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Title: Russian Bastard | A Mafia Novel
Genre: Romance
Author: vhentii

Love the sensuality of your cover, it definitely raises some eyebrows, which is a very good sign for a romance book.
The first line of your description was the perfect way to introduce your book. It felt very complete, I was completely engaged.

I can see by your intro chapters that you've put a lot of work into your book, and everything looks really nitty and professional congratulations!

Your prologue's it's something completely out of the ordinary for a typical romance book, but I'm so curious about what's about to come. The few Russian words that you added gave a nice touch to your book, although I'm concerned if a few readers will keep reading until the end to see the translation. So perhaps you could warn them at the beginning that a translation is available at the end of the page.

Your eye for describing surroundings and little details is impressive. I could envision the rooms and even the characters but I wasn't able to see much about Tatiana's own words. I felt like you gave a lot of information all at once, the number of new characters that you introduced in the first chapter might have been too many to remember for a new reader and that can lead to some confusion.

You write beautifully, you know how to describe everything that goes in your head while writing your book. T
Your grammar is perfect, and the plot is very well built up.

On a reader perspective, I just thought that there was a lot of new information to process in each chapter, as well as too many new characters introduced in the very first few chapters. The alternate pov is also something that doesn't suit every reader.

I have to admit that I was struggling a little bit to connect with your book. Not because it isn't good, which it is but it was hard to keep myself engaged at times. I felt like I was on a rollercoaster and felt a little overwhelmed by the too many complex words and foreign words but mostly by the lack of personal view of the main characters. The focus of the story shouldn't be only on the romance and main character but in this case, I felt that was about everything but the main characters and their possible romantic connection.

I do believe that you have an amazing book, but I also think that your book might be not for everyone, especially for the readers who like to connect with the main character in a deeper way and like a more slow pace romance.

I would rate this book 3.8 out of 5

I apologize for any typos. Thank you for allowing us to review your book and we wish you and your bookie nothing but the very best💖
claudushka