I listened to it on audio during a road trip and despite figuring out who the bad guy was and having an inkling of what he'd done pretty much from the second he was introduced, I still really enjoyed it. The only thing I'm still confused about is why Aidan felt the need to stay away from her after hanging up the sheet. With my mother’s medical bills piling up and no other way to pay for her care, I did a stupid thing. I borrowed money from a ruthless criminal whose name I don’t even know. So at the beginning of the book, the descriptive aspect of the story is good. But halfway through the story it feels like they aren’t pulling you into the story, just telling what’s going on. Then at the end this happened and then another kind of story happened. The only problem is, Lachlan won’t be an easy mark. He’s a king of ice, ruling his mafia syndicate from atop a throne of blood. This awful thing that Aiden did to Rose when they were in HS, is eventually explained and yay he’s a hero, but he easily could’ve repaired their relationship after the fact? Why not just tell her why he did it? Why not eventually go after her? He claims to have loved her but like…why didn’t he try to fix it? He says he was a stupid kid and that reeks of a cop out.

This book had a lot of potential. There was so much that could’ve been that didn’t happen like I wouldn’t have been so complacent about the whole marriage situation and fought against it. But Rose just went along instead of showing real anger and she didn’t ask at all why Aiden was doing this and why he hurt her in the past before getting into the marriage.

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Oh gosh … I assumed he humiliated her bc of their family but bc of Dimitri ?! That was quite an unexpected turn ahaha They do not love eachother. Maybe with the idea of eachother from before (would’ve loved insight on that) but they literally just use eachother as sexual vices. Premise had potential but wasn’t executed well. The book was 95% smut. Willlow seems like a much more intriguing heroine than Rose (dumb girl) The whole thing with Aidens dad was so obviously a setup. Not really a plot hole but like…these are big bad mafia men. They should’ve known. Savage Prince actually had a fairly interesting plot, but this book just didn't deliver it to its fullest potential, unfortunately. It was both very rushed but also far too long in it's delivery. Perhaps if at least 5 spicy scenes were cut and plot was actually written, it would have felt worth it. I know he only wants me for the mafia empire I inherited from my first husband. I know our marriage will be a lie.

Although the story is set in the present day, our two main characters didn’t just meet. Aiden and Rose have known each other since high school where they became each other’s firsts; first loves, first lovers, first heartbreaks and betrayals. Being that they are both in families heavily involved the mafia, they both understand what’s at stake years later when Rose is forced to marry Aiden. As much as they try to fight the attraction that never went away even after such brutal betrayals, they can’t. But the real question is, is their love strong enough to get to the bottom of the betrayals and allow them to heal before the floor gets ripped from under then with additional threats looming close by? Tropes - arranged marriage, mafia, second chance, friends to enemies to lovers, dark(ish), forced proximity, possessive MMC, erotica He’s acc a hypocrite. He has a problem with Dimitri ‘breaking’ Willow but wants to do the same with Rose?? Stfu Seducing him is supposed to be a ruse, a chance to get close enough to take him out, but the moment our lips meet, I realize a terrifying truth. The FMC was literally only concerned with the MMC. The MMC had other things going on in his life like the mafia and his brothers and his mom, but the FMC was barely concerned about her father or a job or anything. All her inner monologue was about him.

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Savage Prince by Sophie Winters is a novel that will make your day. In this novel, the author entertains the readers with a classy and fabulous story. All the characters are well-connected that provide a fantastic imaginary story. The introduction of new characters deepens the world. Enriching the story, filling it with a complex structure. The plot expands, growing seamlessly from book one without leaving unfinished business. Short Details As the daughter of a ruthless mafia don, I’ve been treated as a pawn all my life. So when the man my father married me off to is killed, I see a chance for freedom, and I take it.

For two characters who seemingly hate one another, it sure did not seem like it. I would have liked more development on this angst but they both just dropped their issues with one another after they saw each other naked. He did a shitty thing to her (no matter how the author justified it), and he hated her family for a murder. Also Rose never even questioned Aidan why his family hated her father/her family so much? Wouldn't this be the first thing you do when the man you're being forced to marry suddenly has a soft spot for you? Idk, I'd like to know.Overall, romance is A++. Chemistry is A++. Story is A+++. Answering questions that you'll have readers asking? C. so is there a limit to how much spice a book can have without it just being repetitive and boring? yes, yes there is and this book was it. Killing Dmitri was so obviously justified. They built it up to be this big bad thing because the Assembly didn’t take their side, but then Dmitri immediately goes off and drugs and kidnaps one of their wives. How would that not have been justified? It isn’t even mentioned to them after the fact? HOW. WHY. Are womens lives valued so little. I couldn’t wrap my head around this. He was literally going to kill her. I should be afraid of him… and yet, as I infiltrate his strip club to try to get close to him, I can’t help the way his dominating presence makes my heart beat faster.