ARC Review: Toxic by Maggie Cole (Mafia Wars NY #1)

 

Toxic by Maggie Cole
My rating: 4 of 5 leaves

I received an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

When I see Mafia and Romance I immediately add the book to the TBR, and what's better than to read the series before it is even released and get to know the characters before anyone else?

I loved the book, I did have some small issues with it, that I'll discuss below.

So general bookwise: it was a good book, and I even forgot that book is not yet released and went straight to amazon to get the second one! My major issue was with the timeline. The book starts 24 years ago, and then each chapter was a move up on the timeline, and somewhere in the middle I got lost where we were and while I am a maths major I'm not a fan of mixing maths and spicy books. ^_^.

Another thing that I was a bit disappointed in was that spice and the whole mafia were not as descriptive as I would have liked to be. (okay, maybe I'm reading a tad bit too much dark romance, where everything is more explicit). But anyway, we get our share of spicy (even if it wasn't as descriptive as I would have wanted, it was a really good quality spice). and what I mean about "whole mafia" is that my torture episode was cut short, and I wanted a little bit more.

But let's talk about characters too! Bridget - I liked her, she was too submissive in parts, but her character was greatly written, and her trauma and what happened to her and how it shaped her behaviour was realistic. We meet Bridget when she's only 16, and while the main-main events of the book are happening when she's in her 40ies and while the transition is not long and very detailed, we get to see her from different perspectives.

Dante, or better said daddy... Yes, he's the toxic daddy, that you hate in chapters 1-5, but after that, you cannot not like him. I mean who wouldn't like an Italian man who can unalive someone, be an idiot and pine for a girl and fuck up his relationship (or maybe not).

I loved Dante, but another character that I also loved was his twin - Gianni. I do have a soft spot for psychos. Gianni is not my usual psycho, but he's that character that has one-track mind when it goes to plans, murder and love interest. So I'm thrilled to to read the second book.

So, if you're a fan of mafia romance, and were looking for your next fix, grab your copy on the 12th when it comes out!

XOXO

Katie

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