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Dark Succession
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[3.5 stars]
After the sudden death of her older brother, Callista Sheridan becomes the heir to the Sheridan crime business empire. Her new responsibilities include solidifying a fragile peace between the rival clans the only way these empires know how—marriage. into other powerful crime families to forge strategic alliances. Within 24 hours of her first betrothed's murder, Callista is thrust into another arranged marriage with a different family, which may result in more fracturing than mending in the Boston crime world.
Teague O'Malley is the second eldest son of the O'Malley family who has been consistently torn between his family's criminal empire and his desire for a different life for him and his younger siblings. As he tries to navigate his obligations (including marriage), his initial reluctance towards his new bride begins to deepen into something more genuine as they face threats from both their families and enemies, putting this newly formed "partnership" to the test.
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Shockingly, I believe this is my first Katee Robert book, but as a sucker for crime/mafia romances it seems like a reasonable place to start. This is definitely on the "tamer" side of this genre, both of our main characters I would consider good people just raised in crime families. Callista basically just wants to run a business and has essentially never gotten her hands "dirty" and Teague might be grazing the line of grey morals... but barely. As such I did find it kind of mundane and tame at times, and this is definitely on the verge of insta-love, one of my least favourite tropes. But hey, if you're getting into an arranged marriage with someone, nothing better than immediately having chemistry with them and they're hot!!
It did feel a bit different from some of the other books in this genre as instead of getting the dual POVs from the main love interests, we also got other character POVs, which as you get further along you realize it is essentially setting up the relationship to come in the sequel.
Overall an enjoyable read, and it did suck me into the second book, because those characters are definitely in a much more messier/darker place than Callista and Teague.
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Disclaimer: I received an ARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for a review.
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I might not have been the one to choose you, but you're mine, Teague O'Malley, for better or worse.
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[3.5 stars]
After the sudden death of her older brother, Callista Sheridan becomes the heir to the Sheridan crime business empire. Her new responsibilities include solidifying a fragile peace between the rival clans the only way these empires know how—marriage. into other powerful crime families to forge strategic alliances. Within 24 hours of her first betrothed's murder, Callista is thrust into another arranged marriage with a different family, which may result in more fracturing than mending in the Boston crime world.
Teague O'Malley is the second eldest son of the O'Malley family who has been consistently torn between his family's criminal empire and his desire for a different life for him and his younger siblings. As he tries to navigate his obligations (including marriage), his initial reluctance towards his new bride begins to deepen into something more genuine as they face threats from both their families and enemies, putting this newly formed "partnership" to the test.
🖤
Shockingly, I believe this is my first Katee Robert book, but as a sucker for crime/mafia romances it seems like a reasonable place to start. This is definitely on the "tamer" side of this genre, both of our main characters I would consider good people just raised in crime families. Callista basically just wants to run a business and has essentially never gotten her hands "dirty" and Teague might be grazing the line of grey morals... but barely. As such I did find it kind of mundane and tame at times, and this is definitely on the verge of insta-love, one of my least favourite tropes. But hey, if you're getting into an arranged marriage with someone, nothing better than immediately having chemistry with them and they're hot!!
It did feel a bit different from some of the other books in this genre as instead of getting the dual POVs from the main love interests, we also got other character POVs, which as you get further along you realize it is essentially setting up the relationship to come in the sequel.
Overall an enjoyable read, and it did suck me into the second book, because those characters are definitely in a much more messier/darker place than Callista and Teague.
🖤
Disclaimer: I received an ARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for a review.
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