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onpagetwentyone · 3 years

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FRAGILE LONGING

Cora Reilly

PUBLICATION DETAILS

Published September 28th, 2020

Kindle Edtion, 296 pages

SYNOPSIS

Sofia knows how it feels to be the consolation prize. Too young. Not blond. And definitely not an ice princess. Her sister is—was all those things. Perfection. Until she wasn’t. Until she ran off to be with the enemy and left her fiancé behind. Now Sofia is given to Danilo in her sister’s stead, knowing she’ll never be more than second best. Yet, she can’t stop longing for the love of the man she’s been crushing on even when he was still her sister’s.

Danilo is a man who’s used to getting what he wants. Power. Respect. The sought-after ice princess. Until another man steals his bride-to-be. Danilo knows that for a man in his position losing his woman can lead to a loss of face. Wounded pride. Thirst for revenge. A dangerous combination—one Danilo can’t leave behind, not even when a girl just as precious takes her sister’s place to placate him. Yet, she’s got one flaw: she’s not her sister. Unable to forget what he’s lost, Danilo might lose what he’s been given.

RATING

2.5/5

REVIEW

Fragile Longing is one my most anticipated books because:

Characters from the Chicago Outfit. Yes, the Outfit is my favorite and I love it when Cora Reilly writes new books about it.

Age-gap, arranged-marriage, Mafia Romance. I’m living for these tropes. Especially mafia romance novels.

Danilo and Sofia. I’m curious, y’all.

It’s probably me, not the book. I probably expected a lot because I’m disappointed. Alright, let’s talk about it. Fragile Longing is all about Sofia Mione (Dante Cavallaro’s niece) and Danilo Mancini (The Underboss in Indianapolis).

Sofia is an amazing woman. Though she’s not as fierce as the other characters in the series, she’s strong in her own ways. I still admire her for being such a sweetheart. She’s caring and understanding. I can’t honestly blame her for her insecurities since she was forced to grow up after she’s been promised to marry her sister’s ex-fiancé. I like Sofi, what I hate is her situation where she thinks she’s the consolation prize and she can’t be more that what Serafina is.

Danilo on the other hand is an asshole. Sorry not sorry. He’s one of the reasons why I didn’t like this book. Though he was able to redeem himself in the later part of the book, still it’s not enough. I hated how Danilo still fucks around despite being engaged to Sofia. Why not get that opportunity to get to know your fiance more (I didn’t mean it in a sexual way, of course) than fucking blondes all over your territory? Ok, enough of his negative traits. Danilo is a good brother and a good son. He cares a lot for Emma and his family.

Cora Reilly’s writing style improved, I observed it when I read Twisted Pride, Sweet Temptation and Bound by the Past. However, I didn’t like how this book was written. Rereading Serafina’s kidnapping and betrayal in different POVs is annoying and redundant. I know it plays a vital role in the story but I’ve read it in Twisted Pride, then in Bound in the Past, I don’t need to read it again in Fragile Longing. Now I’m expecting to read it again in Samuel and Emma’s book.

There should be a lot of opportunities in building and developing Sofia and Danilo’s character and their relationship as a couple if the first part of the book isn’t about Serafina’s kidnapping and betrayal, the aftermath of it, Danilo’s anger towards Remo Falcone and Sofia trying really hard to be her sister.

Anyway, they were able to redeem themselves in the later part of the book but it was… I dunno, rushed? The epilogue was cute tho.

I enjoyed reading the last few parts of the book, though. I loved how Danilo made up for all the times he treated Sofia badly. I liked The Koi fish named Takeda, the dog named Poof and the tabby cat. LOL!

I also love Anna Cavallaro’s character. She’s Valentina and Dante’s child through and through. She’s Sofia’s exact opposite and I love their friendship. Also curious about her relationship with Santino. I honestly want her to end up with Santino but the idea of her being with a politician is also good since we still don’t know what kind of man Clifford Clark is. Also curious about Leonas Cavallaro’s story. I wonder if he’ll end up with an outsider or someone from other Familias or from the Outfit? Ugh! I’m excited to read books about Dante and Valentina’s children. Can we have their book right freaking noooooow? Kidding! But not really. They are the only characters I’m looking forward to in the 2nd gen. And yes, Nevio and Greta’s respective stories, too.

I also love Emma. I love her relationship with her brother and the friendship she, Anna and Sofia have. Emma deserves the best and Samuel MUST give her the love she deserves.

So that’s Fragile Longing. Still looking forward to the rest of the books that Cora will write about her mafia world.

Happy Reading!

JL

PS.

I recommend that you read Bound by Duty, Twisted Pride and Bound by the Past first before you read Fragile Longing. That is if you want to see what went down between the Camorra and the Outfit.

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claudia-divora-libri · 3 years

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Buongiorno divora libri! Come state? L'autunno è finalmente arrivato e io non vedo l'ora che arrivi Natale! (Sto già pensando a che regali fare, però shhh😂) In questa settimana molto fredda sono riuscita a scrivere la recensione di "Stelle, il grande racconto delle costellazioni" di Anthony Aveni edito @ilsaggiatoreed! Se volete leggere la recensione, andate al link in bio! Il saggio è suddiviso in diversi capitoli, ognuno trattante una diversa costellazione del cielo e i miti a lei collegati, raccontati e tramandati dai popoli antichi. La particolarità, o meglio, la bellezza di questo libro è che l'autore non si concentra sui miti occidentali a cui siamo abituati (solitamente quelli greci) ma si concentra su quelli dei popoli orientali o delle tribù nordamericane, degli abitanti delle isole oceaniche o ancora dei popoli sudamericani, raccontando come questi miti fossero collegati alla vita quotidiana. -Continua sul blog- #claudiadivora_recensioni #qotd avete letto questo libro? Vi incuriosisce? #booksreviews #booksrecommendations #recensioneblog #recensionelibro #recensionelibri #recensione #bookbloggerph #bookbloggerlife #bookbloggeruniti #paginefantasy #bookstoread #stelle #stelleilgranderaccontodellecostellazioni #ilsaggiatore #anthonyaveni #saggio #saggistica #readingforfun (presso Litoranea di Levante Barletta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVFkNM2Ih3A/?utm_medium=tumblr

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bookwormshearts · 3 years

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✨BOOK REVIEW ✨ "If you only shine light on your flaws, all your perfects will dim." ✨ This book, You all 😭 I can't take it. It was such a whiplash .I was crying mess the whole time.My eyes are swollen after just finishing this one.You know, I can relate to it now when people say they can't read a CoHo book and not cry about it, feeling all the feels from head to toe. I'm such a crybaby when it comes to books but this book made me sobb uncontrollably. This book was in my shelf for months but i have a very bad gut feeling this book will destroy me and i was so scared to start it. This story tore me apart completely. ✨ My heart took a serious beating as I read Quinn and Graham’s story. A marriage that is barely holding on. It’s a gut-wrenching and emotional journey that made me feel like a ran a marathon by the time I was done with the book. ✨ Graham and Quinn meet quite possibly on one of the worst days of their lives, yet from the very beginning, there is this connection. This pull that feels almost wrong at the time considering what just happened. It’s undeniable and you can’t help but root for them.All Your Perfects alternates between “Then” and “Now”. Oh, how the “Then” chapters filled me with love and fuzzy warmth, but "Now" showed us how their marriage is barely hanging on, avoidance, divorce dance thats all their doing. ✨ All Your Perfects is raw, it’s real and it will hurt. It will strip you bare and leave you vulnerable. Just when I think CoHo can’t possibly top her other books, she does just that. All your perfects depicts the many ways that infertility affects a couple. and every infertile women deserve better Just like Quinn. This was a very fast read for me. Once again, Hoover had me captivated and emotionally invested in what was going to happen to them. I love it with every fiber of my being. I can't recommend it enough. GO. READ. #bookıshlove #bookstagrambd🇧🇩 #bookishcommunity #readingtime📖❤️ #bookwithme💋 #marchread #ilovebooks📚 #bookworm📚 #bookbloggerph #bookaddict📚 #ebookish #colleenhoover #allyourperfects #romance #romancebooksofinstagram #bookaholi #booksreview #itendswithus #bookiloved #bookinstagram #bdcommunity🇧🇩 https://www.instagram.com/p/CMaKHHCgKhH/?igshid=1prod8n1gqmrg

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theskippedprologue · 4 years

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allthingsgene · 7 years

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BOOK REVIEW: The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich

BOOK REVIEW: The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich (@caledietrich). Thank you @MacmillanIntl

Title: The Love Interest Author/s: Cale Dietrich Publication Date: May 16th 2017 Publisher: by Feiwel & Friends Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Purchase at: Amazon “There is a secret organization that cultivates teenage spies. The agents are called Love Interests because getting close to people destined for great power means getting valuable secrets. Caden is a Nice: The boy next door,…

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hanleighbradleyauthor · 3 years

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onpagetwentyone · 4 years

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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: THE BOOKSHELF EDITION

Hi there, bookworms. How’s your reading list for the month of October? Mine’s…. not really good. HAHA!

I do have a reading list for the month of October but I’m not really in the mood for thrillers that’s why I went back to reading romance novels. I’ve read newly published books by Elle Kennedy and Emma Chase which are really awesome novels and afterwards, I tried reading Kennedy Fox’s books.

I DISCOVERED ANOTHER GREAT DUO, GUYS! I read their completed series, BISHOP BROTHERS, which each can be read as standalone, by the way, and they are really good. I’m done with Jackson and Kiera’s story I’ll go and read the 1st and 2nd books. Hehehe! Anyway, I’ve been looking at my bookshelf right now (yup, I do that a lot) and I decided to share book recommendations from these paperbacks I have in my shelf, in no particular order, of course, classified by authors. HAHA!

Let’s start.

1. COLLEEN HOOVER

UGLY LOVE

- this is my favorite NA book of all time. Tate and Miles’s story just sucked me in and now I’m stuck in reading NA novels. I probably read this for God knows how many times already. Ugly Love is my 1st book by CoHo as well. I bough it when during the #CTCinPH back in…2016? Yup. I wasn’t able to attend the signing because it was our finals then… So I just bought this book since it’s already available.

IT ENDS WITH US

- this book talks about marriage and abusive relationships–yep. trigger warning–and definitely one of the most painful books I’ve read ever. I honestly fell in love with Ryle and I was just devastated. I really loved how CoHo wrote something as personal as this book.Like I’ve said before, all of my books has their own story as to how they landed in my shelf. This one has a different story. Quite fitting for a book as unique and personal as this one. I was so damn stressed at work. It was during our training, I guess? I’ve read that Colleen will be releasing another book (IEWU), so to relieve myself from stress, I started looking for this but it wasn’t available. For 10 consecutive working days, I visited National Bookstore for this book. I didn’t realize that the universe is telling me not to read this. My tears and broken heart is worth it, after all.

ALL YOUR PERFECTS

- Another book that talks about marriage. There were sensitive issues in this book so this post also comes with a trigger warning (eg. cheating and miscarriage). This is all about a perfect couple in an imperfect marriage. My mom and I bought this book. She gave it to me since she dragged my lazy ass on a rainy day to check whether the documents she’s been processing are already available. Haha!I love all her books but these are the top 3 books I would recommend.

2. EMMA CHASE

SUSTAINED

- yup, this is where I met my gorgeous, hot, amazing book husband, my one and only Jake Becker. A hot shot attorney who met Rory McQuaid, his brothers and sisters and their gorgeous aunt and turned his life upside down. Amazing read, ladies and gentlemen.That is the only book from Emma Chase in my shelf right now, thanks to my friend and my former workmate.I’m gonna hunt for the other 2 books wishing that they’d land into a second hand bookshop or I’ll probably just buy them online. :)

3. KATY EVANS

WHITE HOUSE DUET

- here’s President Matthew Hamilton and his gorgeous first lady, Charlotte Wells. Another rare book right here. One of my favorite Political Romance novel. I got this book from Amazon.

4. SARAH J. MAAS

A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES SERIES

- I told myself to stay away from Sarah J. Maas’s books after what she’d done to my one and only Chaol Westfall, I, however, read the 1st book in this series before everything went down and I’m not giving it another chance. I just can’t say “no” to retellings. It’s Hades and Persephone, y'all. Something uncommon. So there you go.

5. MICHELLE HODKIN

MARA DYER TRILOGY

- A perfect Halloween read. Kidding but, not really. Also, we have the awesome book boyfriend, Noah Shaw. Have you read this, go and pick this up! Oooohh! BTW, I haven’t read THE SHAW CONFESSIONS yet, I’m waiting for the last book before I dig in.

6. TAMMARA WEBBER

EASY

- another rare find from a 2nd hand bookshop. If you happen to visit Baguio, please do visit Bookends. I’ll try to explore other 2nd hand bookshops and write an entry about them. Majority of my books are from here, you might as well check them out.

7. SYLVAIN REYNARD

GABRIEL’S INFERNO TRILOGY

- this book is… hot. A forbidden romance novel and it will make you fall in love even more. Professor Emerson is just… perfect.Another set of books I got from Bookends. I swear that bookshop is like a secret cave full of treasures, you’ll be able to find rare books and get them through great deals.

There you go.

I might do a kindle edition soon but I need more time for that because there are tons of books on my kindle app that are really awesome.

I’ll also write a blog post about the unread-books I have on my shelf. HAHA! Yep, I still have a few of them, I’m hoping I could cross them all out of my list tho. I need new books to read!

💜,JL

PS.

IMPORTANT REMINDER, KIDS! These books are classified as NEW ADULT romance novels. They are suitable for readers 18 years old and up. Read responsibly.

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claudia-divora-libri · 3 years

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Nuovi arrivati in casa Divora libri! Qualcuno aveva dubbi sul fatto che non avrei comprato libri? Soprattutto con gli sconti oscar Mondadori? Nessun ci ha creduto, io lo dico ogni volta ma puntualmente ci ricasco. Quindi eccomi qui a farvi vedere i miei ultimi acquisti! Sono curiosissima di leggerli tutti, soprattutto "Il mostruoso femminile", "La nausea", "Tenebre e ossa", "Genere e capitale" e tutti gli altri! #qotd ne conoscete/avete letto qualcuno? #paginefantasy #nuoveuscite #nuovalettura📖📚 #nuovilibri #nuovilibridaleggere #newbookstagram #newbooks #lovemynewbooks #lovemyblog #bookshelveslover #bookspile #bookspine #newbookstagrammer #bloggeritalia #bookbloggerph #bookbloggeruniti (presso Mondadori Bookstore) https://www.instagram.com/p/COLosqfH01z/?igshid=ay4lckp25gey

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claudia-divora-libri · 3 years

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Buon pomeriggio divora libri! Finalmente sul blog potete trovare la recensione di Truthwitch di Susan Dennard edito @librimondadori @oscarvault! La trovate al LINK IN BIO Truthwitch é un romanzo fantasy molto semplice, ma con personaggi molto ben caratterizzati, le cui storie si intrecciano imprescindibilmente, facendo nascere ulteriori legami di amicizia e d'amore. E' un romanzo che racconta di questi due principali sentimenti con una semplicità unica, tanto da farli sembrare veri, come se tutti i lettori fossero Streghe o Stregoni dei fili, capaci di vedere i sentimenti e gli emozioni degli altri. Susan Dennard è stata capace di aprire e sviscerare il carattere e la personalità dei personaggi, facendoli conoscere al lettore in maniera completa ed esaustiva. -Continua sul blog- #claudiadivora_recensioni Ringrazio @oscarvault per la copia❤ #qotd avete letto questo libro? Cosa ne pensate? Lo leggerete? #recensionelibro #recensione #booksreviews #booksrecommendations #truthwitch #windwitch #bloodwitch #librimondadori #oscarmondadori #oscarfantastica #bookbloggerph #paginefantasy #bookbloggerlife #bookbloggeruniti #bookbloggeritalia #bookpost #bookstagramitalia #lovefantasy #fantasystory #fantasybooks #witch (presso WitchLand) https://www.instagram.com/p/COIcWP8H-wZ/?igshid=k3b9frd3402z

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claudia-divora-libri · 3 years

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Buonasera divora libri! Sul blog potete trovare la recensione di "Sonderkommando Auschwitz" di Shlomo Venezia edito @rizzolilibri! LINK IN BIO Shlomo Venezia ci racconta la sua vita dall'infanzia a quando finalmente ha deciso di parlare: ci descrive come gli italiani in Grecia ricevessero rispetto per il loro essere italiani, e come questo riguardo e rispetto sia sparito con la conquista prima fascista e poi nazista del paese. Ci racconta del momento della deportazione, quando furono catturati quasi con l'inganno, del lunghissimo viaggio in treno in condizioni disumane, di come arrivarono al campo e furono divisi e scelti per diventare Sonderkommando, ovvero coloro che avevano il compito di accompagnare gli ebrei nelle camere a gas e dopo trasportare i cadaveri ai forni crematori. Ci racconta della crudeltà dei nazisti, di come per loro fossero solo animali, oggetti portati lì per essere distrutti. Si prendevano le loro ricchezze, la loro speranza, la loro felicità. -Continua sul blog- #claudiadivora_recensioni #qotd avete letto questo romanzo? Vi è piaciuto? #paginefantasy #sonderkommando #shlomovenezia #auschwitzbirkenau #auschwitz #autobiography #autobiografia #bookdragon #bookstagram #booklover📚 #booksreview #booksrecommendations #booksrecommended #recensionelibro #bookbloggerlife #bookbloggerph #bookbloggeruniti #bookstagram #bookstagramitalia #italybookstagram #lovemynewbooks (presso Auschwitz-Birkenau camp) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNVYEO9Ht19/?igshid=83qgm9z78r67

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claudia-divora-libri · 3 years

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Ho abbandonato Miti del Nord Purtroppo sì. Ho abbandonato il primo libro che avessi di Neil Gaiman. Probabilmente lo riprenderò più avanti, ma al momento non è il libro che fa per me. Non è colpa dello stile di Gaiman, più che altro è come lo scrittore ha impostato la narrazione dei miti. Me li aspettavo più romanzati, molto più fluidi. Ho avuto difficoltà nel seguire il filo del discorso, e molti li ho trovati "antiquati". Gli darò un'altra occasione, ma al momento non è il libro adatto. #qotd se voi lo avete letto, cosa ne pensate? Cosa altro mi consigliate di Gaiman? #mitidelnord #neilgaiman #mitinordici #libriabbandonati #bookstagram #bookstagramcommunity #bookstagramchallenge #bookstagrambookclub #bookstagramunited #paginefantasy #fantasystory #fantasyteam #booksandcoffee #booksandtea #booksandcandles #booksandflowers #bookshelveslover #bookshelfdecor #bookshelvedecoration #bookpost #bookbloggerph (presso Porto Di Barletta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSPYASMMrbz/?utm_medium=tumblr

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hanleighbradleyauthor · 4 years

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