Isle of Redemption: A dark MM mafia romance (The Moretti Chronicles Book 4)

I waited for this book for i think 3 years. And the wait was so worth it! I usually don’t read pure MM books (manga, webtoons are the only exception), but this one absolutely floored me and i loved it so much! Igor and Julian were amazing, and i loved my babies who had to go through so much! I also loved seeing characters from previous books. Overall it was an amazing book and conclusion to Moretti chronicles!

This was the first book I have read by CJ and the first one in the series I have read and it has me wanting to go back and read the rest to get everyone elses story!! I really enjoyed Igor and Julian and their whirlwind, emotional journey. They went through things I do not wish on anyone. Igor went through the mental dilemma of being loyal to the last name he has, and which makes him do horrible things or being loyal to his husband and the family who took him in. I loved how we got to see his inner thoughts and his mental anguish. It really made him human in a place he needed to be a machine. I loved how Julian did not give up on his husband, the man he loved for 15 years. He was going to find him and bring him home. I loved how he loved him loudly and immensely. I really loved seeing the flip between the past and the present seeing them young falling in love!! I also loved Mammona and her limoncello!! I just wish Igor was able to love Julian out loud a little more and I just felt like the jumps between some of the scenes were a little odd.

This book absolutely destroyed me in the best possible way. This book is dark, brutal, obsessive, and somehow still incredibly emotional underneath all the bloodshed and violence. Igor and Julian are the definition of ride-or-die love. The kind that crosses lines, burns down worlds, and keeps choosing each other anyway. Igor broke my heart in this one. You can feel the weight of everything he sacrifices trying to protect Julian, even while becoming someone he barely recognizes. And Julian?? Completely feral for his husband in the best way. The man literally tears through Europe chasing Igor and killing anyone in his path. The devotion between them is intense, toxic at times, but also impossible not to root for. What I loved most is that this doesn’t try to soften the darkness. These men are dangerous. They’ve done horrible things. But underneath all of it is this desperate need to protect each other at any cost. The tension throughout the book is relentless because they’re constantly being pulled between love and survival, and the looming mafia war only raises the stakes higher. Every reunion, every confrontation, every moment between them felt charged. Also, the secret marriage trope?? Obsessed. Definitely check your triggers before going in because this series does not hold back, but if you love MM dark mafia romance with obsession, violence, loyalty, and “I would burn the world for you” energy… this one delivers hard