MAFIA QUEEN
Series: The DiLustro Arrangement #3
Genre: Dark, Mafia Romance
Author: CD Reiss
Release Date: October 12, 2021
What doesn’t kill you makes you a killer.
Santino DiLustro changed me.
You can’t spend time in bed with the devil without getting addicted to the heat.
Before him, I was a girl.
Innocent and weak.
Now, I’m a woman.
A fighter.
A killer.
I’ll burn the world down for him.
Shatter the sky.
But I will not break.
No.
I will rise up and destroy whoever dares to threaten what my king has built, because I am forever his queen.
Between us, he rules me with love, and my love for him rules my life.
Talk about ending a trilogy with a bang. What a twisty, action packed, high octane ride this book was. My head is still spinning.
“The only place I want to be reigned over is the bedroom…”
“This, I can do.”
Each book in this trilogy brought a little something different. And in this one, as the title already implies, is the full evolution of Violetta. She started out as a bit of a petulant child bride in book one. We saw her evolve a bit and come to some hard realizations in book two. But this one truly brought her in full force. We get to see this young woman grow into the queen that she is, and man was it satisfying.
Santino and his uber alpha qualities were always my favorite thing about this story. I loved his cold detachment almost as much as I loved his singleminded obsession with his wife. But what I appreciated was finally seeing his true devotion and feelings come out in this installment and seeing a different side of him. A softer side that did nothing to take away from his savage one.
There’s a lot that happens in this book, and at times it always felt a bit much with all the twists and turns. The pacing at times felt a little bit off for me as well. There’s so much happening, and some of it felt like it was happening all at once, that it was hard to wrap my mind around it. But that didn’t stop me from devouring this book. It was a bloody, violent bang of an end, and I was so here for it. What I loved the most was seeing Violetta’s savage and ruthless side come out. This is a mafia queen that doesn’t shy away from pulling the trigger when it comes to protecting those she loves. There’s twists you never see coming, and turns that leave your mind reeling. There’s also a hook for a new book with a secondary character that I’m practically salivating to get my hands on.
I’ve missed this side of CD’s writing and I lived for it with this trilogy. I’m even more thrilled to see we’ll be getting more in this world. If you’re looking for a sexy and gritty mafia romance with bite, look no further! Read this one!
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