Review | Forbidden to Love (Mazzone Mafia #2) by Siobhan Davis → 4.5 Stars
TITLE: Forbidden to Love
SERIES: Mazzone Mafia #2
AUTHOR: Siobhan Davis
GENRE: Mafia Romance
TROPES: Brother's Best Friend / Forbidden / Second Chance
RELEASE DATE: September 30th, 2021
Natalia Mazzone has grown up knowing she is promised to a made man. As the only daughter of one of New York’s most powerful mafia dons, she knows she can’t refuse. It’s her duty, and she would never dishonor her beloved father.
But the man she’s promised to is a monster. And there is nothing but torture, pain, and heartache lying in wait.
So, she grabs happiness when she finds it—in the somewhat reluctant arms of Leonardo Messina.
Leo is her brother’s best friend. A soldato for the Mazzone famiglia.A man with strong ambition and an even stronger resolve. He won’t allow them to give in to temptation, so Natalia is forced to love him from afar.
Until one forbidden night changes everything, and she readily hands Leo the key to her heart.
Leo risked everything for the one woman he can never have. He doesn’t regret it. It saved Natalia from a life of hell, but his actions set her on a different course.
One that doesn’t involve him.
Years have passed, and his feelings remain the same. Yet he keeps his distance, dedicating himself to his new role as underboss to Bennett Mazzone, while the love of his life is married to another man.
Until a twist of fate puts Natalia in his path again, and this time, he is powerless to resist.
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⭐️ 4.5 Stars ⭐️
I was so intrigued about Natalia and Leo's backstory while reading Condemned to Love that I was excited when Siobhan Davis announced she was writing their own book. Forbidden to Love was so perfectly named as it made me hurt so badly from the impossibility of this couple's future.
It was clear for the start that Nat and Leo shared a tangible connection, but their respective situation in the mafia world made their love story dangerous and impossible. I enjoyed discovering the start of them in their teenager / young adult years where love developed before getting ripped from them.
I absolutely loved this novel, but felt the first part of the story describing their past was a bit too long. The story switched to the present at only aroung 60% of the book which made the resolution of their romance somewhat rushed. Otherwise, I was utterly captivated by this book that also gave me more of Sierra, Ben and little Rowan.
Siobhan Davis sure knows how to write addictive romances blanding emotion, suspense and steam! Forbidden to Love was a real page-turner! I'm now so eager to read Serena and Alesso's book!
THE MAZZONE MAFIA SERIES
Book #1
Condemned to Love
Book #3
Scared to Love
USA Today bestselling author Siobhan Davis writes emotionally intense young adult and new adult romantic fiction with swoon-worthy romance, complex characters, and tons of unexpected plot twists and turns that will have you flipping the pages beyond bedtime! She is the author of the international bestselling Kennedy Boys, Saven, and True Calling series’.
Siobhan’s family will tell you she’s a little bit obsessive when it comes to reading and writing, and they aren’t wrong. She can rarely be found without her trusty Kindle, a paperback book, or her laptop somewhere close at hand.
Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Siobhan forged a successful corporate career in human resource management.
She resides in the Garden County of Ireland with her husband and two sons.
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