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# XV (Fifteen): A Dark Mafia Romance: War of Roses Universe Kindle Edition

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    XV War of the Roses🥀 #1 by Lana Sky
  

*by J***K on Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2019*

#justbreatheEllen Winthrop is marked as the fifteenth martyr in the blood feud. You empathize with Ellen Winthrop. She is broken but she has a strength within her that burns through and allows her to endure the cruelty she receives from both her husband as well as her captor. She is now in Mischa's clutches.Mischa Stepanov has been locked in a mafia blood feud with the Winthrop family for years. Each side taking a victim and now its his turn and he will mark them as XV.Ellen is one of the Winthrop daughters, hidden away from most of the world. She is kidnapped by the brutal Mischa, who thinks she's her sister Briar. And this is where the true fight begins. Mischa is unpredictable and violent, but he underestimates Ellen's strength. He is trying hard to break her down, but fails.  Ellen shows him she has the strength the take what he gives. She after all is Robert's wife. (Briar's brother) Robert has kept her broken and ignorant. What she does know from Robert though is a secret arsenal of information that Mischa would love to have. He slowly starts getting information from Ellen. After all she complies or dies. Ellen believes Mischa is the blonde boy who had showed her mercy all those years ago they broke into her house.Will she be shown the same mercy now?Holy Hell!!! I am really not one for long reviews but this by far is my favorite read of 2019. I have read Lana Sky books and she never disappoints. This story is Dark, Twisted and Raw. So well written I literally did not stop until I finished the book. Trust me by the end of the story you will be asking yourself what the hell did I just read all while you're dying of anticipation to know more. Can not wait for book 2. Thank you Lana Sky for my new favorite book. PS I've already started to re read the book, it's that good!🔥🔥🔥🥀

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Still not 100% sure how I feel.....
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2019*

I bought this book a little while back, always skipping it in favor of standalones or the newest hyped up release. Needing a book I could switch between Audible and Kindle formats, I figured it was as good of time as any to dive into this story....one I knew would be dark and depraved, I was so incredibly right.Told from the POV of the female lead, this is book 1 in the War of Roses series. It is a dark erotica (there is no "romance") with ties to the Russian criminal underworld and a war they are waging against a less powerful American family. It does end on a cliffy, with book 2 already out. It contains some very dark elements including torture, multilation, violence, blurred lines when it comes to consent, degradation, etc....so please take this as your warning if you aren't desensitized to these situations.Ellen (Little One, Elle, Rose) has lived with the Winthorp family, secret half-sister to the beautiful Briar and wife to the cruel Robert, she has lived her life without an identity of her own. She is Robert's toy, one he enjoys breaking and scarring far more than he enjoys cherishing. When she is mistakingly taken by enemies who were meant to take Briar, she soon realizes she is part of a war that started long before the was born.She is number 15 in a bloody mafia war, the 15th victim of the blood feud between the Russians and the Winthorps. She thought her husband was a monster? Mischa Stepanov is the worst monster of all. A madman who makes her feel things she never felt with her husband. A cruel torturer who uses both pleasure and pain to make her pay for the sins of her husband's family.He promises to kill her, its only a matter of time. But when secrets begin to be uncovered, Ellen will begin learn more about her true identity and the horrific truth behind Mischa's drive for vengeance. In the end she will have to make a choice with deadly consequences, her life or the life she has always known.The cliffy is a tough one, but with book 2 already out you can dive right in without a wait!The book was phenomenally written and narrated.  It is haunting and emotionally impacting, it has the power to destroy you without any promises of fixing the damage.But where it goes wrong....well that's in a few places.1. This book would have done itself a HUGE favor by making it dual POV. So much is going on that we can't begin to understand because we only have the POV of a woman who is utterly clueless (and has zero drive to find out). So much happens behind the scenes that is highly impactful to the story told, yet we don't get any looks into these events.2. Ellen is a complicated character to like. On one hand, she is easy to connect to because we get a very in depth look inside her mind and what she is thinking. She is severly damaged, almost beyond repair from her time on the Winthorp property. So much so, she has little drive to survive or make smart decisions. She is like a punching bag, she takes everything that is thrown her way without an ounce of fight. I get it, Lana is gifted portraying this kind of character. However, enough is enough. I screamed so much my family thought I was crazy. She is tortured all because she can't bring herself to answer the most basic of questions....her freaking name. She "wants" to, but she can't get her mouth to work. She has no problem begging for more in bed though. And if you think your kids ask you why too much well you are in for a treat, because its Ellen's favorite spoken word. Its tragic, especially when she is asked if she loves her husband, the one that is responsible for her mental state as it is, and she responds that she does (in fact she worships him like a God). Without the reader understanding how the mind of a victim like her thinks, it appears to be quite sickening.... that is where the author failed the most. Helping the reader understand why Ellen is the way she is.Where I disagree with other critical reviewers is in terms of Mischa. He is awful, truly awful. But his reasoning behind his war with the Winthorp's is more justifiable than most stories with similar themes. He doesnt see Ellen as a love interest, he sees her as a Winthorp....deathly loyal to her husband (his enemy) and therefore a culprit to his sins. It doesn't help that she refuses to sympathetize or vocalize her disgust with her husband's actions. The way she is in bed with him is the polar opposite of how she should be as a victim, so of course he is going to be paranoid and untrusting of her motives. But in the end, you would have to be blind not to see that he wants to save the Ellen deep inside (the one that hasn't put her entire identity and purpose into her husband's sick games). His methods are unconventional but he sees more in her than she does herself, which isn't saying a lot.Overall, it was too well written to deserve less than 4 stars.  Confusing? At times. Dark? It warns of that. But it is a fascinating page turner that is worth the read!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    This was a great book
  

*by P***T on Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2024*

When I read this book i went through all the emotions I felt sad I felt strange I cried I felt relieved there was so much excitement in this book I loved it

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