A review by notsuohhannah
Because You're Mine by Claire Contreras

2.0

2.5 stars

I've recently read some of Claire Contreras' backlog and really enjoyed them, but this was not like the others. Actually, I wasn't impressed.

Even though I'm not a huge fan of mafia books, I've read better. The explanations, plot, and characters were super convoluted at times. It was tough to understand who was aligned with who. For example, I thought that Lorenzo was working for the enemy, but he wasn't? I guess. I'm not sure.

And even the ballet and dance parts that were interspersed throughout made very little to no sense. It didn't really add to the plot, but actually watered down the mafia parts.

Also, I didn't like the romance. The whole reason why Lorenzo sought Catalina out was so awful and stupid.

Spoiler

Lorenzo wanted revenge on Catalina's ex-fiance because he was having an affair with Lorenzo's wife, but Lorenzo was the one who cheated on his wife in the first place.

The rationale behind Lorenzo's revenge pisses me off so much. It makes no sense.

Plus, what happened to the class Catalina had to take for her sister? Did the class end or did she drop out? I'm not sure.

It felt like this book was juggling waay too many subplots for a standalone and failed to keep them all in the air.