Wow, wow, wow. Where to start?

In the LibraryThing member giveaway, I was given the chance to read and review. This book started off slow - and dragged a bit - but if you make it past all of that, the story and plot starts to thicken and gets better. By the end of the book, I was so ready to continue reading the next book, but was disappointed that I'd have to wait until next year for it.

I love that the main character is strong and can make her own decisions. Even though those decisions tend to cause more problems then fix them. I also love the love interest - at least I hope that's what he'll continue to be - and want more of them in the sequel. Even if things were left unsolved. For the first book, this was good and I would absolutely read more. ( )

It took me a while to get really into this story, I spent a little while confused about the mafia aspect of the story (in all fairness, mafia reads aren't my normal go to) but once I truly understood what was going on, I was able to finish the latter half of the book in a breeze. While this isn't my normal style, I still look forward to and would happily read the next book in this series. I think being really let into the world at the end made me want to continue on the most. ( )