Title: Bound By The Past (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles Book 7)
Author: Cora Reilly
File Size: 2895 KB
Print Length: 335 pages
Publication Date: May 20, 2020
Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC
Language: English
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Dante
My life’s a tale of betrayal.
I killed so many because they betrayed our cause, because they betrayed the Outfit.
A hypocrite. A liar. A murderer.
That’s what I am.
Five times I betrayed the Outfit. With my blood I made a vow to our cause, swore my life to it, promised to put the Outfit first. Above all else.
Five times I chose a woman over the good of the Outfit. I betrayed my father. My vow. My men.
You reap what you sow.
Would my betrayals destroy everything I swore to protect?
Valentina
On our wedding day I made a vow to stand by Dante’s side.
In good and in bad times.
To love him through it all.
Growing up in the mafia, I knew the challenges in our life would be numerous. I never expected them to tear at the very base of our family, of our existence.
Finish this book and I clarify that this is my very personal opinion, it is very likely that it does not coincide with the majority and that is fine, everyone is free to express themselves according to their tastes.
For me Dante has never been one of my favorite characters in Cora's books, perhaps because from the first book he seemed to me to be too controlled and cold, I didn't like his attitude towards Valentina and that probably doesn't help him to see it differently in this book.
It's true that there are parts where it's sad to see how his family condemns him when he has sacrificed so much for each of them, they are very ungrateful, reading that part really made me feel sorry for him.
For me this book shows me more of Dante as the family man, the husband and father and very little as the Capo that he is and from which his men expect him to lead them. He’s more concerned on favor his family then act as the Capo, I sincerely was happy that he didn’t give to Val the “job” in this book, and not because I was against women in power, I believe that it would only come to divide instead of unite and make his organization stronger.
The steps he is taking in that world outside of his own should have been taken long ago, Luca has been very well covered by that side for a long time so seeing that Dante has just started that path has surprised me.
There are very pleasant surprises, like Samuel and who will be his wife, the possible future unions of Anna and Leonas, those books I am looking forward to read.
In conclusion, I liked the book and I'm sure that if you are a fan of Dante this second part of it will delight you, to me not so much, my favorites are still Luca, Cassio, Remo then Dante.
I received an ARC on exchange for my honest review.
Thanks to Cora Reilly and The Next Step PR
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