The Bloody Bride by Bree Porter
n between the towering skyscrapers of the Windy City, there lives a dark underworld where loyalty, violence and blood are all that matters.
Sophia always knew her marriage would be arranged and out of her hands, but when her husband-to-be is nonother than the notorious Alessandro ‘The Godless’ Rocchetti, prince of the Rocchetti family and Capo of Chicago Outfit, she finds herself falling into a nightmare.
The arranged marriage begins bloody and the violence does not end on their wedding day. Sophia is forced to navigate her new family, her grief, and the brutal world she knows. As well as dealing with her dangerous yet intriguing husband.
Secrets and threats surround her from the Feds and criminal world alike. Including the strange occurrences surrounding her sister’s death…
- File Name:the-bloody-bride-by-bree-porter.epub
- Original Title:The Bloody Bride (The Rocchetti Dynasty)
- Creator:Bree Porter
- Language:en
- Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B0852KY3J6
- Date:2020-02-21T18:30:00+00:00
- File Size:253.172 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Title Page
- 2. Copyright
- 3. Dedication
- 4. Chapter One
- 5. Chapter Two
- 6. Chapter Three
- 7. Chapter Four
- 8. Chapter Five
- 9. Chapter Six
- 10. Chapter Seven
- 11. Chapter Eight
- 12. Chapter Nine
- 13. Chapter Ten
- 14. Chapter Eleven
- 15. Chapter Twelve
- 16. Chapter Thirteen
- 17. Chapter Fourteen
- 18. Chapter Fifteen
- 19. Chapter Sixteen
- 20. Chapter Seventeen
- 21. Chapter Eighteen
- 22. Chapter Nineteen
- 23. Chapter Twenty
- 24. Chapter Twenty One
- 25. Chapter Twenty Two
- 26. About The Author
Bree Porter
Latest Books
Secrets & Curses of Exile by Shay Taylor
Lesbians in America: The Trilogy by Cynthia Dane
Lady of Sin by A.B. Coleman
Tell Me: The Prelude by Tina Martin
Yours To Have, Mine To Love by Evelyn Latrice
Bitters and Beauty by Bailey Swan
The Bound Omega by K.C. Carmine
Kiss of the Bionic Mermaid by Leslie Dacapo
جيدة جداً ممتعة لآخر صفحة انصح بها 5 نجوم
Oh. 1 star.
I just read Of Violent Lineage by Bree and loved it. So I thought I'd check out her other books. The Rocchetti series had a lot of 4 and 5 stars so, I'm thinking another great read. Not so. I can not understand all of the rave reviews. I struggled early into The Bloody Bride, so tempted to ditch my Kindle. Geeze...even from the first few pages I was not impressed whatsoever.
The entire book seems to be narrated by Sophia. Seriously. Her internal dialogue went on chapter after chapter, her staring at every page. Where the h*llfire was Alessadro? It's like he's not important to the story.
The story begins without knowing anything about Alessandro and how he came to be paired up with Sophia in the arranged marriage. Why does he hate her so much? Why is he so friggin angry all the time? Where does he go every day? What does he do? Why doesn't he touch her more importantly, being an alpha male bad guy, why isn't he interested in having recreational fun with her in the bedroom?
A weak heroine is an immediate turn-off for me and from the very beginning, Sophia is the epitome of a self-made floor mat. She easily submits to Alessandro's every command telling him repeatedly, that she "lives" to be a good wife and raise his children. Really? She allows everyone to be condescending and rude to her, never finding her backbone. Why, after being treated so horribly by Alessandro for so long, doesn't Sophia just ask him what his problem with her is? I can see her apologizing to him when he shoots her by saying, 'Oh..I'm sorry I got in your way."
Sophia grew up in a mafia family yet once she is married to Alessandro, we see how utterly naive and ignorant she is to mafia ways. Like, "why do I need a bodyguard." Get real babe. That's pretty common in mafia families. They want to keep track of you so you don't run away..right?
The biggest issue I had was that Alessandro and Sophia expressed no love or measure of affection or respect for each other. The mafia/anti-hero books I read have a hero and heroine who have angst-filled chemistry, especially during the hate/love courtship. I care about them as people. I want to anticipate their eventual union of passion and crazy hot s*x. There is none of this in the book.
Lastly, I don't believe I have ever read a book in this genre where I have hated the hero so much. I didn't find anything redeeming about Alessandro as a man or a person. Talk about cruel, iceberg-cold, and devastatingly apathetic behavior. He proves himself to be "The Godless" on their wedding night as he readies himself to take his virgin bride. Sadly, Sophia just goes along with it. She is so selfless, "so perfect" as Alessandro tells her. He antagonizes, berates her, laughs at her, even telling her, "You're so perfect, just like a trained monkey." Does she feel insulted or get upset? Nope.. Never.. She values her impeccable manners more than her self-worth.
I read a few chapters into book 2 hoping I'd find some promise of Alessandro and Sophia finding their way to one another but nothing changes from what was going on in Bloody Bride. I won't be reading further.
the way sophia uses her talents to make her position in the rocchetti family was a nice change, she knew what her charms were & how to use them into (eventual) places of power (for a mafia heroine). i enjoyed reading this
The book just dragged on! Didn't like it at all couldn't connect to the charters. I'm not even giving it any stars.
1 star I just read Of Violent Lineage by Bree and loved it. So I thought I'd check out her other books. The Rocchetti series had a lot of 4 and 5 stars so, I'm thinking another great read. Not so. I can not understand all of the rave reviews. I struggled early into The Bloody Bride, so tempted to ditch my Kindle. Geeze...even from the first few pages I was not impressed whatsoever.
The entire book seems to be narrated by Sophia. Seriously. Her internal dialogue went on chapter after chapter, her staring at every page. Where the hellfire was Alessandro? It's like he's not important to the story.
The story begins without knowing anything about Alessandro and how he came to be paired up with Sophia in the arranged marriage. Why does he hate her so much? Why is he so figgin angry all the time? Where does he go every day? What does he do? Why doesn't he touch her and more importantly, being an alpha male bad guy, why isn't he interested in having recreational fun with her in the bedroom?
A weak heroine is an immediate turn-off for me and from the very beginning, Sophia is the epitome of a self-made floor mat. She easily submits to Alessandro's every command telling him repeatedly, that she "lives" to be a good wife and raise his children. Really? She allows everyone to be condescending and rude to her, never finding her backbone. Why, after being treated so horribly by Alessandro for so long, doesn't Sophia just ask him what his problem with her is. I can see her apologizing to him when he shoots her by saying, 'Oh..I'm sorry I got in your way."
Sophia grew up in a mafia family yet once she is married to Alessandro, we see how utterly naive and ignorant she is to mafia ways. Like, "why do I need a bodyguard." Get real babe. That's pretty common in mafia families. They want to keep track of you so you don't run away..right?
The biggest issue I had was that Alessandro and Sophia expressed no love or measure of affection or respect for each other. The mafia/anti-hero books I read have a hero and heroine who have angst-filled chemistry, especially during the hate/love courtship. I care about them as people. I want to anticipate their eventual union of passion and crazy hot sex. There is none of this in the book.
Lastly, I don't believe I have ever read a book in this genre where I have hated the hero so much. I didn't find anything redeeming about Alessandro as a man or a person. Talk about cruel, ice-berg cold, and devastatingly apathetic behavior. He proves himself to be "The Godless" on their wedding night as he readies himself to take his virgin bride. Sadly, Sophia just goes along with it. She is so selfless, "so perfect" as Alessandro tells her. He antagonizes, berates her, laughs at her, even telling her, “You’re so perfect, just like a trained monkey." Does she feel insulted or get upset? Nope.. Never.. She values her impeccable manners more than her self-worth.
I read a few chapters into book 2 hoping I'd find some promise of Alessandro and Sophia finding their way to one another but nothing changes from what was going on in Bloody Bride. I won't be reading further.
5/5 one of the best mafia books i have ever read
I read the first 2 and stopped a few chapters into the 3rd. They are well written but for me they just weren't that good. I found the main female character very dislikable and as all 3 are narrated by only her side this kind of ruined them for me, I couldn't stand her in the end and stopped reading. She's vain, petty, sly, bitchy and while I think the author meant for her to come across as ambitious and strong it didn't work for me. She came across as a fake, complaining, petulant pain in the backside and the more I read the more I disliked her. Rest of the characters were good. Plus I found it a little dull in most parts, both books heavily focus on the workings of the mafia itself and her trying to grab as much as she can for herself - not the relationship between the 2 main characters, it doesn't develop or even appear much and there's hardly any romance or sex in it. On the whole I didn't think much of it and wouldn't recommend.
I disagree, she is supposed to seem to have the mindset of a made man or capo. And, some books aren't always about sex and romance. this one has more depth and suspense built into it. They aren't gonna fuck like bunnies within the first chapter. This book has a lot of twists and turns with the journey, and it has suspense. Sure, there isn't as much romance in this, but that's why there are two other books. I 100% would recommend this series.
very interesting series... well written