I love that they established a friendship. And leaving anything sexual in the future up to her. This is important to me.) because she wasn't comfortable with a physical relationship. I loved that Nino was totally open to Kiara and him never having sex (as long as she was okay with him seeking pleasure elsewhere, and she was. <- And Luca being totally okay with it, and showing it to the men as a message? Fucking chef's kiss. ) but with the tortured and brutalized remains of the uncle who raped her. I totally am in the camp of virginity being a social construct, and a damaging one at that. I loved that the 'bloody sheet' tradition for the Vitiello was continued except -> instead of 'virgin blood' (which honestly, is silly. I loved that the wedding night didn't end in Kiara submitting Nino just because they were married. THAT ASIDE, there are things I did enjoy about this book. I guess I was just expecting something else outside of that as well, considering this is a series based on the Mafia. This book centers around Kiara healing, which is fine. The other thing I noticed, is there is no big conflict in the book outside of their relationship. Readers will feel empathy towards her no matter what. Whether it was a choice on Cora Reilly's part to have us feel more sympathetic towards Kiara or what, I don't know. not as detailed as the healthy sex scenes in the book, but detailed enough that I felt sick. And some of the memories she has of her uncle raping her are. And I know that victims of rape SHOULD be heard, and if anyone came to me and needed to tell me the details, I would support them. I don't have an issue reading a book about a character who suffers from the trauma, and is trying to heal. I know it's a terrible fact that minors are preyed upon by sick individuals in their family. My main issue is the level of details that Cora Reilly puts into Kiara's memories of her rape. I think this far into the books with this author, it's going to be my main complaint of each book.) that I wants to address. I do have some issues with Twisted Emotions (aside from the terrible translation issues and editing.

It is definitely darker, and deals with a lot of traumatic material.

So this is another hit for me (so far, really enjoying Camorra Chronicles).

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