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Aida’s older brothers Dante and Nero plan to go over to Callum’s and beat him up for what he did to Sebastian. Aida catches them about to leave and offered to follow them which they declined, reminding her the entire mess was her idea, to begin with. Lavish Prep should have been a fresh start. A new school for my new life after my last one was so violently torn from me. I've read spoiled heroines and I've read hellions who act first and think later. The problem here is Aida had zero depth outside of that loud crass mouth of hers. She's loud, rude, obnoxious, childish and self-absorbed. Everyone is a "punk ass bitch" to her and an attitude fitted for a teenager to go with it. She's the spoiled baby sister of the Galos who is supposed to come off like rough and tumble I guess tomboy girl but it doesn't really translate that way. She came off more lazy and spoiled who doesn't like to be told what to do. I love tomboy heroines who give as good as they get but this was not it. I wanted to strangle this little demon. This is clearly a hate to love romance but all Aida and Callum do is snipe and threaten each other which is no surprise and I'm sure there is more to come including "hot angry sex" but I don't care. They are both insufferable assholes. I want to read about characters who I want to root for, not immature childish idiots who think poisoning people as revenge is funny or stealing stuff on a whim cause they are bored. The hero Callum for his part was weak. He's a 30 year old man who lives at home running for the Aldermen position for his District but the way he acts and his dialogue didn't really ring impressive or manly to me. He's supposed to be 10 years older than Aida but it really didn't come off that way. No 30 year old guy says he wears suits to "look mature". 🙄 Just saying. Like I said, this felt more NA cause everyone talks like they are still in college. If we forget all of that, he was okay. I loved the jealousy scenes a lot, but yea he was kinda plain idk. Callum’s mafia family is Irish and Aida’s is Italian and... they hate each other. One day, Aida and her siblings decide to crash Callum’s family’s party and chaos ensues when Aida sets part of their library on fire so she can escape. Callum retaliates by breaking Aida’s brother’s legs, and this all leads to the parents forcing these two into a marriage of convenience to unite the families and stop all the fighting.
What would they do? Would they submit to the power of love pulling them into each other’s arms and allowing their souls to savor the sweetness behind love, or will they continue their tug-of-war until one of them breaks first? Nero starts the ignition, and in the flare of the headlights, we see Dante’s hulking silhouette, standing right in front of us, arms crossed, looking like Michael Meyers about to murder us. Aida crashes the party, but then she gets to encounter Callum Griffin, the first son and heir of the Griffin family. Knowing meeting him like that would incite controversy, she tries to find a way out of the house but ended up doing something even worse: she set the house on fire!While I'm at languages, I wonder if Sophie Lark (and every other author who does this), speaks more than one. I say this, because Miko will randomly call her his little ballerina in Polish while he's talking to Nessa in English. However, despite the persistent display of hostility and manipulation between these individuals, their remarkable compatibility becomes evident. When they do succeed in establishing a connection, their union is characterised by intense dynamism. Dante is the oldest, so he sits on my father’s right-hand side. Nero’s on the left, with Sebastian next to him. I’m at the foot of the table, where my mother would sit if she were still alive. Adia consistently perplexed her recent spouse, as she deviates significantly from Callum’s typical preferences, consistently managing to astonish him and maintain his alertness. The individual promptly recognises that they may have inaccurately assessed her, hastily arriving at a conclusion influenced by their own preconceived notions.
Basically: Relationship development wasn’t done well in my opinion nor the character development. It should have been slower, bc a couple procent after the 35% mark things just started going way too fast and it was boring. The scenes in it were great to keep your attention, but the developments weren’t. Synopsis: “I’ve waited three long years for this… Hiding. Lying. Spying. Waiting like a spider for her to wander into my web… Now she’s here, and I have to get even closer to her. I’ll help her. Befriend her. Seduce her, even. The only thing I can’t do is fall in love with her.i've never been a huge fan of the kidnapping trope but i must say that sophie has done it so well. nothing intimate happened up until 50% of the book and thank god for that because with this trope it’s necessary to build up their relationship
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