The Handler-Vi Carter

My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐/5

This was an ARC given to me by Vi! This is a story that I enjoyed, although it wasn’t one of my favourites from Vi’s work thus far. This dark romance does contain some scenes that can be triggering to some, so read this with caution in mind.

Evie was ripped from her home and held against her will, kept for her purity to be sold off to rich men that these women were forced to study during their time in captivity to know everything possible about their future husband, the highest bidder. Lucca, The Handler, has been assigned a case to find these 6 missing girl for the Bratva. Evie was the only witness alive from the kidnapping of these 6 girls. With the objective of returning the girls to Igor, a higher ranking member and boss to Lucca. A wrench is thrown in these plans when he is blown away by the beauty that Evie is, and the lies that she continually spews to Lucca despite him knowing that they are. Her sass and looks only continue to draw him in the more they spend time together throughout the challenge of finding these girls.

This novel is a quick and steamy read, although the storyline could’ve been more in depth to help people connect to why Evie is the way she is, and what made Lucca want to become The Handler.

The storyline was good, but I feel like I expected the storyline to be darker and more in-depth of the storyline of what made Lucca and explain the backstory of the camp more, but maybe there will be a second book? who knows...

TW:: There are a couple of triggering themes in this again as it is a Dark Romance novel, with themes and ties of Mafia tropes due to Lucca being The Handler. themes of violence, drugs, trafficking and a few others, so read with caution (or not at all) if you cant handle these themes