Title: Fragile Longing
Genre: Mafia Romance
Author: Cora Reilly
Release Day: September 30, 2020
Cover Designer: By Hang Le
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 get 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.
The author's writing is still very good, it has been these particular characters that I simply could never connect with.
I love Age Gap books and this was one of those books, but for me Danilo never seemed to represent that 10 year difference with Sofia. His character and attitude seemed to me very weak and not at all appropriate for a leader like him. The way he acted always seemed to me to like one of those immature boy’s, I did not feel that he had a strong and determined character, on the contrary he seemed like a young man throwing tantrums because he could not have his revenge against those who stole the woman he was going to marry.
And then we have Sofia who I understands that infatuation as a child that she feels for Danilo, but then I just can’t deal with the obsession to look like Serafina her sister and not be the consolation prize that lead her doing things that far from helping her only make her suffer more, at this point I felt more impotence and anger against her than to Danilo.
Another part I had hard time reading is Dante's kids, they’re seeming too spoiled and at least for me they are making me feel even sorry for this Capo. I did not like Anna's personality in this book but until we get to her book I will not know if my opinion will remain the same.
I wanted this book to catch me as much as the book of Cassio and Giulia (Sweet Temptation) did but unfortunately it didn't.
As I always say, everyone has their own opinion and I always urge you to read it and form your own one, because I have read that many people have loved the book and I am very happy about it, so read it and enjoy it.
I received an early ebook copy from the author, Netgalley and the Next Step PR, I freely give my honest review as a thank you to all of them.
Happy reading and until next time :)
About The Author
Cora Reilly is the author of the Born in Blood Mafia Series, The Camorra Chronicles and many other books, most of them featuring dangerously sexy bad boys. Before she found her passion in romance books, she was a traditionally published author of young adult literature.
Cora lives in Germany with a cute but crazy Bearded Collie, as well as the cute but crazy man at her side. When she doesn’t spend her days dreaming up sexy books, she plans her next travel adventure or cooks too spicy dishes from all over the world.
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