Claire Contreras Follow

Audio review from February 2020

This story was so sweet!! And ok yes it had the typical romance “couple has misunderstanding that breaks them up” but this one didn’t feel forced into the story as she had been dropping nuggets about it the whole way through so it felt like a natural progression of the story. The guy never gave up on the girl but never pushed her either. But he made sure to stand by her side the whole time.

I said “awww” so many times!

Now onto the narrators: it’s Jacob Morgan and Virginia Rose!! I LOVE THEM!!

They are both on my favorites list so this was an easy book to listen to!

LOVE!!!

Because Your Mine is one of the few mafia romances that I've listened to. I know that I like Claire Contreras, and her writing always keeps me engaged, and this definitely fit the bill for me.

Although Because You're Mine is a mafia romance, it is not dark. It's at times haunting, it is always action packed, and it's definitely fast-paced.

Catalina and Lorenzo are not the couple that you expect to match on paper. The ballerina and her sister's professor, who turns out not to be who Catalina expected him to to be. There were so many twists and turns and connections that the book was always felt like something new was developing. I don't want to go to far into the plot for fear of moving into spoiler territory, but just know that there are a lot of more connections between these two as you move through the story.

From a narration point of view, Stephen Dexter and Scarlet Chase definitely delivered on the spark, the emotion, the uncertainty and the fast paced nature of the story. Stephen in particular delivered on the sometimes frantic nature of Loren's behavior and delivery. It was a real treat to listen to.