Enjoy Cross My Heart Engineered By Shanjida Nusrath Ali Listed As Softcover
writing style that was riddled with inadequate grammar,
The writing style of the author in this book was completely atrocious, Basic grammar and sentence structures were not present as a consequence, the overall flow of the story arc is portrayed to be rather inadequate and juvenile in all forms.
Dark/psychological romance books are fabricated to entice and captivate the reader challenging their mindset on the ambiguity of morals and what is appropriate in society.
Alas the only emotions that the author evokes from this story is that of utter disgust not of the content of the concept of the story as you would imagine but rather of the sentence structures, world building, characterisation also how emotions and actions are described within Cross my heart.
Do not waste your time or money on this vile tome of words, It masquerades as a book but the truth is that is all a deception it is not worthy to be even regarded as a book as it does not even have embedded within it a string of coherent sentences.
Honestly I wonder if Cross my heart was even edited because any editor worth their salt would have scrapped it and make serious/drastic revisions.
star reads
This is my first book of Shanjida Nusrath Ali loved her style of writing, This book was raw and intense revolving around revenge, betrayal, lies, deceit and heartbreak, The transition between past and present was just great, The story starts from little Thea and Lucifer becoming friends, And as they grow up the darkness around them ends up destroying their life, Thea is strong at the same vulnerable character, I want to hate Lucifer but cant bring myself to do it as both of them are the outcomes of their situation and forced choices.
It was a heart wrenching read, By the time I ended the book I was a crying mess, But all the more loved it to the core, Be warned This is not usual romance, “Wow! To be honest is the first word that pops in my mind, Cross My Heart had my fheart from the very beginning, Theia and Lucifer were fascinating characters that gave me all the emotions,
Theia, my heart broke for her, She was a really strong character because after everything she went through so sad, Lucifer, Lucifer, Lucifer loving him was so easy but heating him was harder, He has a special place in my heart and will stay there for a long time,
A beautifully written mafia romance that was dark, intense and steamy, The ending was unexpected. I was like cant believe this is the end but I loved it, Such a great read!” IT IS AMAZING, CROSS MY HEART YOU WONT REGRET,
This was my first time reading a book by Shanjida and it most definitely wont be my last, Cross my heart was filled with soo much, Lucifer was unlike any man I have ever met, He was both the superhero and the bad guy, I will forever love the way he loved Theia, And the way Theia protected him without him even being aware, They protected each other in secrecy because they didnt want each other to worry,
With the words “cross my heart” never being forgotten,
I wouldrecommend this book!
This book was unlike anything I have ever read, Ive read a couple of Mafia books but nothing compared to this.
There was long term history between these two, And the the little twists had me screaming, There were times where I would full on cryand the end where I would be annoyed, and times where I just wanted to melt into a puddle by how loving they were,The steamy scenes got me.
Shanjida this is such an amazing book, I cant wait to read more of your books, What a book!
Shanjida always manages to bring my deepest darkest fantasys to life in her novels, Especially with the mafia romance,
Ive never cried, smiled and swooned more over a book in my life, She manages to write a book Ive never read before in the mafia trope,
Fresh, exciting and damn sexy, Like the sex!! Oh my gosh Lucifer and Theia ahhh,
Lucifer is so broken after his past with theia but through every step of their journey he continuously tries to redeem himself and prove his lover for her.
Ive never read a more beautiful and heartbreaking story in my life,reccomend this book if you love dark romance, mafia and a gorgeous couple thatll make you swoon, Phenomenal heartbreaking story!
“Love turns the purest souls into dark demons, ”
WOW! What a phenomenal story! Its gritty, dark, twisted, intense and utterly heartbreaking, Lucifer and Theias story is not for the feint of heart, It is an emotional rollercoaster ride of pain, anger, hatred and revenge, Their story will rip your heart out and leave you absolutely gutted, I went through all the emotions, love, hate, anger, fear, loathing and then some, Lucifer and Theias story is a bittersweet love story but fraught with unbelievable pain,
“A moment that will forever be cherished,
A love that will never be forgotten,
A promise that will be kept till our last breath,
I will always be in love with you, angel, Cross my heart. ”
Theia and Lucifer have a very raw and real love/hate relationship, They both love passionately and feel so deeply for each other that when they hurt one another us readers feel their pain and anguish oozing off the pages.
The chemistry and steam these two had every time they were together was explosive leaving me shocked and utterly breathless begging for more.
This story is action packed, with shocking surprises, twists and turns that you wont see coming, and loaded with murder and mayhem to keep you completely captivated, enthralled and riveted to your seat from the very shocking beginning to the ultimate intense ending.
I absolutely loved this book, Shanjida Nusrath Ali has written something so phenomenal that I have no other words but to say BRAVO,
If you love dark romance, I highly recommend this book, You will definitely not be disappointed,
This is one of those books where its obvious that the author has a lot of talent, yet she unfortunately teamed up with an extremely negligent editor.
Normally while reading a book with this many typos, mistakes, punctuation errors, grammatical errors, extra words, missing words come out wrong words, etc.
, I would have quit reading very early on, However, the story itself was phenomenal! Unfortunately, this innovative, exciting story were buried beneath a mountain of distracting typos,
To list just a few examples, sometimes the story was told in the present tense, sometimes in past, Often both past and present were used in literally the same sentence! For example, “I parted them without hesitation, and he dives in.
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The words SYNONYM, LITERALLY, and the term SAFE HAVEN were used incorrectly SAFE HAVEN was referred to it as SAFE HEAVEN several times.
The typos were rampant, for example MAYBE for MAY BE, PEAK for PEEK, and FARTHUR was constantly used even when it should have been FARTHER.
There were even some made up terms that spellchecker shouldve caught such as UNAMENDABLE and SPITTED.
The punctuation was completely random, often with extra spaces added between a letter and the final punctuation mark for example ”rhythm , “ or the wrong punctuation mark was used such as a slash when it should have been a period.
Initially, I thought perhaps this book just needed a good proofreading, however, the gaps in the storyline and issues with the chronological order of the story proved otherwise.
For example, the ”attack” aspect of the storyline was incongruent, The character they awaited to attack them had already been chased down in a car chase
In my opinion there were waaaay too many music quotes, plus there were some scenes that needed better segues.
For example, in one scene, Lucifer was on the phone with Franco then all of a sudden hes yelling at the doctor
This author definitely has a great deal of talent, she just needs to hire a better editor to help take the amazing ideas out of her head and put them on paper more clearly.
Paired up with an excellent editor who is also a good proofreader, I am sure her books would bestar favorites of mine!!! She was his best friend and the love of his life.
But he thought she betrayed him by marrying someone else, As the secrets unfold, he comes to know that he was betrayed by everyone he thought he trusted,
The story is riveting, dark, intense and erotic, With each chapter, story keeps on switching from past to present revealing series of events that will come as a shock and surprise to its readers.
This book will stir a variety of emotions from its readers with its unexpected plot twists making the book unputdownable, It is highly recommended for readers who like this genre,
Personal Take:
This book made me so emotional, The ending was the one that I didn't expect, Some of the scenes are movie inspired which made me relate to the story, While reading this book, I felt like I am watching a Mafia movie OK, SO THIS WAS A DARK READ amp YOU KNOW I LOVE MY DARKNESS.
THIS BOOK WILL GIVE YOU SWEETNESS AND THROW YOU IN A DARK ROOM TO PLAY WITH MONSTERS,
THE STORY HAD A GREAT PLOT AND TOLD I DUAL POV GAVE INSIGHT TO BOTH THE MAIN CHARACTERS, THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN H amph COULD BE FELT FROM STARTING.
I REALLY ENJOYED THIS MAFIA ROMANCE, .
THE ANGST AND THE HEART ACHE REALLY UP THERE,
THIS BOOK CONTAINS SOME DARK TRIGGERS LIKE DOMESTIC ABUSE AND VIOLENCE.
. SO BE MINDFUL
NOW THE ONLY LITTLE DRAWBACK WAS MEE PERSONAL OPINION THE FORMATTING, ESP THEE PAST FLASHBACKS, IT WAS HARD TO READ ON KINDLE AANNDD THERE WERE SOME EDITING ERRORS WHICH CONTINUOUSLY INTERRUPTED MY READING FLOW,
OTHER THAN THAT, THIS MAFIA DARK ROMANCE IS ONEE YOU NEED TO READ AND OUT FOR THIS AUTHOR'S FUTURE WORKS!!
This was a fantastic read, very unconventional and one that in the end just broke my heart.
I think the ending, while it was an amazing twist, was not what Theia deserved,
This is a dark mafia romance that takes place in Rome and New York.
It's a story of betrayal and revenge, as two brothers rival for power and the same woman,
Theia has had a hard life for most of it, she has been manipulated and thought was doing what was right for her.
Their were so many twists and turns, thickening the plot when yet more was revealed about all the misunderstandings in Lucifer and Theia's lives.
The only downside, and the reason why it took me so long to finish this book, is the many, many spelling and grammatical errors.
It was so annoying that I was more engaged in looking for them instead
of the story, This is such a fantastic plot that I would have easily ratedif it were not for all these distractions,
Shanjida Nusrath Ali is an author that I definitely want to read more of, but I do hope her other books have gone through a thorough editing!.