ARC REVIEW -- Diamonds in the Rough

by Abstract Book - July 13, 2020

Title: Diamond In the Rough

Author: Charmaine Pauls

Genre: Dark Romance | Erotic | Bully Romance

Type: 2nd book of the DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER TRILOGY

POV: Dual

Release date: 14th July 2020

My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A DARK MAFIA ROMANCE

Girls like me, we know how to survive.
We each have our own little ways, but we acquire those skills at the same tender age.

If you ask me how many times a person can die, I’ll tell you many times. As many times as a man stabs you in the stomach with betrayal and wrings out your heart with lies.

Girls like me, we live.
We don’t get a choice.
We step over the cliff and fall.
Eat, sleep, die, and repeat.

(Diamonds in the Rough is Book 2 of the Diamonds are Forever Trilogy and ends on a cliffhanger. Diamonds in the Dust (Book 1) must be read to follow the story. Diamonds are Forever (Book 3) concludes the story and will be released on 15 September 2020.)

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Diamond in the Rough is the Second book of the Diamonds Are forever Trilogy , written by Charmaine Pauls . Told in dual perspectives , this book pretty put my emotions through a blender. The storylines of all the books in the trilogy are connected , and it is a must to read Diamonds In The Dust before reading this book.

This book picked up where Diamonds in The Dust finished. That bloody cliffhanger from the first book had me jumping up and down for this book and when I Finally got to read , I was beyond escalated. My emotions are scattered everywhere after reading this book !

The one thing I didn't expect after reading this book , was my need to chop Maxime into pieces!! I mean I really love that man , but that Italian deal of his had me wanting to slap him into the next year. Then there was his utter disregard for how Zoe felt. He just expected her to be okay with whatever he did. I just wanted to shake him so bad!!

I am gonna be the first in row to see how much grovels to get her back !! This is my shoutout to the author , please I need a lot of groveling scenes , or else I'll go mad!!

Now let's put my dramatics aside , On an overall basis this book was Ah-ma-zing!! I just loved the storyline and can't wait for the next book!! There is not much I am going to say about the storyline of this book , as it may or may not be a spoiler for all the Maxime-Virgins out there !

This book is recommended to all the dark romance lovers with a bit of kidnapping in the twist!!