Erin Under_Covers_Smut_Lover's Reviews > Tore Up

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Spice: 🌶🌶🌶

Such a different twist to this Mafia series Abbi Glines writes. I didn't know where this story was going at the beginning. When you read the family tree, then the first chapter, you'll see why I was confused. This story isn't like normal. It will leave you heartbroken after the first chapter. So get ready for that. Plus, you get a new branch in this Southern Mafia. We're going to Mississippi now. The head of this branch is Levi's dad, Linc, and we get to see him throughout this book.

Tropes:
- Southern Mafia Romance
- Cowboy
- Surprise Pregnancy
- Grumpy/Sunshine
- Bad Boy/Good Girl
- Found Family
- Somnophilia
- Dead Brother's Pregnant Girl
- Revenge
- Forbidden Love
- Forced Proximity

This book had me feeling so many different emotions. First, it was confusion, then heartbreak. That led to anger and more sadness. Then I felt like this girl, Halo, was being wronged on so many levels. So many wrong things happened to this girl in this book that I was outraged. Even the spicy times that were hot, they all felt wrong on her behalf.

I also felt like something else should have happened, especially with Saylor in this book. Like, she should have done something wrong to Halo, or they should have at least met. With all that, she was mentioned, but that's the beauty in Abbi's stories. Saylor may be another book in the future.

This book also wasn't as spicy as Abbi's books normally are. Yes, in the sense of the things that were happening to Halo and Bane while she was asleep. But once they actually came together, you only got 1 time with them. There were a lot of angst between the two, but Bane really was an a-hole towards her. The outrage in how he treated her when she was awake. I swear these men in her book are stubborn, lol.

I received this as an ARC from Wordsmith Publicity. I would definitely recommend reading this book.