I liked this book, and the overall story is interesting and not difficult to read, especially as a dark romance book. I liked seeing Valentina become a stronger character, but for a while it seemed disjointed because she was behaving, speaking and thinking in a more childish mindset. I will say that seemed to change more realistically after spending time in Nico’s workshop.
I feel like this one is written better than the first book, which I read through KU, and it had a lot of typos and out of place words and I am happy to see that this book does not have that problem. At least not much, but I have to make note here that the spelling of Matteo changed back and forth randomly with Mateo, and while 1 t isn’t a huge difference, for me it was distracting.
All-in-all, I’m very interested in reading the next book, and I am really hoping Valentina learns how to fight, because if she’s as good with a gun as I think she will be, and Nico teaches her how to use blades properly, then by adding in the physical fighting aspect she would be unstoppable.
Even without that, I’m still on board for whatever comes next.
5 ⭐️s= Perfect story, exciting, engrossing, well developed complex characters, solid plot with few to no holes, descriptive environments and place settings, great mystery elements, realistic dialogue, believable reactions and behaviors, loved this story so much I’d buy it.
4 ⭐️s= Great story, highly entertaining and enjoyable, exciting storyline, well developed characters and settings, a few discrepancies but nothing that can’t be overlooked. Believable actions and reactions, realistic dialogue, a book I would consider buying.
3 ⭐️s= Good but not great story, noticeable discrepancies, grammatical and or spelling errors, undeveloped characters or unbelievable behaviors but still readable. Nothing majorly wrong with the story, just not interesting enough for me to continue. Would not buy the book.
2 ⭐️s= Not offended by the story, but not interested enough to finish. Unbelievable characters, poor writing, many mistakes, big holes or discrepancies, many spelling or grammatical errors, characters not believable, unlikeable or TSTL.
1 ⭐️= Offensive, extremely poor writing, horrible characters, victimization, gaslighting, blatant abuse, unnecessary violence, child endangerment, or any other highly objectionable behaviors by Main characters. Would never buy this book, and do not recommend it to anyone.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.