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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
Oooh I give this a strong 4.25/5. This is everything I’m looking for in a mafia book. Nico and Elena are so passionate for each other since the beginning, even when it was taboo since he was supposed to marry her sister. The only part that wasn’t my favorite is how he’s been sexual with many people in the close circle, like his (young) stepmother Gianna (next book), Isabel the maid, and Jenny Tony’s gf. But he redeems it by not sleeping with anyone once he meets her. And although she knows Adriana lives the gardener, it’s still kinda sus and odd to basically try to have an affair with your sisters fiancée.
Spoiler summary:
Nicolas Russo is a don who is set to marry Adriana Abelli, because the oldest abelli (Elena) is “unfit” because she lost her virginity. It was technically a one night stand but they murdered the guy so she wore a plastic ring he gave her out of guilt. When they all first meet, she thinks nico is an asshole but when his own cousin put a gun to Elena’s head at dinner, he kills him. Then they start this big lusting competition of teasing one another (but don’t actually do anything). This is where Nicos “touch her and you die” is really started. Adriana has been in love with the gardener, and he gets her pregnant. So Nico forces her dad to let him marry Elena, but he said she’s already set to be engaged to this creep Oscar. So suddenly the next day Oscar is murdered
Spoiler summary:
Nicolas Russo is a don who is set to marry Adriana Abelli, because the oldest abelli (Elena) is “unfit” because she lost her virginity. It was technically a one night stand but they murdered the guy so she wore a plastic ring he gave her out of guilt. When they all first meet, she thinks nico is an asshole but when his own cousin put a gun to Elena’s head at dinner, he kills him. Then they start this big lusting competition of teasing one another (but don’t actually do anything). This is where Nicos “touch her and you die” is really started. Adriana has been in love with the gardener, and he gets her pregnant. So Nico forces her dad to let him marry Elena, but he said she’s already set to be engaged to this creep Oscar. So suddenly the next day Oscar is murdered
How is the author managing to have such amazing chemistry between the main characters?
I even care about some of the side characters.
And an exciting story on top of it.
I even care about some of the side characters.
And an exciting story on top of it.
dark
funny
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was my first “mafia romance” read, though I’ve been meaning to cross the genre off for years now. On the surface, it’s not a genre for me, and that might still be true… but now I get why some people love it. I had to dig through a lot of reviews to find one that would be entertaining for a first of the trope, and this was successful.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Murder
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I absolutely devoured this book. I didn't read a mafia romance in a while so it was right up my alley. My reading year was sloppy, it took me 2 weeks to finish books that I would've finished in 2 days last year, but this book finally gave me the hope that I may do my reading challenge this year. Although it's still debatable.
This book was so easy to read, everything flowed naturally and I didn't get bored for a single moment even though I realized at some point that I've read another book where the premise was similar: one sister is promised to marry the head of another mafia, but then something happens, and the other sister gets married to the MMC. But this sentence is where the similarities end, because otherwise everything is different and I loved every single moment of it.
Also, a honorary mention is that Nico Russo won me over when he said 'There's nowhere you could go that I wouldn't find you', because it's the same thing Xaden said (There's nowhere in existence where you could go that I wouldn't find you, Violence) and that felt like the contemporary version of the same phrase.
This book was so easy to read, everything flowed naturally and I didn't get bored for a single moment even though I realized at some point that I've read another book where the premise was similar: one sister is promised to marry the head of another mafia, but then something happens, and the other sister gets married to the MMC. But this sentence is where the similarities end, because otherwise everything is different and I loved every single moment of it.
Also, a honorary mention is that Nico Russo won me over when he said 'There's nowhere you could go that I wouldn't find you', because it's the same thing Xaden said (There's nowhere in existence where you could go that I wouldn't find you, Violence) and that felt like the contemporary version of the same phrase.