right? This is a standalone forbidden romance. Besides, even if he were hers, everyone knows you don't fall in love with a Made Man. Having already escaped one scandal, however, she can hardly afford to be swept up in another. Elena may be the Sweet Abelli on the outside, but she's beginning to learn she has a taste for the darkness, for rough hands, cigarettes, and whiskey-colored eyes. Making her feel hotter than any future brother-in-law should. She doesn't like the man or anything he stands for, though that doesn't stop her heart from pattering like rain against glass when he's near, nor the shiver that ghosts down her spine at the sound of his voice. After his and Elena's first encounter ends with an accidental glare on her part, she realizes he's just as rude as he is handsome. His reputation stretches far and wide and is darker than his black suits and ties. A Made Man, a boss, a cheat-even measured against mafia standards. In the murky waters of New York's underworld, Elena's sister is arranged to marry Nicolas Russo. They say first impressions are everything. Now, all she can see in the mirror's reflection is blood staining her hands like crimson paint.

She's the favored daughter, the perfect mafia principessa. Nicknamed Sweet Abelli for her docile nature, Elena smiles on cue and has a charming response for everything.

I feel like this could have benefited from another round of editing, skimming down on the inner monologue and including more dialogue, and more POV chapters from the hero.She's a romantic at heart, living in the most unromantic of worlds. In all fairness, I am REALLY picky when it comes to mafia books, but all in all this was an okay read. I’m a HUGE mafia read lover, and some of the scenes (and the Italian dialogue) in this story felt odd/off. Some parts of this mafia world didn’t make sense to me/left me scratching my head. This started off great but felt like it really dragged until around the 80% markħ. Took the author a realllllly long time to get these two togetherĦ. When we did get chapters in the hero’s POV, it was mostly just a recap of the previous chapterĥ. A lot of repetitive thoughts in those inner monologues which caused me to skimĤ. Too toooo much inner monologue (especially from the heroine)Ģ. Anything involving the mafia is a +++ for meġ. Hot AF alpha mafia hero with a sweet spot for the heroine- ’nuff said.Ĥ.

But while it wasn’t a hit for me, I wouldn’t discourage anyone from trying this out!ġ. Unfortunately, this wasn’t all I expected it to be. The Sweetest Oblivion by Danielle Lori – 2.5 StarsĪ lot of my book friends on Goodreads seemed to love this one, so I was so excited to pick up a new mafia read.

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