BOOK REVIEW: Year of the Scorpio (Part 2) by Stacy Gail

Year of the Scorpio (PART 2) by Stacy Gail

Published date: 17th February, 2017

Genres: Adult, Romance, Contemporary
Format: Ebook

Rating: 4*
Synopsis:

My name is Dash.

The Vitaliev Bratva had always been a part of my life, but I was never a part of it. My father built it from the ground up, and while he never hid what the family business was, he never wanted my life to be tainted by it.

But my father forgot one thing.

I’m also a Vitaliev.

Everything I hold dear has been targeted since my father’s death—my business, my friends, and the peaceful world I’ve built for myself. But it wasn’t until the love of my life, Polo Scorpeone, was struck down by a sniper’s bullet that I realized being a Vitaliev isn’t a curse. It’s a strength.

I will face my hidden enemy with the Vitaliev fire of old, and I’ll do it with the most powerful lethal weapon Chicago’s underworld has ever known by my side.

Come to find out, the legendary Scorpio is hard to kill.

REVIEW:

Holy lord the first couple of chapters were so hard to read because they were extremely painful. Seeing Dash suffer the way she did just killed me and then BAM! Polo's here and holy molly those sexy times between the two of them.

The fire between them doesn't seem to be going down anytime soon.

This was also a book full of more action and juicy drama. The only thing that pissed the hell of out of me was the lack of communication between Dash and Polo. I mean, Polo was so blind with the need to protect Dash at any cost that he didn’t thought what was the best for Dash, he just made sure she was kept alive and thus making her suffer in a way.
Thank god that after some time Polo decided to hear Dash out and after that the book regained it’s fantastic pace and badassery.

Let’s just talk for a bit about Knives. Crazy doesn’t describe it because the guy has no brains and heart at all. This piece of sh*t was born after Nizhy died at age 15 basically which is heartbreakin
g because Dash lost her lovely brother and gained a maniac who was her brother only by blood because to her he was no longer anything important. Of course it hurt losing him in the end but the guy freaking wanted her dead and I think it was for the best that he died the way he did. Actually, that he died, it doesn’t matter how, just that he died and he won’t hurt anyone anymore because so many lives were lost thanks to this bastard, including my baby boy Konstantin. Still not over his death obviously.

I loved how in the end everything wraped up and we got to see Polo having a clean life like he wanted since he was a boy and after he gained his freedom from Boryshko. He’s happy and living next to the love of his life, Dash.
The cherry on top was obviously when Polo suggested that they name their son Konstantin, that me cry like a huge baby and I had a smile so huge on my face that I can’t even describe the stupid expression that I had.

Such an awesome book with badass characters, action packed, juicy drama and a lot of sexy times.

BOOK REVIEW: Year of the Scorpio (Part 1) by Stacy Gail

Year of the Scorpio (PART 1) by Stacy Gail

Published date: 9th October, 2016

Genres: Adult, Romance, Contemporary

Pages: 311
Format: Ebook

Rating: 5*
Synopsis:

They call me Dash. Sixteen years ago my brother and I were kidnapped. The Scorpeones believed our father, boss of the Vitaliev Bratva, could be pressured into relinquishing his hold on Chicago’s underworld.

They were dead wrong.

Ultimately the Scorpeones made the youngest of their family pay for their sins. I tried not to care. Marco Polo Scorpeone, the hostage whose life was forfeit if his family moved on the Vitalievs, was the enemy. Why should I care if he was tortured worse than a prisoner of war?

Except I did care.

For sixteen years I’ve cared, more than I can say.

They call me Scorpio.

There was no light in my world. Then I saw Dash smile.

No voice could pierce my darkness. Then I heard Dash speak.

I’ve killed to survive. Killed to please my handler. Hell, I’ve killed to please myself. Killing is what I do.

I know I’m not good enough for Dash, but it doesn’t matter. What matters is that she’s mine, from now until the end of time. But that time might be nearer than I think, because someone deadlier than me is closing in…

Scorpeones believed our father, boss of the Vitaliev Bratva, could be pressured into relinquishing his hold on Chicago’s underworld.

REVIEW:

HOOKED. ON. THE. FIRST. PAGE.

Jesus, Stacy Gail knows how to grab you right at the beginning of a book. The freaking prologue was so genius and it gave me a major case of goosebumps.
I loved, loved, loved her writing throughout the whole book. The way she described everything, the cocky responses Polo or even Dash gave, my lovely Konstantin and his huge heart towards all his lovers but mostly the way he cared for Dash, he was genuinely her best friend.

Yup, I had to talk about Konstantin, he was one of my favorite characters and I think he made a great impact in both Part One and Two.

Now let’s talk about Polo and Dash. Not the usual couple we see in a book. Dash is gloriously badass and will cut your tongue out if you mess with her. She has some crazy lady balls and dear lord if someone tells her what to do instead of letting her decide said thing by herself.

Polo… Polo… Polo… Where can I find one but buy 30?! I loved him right from the get go. Even with all the suffering and torture he went through we see him as a better man than most people. Yup, he killed people for a living but that’s what he was made into. A killing machine. It doesn’t mean that it was something he liked or even wanted to do from the beginning. It’s clear all he wanted was to have a clean and legal life but even though that was taken away from him he still tried to pursue that life but with Dash by his side. You can totally see the freaking attraction between them both and it’s something not recent but with years’ worth of sexual tension and shared feelings.

I loved the whole story and character development. The whole drama and the danger lurking through every chapter. This book was just sooooo freaking juicy, I couldn’t put it down thus why I gave it five stars.
Also… that freaking ending! My heart barely lived through that for crying out loud!!!

This is a must read for you all.