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Sovereign by Jane Henry

3 reviews

sami_leigh's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

“I’ll make an example of any of his men who even thinks of breathing the same air you do.”

“I would have razed the earth to clean a path to you and make you mine.” 

🖤 First person dual POV
🖤 First in a series that can be read as stand alone
🖤 Mafia billionaire / Hacker on the run 
🖤 Forced marriage (of convenience)
🖤 Controlling MMC / Strong-willed FMC
🖤 Possessive/ protective MMC
🖤 ‘Touch her and you 💀’ vibes
🖤 Spicey 🔥 — dom/sub, pleasure/pain, explicitly taking away consent — fits the genre, not my cup of ☕️ 
🖤 He falls first, HARD
🖤 Well established secondary characters: Aleksandr (Book 2), Nikko (Book 3), Viktor (Book 4), Lev (Book 5), Polina, Ekaterina.
🖤 Epilogue

⚠️ Violence (explicit), death (explicit), kidnapping (explicit), pregnancy (explicit), torture (explicit), toxic relationship. 
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culzean's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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madlereads's review against another edition

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dark funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No

3.75

🔫 Bratva romance
💒 forced/marriage of convenience 
🪢 he kidnaps her
👩‍💻 hacker FMC

Really fun and fairly lighthearted for a mafia book. He does kidnap her and is overbearing, but the book was more fluffy/cheesy to me than dark. (Keep in mind it still is a mafia romance so they will do dark things outside of the main relationship)

Aria is a skilled hacker and finds herself in deep shit (oh no Mikhail, I cursed 😏) when she ventures a little too far and unearths some deep dark secrets of criminal orgs and the organization that are supposedly the "good guys". She goes on the run but her best option is to get protection from an even badder guy, the Pakhan of the Romanov family. Perfect timing too since Mikhail Romanov, the new Pakhan, needs a wife to officially succeed the family empire.

I had a lot of fun with this one! Aria is a fun witty heroine who can't keep to stay still and best of all, has a rebellious streak. That clashes with Mikhail's need for absolute obedience from everyone in his family. 🤭 there were a few unhingedly funny moments too that'll stick with me
like their bloody wedding day that Mikhail found super romantic 🤣
also Mikhail's overprotective streak was hilarious yet also really sweet. 🥺

Though I had my fun with this book, I wouldn't say it'll stick out to me. There were a few things missing that would've made it better.
  • Emotional connection: I think we were missing getting to experience Mikhail and Aria build their love on page. We were mostly told after the first part. So I wasn't quite convinced they were in love. They're cute though but I needed more depth to their romance.
  • The final boss/climax conclusion of the story was a bit of a letdown despite all the crazy action the characters went through.
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