Luca Vitiello: Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, Book 0

This was a very good read that I liked a lot. This was " Bound By Honor" from Luca's POV. Luca was a straight killer this book was everything I expected it to be and more.The book gives us a look at his life growing with a father who was a mob boss who not only beat his sons but also his wives. Luca and Mateo's mother killed herself because she couldn't take him and the lifestyle of the mob anymore. Luca made his first kill at the age of 11. When his cousin set him and Mateo up to be killed Luca crushed his throat with his bare hands earning him the nickname "The Vise". I liked that Luca refused to marry Aria until she was of age although her father and his wanted them to marry right away. Luca hated his father and how he treated his women he was an evil sadistic man who I also hated. On their wedding night Aria was scared that he would force himself on her but Luca didn't he was patient with her. I also liked that he was unwilling to treat her like his father treated his women. Luca knew that he needed to get rid of his father before he caused harm to Aria to hurt him he would do anything to protect her. Luca also a problem when the girl he was banging set them up so Aria could catch him with her and she set Aria up to be roofied and raped. This book also had a lot of action in it with people coming after them. This was a good read with no errors in grammar or spelling. I am looking forward to reading more books in this series.

Luca Vitiello is one of the best books from my absolutely the most favorite mafia series author Cora Reilly. All the Born in Blood and Camorra Mafia Chronicles books are exquisite, gripping, amazingly, and beautifully written. I really love to listen and read from Luca's POV. Luca Vitiello is one of my favorites as is Dante Cavallaro in Bound by Duty (soon coming Dante's POV, Bound By The Past). They are both also the most complicated and interesting men in these series.Luca and Aria's story is a deliciously slow burn and then it is very sensual and hot, how their marriage of convenience grows to a beautiful love story. They have to get through mistakes and obstacles which makes them stronger as a couple.I love the book cover, picture of Luca, and Aria on Luca's POV book. They are perfect! ❤️Cora Reilly, Thank you for creating these beautiful, dark and so swoon-worthy romantic love stories!I also recommend listening to Luca Vitiello's audible book. Sebastian York's performance and voice are perfect Luca. I definitely want to hear more audiobooks with his voice and reading style. If you love to read romantic mafia stories then I highly recommend Cora Reilly's books. She is The Best!

Bound by honor is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. I understand this book is Luca’s pov from that book but it seemed SO repetitive. It was great to see the inner workings of Luca’s thoughts but I just finished bound by honor yesterday so the repetition was getting to me. You do see insight into Luca’s life you didn’t see in bound by honor and it elaborates on topics briefly discussed. If I had read this first I would probably rate 5 stars like I did Aria’s POV. Still good read and I’m glad I read it prior to moving on in the series

This is Luca’s POV during the story Bound by Honor. So this isn’t a standalone, BBH will need to be read first imo. Reading Luca’s young life events and his POV during the marriage to Aria explains a lot. Like many readers, I don’t agree with his reasoning for cheating on Aria with Grace. I guess it makes sense from a man’s POV, but I wouldn’t be so forgiving.This is really an enjoyable story now knowing both sides of the main characters. I don’t know if they could be combined into one giant book and have the same impact.Definitely a recommend after reading BBH.

I never knew I needed to be inside Luca’s head until I heard “I was the boy who killed his first man at eleven.” in the voice of Sebastian York! Ok maybe not that line in particular.. more like every time I heard Sebastian growl “Aria”. 😻I’m familiar with Sebastian’s work and He did not disappoint as Luca Vitiello! He did an amazing job as the rough mafioso! He delivered Luca’s side of Bound by Honor perfectly and I can’t imagine that anyone could’ve done better!When I found out that Cora was releasing Luca’s POV as a full novel, I was interested but not overly excited. WELL, I now know that ANY book written by Cora deserves all the excitement!⠀In Luca Vitiello, She gave us everything we didn’t know we were missing! More information about Luca’s mother, his protectiveness for Matteo and the pain they both went through as children of in the Famiglia. We also get the “behind the scenes” information on certain events in Bound by Honor. I really enjoyed the extra mafia moments that came with Luca’s POV!⠀⠀Take away: If you’re a fan of Audiobooks and Cora Reilly’s Born in blood mafia chronicles, this one is a MUST!

“You are far too beautiful and innocent to be married to someone like me, but I’m too much of a selfish bastard to ever let you go. You are mine. Forever”⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️🌶️🌶️This book revived my love for reading. I have been feeling really stuck and in a slump with reading lately but I had a hard time putting this one down. I haven’t felt this intense need to keep reading in a while. I love Luca & Aria so much. His internal stumbling over understanding his emotions is probably one of my favorite parts. Also him attempting to understand Arias stay of reactions and emotions haha. I loved this story and these characters. 🩷

Luca Vitiello um coração derretido pelo de Ária. Nem tendo amor de pai nem de mãe e muitas mortes foram capaz de escurecer o coração dele.

Leer la perspectiva de Luca sí le da un giro diferente y honestamente, si de por sí lo consideraba una debilidad, aquí terminó de convencerme. No es para nada el príncipe azul, tiene bien marcados sus defectos pero creo que eso funciona en las tropes que tiene esta historia. Y es que ese lado “malo, oscuro” fue interesante de leer y ajá, creo que tengo debilidad por personajes que son de moral cuestionable. Amo a Luca, así de sencillo 💖.

It's the beginning of Luca and Aria's marriage from Luca's point of view. I love their story and Luca is my favourite male character. He is a cold-blood killer and has only known violence. I love how unhinged and wild he can be while being also very protective and caring towards Aria, even early on.I enjoyed having an insight of Luca's inner thoughts and struggles when he starts having feelings towards Aria. I also enjoyed his relationship with his brother, Matteo and the scenes with his monster of a father were awesome. It was a fantastic read about a fascinating character.

Boh gente io sono senza parole per quanto è stato bello leggere questo libro❤️‍🩹E fatemelo dire: era veramente necessario per comprendere al meglio il primo libro. Credo infatti il problema principale del perché a tante persone non sia piaciuto “Bound by honor” era la mancanza del dual pov, che se ci fosse stato ci avrebbe fatto capire molte cose mentre succedevano.Quindi sono qui per dirvi che se avete letto il primo e non vi è piaciuto tanto, date una seconda possibilità integrandolo con la lettura di “Luca Vitiello”, riuscirà a darvi un quadro più completo.🚨Ci tengo a dire che i libri della serie NON sono standalone, nonostante ogni libro sia la storia di una coppia sempre diversa, i fatti narrati fanno si che l’uno sia la diretta conseguenza dell’altro🚨Per chi non lo conoscesse vi dico in breve che “Luca Vitiello” è “Bound by honor” dal punto di vista di Luca, mentre l’altro è dal punto di vista di Aria. I due vengono promessi in matrimonio l’uno all’altra quando Aria ha solo 15 anni e Luca è il prossimo Capo della Famiglia di New York, una delle famiglie criminali più influenti degli Stati Uniti. Aria fa parte dell’Outfit di Chicago, famiglia rivale dei Vitiello, e il loro legame servirà a portare forse la pace fra le due.Ma come in molte coppie arrangiate della vita malavitosa non ci si aspetta un matrimonio d’amore, sono solo matrimoni di potere e politica.Per Luca l’amore è una debolezza che un Capo non può permettersi, sarà Aria la prima donna a metterlo in ginocchio?Come dicevo, questo libro è assolutamente necessario per capire i sentimenti e le emozioni di Luca e i pensieri che lo tormentano. In Bound by honor abbiamo avuto un piccolo specchietto della sua personalità, ma qui Luca riesce a dare sfogo a tutte le sue preoccupazioni e conflittualità che lo assillano dal giorno della promessa.Capiamo anche da dove deriva tutta la sua brutalità e crudeltà e credetemi quando vi dico che Luca vi sorprenderà. Riesce a spiazzare senza mai uscire fuori dal suo personaggio, non fa e non dice nulla che non sia in stile Luca Vitiello, e questo forse rende la cosa ancora più autentica.Forse questa non è propriamente una recensione sul libro, più un pensiero direi.Le emozioni che ho provato durante la lettura sono inspiegabili, Cora ha tirato fuori un personaggio pieno di conflitti interiori che a primo impatto sembrano impossibili da sbrogliare.Rincontreremo Aria e Luca in “Bound by love” e sono pronta a farmi spezzare il cuore😭😩