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By Sin I Rise: Part One by Cora Reilly

kturuc's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

kirsten_bookrants's review against another edition

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4.0

Out of all the Sins of the Father books, I think Luca is the only one that really "paid" for his sins. Because the only reason Marcella was kidnapped was because Luca killed Maddox's father. And now that they are together Luca has a constant reminder of those events. And Marcella was actually injured physically and mentally. While she didn't lose her family, she did have to rebuild a new image (her sense of self).

When I read this book for the first time, I immediately loved that Cora connected Bound by Love to this one. Because after Luca's rampage the storyline was just dropped, but it shows what a genius Cora is.

Similar to Remo and Fina, her wanting to sleep with Maddox was borderline born out of manipulation. However at least Remo gave Fina the decency to have her first time in a bed

stephanievc's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

ceesii's review against another edition

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4.0

liked both characters
ended on a cliff hanger though

tay265's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

emenibz's review against another edition

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2.0

For me this is just another disappointment after Savio's, Sofia's and Adamo's books.
And yes as long as Cora Reilly writes anything related to this mafia world I'll be reading it because I guess I'm forever hooked.
On a more brighter side I'm back to reading after a 6 month reading slump that's why I'm adding a second star.

alwaysbereadin's review against another edition

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4.0

I was so excited to get approved of an ARC of this but I wasn't aware before starting this that this was part 1 of a duet. That may put some people off, especially because as of this time I'm not sure when part two is coming out. But that aside I was really excited to be back with The Family despite my own tumultuous relationship with the Marcella's mother. Now you might think I'm ragging on this book and I'm not. Far from it. I enjoyed it a whole lot. I really am looking forward to getting more of the connection between Marcella and Maddox and I wanna know how they can get past everything they've been through. Marcella is exactly the kind of Mafia princess I expected her to be as the daughter of Aria and Luca and Maddox really was a surprise. I can't wait to see where this goes. I volunteered to read and review an early copy of this. All opinions are my own.

janet22's review against another edition

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4.0

I need the second one

So far it was decent. Not my favorite but it was ok. Loved more the first series of course but I am exiting for the next books to come.

dellyreads's review against another edition

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4.0

Really good

I really enjoyed this. I was so excited to dive backninto cora's mafia world with the next generation. This combins 2 of my favourite things mafia and MC Clubs! It was refreshing to get so much of the biker world. Marcella i loved ger growth in this book she went from weak and spoilt to strong,and a total badass! Maddox i liked him he was so fueled by hate and revenge its was enjoyable seeing marcella bring out a softer side
Luca will always be my main squeeze so to get some kire of him made mg heart so happy.
I cant wait for book 2 to see what happens

nettabarak's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

4.0