First of all, I cannot deal with the names of 2/3 of the guys. Ransom and Malice, are you serious? I’m sorry, but I absolutely detest that. I literally cringed every damn time their names came up. I’ll be calling them Ran and Mal from now on. I’m honestly not sure how I feel about the guys besides their names. I really liked Ran at first, but he turned into such a cliché that I kept cringing every time he spoke. Drawing her a bath after their first time, “there’s always room for you”, puke. Mal seems promising, although I’m not completely sure if I like him yet? I do feel like I like him the most out of all of them at this point though. Victor is just… I don’t know, not it. He’s giving me major Saint from Kings of Quarantine vibes, but his OCD behaviour is a bit too much. He does however have the most depth so far because of this behaviour, so that makes me like him a bit – he’s the only one who actually has some character traits besides “bad-ass” or “went to prison” or something like that. Furthermore, it honestly didn’t make any sense for them to know Russian. I’m sure it’ll be important at some point, but there really wasn’t a reason for them to learn it? I don’t know, it just once again feels like something that’s just there to progress the plot or a convenient thing for the dirty talk although Russian isn’t a sexy language at all imo but okay.

This is an amazing first book for this series and I can’t wait to jump into number two!! Willow is a young college student who has had an extremely rough life and was raised by her adoptive mother. Or shall we say Willow raised her. She is doing anything she can to make ends meet and get through college which puts her in the wrong place at the wrong time. She sees Ransom, Malice, and Victor getting vengeance for their mother’s death. The dark RH genre is filled with over-the-top shenanigans. In some RHs, the author isn't good at getting me to just go with whatever the premise is. In this story, is it ridiculous that Willow is selling her virginity, then gets entangled with these mysterious gangster brothers? Sure! But the way Eva Ashwood writes, I never pause to be like "this is absurd," the way I do with some others. She draws me in and gets me to just go with it. anyone who said this book was good is lying! This book didn’t get good until i got to the 80% mark. Wtf is up with that Ms Ashwood??? It’s not even about the spice i’m talking about actual PLOT. There were so many POVs. Which is cool or whatever if you can keep yo shit together. I was so confused on who was who and who did what. Like i swore for about 46% of this book i thought Malice and Ransom were twins. But NO it’s Malice and Victor. I knewwwww she (trying to keep it spoiler free) was dodgy, it took so long for it to come to fruition I was almost questioning myself but I will say that I pretty knew the ‘twist’ from the moment she came along in that sense.stars. It’s too soon to tell how I feel about this series, since I’ve only read book 1 out of 4. But it’s off to a good start. The characters are all surface level. Maybe one foot deep? Malice is the typical hot head. There’s really nothing more to him, honestly. Victor, Malice’s twin, has OCD that’s mentioned once by Malice very briefly. Victor’s POV mentions his tics but doesn’t elaborate on them at all. And they’re all the stereotypical OCD tics: counting, obsessively cleaning, germ avoidance. Ransom is the golden retriever little brother that they try to shield from the world. He’s arguably the one who fell first and the hardest for Willow. He’s the one who keeps Malice from killing her at the brothel to tie up loose ends. He’s the one who she has sex with first. He’s the sweetest towards her. I know they said there’s no spice scene until the last 20% which was totally fine with me. however she added a lil foreplay throughout the book but it was the WORST foreplay i’ve ever read. like i didn’t understand what i was reading 🤨. she said he stepped inbetween her legs barely pressed against her but she already reaching an orgasmic high????? SHE WASNT EVEN RIDING HIS THIGH!!! SO HOW DID SHE GET OFF????? MATH AINT MATHING!!!!! I really started loving Vic more, too. I mean, THAT KISS?!!! Holy hell 🥵 I'm happy to see that he's finally letting go a little and I can't wait to see how it progresses in the third book. I wish we got a little more of his POV, though, because I felt like it wasn't much and mostly his chapters were about the technical stuff and X. So when I end up desperate for money and out of options, I agree to sell the one thing I have left: my innocence.

I am *very* interested in seeing where they go from here, especially after that ending. In classic Eva fashion, it is a cliff hanger. not quite as bad as the ending of Reign of Wrath... but this still made me want to scream. I am gonna stop there tho, because I don't want to post any spoilers.Nothing makes sense anymore, and if I thought I might find some peace in knowing that the men who hurt us are dead, I was wrong. Long story short it reads more like high school. The drama and the way the characters talk does not lend itself to college aged adults. They sound more like they’re 16. I think the only reason Malice *wasn't* my favorite was because we got so many more moments between Willow and Ransom that I loved more. (altho I have a feeling that may change with the next book). now the final brother: Victor. I thought his character was interesting, I can't wait to see more of him, even tho I have a feeling it is gonna hurt when Willow finds out exactly what the boys' father did to Victor. You learn a little in this book, and that's more than enough for my heart to start hurting for these brothers, but especially Victor.

I fell in love with Willow from the start. I found her to be the perfect mix of cautious and self-assured to deal with the Voronin brothers. And speaking of the brothers they are jus drool worthy with a perfect mix of personalities to keep the interaction between them interesting and keep the reader glued to the book. The scenes between them are full of tension and later on in the book spice. The 3 brothers Malice, Victor (twins), and Ransom (younger) are the male leads. They are tight as a fist not only in business matters but also as brothers. At this point, I am more attracted to Malice, I like how rough, grumpy, and impulsive he is. Victor though he's very jaded due to the trauma he experienced with their father when they are younger. As for Ransom, I would say he's the most approachable. He's sweet, funny, and sexy 😌. As for the plot, I'm not giving anything away, but damn I was glued to my kindle!! Eva sure knows how to spin a story in her unique voice and I cannot wait for more!! I told myself I was gonna be a responsible adult and wait until all four books in this series were released before I started reading, but we all know how that turned out, lol. Now imma need her to write like hell because I NEEEEEEDDDDD more of this group!!! Character development: Willow is still in the self-discovery phase of her life and you can clearly see her growing into her own with the choices and experiences she goes through.On the night I’m meant to give my body to a brutal Russian mobster, three men storm into the room like dark shadows and kill him before he can claim me. When they drag me from the blood-soaked bed, I’m certain they’re going to kill me too. I enjoyed getting all the different POVs especially Vic’s because you really get to see the extent of his OCD in a very real way.