When Falcone's World Stops Turning (Blood Brothers Series): Harlequin Manga

Four years ago, Samantha's heart was broken by Rafaele. He broke up with her, after stating to her that he wasn't available for a serious relationship. But four years later their fates bring them back in the same room; at a reception of Falcone Industries, Rafaele's business empire, the two of them will meet again.And the man s in for a big surprise: Sam has a three-year-old son, whose eyes are identical to Rafaele's. As the realization hits in, Rafaele will do everything he can to be in his son's life. But is that enough to make Samantha forgive him for breaking her heart?

When Falcone's World Stops Turning is an enjoyable romantic story with twists and turns. The characters have hidden secrets that the reader comes up against little by little, and you can't help but to empathize and cheer for the former couple.It was a short, interesting story with very good illustrations. Manga style actually suite this story very well! This is a recommended read for fans of the romance genre.

Oh my word! This is such a lovely romantic story. And the best part is that apart from the handsome billionaire man and his love interest of the past that he bumps into, there is a cute kid!

The story is lovely. It is the story of a couple (Rafaele and Samantha) who were dating and then broke up, but unfortunately Samantha was pregnant when they broke up. Instead of telling Rafaele about his child she decides to bring the child up on her own. She does well as a single parent. She has a good job at the University and she is keeping a roof over their heads but all goes to pot when she bumps into Rafaele at an industry party. Rafaele pressurises her to get her to work for him again and eventually discovers that she has a child and the child is his.

And then it is on! Because Rafaele wants Samantha back and he also wants to be a dad. They both have to get over the hurt and disappointments from the past but of course there is a happy ending.

The best thing about this story is that this is the manga version of the story, so of course all of the emotions are conveyed to us through manga art. I really enjoyed this and I particularly liked the fact that there is a child involved in the story because the artwork for the child is just so expressive and cute.

Sigh

If you like romance and manga, and a storyline with a cute child, then this is definitely one for you!

Copy provided by Harlequin/SB Creative Corps via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

Book Review
Title: When Falcone's World Stops Turning
Author: Shion Hanyu
Genre: Manga
Rating: *****
Review: In When Falcone’s World Stops Turning we are introduced to Rafaele Falcone who has two half-brothers all from his mother’s three marriages and he is very wary of women and doesn’t allow himself to get close to them. So when he meets Samantha, a flame from the past, he is confused about his feelings towards her. However, what he doesn’t know is Samantha feel pregnant before he dumped her, and she never got the chance to tell him about the child. Four years later circumstance brings them back together, but Samantha is worried about how he will react if he finds out the child is his.
Samantha is worried when Rafaele threatens to take Milo from her and he needs an heir for his company but not even Rafaele is that heartless and he finds a way around this issue. The first thing he does is buys Samantha’s company and moves into her house so that he can be close to his son, but there is definitely more to this. However, Samantha is having all her old feelings about Rafaele being dragged to the surface and he seems to love exploiting them, but I felt this is because he feels the same way and just can’t voice his emotions because of his mother and the relationships she had and the way she treated people he loved and love in general.
As we cross into the second half of the story, Samantha and Rafaele are now living together with Milo and Sam’s housekeeper. Soon after it is clear to see that the couple still love each other but they have serious communication issues but Milo acts as a barrier between the pair. The scene where Milo calls Rafaele his dad was so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes and this didn’t get any better when Milo, Sam and Rafaele go to Milan to visit Milo’s grandfather and Rafaele finally learns to process and deal with his emotions in a healthy way. A way completely different from what his mother taught him.
The ending of When Falcone’s World Stops Turning was beautiful, and wonderful. However, throughout the story we get to know one of the other brothers well and this ending leaves an opening for his journey and I can’t wait to read more from Shion Hanyu soon.

Ok this is more of a 3.5, but gosh I loved the art here so it got an extra half star.

Another hidden baby romance (is that like super common or something in real life?), however this made a bit more sense. Well Harlequin Romance sense.

Still an interesting trend of "heroine is super competent at her job!" with no actual evidence. She seemed more level headed though, with far less emotional love you/hate you going on (she was pretty firmly "I don't trust your motives here" throughout).

Rafaele was a bit more cold then I'm used to, but there was minimum dramstic fuss on his side. Honestly if my mom had done what his mom did to his dad I may have felt the same way. (Wait.)

I do wanna know what's up with the SUDDEN ELDER BROTHER appearance that sent a shockwave in the beginning. Guess I'll go find out...