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A review by samikeena
By Sin I Rise: Part One by Cora Reilly
4.0
-4 stars?-
This is a hard book to review… I really love Cora Reilly’s mafia books and being brought back into this world when I open her books just makes me feel so good and happy.
Let’s start with the good things because I still enjoyed this book and recommend it.
Maddox (Mad Dog? This nickname is brought up but we don’t have any attachment to it really) is in love with Marcella from the beginning to the end of this book. It’s comforting to know you can rely on no readers hearts being hurt throughout.
Marcella She is Gianna reincarnated. She’s bold, sassy and will always go her own way. She briefly wants to “use” Maddox but there is also love at first sight and throughout.
I liked the characters and that their love didn’t really include any games or back and forth. They protected each other and are a cute couple. Amo is really enjoyable throughout this book and I’m extra looking forward to his story now!
Sorry, that review feels dull. I just don’t know what else to say, and it’s not because I think the book is bad it’s just disappointing and not what I expected.
Now allow me to share my dislikes, but I will remind you I still love all of the authors books and recommend them 100%.
This should have been an enemies to lovers story, but it was not. It was “hey your dad killed my family and now I want revenge. But I’m a softie so I changed my mind and you can take this leash and let me get that cream from you”. This book was very repetitive, I read the same thing so many times I had to confirm my kindle didn’t have a blip. This is very unusual in my opinion for a CR book. What is not unusual are the editing fails, which are few in this one but still there. When you add the editing misses, the repetitions, and the way these character are simply a swing and a miss it just makes me feel like the book was rushed or forcibly dragged out beyond what was necessary.
Marcella was extremely unlikeable! She is a spoiled little brat. Her acting proud, brave, sassy, and independent just doesn’t read right or should have been written differently. Maddox is supposed to bring some MC trope into the series but this doesn’t read as a MC book at all. He is not the tough and powerful character I was looking for, and should have been killed on site by Daddy Luca. His brother Gray is such a toddler (constant cringe reading “Earl Gray” ☕️ ), but Maddox isn’t much of an improvement.
I’M SORRY IF THIS REVIEW WAS HARD TO READ.
I stand by my 4 ⭐️ rating, and will continue on with the series. On to part 2 of this book.
This is a hard book to review… I really love Cora Reilly’s mafia books and being brought back into this world when I open her books just makes me feel so good and happy.
Let’s start with the good things because I still enjoyed this book and recommend it.
Maddox (Mad Dog? This nickname is brought up but we don’t have any attachment to it really) is in love with Marcella from the beginning to the end of this book. It’s comforting to know you can rely on no readers hearts being hurt throughout.
Marcella She is Gianna reincarnated. She’s bold, sassy and will always go her own way. She briefly wants to “use” Maddox but there is also love at first sight and throughout.
I liked the characters and that their love didn’t really include any games or back and forth. They protected each other and are a cute couple. Amo is really enjoyable throughout this book and I’m extra looking forward to his story now!
Sorry, that review feels dull. I just don’t know what else to say, and it’s not because I think the book is bad it’s just disappointing and not what I expected.
Now allow me to share my dislikes, but I will remind you I still love all of the authors books and recommend them 100%.
This should have been an enemies to lovers story, but it was not. It was “hey your dad killed my family and now I want revenge. But I’m a softie so I changed my mind and you can take this leash and let me get that cream from you”. This book was very repetitive, I read the same thing so many times I had to confirm my kindle didn’t have a blip. This is very unusual in my opinion for a CR book. What is not unusual are the editing fails, which are few in this one but still there. When you add the editing misses, the repetitions, and the way these character are simply a swing and a miss it just makes me feel like the book was rushed or forcibly dragged out beyond what was necessary.
Marcella was extremely unlikeable! She is a spoiled little brat. Her acting proud, brave, sassy, and independent just doesn’t read right or should have been written differently. Maddox is supposed to bring some MC trope into the series but this doesn’t read as a MC book at all. He is not the tough and powerful character I was looking for, and should have been killed on site by Daddy Luca. His brother Gray is such a toddler (constant cringe reading “Earl Gray” ☕️ ), but Maddox isn’t much of an improvement.
I’M SORRY IF THIS REVIEW WAS HARD TO READ.
I stand by my 4 ⭐️ rating, and will continue on with the series. On to part 2 of this book.