shreya's Reviews > Empire of Sin

describe this book in one word: HOT n SWEET 🦋🦋🦋

Initial Thoughts 💭
what the hell are you doing reading this review? GO READ THIS BOOK. NOW. IM WAITING. 4.5/5⭐️
𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 💭
OK this book is rlly good. (Way better than empire of desire) I knew I was gonna love Knox ever since he was introduced in the royal elite series. But this mash up of the modern law world with the whole Russian Bratva mafia crossover is epic and I am so here for it. Not only is KNOX IMPERFECTLY PERFECT. He’s kind of the perfect combination between darkness and niceness. He’s calm but disinterred in almost everything and cares about no one (except her)(and his family too). He still has major past trauma he’s dealing with which makes his character even more interesting. I LOVE ANASTASIA. She has a very angelic persona but underneath it, she’s filled with desires and tenaciousness. Not to mention she’s a literal genius and a hacking wizard, like how hot is that? I LOVE THEM TOGETHER. Both the characters are really relatable and understandable. Everything they do, I know isn’t “stupid” and doesn’t make me throw the book across my room. It makes me hold it close to my heart lol.

and coming to the very important part 😈😈😈😈😈 holy shit the 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 SO GOOD. the only thing was dissapoint was that there was no 🧠 for Anastasia but i will forgo that for this book becasue
a) the dirty talk gets me to my knees
b) this trope is too good to not enjoy
c) given Knox's past history and things Ana finds out happened to him as a kid can be a reason for his sexual endeavours to be such, so im not gonna hold it against him atm cause he has shown time and time again that he will f*cking stand up for her every time and treats her like a princess.

What is it about?
story follows Anastasia who is a runaway daughter of the Russian mafia's biggest leaders. One day she chooses to go to a club for a on-night-stand and experience stuff that been shielded from her all her life. She plans to forget it ever happened but nor her or him forgot. Later she finds an IT job (shes got mad hacking skills guys) at a law firm, the same law firm where he is a junior partner.😈

here’s a jealous blurb cause we love that:

Which is uncool, mate. I don’t mind sharing with you, do I? So you should give me the same privileges.”
A red-hot fire grabs hold of me at the image of Daniel calling her or getting close to her.
If he touches her…I’ll fucking throw him out the window.

WHEN HE TREATS YOU LIKE A LITERAL PRINCESS:

“You’re such a princess.”
“I’m not a princess.”
“You hate cooking, cleaning, and any house chores, basically.”
“It’s not that I hate them. I’m just not good at them.”
“Because you’re a princess.” He smiles. “But don’t worry, I’ve got you.”

spoiler thoughts maybe:

(view spoiler)[I was so anxious when adrian and krill showed up to her apartment and threatened to kill Knox, things like this give me so much ANXIETY while reading. (hide spoiler)]
I love Anastasias stalker side. I mean, who doesn’t research their new boss and one night stand’s entire family tree. Not to mention I love hearing about my babies from RES Aiden,elsa,teal, Ronan etc #crossovers

Also LOVED THE SIDE CHARACTERS . Ik with these books, there’s always a chance for the side characters to get their own book and im really hoping there will be a Damien book cause he seems like a very interesting character.

✈︎ one-night-stand- to lovers
✈︎ "he changed" after her trope
✈︎ friends w benefits to more
✈︎ mafia is somehow also involved 😂