Twisted Cravings (The Camorra Chronicles Book 6)
Becoming a Made Man like his brothers was his destiny but never his passion. When he becomes the organizer of his family’s successful illegal street races and one of their thrill-seeking drivers, he finally asserts his own path in the harsh mafia world.
His purpose isn’t the only thing Adamo discovers on the fuel-soaked roads he calls home…
Dinara Mikhailov is the only female race driver and hard to ignore. Not only because of her flaming red hair and ruthless driving style, but also because the Bratva princess is allowed to drive in enemy territory.
Soon Adamo and she find themselves entangled in a passionate game that goes beyond the race track. Yet, both haunted by events in the past, their dark cravings put everything on the line.
As what they crave the most, comes with a brutal price.
Reviews (162)
Craving Something Else
I have read all of Cora Reilly's mafia books. Most I really enjoy, others are just okay, and a few I do not have any interest in rereading. Unfortunately, Twisted Cravings lands in the latter of those three. This book was a disappointment. I did not have any real expectations of what the story would entail, but what Reilly wrote left a lot to be desired. One positive aspect of this story was the pacing of Dinara and Adamo's relationship was good. In the last couple of books, Cora Reilly has spent too much of the plot before the two main characters' relationship develops, and I have not enjoyed that. This book does not have that issue with Dinara and Adamo entering a relationship in the first third of the book. Also, what little we saw of the Falcone clan was good; it was pretty cute; however, it honestly feels as if Adamo is not a part of this family. The majority of the book takes place in Camp, the settlement of race car drivers, during their racing season. While the first couple of races were interesting to read about, they got old fast. The book felt repetitive, with Adamo and Dinara continually leaving Camp to return to Chicago or Vegas. Also, I am still a little confused about Dinara's motives to join the races and why her father is okay with her driving. There seems to be a dichotomy between him wanting to protect her and letting Dinara do whatever the hell she wants. Reilly has created what seems to be two different Remos, the Remo from his own book or Nino's books and then the Remo you see in Twisted Cravings and in parts Twisted Hearts. I understand that Remo is supposed to act differently with people outside his family, but he does not act the same way in this book with Adamo as he does with Nino, Savio, or even a younger Adamo. This book made me miss the old Remo. The grammar in this book was not good. I am not very good a writing grammatically correct, it is not something I would normally notice while reading books, but I did. To me, that signals that in the beginning, the book was poorly written. Probably the biggest reason I did not enjoy this book was, the reader knows nothing about Dinara. We are given one line of information about her, but nothing is expanded on. The reader does not even know why/when Dinara learned to race. Towards the end of the book, Dinara makes a point of saying people do not tend to like her or that she is not very social. This did not line up with the personality presented to the reader throughout the book. Nothing about her was very off-putting that would make me think that she is an unlikeable person. By the end of the book, it feels as if the only thing the reader really knows about Dinara is that she is an abuse survivor. When I do not enjoy Reilly's books, it's because I do not feel connected to the characters in the story, or I dislike the main character (Gianna). In Twisted Cravings I wasn't given the chance to like any of the characters, because I learned almost nothing about them. Anything I know about Adamo comes from previous books. Dinara's story was never fleshed out. This book had so much potential to be good, but the story just wasn't. Nothing about it was enough. The reader didn't get enough details in the Dinara's backstory, not just the abuse, but the aftermath. We learned absolutely nothing about Adamo's time in New York, and Adamo doesn't feel like a member of the Falcone family anymore. While this might not be my least favorite mafia story written by Cora Reilly, I do think its the worst written story out of the Bound by and Camorra Chronicles. It was just disappointing across the board. Two Stars
The Worst of the Series
Adamo was my favorite character and this book took all of his character, threw it in the trash, and made a super bad boy? For what? I have to fully reject this book as canon but here are some things that happened that were wild (spoilers obviously): -he confesses he loves her while she’s covered in her mom’s blood -Dinara picks a fight for no reason and constantly takes things the worse way -they got lock and key tattoos as if that isn’t the most heterosexual thing to do, I don’t know what is -the whole thing after they get married is a train wreck I would have been fine with things up until the death of her mom, but then it went from ‘revenge plot’ to ‘Disney youth’ plot? Her dad forbids her from seeing Adamo again and it’s so dramatic. It really changed the tone of the book and we never really got back on track. Twisted Hearts was not my cup of tea but it was so much better than this. Trust me. You can imagine a better book for Adamo than reading this.
Disturbing
I don't know about other readers, but I do not like to see things happen in books that you see on the TV. I do not like it when authors put horrible things in their books. Casting all that aside, I was so disappointed in this book. I have looked forward to it for forever and it just dragged on and on.Adamo is sweet, but the whole book just drags. This has been my favorite series of hers and I cannot express the disappointment this book brought me.
Not adamo's story
I love every single mafia book this author has written. I've read and reread and reread them all. I'd eagerly waited for this book to come out...and I had to force myself to keep reading. It's not adamo's story. It's dinara's. We have no idea how adamo became who be became. What he went through with luca. How he reconciled with remo, or with his own past even. He never tells dinara about cj or any of his experiences really. (She tells him about past relationships and what she's been through). All in all, Adamo felt like a pretty generic male character to dinara's lead role. And I didn't care for all the emphasis on the racing and mindless killing. Just didn't do it for me. I felt like this book lacked the depth of character that all this author's other books really have.
Heavy
The trigger warning at the beginning of the book is not an exaggeration. This book really deals with some seriously heavy stuff. But first things first. I was really disappointed that we didn’t get to see Adamo in New York. All the other brothers had some background story on their books but with Adamo it was straight to the present time with only one mention of his time with the Famiglia. Not enough! I was always curious about his involvement and how he interacted with his half brother while in New York and, honestly, that was one of the main reasons why I couldn’t wait for this book to come out. Now I’ll never know. Bummer! Despite the fact that the series is about mafia and there’s a lot of violence, nothing gets close to what’s dealt in this story. I won’t lie: it was uncomfortable for me to read about Dinara’s past, to put it mildly. However, we never had a chance to see how she became so good at racing. We only got the heavy stuff. Also, I wasn’t convinced by Adamo’s sudden dark side. I say sudden because we didn’t get to read about his past from his point of view! Even though he was featured in all the other books, we hadn’t seen his perspective, only what others considered. And that’s another reason why I wished we had seen him in New York. I have a feeling that a lot happened to him there, but we didn’t get to see it and apparently we never will. So we just had to accept that he changed, just like that. Lastly, but definitely not least, the romance between Adamo and Dinara was a bit rushed. There wasn’t a lot of “build up” as opposed to the previous books in the series. So that was a little disappointing too. What I actually enjoyed in this book was learning about the illegal races. I didn’t know that they were so elaborate and that the racers practically lived together in this sort of community. I found that was pretty cool. I bet they were all more like a family than competitors, at least that’s the vibe I got from this book. In the end, once I got through all the heavy darkness, I actually started appreciating Adamo and Dinara’s romance. I absolutely loved the epilogue and that is the main reason for my rating of 3.5 stars.
Absolutely amazing
I am so in love with Adamo and Dinara! Cora Reilly did it again, this story is everything I expected and more, a little darker and different than the previous books in the series, full of emotional moments and steamy scenes, perfect for a character like Adamo. This couple is everything, their pasts haunt them both and even though they are enemies, sparks fly between them when they meet each other, as the story progresses we see their connection grow and their relationship evolve, and soon they are tangled in a passionate game of secrets and passion, the author definitely knows how to keep the reader on the edge of the seat and with the heart in the throat. This is a roller coaster of emotions that left me wanting more, I also loved the glimpses we had of all Falcone family, Twisted Cravings is so amazing, absolutely brilliant, hot, full of violence, angst and action, also contains certain sensitive themes that may not be for everyone, but definitely a must read for fans of Cora Reilly!! I will never tire of this series and the Camorra, I hope that Mrs. Reilly writes forever about them.
Adamo and Dinara
I have been waiting for this book for such a long time. The overall plot and story was just fantastic! Dinara was definitely the highlight of this book. That being said, I wish there was more about Adamo and his journey of how he overcame and fought his demons, as mentioned in the previous books. I felt like this book was way too focused on Dinara and her problems, and Adamo's issues were just brushed over. What I loved about the book was the bits and pieces of family moments that we did receive; Remo was just fantastic in this book, and Dinara (you can't help but root for her throughout this book). Overall, I did enjoy this book, but I just felt that Cora separated this book from the rest of the series, even though it's part of a series, and focused too much on Dinara. I also would have liked to see more family interactions, but I understand that Cora is saving that for the Camorra Anthology. Overall, this book is definitely worth the read.
The End
I can’t believe it is the end for the Camorra Chronicles, but we still have so much more in the future is time for the second generation. I love it this book was the perfect closure to this adventure. Adamo is a man now he is not a kid with drug problems anymore. He meet Dinara and he immediately was pull it by her. Dinara had a terrible childhood during the time she was with her mom. And the end she meet Adamo and he helped her to found closure. Remo. Nino, Kiara, Fina, Savio and Gemma and of course the kids were the cherry of the cake. Adamo is one of my favorite After Nino and his book was exactly what I was expecting. No arrangement marriage, not weeding to make peace. They live their love in their own way. Thank you for this wonderful end.
Final Falcone brother story
I loved reading this series but hate it's ending. Twisted Cravings is the youngest Falcone brother Adamo's story. Cora's anti heroes are always hard with others but soft with their women. Although Adamo is in the camorra he has a soft side to him just don't cross him or the ones he loves. Dinara was absolutely perfect for Adamo. As the daughter of a Russian pahkan she lived a privileged life but also a broken one. Her mother, and I use that term loosely allowed despicable things happen to Dinara as a child. The falcons brothers caught up with the mother, and once they found out put a stop to it. Mini and Remo may be "monsters" but even they know there's limits when children are involved. Anyway Dinara and Adamo went on journey that brought them closer than ever. The lengths he went through to be with the woman he loved was so awesome. Dinara was a broken soul but she also showed strength. Battled with her actions and demons. The couple reminds me a little of bonnie and clyde except they're not stealing but settling scores. Trust me you don't want to miss out on this wild ride with these two. Once again Cora reminds me why she's one of my favorite authors. I look forward to more stories. Go ahead and read TC you won't be disappointed!!!!
Remo and Dinara
This was supposed to be Adamo’s story, but I was pleasantly surprised that at the heart of it, it was about Dinara and Remo’s twisted sense of justice. The overtly psychotic Remo being by far my favorite Cora Reilly character, this story worked for me. I only wish the author included a little more about the rest of the Falcone family in this book. I never get tired of reading about Remo’s son, Navio’s shenanigans and his interactions with his twins and cousins. At times the plot was a bit predictable and slow but overall Twisted Cravings is a great addition to the Camorra Chronicles.
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