What a magnificent book. Friends to lovers is one of my favorite tropes. This book did it so much justice. From the very start, I was hooked. Ahhh Dante and his little lamb Delilah. 🤩
Delilah was a complex character. She was sweet, kind, innocent, and therefore placed on a pedestal by family. She grew up with Dante and crushed on him. After personal trauma she was too afraid to admit to anyone, she suffered depression and a desire to stay away from her life on a pedestal. This also meant running from Dante. When she finds herself in jail and Dante her savior, things get even more complicated. She tries desperately to resist his charms. This is a tricky trope here because it can easily make the girl seem flighty or silly or over the top if not done correctly. Delilah was done very well in my opinion. I could understand her hesitation because of her depression and past and her fears. It didn’t come across cheesy at all.
Dante was perfection. He was a beautiful mix of hard, harsh alpha male and tender, sweet lover. He loved Delilah and it hurt him deeply that she pushed him away and still tried to run from him. I LOVE that he refused to let her run on him again. He wasn’t harsh to her, but he did what he had to do to try and make it clear that he didn’t want to let her go. He did have moments where he struggled with the ruthless man he was and if he could make Delilah have him, but his heart won out every time. He was smitten. 😍 And his tattoo….goodness. This part was the only qualm of the story. I don’t know how she didn’t know for sure Dante was hers after she found his tattoo.
Between the complex trauma and the development of friends to lovers, I can’t say enough good about the book. Give it a chance!
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Thank you so much to Page & Vine and Shain Rose for sending over this ARC copy.The way this book looks so cute and innocent because of the cover, but it’s ANYTHING but innocent lol, chapter 20 is wild and I’m absolutely here for it. I’m such a fan of the older brother’s best friend trope so I ate this book up. I was swooning and giggling over Dante, tattooed, military, AND m*fia sign me up. I really enjoyed how Shain wrote about Deliah’s struggles, the writing is very realistic to those who struggle with m*scarriage and d*pression which is refreshing to see. This whole book is swoony worthy, with lots of spice, and a MMC who makes me giggle and kick my feet.This book contains topics of- M*scarriage, D*pression, V*olence, and overall feelings of *rief around m*scarriage. If those things aren’t something you want to read about right now, I suggest reading “Shattered Vows”.
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