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Wrath (A Sinful Empire Duet, #5)
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bookshelves: alpha-male, dark-romance, dark-themes, dominant, dominant-alpha, duet, organised-crime, trigger-warnings
Aug 16, 2023
bookshelves: alpha-male, dark-romance, dark-themes, dominant, dominant-alpha, duet, organised-crime, trigger-warnings
Wrath picks up right where Pride left off and straight away, I feel thrown into pages of edge of my seat tension. Rafael is working with Lexie's father to ensure she gets to destination safely.
There's more than just the traffickers they need to worry about when they realise they have traitors in their midst.
I find this authors writing style a little different from the rest, which makes her stories that much more interesting. Rafael and his internal monologue, along with him answering himself, before he answers others, is rather amusing.
Both of these characters are stubborn and headstrong, neither of them thinking they'll change their ways anytime soon which means Lexie isn't willing to give Raffa a shot. For now, anyway.
I think Raffa acknowledging Lexie's research on the traffickers and not flat out dismissing her shows his willingness to at least concede at times.
Lexie's character is inspiring in a way. While she cares for Rafael, she doesn't let him dismiss her and her opinions and you can really see that he's making an effort. There was a turning point in their relationship, and it finally bought them to the same side. There has been a couple of overlapping storylines throughout this duet, and I was hoping we'd find out more about Valentina and how she's been coping. I was very curious as to how everything would play out and while I expected Raffa or one of his team to find out the information, it wasn't. Which then put Lexie in an impossible situation, and I didn't envy her at all.
Despite how hard it was, I felt she really handled things well and again never allowed Rafael to dismiss her. Raffa showed that he had truly changed here, and the author did really well at showing a somewhat softer side to Rafael while still being the growly boss he is.
I think this was important as well for both of his relationships, the one he has with Lexie and with his niece Valentina.
Things moved fairly quickly from here and had me white-knuckling my e-reader waiting to see how things would conclude. The author wrapped things up really well and you aren't left with any unanswered questions at all.
There was a nice balance of spice and action, and Rafael's dirty talk is enough to make your toes curl. This book is for anyone that loves a good organised crime/Mafia story with a Strong, Independent Heroine and a dirty talking possessive alpha hole.
A really well-done conclusion to this duet, thank you!
There's more than just the traffickers they need to worry about when they realise they have traitors in their midst.
I find this authors writing style a little different from the rest, which makes her stories that much more interesting. Rafael and his internal monologue, along with him answering himself, before he answers others, is rather amusing.
Both of these characters are stubborn and headstrong, neither of them thinking they'll change their ways anytime soon which means Lexie isn't willing to give Raffa a shot. For now, anyway.
I think Raffa acknowledging Lexie's research on the traffickers and not flat out dismissing her shows his willingness to at least concede at times.
Lexie's character is inspiring in a way. While she cares for Rafael, she doesn't let him dismiss her and her opinions and you can really see that he's making an effort. There was a turning point in their relationship, and it finally bought them to the same side. There has been a couple of overlapping storylines throughout this duet, and I was hoping we'd find out more about Valentina and how she's been coping. I was very curious as to how everything would play out and while I expected Raffa or one of his team to find out the information, it wasn't. Which then put Lexie in an impossible situation, and I didn't envy her at all.
Despite how hard it was, I felt she really handled things well and again never allowed Rafael to dismiss her. Raffa showed that he had truly changed here, and the author did really well at showing a somewhat softer side to Rafael while still being the growly boss he is.
I think this was important as well for both of his relationships, the one he has with Lexie and with his niece Valentina.
Things moved fairly quickly from here and had me white-knuckling my e-reader waiting to see how things would conclude. The author wrapped things up really well and you aren't left with any unanswered questions at all.
There was a nice balance of spice and action, and Rafael's dirty talk is enough to make your toes curl. This book is for anyone that loves a good organised crime/Mafia story with a Strong, Independent Heroine and a dirty talking possessive alpha hole.
A really well-done conclusion to this duet, thank you!
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Reading Progress
August 4, 2023
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Started Reading
August 4, 2023
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duet
August 4, 2023
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dominant-alpha
August 4, 2023
– Shelved as:
dominant
August 4, 2023
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dark-themes
August 4, 2023
– Shelved as:
dark-romance
August 4, 2023
– Shelved as:
alpha-male
August 4, 2023
– Shelved
August 4, 2023
– Shelved as:
organised-crime
August 4, 2023
– Shelved as:
trigger-warnings
August 8, 2023
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Finished Reading