Review | Sweet Danger

Hot Love Story Inside the Mafia... Not Surprising

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The book Sweet Danger was written by the author Valéria Xavier da Veiga and tells the story of Sarah who majored in advertising and wants a job as an assistant at Ryan Cooper's company. One day, when she is returning home distracted, she is run over by Ryan and, from this moment on, it is clear that they both felt attracted and soon she discovers that he will be her boss. But in addition to being CEO, Cooper has another life that could put hers in jeopardy. Working together, they will start an intense relationship, fueled by passion, jealousy and sex. The plot even aims to be different from so many others we know out there as Fifty Shades of grey or After. But it is not surprising presenting more of the same.

Reading is super fast and doesn't have many characters. The work is surrounded by clichés that no longer make sense in the 21st century. I don't understand the real reason for putting a strong character to fix a man weakened by the past. Even worse is her accepting the guy's bizarre attitudes like getting her to live in his house because he's a mobster, and she's in danger due to Ryan's double life, and the first time that happens it's kind of no choice … either go or die.

The relationship between them is spicy and at the same time tense and with some twists that don't make much sense, like the other “peguette” kissing Cooper to make Sarah turn around and leave. Like Cooper says he's going to kill Sarah's friend just because they already had a romance and he says he's jealous of her. Another point of attention are the phrases "You are mine" / "I'm yours" / "I'm always ready for you", indicate signs of possessiveness and submission and if we pay attention to the facts, she shows herself as an independent woman who does not accept any type of treatment. This “empowerment” is problematic.

“I wanted to think differently, but the truth is that I I was in danger beside him. I had the option of not wanting to know anything about it, breaking up with him, but I would still be persecuted. ”Sweet Danger, p. 143

With the coexistence between the two, things start to change. He shows signs of overprotection, possessiveness, exaggerated jealousy, sometimes appears authoritarian and super rude and added to all that, they have few dialogues. He has a daughter who befriends Sarah overnight, a girl who doesn't go out, who doesn't interact with anyone but the housekeeper. A super healthy environment for a child, right?! Taking into account the bunch of armed security guards transforming the house into a fortress and to make matters worse, in some passages he freaks out because of silly situations.

Time here is a forgotten and poorly developed item. The protagonist meets a guy that she soon falls in love with, goes to work for him, on the same day they are making out, she doesn't even have a month right, she is already going to live with him, becomes "mother" of his daughter, they fight, they get married, he falls into a coma, she takes his crap ... honestly? The reading until it flows, but the plot is problematic, everything happens very quickly and in a shallow way. Another detail that is something to be questioned. Why not create a story in a Brazilian setting? Why did the plot take place in another country? Why not value our culture? It would be an attraction for the development of the story. But due to the fact that the author lives outside Brazil, perhaps, it was a matter of convenience.

Doce Perigo, is the first book in a six-volume series, released by writer Valéria Veiga. 

Book read during the Collective Reading promoted by LC Agência de Comunicação.

* Book recommended for over 18 years.

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