Broken Chains by Karina Kantas – Review by Alexandria Richard

Broken ChainsBroken Chains by Karina Kantas
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

WTH did I just read?! How can a single book make you feel all the feels and leave you reeling like that?! 4.5 Rounded up

I didn’t know where to start with this review, so I’m breaking it down as follows:

The good:
– Strong female MC. How much crap can one person go through and still be okay?! Liz’s character is thrown curveball after curveball, and still is willing to get up and fight the fight, and when she’s not, she has people around her who help build her back up.
– Mafia espionage. There’s so much political angst, from governmental agencies, both secret and “aboveboard” are touched on here, as well as mafia (in)fighting. There’s the Italian, Russian, and Greek mafia galore here. Who is fighting whom?

The “eh”:
– The romance aspect. I am reluctant to call this a romance novel. I would call this a mafia thriller with some romance thrown in. Even then, I personally didn’t feel the “romance” between Marco and Liz. Sure there’s sexual tension, but I didn’t fall for the couple.
– Everyone wants Liz. We get it, she’s the FMC, but no single person is wanted, politically or desired, the amount that she is. Everyone just seems to yearn for her in some way.

While there is a decent amount of “eh” to this novel, I still am going with my 4.5 star rating. This book will stick with me, even among the numerous dark romances that I enjoy. Something about this book is so different that it stands out.

Content warning: graphic depiction of sēxual assault, r@pe, violence against women, su!cide, violent death, gun violence.

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