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Be With Me by Gabrielle Sands
4.5
dark emotional medium-paced

Thank you to Gabrielle Sands for the ARC! πŸ’–

πŸ’– Forbidden love
✨️ Enemies to lovers
πŸ’– Obsessed mafia hero
✨️ Good girl/bad boy
πŸ’– Yearning

4.5 ⭐️

This book was giving Romeo & Juliet vibes without the tragic ending. It was soooo good! Mia is the daughter of a man running for mayor whose focus is taking down organized crime, specifically the Ferraro Family. Romolo is one of the sons of the Ferraro family and is skilled at extracting information. When Mia & Romolo meet by chance (one helluva meet cute btw), Rom sees this as a chance for him to get info on Mia's father...

πŸ’– I loved these two. They were different yet so alike. Two sides of the same coin. "...starved for the love we'd never received." πŸ₯Ί

πŸ’– Mia was a bit of a people pleaser. But her character development was bomb.com. She definitely isn't a doormat from the start though (Rom brings out the claws!) but she's pure and has a big heart of gold. Rom actually helped her realize it's more than okay to be *selfish*.

πŸ’– Rom was our charming yet dangerous mafia man. He may seem like a huge flirt but his backstory hurted omg 😭 he was cynical but I think Mia helped him start to see some good again. 

πŸ’– Their connection was so amazing. I actually really liked how the third act confkict was done for Mia's character. She was standing strong!

πŸ’– The story flowed really well. There were family secrets and betrayal of course! Bring the suspense and mystery! I loved the new characters. (And hated some truly despicable ones!!) Especially seeing another side to characters we've briefly met as minor characters in Gabrielle Sands's other mafia series. I really can't wait to meet the rest!

P.S. I'm really on the edge of my seat for what's to unfold next for said despicable character as the House of Ferraro series continues!