Audiobook Review | My Dark Fairy Tale

My Dark Fairy Tale, the first book in the My Dark Mafia Romance Duet from USA Today Bestselling Author Giana Darling, is Available Now in Kindle Unlimited!

When a mysterious man rescues her from near death, a young woman finds herself in the throes of a dark and dangerous storybook romance, where pleasure reigns but happy endings are no guarantee.

Guinevere

For all my life, Italy has called to me just as strongly as my father forbade me to go. But now I’m making my own way, spending a summer in his homeland before I accept the life my parents have planned for me.

All those plans come to a screeching halt the moment I meet him. Raffaele Romano.

Raffaele

Everyone knows me as the capo dei capi of the Camorra, a notorious mafioso in Northern Italy, but she makes me remember who I used to be before I became this monster. For her, I could be so much more, but she can never know the truth about who I am.

She’s falling in love with me, but if she discovered the truth about what that monster is capable of, about the things I’ve done…she’d never believe in happily-ever-after again.

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My Review:

I received this ALC in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was one of, if not my most, anticipated reads for 2025 and it did not disappoint! Not. One. Bit. In true Giana Darling fashion I was dazzled from the very beginning. I’m completely and utterly obsessed with Raffaele and Guinevere. These two. They already own a piece of my soul. Watching these two people, who couldn’t be more different, slowly fall in love with one another was just an absolute chef’s kiss. My heart is full and I haven’t felt this way about two characters in a long time. Usually, after I read a book, I completely blank on almost everything I’ve read. But there’s those special cases where a story has touched me so much that I remember absolutely everything, this is one of those. I laughed, I gasped, I swooned, I cried. My belly did the thing, multiple times. SIGH 😮‍💨 I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED IT! Also, can I mention the audio? Phenomenal. CJ Bloom and Dane Anderson did such a wonderful job bringing Raffa and Guinevere. I honestly don’t think I could imagine anyone else voicing them.

MY HEART HURTS. That ending. Will I survive? That’s the question. Another top read for 2025! And I’m dying, dying for the second book!

About The Author:

Giana Darling is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Top 40 Bestselling Canadian romance writer who specializes in the taboo and angsty side of love and romance. She currently lives in beautiful British Columbia where she spends time riding on the back of her man’s bike, baking pies, and reading snuggled up with her cat, Persephone, and Golden Retriever, Romeo.

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