Twisted Emotions

The Camorra Chronicles

De: Cora Reilly

Narrado por: Teddy Hamilton, Emma Wilder

Nino Falcone is genius and monster. As the right-hand man and brother of the Capo of the Camorra, his lack of feelings is a blessing, not a curse—until his brother asks him to marry for the sake of the Camorra.

Kiara Vitiello, cousin of the Capo of the New York Famiglia, is chosen to marry Nino Falcone to prevent war with the Camorra, but what she hears about Las Vegas makes her veins pulse with terror. After her father betrayed his Capo and paid with his life, her family thinks marriage is her only chance to bring honor to her name, but only Kiara knows she’s a faulty prize given in return for peace.

A man incapable of emotions and a woman scarred by the past—an arranged marriage with the potential to unite or destroy....

©2019 Cora Reilly (P)2020 Cora Reilly

Very good book

This is a very good book but check your trigger warnings for this whole series if you Have trigger warnings? This is not the series for you or the author for you because this author writes some pretty dark stuff

My Favorite Mafia Couple Ever

My babies are and will always be one of the favorite couples from any book I've ever read. Nino and Kiara are so special and even after all these years they continue to hold a soft spot in my heart 💕

Not my favorite in the series

I've listened to the first three in this series, so far so good. I had sympathy for the MFC and her backstory (trigger warning: childhood molestation) however, her personality and hang-ups became tedious after awhile. Books 1 and 3 are 5 star for me.

Favorite book in the series

Kiara and Nino’s love is so sweet. This book is sort of a part one of their story which continues in twisted bonds. It’s wonderful to see Kiara overcome her fears with Nino’s help and she helps home overcome his past. A different take as she is strong her own way and l like how the writer doesn’t make it seem like there is a magic wand that takes care of trauma. I’d encourage continuing their story.

Finding Light in the Dark

The audiobook adds to the overall emotions in this book. I can not imagine reading it without listening as well.

This book pulled at my heart strings and was triggering. Both characters dealt with horrific events by members of their families. Kiara's backstory had me in tears, I had to put the book down for a while after reading the chapter of what her uncle did. And cheered when Nino got revenge for her. I reread a couple of the prior books and cringed whenever I read Durant's name.

Now Nino seemingly shrugging off Kiara's trauma, and cheating on her gained a screaming session at my Kindle. But being the emotionless person that he was, he didn't understand why Kiara couldn't move on. Him cheating on her didn't do any favors in terms of healing however. It's pretty obvious how broken the Falcone brothers are. Briefly hinted at throughout Cora's entire Mafia series, hidden danger lurking in the shadows. But getting parts of the how and why in this book shifted my perspective of the Falcone bunch.

I want to declare them my favorite family in the Mafia series, because they aren't as stiff as the Outfit and Famigila. Despite their past and the dangers of their world they still manage to find time to have fun and laugh. Plus make me laugh as well, and the love between the brothers, Fabiano and eventually Kiara reminded me of my own family. I suspected Growl was on the spectrum, same with Nino, so I'm happy Cora explicitly mentioned the possibility in the story as well, since behavioral health representation isn't a norm in romance novels. Kiara and Nino's story basically started the same as Aria and Luca's, but this arranged marriage was needed. Both Kiarra and Nino needed each other to overcome their pasts. When they played the piano together I was sobbing!!!!

Voices

Would love to have each actors voice on every chapter and not on just on their respective chapter

My heart went out to Kiara

Wonderful story about childhood trauma and healing from the most unexpected person. An arranged marriage where two broken people found love. I couldn’t put it down. Great narration and slice!!

Amazing

I like the book in and of itself but the narrators make this book come alive.

Heartfelt Dark Romance is Just Twisted Enough!

I’ve read Cora Reilly’s complete Camorra Chronicles mafia series, as well as her previous mafia series, Born in Blood. That’s 15 books for both series, and I chose this one as my first audiobook by the author because it’s one of my favorites.

It’s definitely dark and twisted, But the present-day violence is descriptive enough to move the plot and our understanding of the characters forward without being over-the-top visceral. And, the descriptions of the MFC’s traumatic past are specific enough to make you understand her pain while not so explicitly detailed or overly long as to make me cringe or feel nauseous at what the poor woman had to endure. The huge payoff to the past trauma that continues to haunt her is that the MMC and his brothers mete out justice on her behalf and help her heal.

The romance between this enforced proximity, enemies to lovers couple is exquisitely sincere and heartfelt. It’s pure enjoyment to get to know both characters, and watch them grow individually and as a couple. This author really knows how to develop her characters fully and write relationship connections that evolve in a natural way. Her plots are always interesting, and there’s enough mafia action in each book to keep things moving forward in a way that enhances the romance.

The secondary characters are all fleshed out very well, and it makes you want to read the next books in the series to find out their stories. Also, the relationships amongst the brothers, as well as the ones that develop between the MFC and each individual brother, are just as entertaining and heart-warming as the primary couple’s story.

One of the things I love about this series is that Kiara becomes the glue for this twisted family, and we get a lot more plot about her and Nino throughout the subsequent books. I’ll definitely be returning to this audiobook to listen again, as hearing it added so much more to my experience than reading alone did. I’ll be listening to the entire series!

The performance by both narrators was amazing! I thoroughly enjoyed them both. I gave them 4 out of 5 stars simply due to personal preference. There are so many talented narrators on Audible, and I have my favorites. But I’d listen to these two any day of the week if they’re performing a book I like!

Love it !!

Nino and Kiara are my favorite couple from The Camorra and the audiobook is perfect 👌 🔥