 followers
November 9, 2025
I really want to read this book, since I love the female stalker trope, but the book is not safe. He spends the night with a other woman and afterwards the stalker sends him the fingers of the woman in a box. Might still read it anyway.

Update: I finished the book and it’s not what I thought:
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He stayed celibate since the first time he laid eyes on her!! It’s a bit complicated but it all gets explained in the end of the book.
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249 reviews27 followers
November 8, 2025
I was so excited to finally read this book after all the crumbs we got in the other books… it’s just a big NO for me. Bro fell deaply in love with her in 10 days, 10 fcking days ????? I felt no chemistry between then and honestly I did not see how and when he fell in love with her ??? I’m so disappointed.
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November 13, 2025
I skipped the last book because I didnt wanna see the father fall in love again lol. (Even if we see them as a couple in this book 😒.) Im pretend it didnt happen. Lukyan is the crazy sibling the one no one takes seriously and I felt bad for him because no one really believed he could do anything but Lyla she had faith in him. As she is his stalker and watched him from afar. She was the sweetest stalker made sure he was safe, chopped of fingers of anyone touching her man. I loved Lyla. She even let him worry that she would let him get married 🤣🤣🤣
Girl was very sly and thr whole kidnapping was such a great way for them to be together and let him fall even more for her. He did try to escape lets say it didn't work.
Think of Misery but her not hurting him lol unless it was sexual. but it was a trip reading them and loving them.

we got everything drama, family, and a plot twist at the very end. and honestly I WAS SHOCKED!!



Saftey- passed book it was said Lukyan was a manwhore his book nothing happened. He was 1000% faithful to Lyla. Even if he was going to be in a arrange marriage. he even said he faked having a woman so he can make Lyla think he slept with someone never touched another.

No ow/om drama (tiny jealously scecen), no cheating, secondary character, drama, sexy times, no virgins

Recommend-yes
Cover-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Heat level-🌶🌶🌶

Slowinsta
Graphic and detailed violence
Murder/death
Blood and gore
Knife play
Stalking
praise kink
slight BDSM/Kink
Obsessive thoughts and actions
Hea
Epilogue
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July 20, 2025
Self note:

Yeah, the first book didn’t even end well and had tons of OWD, so no thanks.🫩 And in this upcoming book, there’ll probably be plenty of OWD too—since the FMC is the stalker, she even watched him sleep with OW, and Lukyan is a big manhoe🙄 I’ll definitely be avoiding this one.
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292 reviews25 followers
November 6, 2025
Binged this in a day!! No notes. Pure perfection. My favorite dark romance series 🥹 I already miss these characters so much!! I could have easily read a few hundred more pages and I have my fingers crossed we will be getting more content!! 🤞🏻

I love Lukyan and Lyla! They match each others crazy perfectly and I love the way they understand each other. I just don't have any other word than OBSESSED. This was so good, I can't.
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882 reviews24 followers
November 7, 2025
If I could give this book 10 stars, I would. What an absolute masterpiece by T.J. Maguire.

I smashed this out in one sitting as I couldn't put it down but I also didn't want it to end. I could've happily read another 500 pages of these two and the whole gang.

This was the perfect couple to close out such a phenomenal series. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — this is hands-down the best Mafia series I have ever read. And trust me, that’s saying something… I’ve devoured nearly 2,000 books in the past four years, and nothing compares to the world T.J. has built here.

The family dynamic between the siblings, the fierce, unapologetically strong badass FMCs, the completely obsessed MMCs, the tension, the drama, the emotional chaos — it all comes together so perfectly.

Lyla owns my heart. I will defend her, right or wrong, till the end of time. I adored her from the moment we learned about Lukyan’s “stalker.” Getting to truly know her — her past, her resilience, her devotion — made me love her even more. And when my theory about her surname turned out to be right? Let’s just say I had a very smug little moment.

Then there’s Lukyan… my sweet, big-hearted Lukyan. His need for his family to see him — to recognize his worth — broke me. I cried for him and his heartache.

And that FemDom x Sub dynamic between them? Absolutely delicious. I was giggling, kicking my feet, and screaming into my pillow like a teenager in love.

Speaking of screaming — when the truth about Lukyan came out in the final chapter, I lost it. Full-on, hands-over-mouth, eyes-wide, GASPING moment. T.J. Maguire, I love you and your genius little mind for that ending.

I’m already planning a full reread, just to experience everything again now that I know the true narrative.

This series was pure perfection from start to finish. Seeing the whole gang together again — the couples still disgustingly in love (as they should be!) — made my heart so full. And those bonus Dimitri POVs? Absolute chef’s kiss.

T.J. Maguire, thank you for giving us this world, these characters, and this journey. It’s one I’ll never forget.
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74 reviews1 follower
November 13, 2025
That ending was OH MY GOD. PHENOMENAL!
I didn’t want it to end — I need like 10 more books from this series! 🥹🥹🥹
The second book with Aleksandr and Drea is still my number one, but this final one made me feel so good the entire time I was reading it.
It was just perfect.
Lukyan and Lyla — absolutely perfect. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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38 reviews
November 6, 2025
I LOVED the 4 other books... but this one, I was dissapointed, i was not feeling the story
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224 reviews19 followers
November 15, 2025
I’d give it 3 stars, mainly for the effort put into the wild, chaotic nature of the characters, but overall the book just didn’t live up to the rest of the series. It didn’t impress me, I didn’t feel the love between the characters, just mild obsession. I know the last chapter changed a lot given the rating but still, Disappointed.
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69 reviews5 followers
November 11, 2025
was not disappointed at all.
definitely gonna sob because im not ready for this goodbye.
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199 reviews7 followers
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July 31, 2025
I had the INCREDIBLE HONOR to beta read this book and so I'm leaving it unrated.

I am so sad that this series is ending but TJ wraps this series up nicely! I feel like this story is in a different league to the other 4 just because of the Nature of the main characters. I think it was brilliant to leave Lukyan till last & the spicy scenes in this book are 🤤🤤🤤

This book almost had me in tears, but also cackling and moister than an oyster.

Absolutely Banger, TJ can do no wrong 🙌
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20 reviews3 followers
November 9, 2025
HE’S SUBMISSIIIIIVVVEEEE TJ SAID SO YEEESSSS 😩😩😩❤️❤️❤️


Update: I loved this sooo much and that plot twist???? Did NAWT expect that wow 😭😭
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309 reviews17 followers
November 10, 2025
Bratva Tehdidi aka BANA BÖYLE ŞEYLERLE GELİN!!🌟🌟🌟🌟

Lukyana (26?) Bratva ailesinin şebeği, her şeyi dalgaya vurur, herkes tarafından küçümsenir ama onun bununla bir problemi yok, kendini mafyada böyle konumlandırmış.. Bir gün bir takipçisi olduğunu farkeder ve olaylar gelişir. Başım sağa sola döne döne nerdeyse hiç ara vermeden bir oturusta okuttu kendini.

Lyla (23) Aşık, hem de çok.. Kendini hep gizlese de Lukyana ile beraber olmak için uzun bir oyun oynuyor 😄

Serinin son kitabından başladığım için hiç de pişman değilim, her çiftin kendi mutlu sonu olduğundan beni çok zorlamadı. Karakterlerin aile dinamikleri çok güzeldi, birbirlerine laf sokmaları olduğu kadar birlik halinde olmaları.. Kesinlikle bundan sonra şuna uçacağım Bratva Butcher

Spoiler vermeden daha fazla konuşmak mümkün değil, şu kadar söyleyim mafya romans kalıplarını kıran ve tersine çeviren “THE KİTAP”
Yazardan daha once de okumamıştım ama en sonunda her şeyi güzel toparladı.

Bu çift tam olarak al birini vur ötekine ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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42 reviews
December 11, 2025
Ooh yes,definitely one of the best mafia series I've ever read..the plot, the romance, the dynamics of the entire Volkov family and their beloveds..it was everything! I can't believe this series is over, but what an ending it was.. Lukyan and Lyla🩷just perfect🥹
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675 reviews95 followers
November 18, 2025
This was the best book out of this series and could have been a 4 star if it weren’t for the “plot twist” at the end. I don’t know why authors think it’s a “plot twist” when they just say “jk reading his pov this entire time was a lie these are his actual thoughts” uh no, that’s a plot hole. If you’re reading someone’s pov you should know the truth in what they’re thinking. People don’t lie to themselves in their mind lol

I understand it was done to make it seem less Stockholm syndrome but it’s a mafia book, no one cares about Stockholm syndrome.

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258 reviews9 followers
November 9, 2025
Because we were connected in a way no one else could understand. We were soulmates.
And we would be together. Or die together.


➽───── ˚˖𓍢ִ໋🔪͙֒✧˚.🔫: ❇️💌 ──────❥

𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗟... 𝗜 𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦...𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.

𝗪𝗧𝗙 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗝 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲??? !!! 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹... 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿.


➽───── ˚˖𓍢ִ໋🔪͙֒✧˚.🔫: ❇️💌 ──────❥

I can’t wait to go back and read these again start to finish. Nothing but love for these novels. It’s been a journey- and I still stand by my opinion that this is one of the 𝙱𝙴𝚂𝚃 𝙼𝙰𝙵𝙸𝙰 𝚂𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴𝚂 𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁.

𝖥𝖨𝖵𝖤 𝖲𝖳𝖠𝖱𝖲 𝖥𝖮𝖱 𝖳𝖧𝖨𝖲 𝖮𝖭𝖤
★★★★★

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝗼𝗼𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝗼𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭.
𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝗼𝐯𝐞𝐫; 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝗼 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧. 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭.

➽───── ˚˖𓍢ִ໋🔪͙֒✧˚.🔫: ❇️💌 ──────❥

Lukyan and Lyla = big love

• The end of the Bratva series. 😭😭😭


•••••
Her hand caressed the side of my face lovingly. “Good boy,” she whispered. I melted under her praise.
••••



★•*´¨`*•★• Happy reading ┊┊┊┊ ➶ ❁۪
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99 reviews7 followers
November 18, 2025
She’s his stalker, he’s a mafia prince . She’s so goddamn crazy but he ? He’s crazier. Lyla and lukyan , my babiesssss 😭
They are so insane like out of this world insane 😭 i could’ve sworn they’re psychopaths but i love meeee a crazy couple 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭
The stalking, the plot, the tension, the yearning ,the craziness, the smutttttttttt omggggggg it reminded me of “ fifty shades of grey “ but the roles were reversed, IKYK what i mean. 🤭
Honestly i wanted more of them and the book went on so fast 😭
“Every part of me yearns for you. My heart. My soul. My light. It’s yours. It’s all yours. Forever until the day we die, and beyond that.”
-My bratva series ranking- ( from fav to least fav )
1- Bratva knight ( nik and Tat are superior)
2- Bratva butcher
3- Bratva prince
4- Bratva menace
5- Bratva bride
The series as whole is a 5 stars 🌟 series for sureeeeeee❤️
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