Cora Reilly

DanteMy life's a tale of betrayal.I killed so many because they betrayed our cause, because they betrayed the Outfit.A hypocrite. A liar. A murderer. That's what I am.Five times I betrayed the Outfit. With my blood I made a vow to our cause, swore my life to it, promised to put the Outfit first. Above all else.Five times I chose a woman over the good of the Outfit. I betrayed my father. My vow. My men. You reap what you sow.Would my betrayals destroy everything I swore to protect?ValentinaOn our wedding day I made a vow to stand by Dante's side. In good and in bad times. To love him through it all.Growing up in the mafia, I knew the challenges in our life would be numerous. I never expected them to tear at the very base of our family, of our existence.

Bound By The Past

Ana Clara Moreno

me apaixonei por danteval e ainda pela anna e pelo leonas 😩❣️

Kathleen Tom

5 Stars! 

Hi BookLovers, 

Didn’t I tell you guys that how much I love Dante Cavallaro? Well—sorry I might have to tell you again that I really really LOVE him ❤️💜 I love his cold mask, his character. At first It was to understand his character when we read it through Val Pov’s but then when the author gave us a glimpse of his pov it make me understand more and more. 

I hope there’s a book about Samuel’s and Bibiana and the Outfits lawyer. I love Mafia Romances like this. It’s not just about the love with their partner but about the loyalty and family. 

Highly Recommended :)

Vesselina

I have not read a more useless book. As a fan of Cora Reilly, I can say I'm totally disappointed in this book and I feel like lately she's just writing books to have something to sell. Quality is dropping a lot.

nory

3.5 i liked danteval in this one more than book 2 but they’re just not as interesting as the camorra couples so i didn’t rate it higher. i enjoyed it tho ☝🏼

Am I the only one who doesn't really appreciate when you're listening the a side of a plot line that it's really not focused on the characters in the book? 
The first part of this book was interesting, to know more about Dante's past and even when you reach the whole marriage with Valentina part, it's not bad since it doesn't drag too much. 
(view spoiler)[But when the whole Remo and Serafina thing happens? I just wanted to know what was happening with them and not really what was happening in the Outfit. It dragged so much…. and it made me not enjoy this book as much as the others. (hide spoiler)] 
I was also not the biggest fan of Dante before and even though it's a bit better... it's so infuriating that he just forgives everyone hahaha I know there's a series about the Camorra and I'm sure some of the events in this book are also describe there and I'm looking forward to that.

Manon

Juliette Raven 

Well, I didn't really like the first book of Valentina and Dante I didn't need to read the entirety of their relationship again but from Dante's point of view...

The 3 stars are for the new plotlines that have been introduced!
 It was a bit too much to relive again Seraphina and Remo's storyline from the point of view of the Outfit but it introduces new things. Like the deal bargain of marriage for Danillo and Samuel, I already pity the girls especially Emma reading from her point of view will be painful for sure.
What is interesting is also the Outfit trying new things by getting closer to politicians will see how it goes.

Is it just I or something will happen between Anna and Santiano I think this book hinted at it or maybe I'm out of it.

celeste

i mean was this book really necessary?? when i heard we were getting a second book on dante and valentina i thought things were gonna pick up after we left off in twisted pride, but no, i guess we needed to have 50% of the book dedicated to recapping everything we've already read several times throughout the born in blood mafia chronicles but from dante's pov. wasn't it better to just have dante's pov in bound by duty and be done with it? i've noticed that's something cora reilly does, she repeats the exact same events SEVERAL times in different books but from different pov's, and i don't know about you, but it really puts me off having to read the exact same plotlines over and over again.

things picked up after the half-way mark, and it was, coincidentally, when the falcones entered the stage. again, repetition of the events from twisted pride, nothing new to see here except for seeing dante not knowing what the hell to do when confronted with any kind of problems in the outfit. at this point i'm asking myself, does dante even know how to be a capo at all?? every single thing that happens in his territory he's unable to deal with or to find a solution to, instead, he just waits until the whole thing gets resolved in some way where he doesn't have to make any decisions at all. let's see: 

* dante throwing anyone under the bus so long as his precious daughter never gets an arranged marriage. he literally could not care less about giving away other people's daughters (literally his own nieces) just as long as his family was not touched. so, does he care about the outfit or only about his family? if he cares so much about his daughter not being in an arranged marriage then why the hell does he not make this tradition stop? or is it because he just does not give a flying fuck about other girls, just his anna? and just like that, there were other examples where i saw his double standards and i ain't fucking with that.

* every scuderi leaving the outfit for the famiglia. i mean, if every single person started defecting from your mafia family for another i'd be concerned about WHY they keep doing that and try to change that. but we all know dante did absolutely nothing to try to introduce changes in the ways of the outfit.

* valentina's brother defecting because he wanted to marry an asian woman and of course that's frowned upon in the outfit. i mean dante, can you even change ANYTHING about your mobster family's medieval mindset???? is that too much to ask??

* the whole thing with rocco and dante's lack of caring about what the hell happened to fabiano. like, it's not just any soldier that went missing it was the teenage SON of your consigliere, potentially your FUTURE consigliere, that disappeared from thin air and you don't even look for him or investigate what happened to him???

* serafina gets kidnapped by the camorra, and dante never ONCE had a plan on what the hell to do to get her back. just hope for the best and expect remo to hand fina over eventually.

yeah, i felt for him a lot of the times that i mentioned above, but honey, if you can't deal with the problems of running a goddamn mafia family then maybe you're not fit to be the leader at all. i think leonas is gonna be leagues better than his father ever was, #sorrynotsorry.
overall, dante is my least favorite capo because i genuinely think he's not even fit to rule a single block of a neighborhood and y'all can come for me, but the facts remain true and so far, every hurdle trown his way he's been unable to deal with.

Cecília Amaral

** spoiler alert **
           Eu sinceramente esperava muito mais desse livro, eu pensei que ele seria voltado mais pra relação do Dante e Valentina mas acabei recebendo um livro mais voltado pra Outfit e um Capo não tão forte quanto eu pensei. Achei as narrações do Dante do primeiro livro deles totalmente desnecessária pela repetição continua que a Cora adora fazer, acho que a única coisa REALMENTE interessante foi ter uma noção mais ampla dos acontecimentos de Twisted Pride, depois disso tudo passou a ser chato novamente. Eu senti um nojo muito forte na cena da Valentina com o Dante no escritório e os filhos deles chegando em seguida. Gostei da última cena do livro e do amor forte dessa família, mas esse livro foi realmente necessário??

Monri

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La verdad al principio pensé que este libro era muy innecesario aparte de que odio a Dante pero para mi sorpresa no me disgusto el libro, aunque si fue innecesario definitivamente siento que sirve para ponerle un fin a la serie ver el punto de vista de The Outfit, también para ver el futuro de las futuras generación. 
Comenzare con la persona de enfoque Dante, mi opinión cambio bastante pero no mucho, me gusto como dejo ir el pasado (vaya la redundancia) y se permitió disfrutar la vida con su familia, por otro lado Valentina sigue siendo una queen no hay mucho que decir de ella, pero Leonas me encanto puedo ver que tan diferente de Dante es y en serio me gusto como defendió a sus amigos, y Anna también siento que será una queen así que estoy emocionada por su libro. 
Ahora, si no hay leído los libros de Cora esto es un SPOILER. (view spoiler)[Bibi por finnn tuvo su final feliz me encanto, con Danilo tengo una relación amor-odio porque odio como fue con serafina se me hizo algo obsesivo y viendo como tratara a Sofia no me agrada perooo como cuida a su hermana me gusta porque una persona muy importante para mi está en la misma situación que ella así que toco uno de mis puntos débiles y me gusta cuando la defiende aunque odie el acuerdo que hizo con Samuel, simplemente se me hizo tonto y algo problemático porque vaya ninguno quiere o está de acuerdo pero no tienen opción, y no sé cómo me siento con Samuel no lo amo pero no lo odio así que más le vale que respete a Emma, ah y sigo odiando a los padres de Fina, fin. (hide spoiler)]
Recomiendo el libro a los que aman a Dante y claro los que quieran ver un “final” de la serie, aunque no siento que sea necesario lo disfrute y tampoco es muy fuerte así que cualquiera puede leerlo. 


  English


Honestly at first I thought that this book was very unnecessary apart that I hate Dante but to my surprise I did not dislike the book, although it was unnecessary I definitely feel that it serves to end the series to see the point of view of The Outfit, also to see the future of the new generations.
I will start with the person of focus Dante, my opinion changed a lot but not much, I liked how he let go of the past and allowed himself to enjoy life with his family, on the other hand Valentina is still a queen there is not much to say about her, but now Leonas I loved him I can see how different he is from Dante and I really like how he defended his friends, and Anna also feels like she's a queen so I'm excited for her book.
Now if you haven't read Cora's books this is a SPOILER. (view spoiler)[Bibi finally had her happy ending I loved it, with Danilo I have a love-hate relationship because I hate how it was with serafina like he became somewhat obsessive and seeing how he will treat Sofia I don’t like it, but I like how he cares for his sister because a very important person to me is in the same situation as her so It touched one of my weak points although I hate the agreement he made with Samuel, it just seemed silly and somewhat problematic because no one wants or agrees but they don't have a choice, and I don't know how I feel with Samuel, I don't love him but I don't hate him so he better respect Emma, oh and I still hate Fina's parents, fin. (hide spoiler)]
I recommend the book to those who love Dante and of course those who want to see an "end" of the series, although I don’t feel that it is necessary I enjoy it and it is not very strong so anyone can read it.

Billie Yankulova

Definitely more on the plot-heavy side, and I'm glad the characters were Dante and Val - absolutely the couple that can handle some plot around them (said affectionately, with all the love I have for the NY Famiglia and their twisted love stories). 
This whole series has been a wild ride, and each book has had a different feel to it, and though sometimes I think this is its own kind of Stockholm syndrome, I did greatly enjoy almost all of the books, and I might take the plunge into the spin-off series at a later date.

Ariella

Decir que devoré cada página de este magnífico libro se queda corto
Bound by the Past nos cuenta el trasfondo de los hechos que hemos leído a lo largo de las dos crónicas, tanto de Born in Blood y el de los Camorra.
Desde el principio hemos visto a Dante como alguien cuya paciencia no tiene límites, que no deja que sus emociones nublen sus acciones, alguien con un auto control envidiable. 
Y al leer cada libro, cada historia de los personajes, vemos los estragos, las traiciones, las decisiones duras que se toman y mucha sangre de por medio. Eso es lo que exactamente este libro brinda al lector, las consecuencias de esas decisiones su impacto en las vidas de los Cavallaros. 
Leía muchos comentarios sobre ¿Quién es tu favorito? (en cuanto a los Capo) y las votaciones siempre estaban entre Remo (Camorra) y Luca (Famiglia). Y puedo decir que con este libro Dante se ha posicionado en la pelea. ¿Por qué? Porque aunque se lo tacha de una persona fría con emociones apagadas, una y otra vez Dante ha dado todo de sí por el bien de su familia incluso sabiendo que podría ganarse el repudio de esta. Algunas veces se deben de tomar decisiones agrías que a la larga es por el bien de los demás, aunque sea difícil en su momento.
 Y eso es lo que vemos en este libro, velar por el bien de toda una ciudad no es trabajo fácil, menos cuando hay dos enemigos alzándose y en constante ataques.
Dante ha traicionado 5 veces a la causa que él ha jurado proteger, si con estas cinco razones no te hace amarlo entonces no sé que lo haría.
Ahora, no todo es negocios ¡¡¡¡¡noooooo!!!!!
 Vemos el hermoso desarrollo de la pareja Valentina y Dante. Que hay una enorme diferencia entre su primer libro con este y como los dos trabajan duro para ser mejores padres, aun rodeados de ataques de enemigos, Valentina y Dante tienen a dos hermosos hijos que deben de criar en un mundo donde las emociones pueden encarcelarte o liberarte. 
Este libro tiene el equilibrio perfecto, entre el drama por el poder, y el amor de estos dos personajes entre sí y hacías sus hijos. ADEMAS, hay guiños para lo que se viene, hay expectativas para la siguiente generación y estoy tan ansiosa por leerlos.

fleur

Kareena

Ela Tukutukulevu

Dasha

DanteMy life is a tale of betrayal.I killed so many because they betrayed our cause, because they betrayed the Outfit.A hypocrite. A liar. A murderer. That's what I am.Five times I betrayed the Outfit. With my blood I made a vow to our cause, swore my life to it, promised to put the Outfit first. Above all else.Five times I chose a woman over the good of the Outfit. I betrayed my father. My vow. My men. You reap what you sow.Would my betrayals destroy everything I swore to protect?ValentinaOn our wedding day I made a vow to stand by Dante's side. In good and in bad times. To love him through it all.Growing up in the mafia, I knew the challenges in our life would be numerous. I never expected them to tear at the very base of our family, of our existence.

Bound By The Past

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