![]() ![]() ![]() he continuously threatens, objectifies and degrades her, and i honestly would have expected more trauma from a victim of kidnap, but i think that was the issue- Reilly didn’t even portray Serafina as a victim and glossed over the realities of someone being held captive. ![]() but honestly it did just feel like Remo raped her and used small acts of kindness to manipulate her. Id assumed things weren’t what they seemed from Dante’s POV. and i wanted to see how things ACTUALLY went down between Serafina and Remo after reading everything from Dante’s POV first. i read Bound by the Past first so i knew the general gist of this book so it piqued my interest before id even started this series. The whole book made me sooooo uncomfortable. all the Falcone men are trash- but not you Nino baby, ily. but this book is one of my thirteen reasons why. Now, a disclaimer: im not in anyway shitting on people who enjoyed this book. ![]()
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The first book in this enthralling series by Angie Sage leads readers on a fantastic journey filled with quirky characters and Magykal charms, potions, and spells. Who is this mysterious baby girl, and what really happened to the Heaps' beloved son Septimus? That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across an abandoned child in the snow-a newborn girl with violet eyes. 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