ARC REVIEW - Adrian's Vengeance

by Abstract Book - February 17, 2021

Title: Adrian's Vengeance

Author: Isabella Starling

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

Type: Standalone

POV: Dual

Release date: 15th Feb 2021

My rating: 💋💋💋💋💋

I'll kidnap her before she says I do.

ADRIAN

She’s sweet, innocent, beautiful, and she’s going to be mine no matter what.

Mafia princess Marzia De Luca made me a promise when we were children.

She broke that promise. Now it's time to teach her a lesson.

Marzia thinks she's going to celebrate her arranged marriage at a masked ball.

But this party is the perfect opportunity for me to kidnap her.

It’s time for me to show her that my love... means pain.

MARZIA

Since I was a little girl, I've been in love with him - dark, twisted, menacingly handsome Adrian Bernardi.

But my father, the mafia don, decided I'd marry someone else.

Except I don’t want to marry the other man. I only want Adrian.

I pray for help, asking Adrian to save me.

But saving me means taking everything from me.

Adrian’s Vengeance is the first book of the Mafia Heirs series. Adrian and Marzia's story begins in Broken Promises. This is a dark mafia romance.

AMAZON

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It's between hate and love, the need to hurt her and the fierce desire to protect the girl at all costs. I don't understand it, but I don't hate it, either. It makes me feel something I've never felt before. Something that confuses me.”

Star Rating : 4.5 / 5 Stars

POV : Dual

Cliffhanger : None

Hero : Adrian

Heroine : Marzia

Pace of the story : Moderate

Angst Rating : 5/10

Heat Rating : 9/10

Triggers Involved : Dub Con , Kidnapping , Dark

Plot Summary :
Adrian and Marzia have had their lives entwined forever. Since they met when they were children. However the war between their families kept them away from each other.

Adrian has always wanted Marzia and now it was finally his chance. With her being forced to marry his enemy , he will kidnap her from right under their noses and no one will be able to stop him. Marzia has been waiting for Adrian to save her for years and when he finally arrives , she couldn't be more happier. However it doesn't take her long to discover that he is not the Savior she envisioned him to be. He is something much worse and now she is trapped.

The only woman Adrian has ever wanted is now with him. No matter how much she screams he is not letting her go. Soon he would break her and mould her into the perfect person he wants and nothing will ever stop them from uniting again.

Overall Opinion :
I have always been a fan of Isabella Starling's dark Romances and this book is definitely my top read by her. Adrian has this darkness that called out to me and there is no way I was stopping with this book until I reached the very end! Dark and Psychopath Heroes are my favourites and that is what Adrian was!!

Isa was his perfect companion and I loved the bond they had. He was so very dark that he gave me chills in every scene he made an appearance in. The book had a bit of triggers such as starvation and Humiliation scenes but I loved the storyline. The ending was perfect and that twist for the next book literally drove me crazy!! I want it now!!

Highly recommended to all the dark Romance lovers out there! If second chance Captor captive Romance is your jam , then do not miss this book by any means!