Name: The sweetest oblivion
ISBN: 9788381783620

Danielle Lori

The sweetest oblivion

Avery

Amina 

leah

Emma Ouellet

bianca deambrogio

Personally, felt like the book lacked depth. Did not give up and read the whole thing but yeah, not for me, I’ve come across better reads on wattpad.

Also pretty old fashioned in the sense how the fl’s virginity was brought up alot even by the ml

Fiona

Personally, felt like the book lacked depth. Did not give up and read the whole thing but yeah, not for me, I’ve come across better reads on wattpad.

Also pretty old fashioned in the sense how the fl’s virginity was brought up alot even by the ml

   She's a romantic at heart, living in the most unromantic of worlds . . . Nicknamed Sweet Abelli for her docile nature, Elena smiles on cue and has a charming response for everything. She's the favored daughter, the perfect mafia principessa . . . or was. Now, all she can see in the mirror's reflection is blood staining her hands like crimson paint. They say first impressions are everything . . . In the murky waters of New York's underworld, Elena's sister is arranged to marry Nicolas Russo. A Made Man, a boss, a cheat-even measured against mafia standards. His reputation stretches far and wide and is darker than his black suits and ties. After his and Elena's first encounter ends with an accidental glare on her part, she realizes he's just as rude as he is handsome. She doesn't like the man or anything he stands for, though that doesn't stop her heart from pattering like rain against glass when he's near, nor the shiver that ghosts down her spine at the sound of his voice. And he's always near. Telling her what to do. Making her feel hotter than any future brother-in-law should. Elena may be the Sweet Abelli on the outside, but she's beginning to learn she has a taste for the darkness, for rough hands, cigarettes, and whiskey-colored eyes. Having already escaped one scandal, however, she can hardly afford to be swept up in another. Besides, even if he were hers, everyone knows you don't fall in love with a Made Man . . . right? This is a standalone forbidden romance.

Made, #1

The Sweetest Oblivion

This review contains spoilers, please do not read if you haven’t read the book. (Spoiles the fun)

this book was the last i received in my orders, so I had read christian’s story, and ronan’s story before i read this, and i didn’t know that I would love nico as much as I did after i finished reading the book. 

Tropes : falling for sister’s fiancé, contemporary romance, mafia romance, forbidden romance (slightly). 

Characters : i) elena and nicolas — elena does not like nicolas at the first time they meet, she glares at him. They mutually hate each other, but everytime he comes to their house for her sister — adriana, she feels warm, and tingly, and might have tried to get his attention, the tension between them is chefs kiss, their first kiss in the car, nico burns the gas station, because the guy touches elena without consent, my dark romance men love to burn shit, and i’m here for it. Elena and nico both have some kind of contact everytime they are alone, and their family can’t see them. The sneaking around behind everyone’s backs is perfect. Since my moral conpass is non- existent when it comes to books, i loved reading more about nico and Elena. 

Nico loved her hair, wanted to fist it in his fingers and pull, and <i>he does that too.</i> now, I am writing this review after days of reading that book, so I don’t remember much, so go read other reviews for more information. 

Elena’s father refused to give elena’s hand to nico, and decided to give adriana, but nico always wanted elena. 

Even when he was engaged to adriana. And even if things happened with Elena and nico while he was engaged, adriana didn’t consider him hers, so it was not cheating. Adriana was in love with the gardener who worked for the abellis. Nico also kills oscar, the man elena is forced to marry by her father, so he can marry me. (My man is insane, yeah, i know) 😌 Nico also gives elena his card for her expenses, because she told him that she spends a lot, even though she didn’t. 

I loved nico more, but not less than Christian. I love that man more in the whole series. 

Side characters : i loved nona, loved how was open and so supportive to the girls. Sebastian gave me the creeps, so i might not be that open to read his story. 

What I loved : i loved the story, and the plot. I loved how the events unfolded until Elena and nico got together. 

Loveable characters or not : Lovable. Yes. 

Strong character development : character development — uhm, it’s kinda complicated. 

Favorite quotes/ highlights : my favorite part of the story was the moment when she initates and nico lets out a little “ah, fuck!” and everything after they get together.  (It is kinda hard to go pick up the paperback and write all my favorite quotes, i’m just tired) 

Any other details : the ace card on the cover could be the reference for ace of spades described for nico.  Although nico does things that should have thrown me off but i ignored it, and that is why I loved this book. 

ruhaani ♡

This review contains spoilers, please do not read if you haven’t read the book. (Spoiles the fun)

this book was the last i received in my orders, so I had read christian’s story, and ronan’s story before i read this, and i didn’t know that I would love nico as much as I did after i finished reading the book. 

Plot : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Story :⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Spice :🌶️🌶️🌶️

Rating :⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Tropes : falling for sister’s fiancé, contemporary romance, mafia romance, forbidden romance (slightly). 

Pacing : medium.

Characters : i) elena and nicolas — elena does not like nicolas at the first time they meet, she glares at him. They mutually hate each other, but everytime he comes to their house for her sister — adriana, she feels warm, and tingly, and might have tried to get his attention, the tension between them is chefs kiss, their first kiss in the car, nico burns the gas station, because the guy touches elena without consent, my dark romance men love to burn shit, and i’m here for it. Elena and nico both have some kind of contact everytime they are alone, and their family can’t see them. The sneaking around behind everyone’s backs is perfect. Since my moral conpass is non- existent when it comes to books, i loved reading more about nico and Elena. 

Nico loved her hair, wanted to fist it in his fingers and pull, and <i>he does that too.</i> now, I am writing this review after days of reading that book, so I don’t remember much, so go read other reviews for more information. 

Elena’s father refused to give elena’s hand to nico, and decided to give adriana, but nico always wanted elena. 

Even when he was engaged to adriana. And even if things happened with Elena and nico while he was engaged, adriana didn’t consider him hers, so it was not cheating. Adriana was in love with the gardener who worked for the abellis. Nico also kills oscar, the man elena is forced to marry by her father, so he can marry me. (My man is insane, yeah, i know) 😌 Nico also gives elena his card for her expenses, because she told him that she spends a lot, even though she didn’t. 

I loved nico more, but not less than Christian. I love that man more in the whole series. 

Side characters : i loved nona, loved how was open and so supportive to the girls. Sebastian gave me the creeps, so i might not be that open to read his story. 

What I loved : i loved the story, and the plot. I loved how the events unfolded until Elena and nico got together. 

What I struggled with : nothing. 

Loveable characters or not : Lovable. Yes. 

Strong character development : character development — uhm, it’s kinda complicated. 

Plot driven / character driven : a mix. 

Favorite quotes/ highlights : my favorite part of the story was the moment when she initates and nico lets out a little “ah, fuck!” and everything after they get together.  (It is kinda hard to go pick up the paperback and write all my favorite quotes, i’m just tired) 

Any other details : the ace card on the cover could be the reference for ace of spades described for nico.  Although nico does things that should have thrown me off but i ignored it, and that is why I loved this book. 

Series status : completed. 

I liked how while the world it was set in was violent, the protagonist's didn't have that violence between each other; he even protected her from it.

I can read dark romance, but I like the guy to not be violent towards the female; so 

Sarah Campbell

What a surprisingly cute read.
I liked how while the world it was set in was violent, the protagonist's didn't have that violence between each other; he even protected her from it.
I can read dark romance, but I like the guy to not be violent towards the female; so clap clap!

rlly good but it was missing something idk

jenna

took me a while to finish, but i'm always catching myself reminiscing scenes of the book. a sweet addiction.

Ellie M.

** spoiler alert **
           Let me just say I went into this headfirst not reading any reviews. I actually choked when Elena started recalling about how this man she slept with was murdered by her uncle.

aileeeeeeen

4.3 ⭐️ — this book is funny when it comes to Nico's pov, I may need longer chapters from his perspective. definitely love him to be a big simp for Elena, a matchmaker (bc I have already read the second book), he is uniquely dramatic and #1 Elena's defender.

aleksandra

4/5

Iconic. 


  
    “I hated when someone told me to smile, as if a smile of mine belonged to them and not to me.”

“He was comfort, security, and need, all in one. It had a name. Home”

Isabella 

I wasn't hooked until the latter part. The only thing that kept me interested was the relationship of the main characters, but I wasn't a huge fan of their relationship. I read more books with much more chemistry. It was kinda enjoyable, but not really incredible. I would have rated this lower if I didn't enjoy the latter part, but if you are in it for the spice, then I would recommend this. However, the ending wasn't as strong as I hoped it would. It isn't a bad book, just not a big fan of this, but it is a nice read if you like mafia books or you want something spicy.

Sidney Schaffner

A good quick read. Good spice.

The more I think about these books- the more they grow on me.

Sandrin

And thats what you get when you lack basic communication skills boys, girls, and nbs - 200+ pages of foreplay. 

It was still fun tho, not something really spectacular but fun.

Ana Luiza

Não sei onde estava com a cabeça mas me diverti super com isso aqui kkkkkkkkkkkkkk

ezmeralda 

** spoiler alert **
           Absolutely LOVED this book. Nico raised my standards even more and learned a lot of new perspectives when it comes to love. It was very well written and I really enjoyed how Nico and Elena genuinely go to know each other and see a different side of one another. Sure they did spicy things consistently but they were truly infatuated with each other's presence. Love slowly bloomed for them and even a cold hearted man like Nico can love a beautiful woman like sweet Elena who made him feel so much warmth <3

Berta

it was really good, i loved it so much 😭

entertaining but that's all. i liked nico but that joke nico said to adriana Isn't It and that took away 1 star.

shai💌

Maylén Diurno 

Cada cual con su guilty pleasure favorito.

kyra

1/5. their relationship’s about as good as a rat’s ass. this is worse than wattpad and ao3 combined. I sincerely dislike both of them.

garnet

when women are written like this…. i can’t

marta 

disclaimer; la aurora es racista y no apoyo sus obras
it was supposed to give... but it did not give what needed to be gave...

Renata

pls i love my sweet abelli sm and ace agh i’ve read this twice and i will never get tired of nicoelena <33333 

- "The cashier groped her," he said indifferently. "So I burned down his place of business . .. and maybe him.”

- "I said I'll never hurt you, Elena, but if I find out you've touched another man, there is nothing in this world that could save him.” 

- "You got a coffeemaker?"
"Can't have you turning into anything nonhuman."

- "Nico, I'm so sore” His hands gentled on me. 
 "Fuck, baby, I'm sorry." He leaned forward and captured my top lip between his, kissing me with a sweet pull. We both realized what had happened the second his mouth left mine.”

- “He was becoming a drug, an addiction I would have to feed every day. From the recent hit, euphoria filled my veins and relaxed my limbs. He was an infatuation, a craving, a need, and I was sure it was unrequited. But as my fingers ran down his tie and rested on his chest; Bu-bum. Bu-bum. Bu-bum. His heartbeats raced for me.” 

- "You make me fucking crazy.” 
"Don't blame me for your psychosis.”
"You are my psychosis.”

- “I wanted her. Her genuine smiles. Her loyalty. Every fucking piece of her. I'd been testing the waters earlier, but as tense as she got I realized she was nowhere near where I was. Not by a long shot. I gave my head a small shake. The worst had happened. I loved the fucking woman. And now my biggest weakness walked outside my body, with soft brown eyes and long black hair.”

- “(..)because I suddenly knew I would lie, cheat, and steal for this man. I would burn the world for him. He was King of the Cosa Nostra. And he was all mine.” 

- “Nico...." I swallowed. "I really am sorry about the money-“ 
"Don't be. I'm impressed, he said. amusement coating his voice. "There might be a little Russo in you yet"

- “Amongst cracked pavement, the fading sound of sirens, and the taste of urban air, the yellow lights of carousel blinked bright beneath the overcast sky. It sat static, alone and beautiful.”

The sweetest oblivion

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