Nani

This was my first venture into Dark AND Mafia Romance, and let me just say, this did not dissapoint.

Who would've thought it was a mafia man I needed to read all along... I'm here for it all! Nico Russo, the man that you are, the obsession is real - blowing up a gas station because the owner touched her! I'm sat!!

I know I'm late to this, but somehow I've managed to start this series with no spoilers, and I get it! I really do get it!

This was everything I needed, enough said.

I really debated on what rating to give this book. How do you rate a book where the world building is enchanting, but the plot is flat as can be?! It just doesn't make sense.

The actual circus has to be one of the most enticing places ever described. Honestly, felt like I was there and wanted to visit in reality (that's how well it was described). But that was all I liked about this book.

Everything else just fell flat. The characters - didn't have any love for the main characters at all, couldn't care less what happened to them in the end. The plot - in trying to create this magical world, it just ended overcomplicating a plot, that in the end I still didn't understand (maybe I'm stupid, but what was the whole point of the magical competition?). Also, trying to follow this story with all the time jumping made my head hurt.

All in all, I geuss I'm lucky I fell in love with the actual circus, because there wasn't much else going on of interest.

Took a lot longer to get into this book than I anticipated. But once I was hooked, this became an easy read, although predictable.