Reviews

Sovereign by Jane Henry

Only show reviews with written explanations

jdemaere's review against another edition

4.0

I have to admit that I don’t always like mafia/bratva books, but I do like Jane Henry. I found myself engrossed in the book and reading it fast and furiously. It is a well written book and the characters are interesting and make you want to know more.

When Aria, a hacker, stumbles onto information that puts her in danger, she needs help. A friend points her in Mikhail Romanov’s direction. Mikhail is known to be brutal, and he now has been put in the position of leadership in the bratva. If anyone can help Aria, it should be him.

It’s about a real relationship, it’s very spicy, and well worth any reading time. Jane Henry knows just how to write to make us readers want to read, and want more. This is an excellent book and I recommend it highly.

mag0515's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

fr4n_m's review against another edition

Go to review page

fast-paced

3.5

gloryreadstoomuchh's review against another edition

Go to review page

3.0

This mafia book was quite interesting. The basic premise was that Aria had hacked into a server that had information on a lot of major corporations, politicians, and law enforcement. Six men appeared and barged into her house but she was able to get away with nothing but her computer to her “friends house”. Her friend advises her to go to the romanovs and ask for protection in return for her hacking skills. She goes and asks but he rejects the offer, but in the middle of the night comes to kidnap her.

I cant even lie everything about Mikhail was so hot like omg. This book had so many kinks, spanking, he basically said hes going to take his wife whenever he wants, no talking back, just amazing. She got there and they were married in 24 hours. Now I know this is an unpopular opinion but I hate dual pov mafia romance books. I genuinely dont care about what is going on in the mafia world, like i just want the mafia man. She even ends up pregnant and I was elated, I love a good pregnancy trope in mafia omg. Now we do find out later Mikhail payed her “friend” Tatiana to lead Aria to him and she was upset but got over it soon.

There were a lot of mafia-esque things that happened in this book (bombings, shootings, car hijacking, etc.) but will not be in this review because I regard the romance in mafia romances only haha. Overall pretty good mafia romance, just wish it had less mafia.

noesbookishthings's review against another edition

Go to review page

3.0

Not bad, but not great either.. There were a lot of repetitive scenes and phrases, something that would have shaken out with a good beta read and made a big difference. That and some confusing dialogue made reading it a bit too distracting. On top of that, I couldn't decide if I liked Aria or not, if she was cute and quirky or annoying. How quickly she "fell" for Mikhail was a bit unbelievable and abrupt. And there was basically zero character development on Mikhail's brothers. His sister was better developed, but inconsistent and I couldn't get a firm grasp of who she was.

christinao90's review

Go to review page

dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The parts of the book that were good were great, but the parts of the book that were bad were terrible. About 60% thru the story I got lost in the plot. A lot was happening and hard to keep up with. Overall, it’s was the mafia fixed I needed. Will I read the rest of the series probably not.