Expectation's a BITCH. After all the praises I've seen about this book, my expectations were ginormous and that's never a good thing. I enjoyed the book, but I didn't love it. She shook her head in disbelief, and I guessed it was odd for the daughter of a mob boss to care about the legalities of the government.

But what I saw in his eyes terrified me more than anything had ever in the past. My eyes widened, and I suddenly felt a gut-wrenching terror when I realized that he wasn’t looking at me. The story was so well written and although it was a slow burn the sexual chemistry between the hero and heroine was blazing hot. I can’t wait to dive into more books by this amazing author. I still don’t have the proper words to explain why I love NicoElena sm but maybe on my third reread you’ll get a proper review?? I'm going to ruin every part of your body for any other man, malyshka, and you're going to thank me when I'm done." The love I have for Gianna is out of this world. She's my darling, my sweetheart, my love, my baby and my little star. Christian and I do not have a lot of things in common, but ONE thing and perhaps the most important thing is that we're both crazy obsessed with Gianna. 💫Look I really like male characters who gave birth to the "touch her and you'd die" trope but this is an actual threat he made. And he was just his sister's fiance at that time. He said this because ofc he could. I loved how he loved her. God, did I love the way he loved all of her, the good, the bad and the ugly. He never, not once, tries to change her, to make her something she's not. He accepts, wants, loves and cherishes all of her. In annoyance at the entire situation, my eyes had narrowed slightly before glancing at my future brother-in-law, only to find he was already looking at me. That was how the glaring occurred—an accident, you see. But I could hardly convey that to the man, and if I had smiled it would’ve come off condescending, so I just . . . went with the glare and hoped it wouldn’t get me killed. I stared at the TV in the corner of the kitchen, hardly processing the newscaster’s voice, but when murder passed her ruby red lips, the word resounded in my mind. My throat tightened as I twisted the ring on my middle finger.

Y'all, this book made my heart race. There was so much drama here, and so much unpredictability, uff *chef's kiss* My heartbeats collided with a crash. Why had my name rolled off his tongue like he was more than familiar with it?ETA : after long conversations about Christian & Gianna, which truly breathed life into us, the Queen Phuong and myself came to this conclusion : After her glare at church, I’d taken it upon myself to find out why she was unfit for marriage. Turns out the Sweet Abelli ran away, got sweet with some man. Elena is one of my favourite fmcs ever. I loveeee her sfm. She’s adorable, witty, softhearted but guarded, has manners but throws them out the window whenever Nico enters the chat. She finds him safe enough to not analyse her words her actions and allows herself to just live in the moment with him. That’s the thing I love the most, it’s that she basically uses him as a punching bag lmao. But dw Nico doesn’t let anything slide when it comes to her and her assumptions kagdjfhdjdhkdhdkdhdk 💃🚂