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Bloody hell! This book is really good! Ive read some of these two authors books and this one like them didntdisappoint me! Loved Camilla! I cant say she was smart because having death wish isnt my thing but she was strong to the extent that I cant describe but she did what she must do to survive! These two characters arent your perct ones, on the conterary theyre far from it but they are perfect for each other.
Camilla is so fearless even the death couldnt scare her, Which is why she's special to Ronan, Someone who pushes him to the edge constantly, someone whos not scared of him and instead, challenges him, she is unpredictable and shes something that Ronan has never seen before, she is a queen, a ruthless queen, Its not a love story, its Dark, But they have their moments, just in their bloody way!
Told in dual POV,st person, Its the first installment in the "Bad Dirty Power" series and it ends with a huge cliffhanger, Overall, I loved it and hope you enjoy it as well! I love the premise of this dark mafia read, The h and H both strong and intense, Camilla is a cartel queen and acts on emotions, Her love of fire leads to some interesting mafia violence, Ronan is all about control, In his methods of punishment and to take over her cartel and gain power from everyone,
The plot and writing is good I just expected more chemistry and banter between the main characters, Some of it became repetitive,
Overall a good mafia story,
Contemporary dark mafia, Dual POV. Triggers. Cliffhanger. It is a duet. Nei dark romance se cè una cosa che mi fa impazzire sono le coppie fuori di testa e Ronan e Camilla sono spietatamente folli,
Ronan a soli diciotto anni uccide suo padre, senza scrupoli, per affari e diventa il capo della Bratva, Droga, armi e omicidi sono il pane quotidiano dei suoi affari Presidenti, Giapponesi, FBI sono coloro con cui detiene questi affari e che lo temono,
“Some man command power while other simply are power, This man wears it like a second skin, an impenetrable suit of armor”
Chi invece sembra non temerlo è Camilla, A capo del cartello Juáreze ha imparato sin da bambina i sacrifici e le difficoltà da superare per il tipo di vita che conduce la sua famiglia.
Crudele, determina e temeraria non ha paura della morte e dei possibili rivali,
“Camilla is fire in every essence, Most people fear fire, but she has become it, Her beauty is in her destruction, rampant and hot, ”
Ronan è un maniaco del controllo, studia complotta e aspetta anni per vede un suo piano compiersi, Lo stoicismo e la freddezza sono le sue virtù e ciò che più fa imbestialire Camilla,
Con ogni modo stuzzica e seduce Ronan, per vederlo reagire e perdere il controllo ma sembra proprio non riuscirci,
Tra i due è una continua lotta al potere, nonostante Camilla sia prigioniera di Ronan non mostra paura e si ribella,
Desidera la depravazione di Ronan e lui la sua, amanti del fuoco e del sangue la loro spietatezza si mostra negli atti più sanguinolenti,
Con le loro ossessioni si attraggono e completano perfettamente ma lodio e la voglia di rivalsa non permettono la nascita di un sentimento più profondo,
Non ci sono sentimentalismi ma potente e carnale passione, un tratto che ho apprezzato perché non ha snaturato i protagonisti,
“Ronan Cole is a destroyer, and I want him to ruin me, but I want to be his mutual destruction, Our little game of power is nothing more than a battle of wills, and Im not sure if Im winning or losing, ” Bad is my first read by the author duo, Stevie J, Cole and LP Lovell. I had no idea what to expect from their writing, but this cover called to me! I needed to know just how bad that man was and all the dark and dirty things he was going to inevitably do! I love the naughty ones, and Ronan Cole is very naughty!
A bad boy/bad girl romance is everything I want and rarely get! I haven't read a good one in a while, and when I realized that Ronan's captive was as crazy and evil as he was, I was damn near giddy! In most dark romances I read, someone always has to be noble and good hearted.
Boo! There is nothing I love more than a big, bad, alpha, asshole hero! Add in an equally strong, malevolent heroine, and you have perfection according to me!
Ronan is a ruthless criminal and businessman that everyone fears.
. . everyone except his new captive, Camilla Estrada, A Bratva king and Cartel queen, they are both volatile, unhinged, and morally challenged individuals hungry for power and thirsty for blood, Buried underneath their mutual hatred for each other is respect along with intense and insatiable lust, They are a match made in hell with their biggest difference being that she doesn't have control over her rage, and he refuses to lose control of his.
To say the situation gets complicated and confusing to them both real quick would be a bit of an understatement,
From the beginning, I wanted nothing more than for Ronan and Camilla to cut the bullshit and just be together, but it's not so simple.
Neither of them can trust the other, and both of them know if they let their guard down for even a moment, they could potentially meet a premature demise.
How can you love someone that wants to kill you Better yet, how can you love someone you want to kill
Ronan and Camilla feed off each other's depravity, and I loved every minute of it! The tension between them was ever present, and it made the moments they interracted that much more electric! I could feel the push and pull of power flow between them, and by the end, I was as drunk off of it as they were!
Bad by Stevie J.
Cole and LP Lovell is dark, depraved, and beautifully bloody, I enjoyed all of the insanity and the violence just as much as the steam, Call me a sick bitch, but I couldn't get enough! The reason I wasn't able to rate this higher is despite how much I enjoyed it, something was off in the writing especially in the first half of the book.
I can't quite put my finger on it, but some pieces of the story were just too much and didn't flow naturally the way they should have.
It really bothered me, because I loved most everything else about it,
Just to warn you, this ends on one hell of a cliffhanger, I'm letting you know, because I don't want you blaming me when you get to the end, The last line of the book is, "The End, Please don't stab us, lt" That should give you a pretty good idea of what you're getting into, I don't mind the ending, because I'm relatively certain I know what the outcome will be, Either way, you've been warned! I recommend this one to fans of dark romance and to readers who want to tiptoe into the dark for the first time!
ARC generously provided in exchange for an honest review.
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