Review | Fragile Longing by Cora Reilly --> 3.5 Stars
TITLE: Fragile Longing AUTHOR: Cora Reilly GENRE: Arranged Marriage / Mafia Romance
RELEASE DATE: September 28th, 2020
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 getting 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.
⭐️ 3.5 "Infatuation" Stars ⭐️
I had high expectation for Fragile Longing, but sadly this book couldn’t reach them all. It was an okay read, but nothing extraordinary for me. As a fan of mafia romance, I love the dark and gritty stuff, but apart from the arranged marriage aspect of this story, it didn’t feel like one to me!
It was interesting and still kept me invested, but I felt the romance took too long to start. The first half was only about Sophia’s infatuation with Danilo and Danilo’s angriness at his failed engagement with Sophia’s older sister. I felt like their relationship was nonexistent. The second half though, when they start their married life was more interesting, but lacked the spark I was looking for.
It was my second read only from this author and I’m now intrigued about the Camorra Family. I’ll definitely seek these books in the future. As for Fragile Longing, it provided some angsty and sexy moments mixed with emotional ones, but the fact I couldn’t connect with either protagonists was my biggest letdown.
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.
Despite her law degree, Cora prefers to talk books to laws any day.
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