Review: Bound by Hatred by Cora Reilly

3 stars! ***

Author: Cora Reilly

Title: Bound by Hatred (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles #3) 


The third instalement in the Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles series was a lot better than Bound by Duty. We didn't have to deal with totally emotionally closed of individual and way too over-sensitive woman. 

We've FINALLY got the dual POV.

Gianna, a sister of Ariana (from Bound by Honor), run away six months ago. Away from her fiancé Matteo, a brother of Luca (from Bound by Honor). Away from blood, suffering, torturing and murders. Away from her golden cage where she can't chose who she's going to love and with whom she'll spent the rest of her life. Eventually she gets caught.  [SPOILER: She's find in compromising position (she didn't really do anything except for kissing) and he gets killed.] 
 
Even thought that Matteo didn't have to marry her after she escaped and now was believed to have slept with numerous men. He still insists on following through it. Whether it's because of his pride, his possesivness, fascination by Gianna or his feelings? Who knows.

They get married and start to have sex right away. Lots of it. And it doesn't look like it bothers her too much. She acts like it does, but it's futile. Even if Matteo didn't see right through it, his giant ego wouldn't even recognize it.

In the previous books Matteo is portrayed as someone who is quick to kill (which he is - proved somewhere in the middle of the book), ruthless, volatile person who hides it all under his smily persona and nasty jokes. But he's much more. We got to see that he's also caring, protective, adores his brother and loves to cuddle!

Gianna calmed down a bit. Doesn't cause as much trouble as she did before. In the second half of the book her mind stops to be obssesed by running away. And not only because of her ankle monitor. [SPOILER: She does run away at the end of the book for couple of hours, but in the end she "mans up" and comes back.].

It was part funny, part sad, part romantic, part I-want-to-slap-Gianna. What I apreciated most was the dual POV and the beginning where we could see how it all started. 


*My favourite part of the book:
Lily (Aria's and Gianna's little sister) asks what is love and Aria answers:

Love is when you feel safe in someone’s arms, when he’s the first thing you want to see in the morning, love is surrendering. You risk getting hurt but you don’t care. You are willing to give someone the power to break your heart. Love means seeing someone at their worst and still seeing the good in them, love means someone is perfect for you despite their imperfections.