Grinning Cat's Reviews > Crimson Ties

H/h- Alex and Amelia

POV- 1st person

Genre- Mafia Romance (Mafia and Bratva)

Heat- 🌋🌋🌋. They do the things and use the P word.

Series? Y

Safety- Y + HEA

Triggers- Language, explicit erotic content, and violence.

Tropes- Instalove, Romeo and Juliet, Do-Si-Do with the Mafioso, Secret Baby, He Ain’t Heavy- He’s My Bratva.

What I thought- I really liked the secondary characters. I liked Eva a lot and Vincent; I can’t wait to read their story. I also liked Nikolai and am very curious about his background. Alexei and Amelia are fine, but they are kind of run of the mill as far as a hero and heroine go.

Can we talk about… the zexytime scenes. Sometimes it was IKEA sex, i.e. it read like furniture assembly instructions. The scene in the alley was hawt though. And the word “member” was used. What is this, Sam’s Club? And I thought we stopped calling it a “member” in 1986.

I received an advance review copy for free and I am voluntarily leaving this honest review.