Genre: Romance (Dark Mafia)
Release Date: July 3rd, 2023
Pages: 320
Publisher: Forever (Grand Central)
My Rating: ⭐⭐
Publisher’s Synopsis:
“Carrigan O’Malley has always known her arranged marriage would be more about power and prestige than passion. But after one taste of the hard-bodied, whiskey-voiced James Halloran, she’s ruined for anyone else. Too bad James and his family are enemy number 1.
Hallorans vs. O’Malleys-that’s how it’s always been. James should be thinking more about how to expand his family’s empire instead of how silky Carrigan’s skin is against his and how he can next get her into his bed. Those are dangerous thoughts. But not nearly as dangerous as he’ll be if he can’t get what he wants: Carrigan by his side for the rest of their lives.”
My Review:
I really hate the instalust. It’s just not my thing. I’ve read several books by this author so far and every single one just feels like the same book, with different versions of the same characters. There’s no tension or suspense. The plots are very thin. The world-building nearly nonexistent. I feel like the mafia aspect was not done very well, even though it had so much potential. Everything falls extremely flat for me. I couldn’t even really get into the smut scenes because there just wasn’t enough build up. Sometimes I love a fun, fast, exciting romance to breeze through and enjoy as a guilty pleasure type of read. But this was not that kind of experience for me. It was all rather meh. I ended up DNFing this series because I just have no interest to continue and this may just not be an author for me.
Disclaimers:
Huge thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for gifting me an early copy of this amazing story! I voluntarily read and reviewed this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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