Release Blitz + Review | Prince of Hearts (Verona Legacy #1) by L.A. Cotton --> 3.5 Stars
TITLE: Prince of Hearts
SERIES: Verona Legacy Duet #1
AUTHOR: L.A. Cotton
GENRE: College / Mafia / Forbidden Romance
RELEASE DATE: June 2nd, 2020
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
Humble. Hardworking. Honest.
Sheโd rather spend her days helping at the local shelter than brushing shoulders with her vain and entitled classmates.
๐ก๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ผฬ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป.
Dark. Dangerous. Deceitful.
Heโd rather spend his days getting bloody in the ring than attending class and keeping up pretences.
When their paths cross at Montague University neither of them are willing to drop the walls theyโve spent so long building. But he canโt resist the girl with stars in her eyes, and she canโt forget the guy who saved her that night.
Thereโs only one catch.
Nicco isnโt Arianneโs knight-in-shining armor, heโs the son of her fatherโs greatest enemy.
He ๐ช๐ด the enemy.
And their families are at war.
*๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ค๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ชโ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด 18+
โญ๏ธ 3.5 "Starcrossed Lovers" Stars ๐
Prince of Hearts was a good start to the Verona Legacy Series. I enjoyed the storyline that was suspenseful and interesting. The insta-love part was where I had difficulty connecting with the story as much as I wanted. Nicco and Ari are a beautiful couple, but I didn't feel the sparks between them. Nicco is a bad boy with a heart of gold. He didnโt choose the life of crime he was raised into and meeting Ari has him even more conflicted with the darkness of his world. Sheโs everything thatโs pure. Sheโs a sweet, innocent heroine, a little too naive of the world of corruption she lives in. Her relationship with Nicco develops rapidly and a little too fast for my taste, nevertheless I found them really cute together. Nicco is so possessive and protective of her right away. For a mafia romance it was also somewhat light, but I guess that I love romances very dark soโฆ These critics don't mean I didn't like the book, just that it didn't click with me on all levels. I'm definitely intrigued by what's coming next with King of Souls with that ending!
** ARC received in exchange for an honest review **
THE VERONA LEGACY DUET
Book #2
King of Souls
Coming August 11th, 2020
SIGN UPS ARE OPEN FOR KINGS OF SOUL
Angsty. Edgy. Addictive Romance
Author of mature young adult and new adult novels, L A is happiest writing the kind of books she loves to read: addictive stories full of teenage angst, tension, twists and turns.
Home is a small town in the middle of England where she currently juggles being a full-time writer with being a mother/referee to two little people. In her spare time (and when sheโs not camped out in front of the laptop) youโll most likely find L A immersed in a book, escaping the chaos that is life.
