A review by idratherbereading542
Her Mafia King by Bianca Cole

3.0

- FMC: Alicia
- MMC: Rick
- POVs Included: Dual POVs (Rick, Alicia)
- Mafia: Italian (Entire East Coast)
- Book Playlist (Romano Mafia Brothers Series Playlist)

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SUMMARY: (SPOILER WARNING)

The Romano brothers are dealing with the threat of a rival mob selling guns in their territory. So they kidnap the rival mob leader's daughter (Alicia) as a show of strength. But Rick doesn't expect to fall in love with Alicia.

And Alicia is falling for Rick too. But she is sure her dad is being framed. So Rick has to figure out what's really going on, while they convince her dad their unconventional match is a good one.

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REVIEW:

Another cute one from this series. I started reading Bianca Cole with her Boston Mafia Dons series which featured considerably darker and more questionable MMC's. This series, by comparison, is WAY tamer. The Romano brothers might be mafia leaders, but all three of them are very good and sweet to their ladies.

So the atmosphere of this series is very different than I expected going into it. That being said, I didn't dislike it, but I will say I prefer the darker series' over the lighter ones.

One thing I really liked about this series was the overlapping plots. We had several background plots that ran into the next book and that continued on. And that was nice.

I did like all three brothers -- including Rick. They are tamer than I expected. But they are also sweet and sexy too.

I liked Rick and Alicia together. They had an instant chemistry. I liked Alicia's background being familiar with the mafia world. And I liked how she proved to be kind of a badass in a few instances -- like her proficiency with a gun.

I was happy to see them all get a HEA in the end -- including Alicia's dad, Nick. That was awesome and I was happy to see that.

Overall this series was sweet and pretty light for a mafia romance. But I still liked it. However, as I move forward with more Bianca Cole books (trying to read them in order), I do hope her books transition to that grittier feel that her Boston Mafia Dons series has -- love that so much.