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A review by readingvalkyrie
Mafiosa by Catherine Doyle
4.0
4,5/5
Warning: the review below might reveal important information about the book, therefore you could get spoiled.
This book was amazing, and as it turns out the Blood for Blood series is one of those whose beginning does not do justice to the thing as a whole. It had everything needed to make it a favorite, a book I'll re-read a thousand times and not get tired of it: witty, funny and smart dialogue; amazing, well-built characters and their respective development throughout the series; it's amazing how much Sophie grew on me in the end, and I really appreciated the relationship between her and Millie, a friendship that would normally get overshadowed by the impending romance; I love Luca more than words could ever say, he's definitely one of those characters that stick with you, and you end up carrying around in your mind everywhere; I liked that the characters got a nice dosage of reality and that maybe not everything could end up the way they wanted; also, I find Nic to be a wonderful sort of 'villain', a real one for once, with real layers and intentions, not merely a cardboard cut-out of one.
The ending was perfect and left me wanting ~more~, and I'll have to be honest and say that I cried probably for the whole 60% last part of the book.
“It is hardest to kill the man who has the most to live for.’ He took a pretend shot. ‘The empty, the soulless, the hate-filled enemies drop like flies. Those who love, and love hard, are the ones left standing.”
Warning: the review below might reveal important information about the book, therefore you could get spoiled.
This book was amazing, and as it turns out the Blood for Blood series is one of those whose beginning does not do justice to the thing as a whole. It had everything needed to make it a favorite, a book I'll re-read a thousand times and not get tired of it: witty, funny and smart dialogue; amazing, well-built characters and their respective development throughout the series; it's amazing how much Sophie grew on me in the end, and I really appreciated the relationship between her and Millie, a friendship that would normally get overshadowed by the impending romance; I love Luca more than words could ever say, he's definitely one of those characters that stick with you, and you end up carrying around in your mind everywhere; I liked that the characters got a nice dosage of reality and that maybe not everything could end up the way they wanted; also, I find Nic to be a wonderful sort of 'villain', a real one for once, with real layers and intentions, not merely a cardboard cut-out of one.
The ending was perfect and left me wanting ~more~, and I'll have to be honest and say that I cried probably for the whole 60% last part of the book.