Screw Me by Serena AkeroydMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A Mafia Romance I actually enjoyed!
This second book in the Screwed Duet is a necessity for your sanity if you read the first book, because of the cliffhanger. In this second book we see Aoife being stuck inside a safe house (aka a hotel that’s owned by the mob) with her mother-in-law for weeks. Whilst this is going on there is all sorts of mob related activity that is necessary for the women and children to be let out and be safe again.
Whilst in the safe house Aoife barely sees Finn and it would be warranted if she was livid with him, but she is a forgiving and calm character. I really like that about this book. Aoife is not a complete walk over but she is not an angry or angsty person. If she were those things it would be warranted as she has had a rough few years and not the easiest of introductions in the mob life, but she isn’t. It’s actually Finn who is the most fragile emotionally and I like how that is handled really delicately by the author.
There is no doubt of this couple’s love of each other, it is simply the terrible circumstances they find themselves in that leads to their difficulties, which is something I really like in a book. Life can be hard but a good couple works together to get through the tough times rather than running in opposite directions which is what we quite often see in romance books. This means the plot is less predictable and more enjoyable, for me anyway!
I’m so pleased to see that the rest of the brothers get their own books in the future. I’m looking forward to those, so it seems I’ve been won over by the Mafia romance genre after all!
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