I love you, Isabella Valencia.” Simple and raw, stripped of all pretense except for the naked truth that had been staring me in the face all this time. “Every single part of you, from your laugh to your humor to the way you can’t stop talking about condoms.”

What surprised me most about this billionaire romance is that our heroine, Vivian Lau, is not poor or broke or even staunchly middle-class. She is a jewelry heiress who, as a child, did not have money, but has been wealthy enough for most of her life to know how to carry herself in various high-society circles. Though there is a difference in their wealth—as Dante is old money and Vivian is new—I loved that Ana Huang did not use their fiscal differences to drive the story forward. Yes, Vivian benefits from the respect that Dante Russo’s name offers, but she is not stepping into a world that she doesn’t understand. This allowed to the story to explore other avenues for conflict.Dante Christian Alex Russo... those millions mean nothing if you can't buy a good personality with it!! I'm honestly a little disappointed that all these billionaires club characters are just copies of each other, and don't have a single original thought, like what in the LJShen is this??

The Hale family owns everything—the eighth largest bank in the world, everyone in our town, and even the mortgage on my parents’ mansion. And now Royce Hale wants to own me. By the time I show up at my supposed husband’s nightclub, I’m determined to leave with divorce papers signed, but nothing can prepare me for the man that awaits me on the other side of those doors. When Aditi Gupta comes home late from work as a pediatric resident one night and her grandfather offers this pitch, she reluctantly agrees. She’s far too busy with med school to be dating, and besides, she dreams of a love for the ages, like her parents, not an arranged marriage. And yet she finds herself agreeing to three dates because she loves her grandfather. All she has to do is make herself utterly ineligible and problem solved! i’d take crazy & OTT over this boring shit. i couldnt even enjoy Kais British accent cause the audiobook hasnt been released yet. 😭 And sure enough, her first date with the disgustingly handsome and intriguing Krishna Lal goes exactly as planned: not well! But then the second date comes around, and Aditi finds more at stake than just three bad dates. Suddenly, her heart is on the line, and maybe her grandfather’s. Why should you read this book?I was delighted that King of Wrath incorporated various forms of these tropes, but found a way to sidestep many of the stereotypes of these stories. As the title implies, Dante Russo runs his business with a ruthless iron fist. He thrives on maintaining control, but when he lets that façade slip, he can become a cruel judge, jury, and executioner to those who cross him. Isabella is everything he shouldn’t want, but with every look and every touch, he’s tempted to break all his rules…and claim her as his own. Marrying a blue-blooded Russo means opening doors that would otherwise remainclosed to her new-money family. Marrying A Blue-blooded Russo Opens Doors That Her New-money Family Would Otherwise Be Unable To Open. Sigh, takes out her glasses, puts them down, ok! Welcome to this weird and chaotic review!! Since I have no idea what my thoughts are exactly lmao.

This is probably gonna be a chaotic review, but that’s what I feel like writing right now, so bear with me <33 In all honesty, Dante and Vivian are nothing more than your generic brand of arranged marriage but also hard proof that some trope combos work even without a hard thought never-seen-before blow your mind kind of plot, aaaaand... I'll leave it up to you if that's a good or bad thing.

The following books are on my TBR

There Was No More Rain In Oklahoma’s Red And Grey Country After Early May. The Earth Soon Crumpled, And Dust Clouds Engulfed All Moving Objects. A Few Storm Clouds Teased The Country In The Middle Of June But Dropped Very Little Rain. The Wind Became Stronger, And The Dust Began To Hang In The Air Like Fog. People Were Forced To Cover Their Faces With Handkerchiefs And Use Goggles. One thing that I love about Ana's books is that she writes Asian characters the way they should be written. Flawed but yet so perfect in their own way. She perfectly describes the asian culture and asian families in this. Both the MCs in this book are asian and I loved how similar their culture and families were but yet so different in their own way. Now among many reasons why Ana Huang is phenomenal with her writing, her characters, and stories is also THE WAY SHE WRITES HER SPICE SCENES! YASS! Like I know going into this story there was going to be spice, but OMG! When I got to the part with the partition in the car… let’s just say I knew fully well why Ms. Ana included Beyoncé’s “Partition” as part of the playlist for this book. Honestly the partition scene was probably my favorite and yeah it just had me burning up and feeling some type of strong way with the way that both Vivian and Dante had a sense of command and steamy hotness with each other in that particular scene. Dante was powerful both in and out of the bedroom, and Vivian let go all pretenses and was free and gave herself over to Dante. The chemistry between Vivian and Dante was HOT! PASSIONATE! RAW! And downright AMAZING! Even aside from the spice, I really enjoyed seeing the softer side to Dante and just how obsessed he was with Vivian. I love an alpha, possessive/ obsessive grumpy man just like the next girly, but when said man shows his vulnerable/ soft side, I just go “aww” and swoon.