This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review.

Book Evaluation:
Plot: 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎
Cover:📔📔📔📔📔
Hero: 🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻
Heroine:🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️
Intimacy Level: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Relationship Building: 💒💒💒💒💒
Heart & Feels:💞💞💞💞💞
Witty/Banter/Reaction of Laughter: 😂😂😂😂
Page Turner Level:📖📖📖📖📖
Ending:🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧
Overall View: ✨✨✨✨✨


First Impressions
Destroy Me is the first book in the "Corrupted Royals" series and in this one here we have Misha's book. I first met Misha in "Brutalize Me" with his sister's book and I was really intrigued about Misha and there were hints about his romance with Aurora, and I was very intrigued and I just couldn't wait to jump into this one. This author is really hard not to just binge all the time. Destroy Me was everything I could have hoped for and more. And especially once you read the blurb you know its going to be crazy and wild and forbidden in all that delicious angst. It has a Romeo and Juliet type of feel to the story and seeing our couple find their way to a HEA was epic. You are instantly pulled into this story and its easy to not be able to put this one down so you just know that Michelle Heard will really captivate your attention pretty quickly.

First Line
"Abbie, wait for me," I whisper-hiss as I grab hold of my best friend's arm just as we're about to enter the popular nightclub she's dragged me to.

The Main Protagonists
The Hero: Misha Petrov
-Mafia Enforcer for the Bratva
-Training at the Monarch Academy--2 Years left

The Heroine: Aurora D'Angelo
-Shy and Reserved
-Virgin
-Mafia Princess

Summary
Misha and Aurora first meet at a nightclub. There is an instant chemistry between them, and when there is an explosion, and they are stuck in a elevator, they build a connection to each other. But then its revealed to Misha that her father was behind it to kill him and his two other friends also enforcers for the Bratva and he releases that she is the daughter of his enemy and he has to force himself to close himself off from her as she is now his enemy and not the woman he was starting to fall for. Skip ahead two years, and Aurora's father is forcing her and her best friend Abbie, to enter into the Monarch Academy. Neither of them know exactly what they are getting into, but what Aurora doesn't expect is that the man that she loves to hate her and she is shocked to the core since she had no clue who he was. Aurora wonders if she can have that hate turn to love again and make Misha want to fight for them and find a way to be together...

What I Loved
This has all the forbidden angst that I love so much to read in a romance. It was just utterly delightful to read how this one was implemented. Michelle Heard instantly grabs your attention with the beginning scene and I just love how she writes intimacy. And I am not talked about the sexual scenes, I am talked about the chemistry and the emotional bond that forms between Misha and Aurora. Seeing these two having to be in situations to deal with their issues and realize that they aren't really enemies and seeing the connection that they formed originally still just as strong as ever. I adored Aurora. We see so much character growth from her. We see her go from this shy skittish woman, to someone that learns how to defend herself and overcome her fears. Then we have Misha who is a badass mafia enforcer, he is bound by duty. I respected the way that he goes about fighting for Aurora and the ways in which he goes through the correct channels to have her as his wife. Its not easy of course, but he is so determined to keep Aurora in his life or die. I mean that devotion to Aurora was so sexy and appealing. We also see connections that are hinted at for the next couple which I am really intrigued by.

There is something in how Michelle Heard writes a romance. I am not sure why I slept on this series, I think it was the Monarch Academy as I know she has a previous series about this academy. But this book was so different from what I was expecting it to be and seeing all the forbidden chemistry building throughout this story was so beautiful and had such a epic feeling to the story.

What I Struggled With
I didn't struggle with anything on this one, I loved everything about it.

Overall View
Destroy Me is a thrilling installment that captures the attention, portraying such beautiful chemistry that gives you "in the moment" vibes that deliver deep emotion and well balanced chemistry.

Favorite Quote(s)
Our bodies find a rhythm that’s uniquely ours. It’s both filthy and sweet, brutal and tender, addictive and obsessive. We become one in a way I never thought was possible, and it feels as if we claim a piece of each other's souls.


She becomes the reason life on this fucked up planet exists. She’s my big bang, my religion, my total obsession. My heart fucking beats only for Aurora D’Angelo.

“I love you. I know it’s not enough, but it’s all I have that’s mine to give. I love you.”

Book Details (also in my shelves)
Sub Genre: Dark Romance, Romantic Suspense
Character Types: Mafia
Themes: Heart/Emotional, Danger, Fairy Tale Retelling-Romeo and Juliet
Tropes: Forbidden Love, Star Crossed Lovers

Book Perspective
Duo POV

Relationship Conflict vs Plot Conflict
A Mix of Both

Song This Book Inspires
Burning Heart by SVRCINA
SOS Elizaveta

Recommendation For Reading Order
You can read as a standalone, but for the character connections, recommend reading it in order.

Steam/Spice Explanations

Steamin' up the room -the sexual content is more explicit in the language and tone, heavier amount of sexual scenes.