ARC REVIEW - Canary
We were on the front lines in that world, the mafia world.
There was nothing soft or glamorous about it.
Who you were before no longer mattered. Names didn’t exist.
I joined anyway. I had no other choice because they took my sister.
Join. Find her. Try and make it out alive.
Then he won me in a poker game.
I hated him instantly, thinking he was like my other bosses before him.
He wasn’t. He was worse.
He wasn’t just cold. He was dead inside.
It didn’t matter that he was gorgeous.
He was the most lethal thing I’d ever met.
He was also the only person who could keep me alive, if he didn’t kill me himself.
A/N This is a 102k mafia/cartel standalone.
This is the most violent book Tijan has ever written.
Trigger warning: references to sexual violence
“Canaries sing to save lives. I sing and people die.”
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Star Rating : 4/5 Stars
POV : Dual
Cliffhanger : None
Heroine : Brooke
Pace of the story : moderate
Angst Rating : 5/10
Heat Rating : 6/10
Triggers Involved : Kidnapping , Trauma
Review :
I absolutely love this author's mafia books and when I saw that she said this book is her Darkest mafia read ever?! I was all over this shit like a mother over a flame.
Canary is a standalone mafia romance with a bit of triggers. It has a lot of bloodshed and the author certainly did not hold back in any account. Brooke is the girl who gave herself up to save her sister. Now she is in the clutches of the monster. She knows she can't trust anyone but a few stolen moments in the dark make her think that her monster might be the one thing that will keep her alive in this hell.
This one was a fast paced read for me with all the dark elements that I love! There was no physical violence by the hero on the heroine, but it certainly glorified the mafia aspect of the book as there was a lot of killing and the author did not hold back while explaining it. Those scenes, although brutal, gave life to the book making it seem more real and therefore they seemed necessary to me.
I finished this one in a single sitting and can't recommend it enough to all the mafia romance loving people!
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