Okay, this one needs no preamble, I’m just gonna jump in, but be aware there may be an excessive amount of profanity in this review.
THIS WAS AMAZING! I mean, I’m not surprised at all, Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti are an absolutely genius, unstoppable dream team. I have loved this whole series so far, and I’ve loved getting to discover new to me authors, but I just knew before this one came out that it was going to be a tier all its own. And I was not disappointed.
Forget-Me-Not Bombshell is the penultimate book in the Mafia Wars world and follows Anya Volkov, the Russian mafia princess from Las Vegas, as she is shipped off to London to marry Danny Butcher, leader of the Firm.
Now, this isn’t really a spoiler considering the sisters promoted the shit out of this book for so long, but Anya does NOT marry Danny Butcher, she marries his twin brother Benny who just got out of prison. But, no one except Benny’s best friend Church knows the truth at the beginning. Well, Church and Danny, but considering he’s being held captive, he doesn’t really count. At first.
This story was a fucking ride. The plot was precise and well thought out and executed but still wild. There are multiple enemies, multiple roadblocks, and a LOT of really amazing relationship growth between Anya and her three guys: Benny, Church, and Frank.
As far as I know this is the first book the sisters have written that’s based in their home country, so it feels like they had an extra dose of fun writing it. The level of British-ness was amazing. The vernacular of the characters was delightful. And as per usual, the whole story was rife with angst, smut, and hilarity. I laughed so much through this, maybe even more than the amount of times I was practically shaking with anxiety and panic over what was going to happen. I fucking cried a handful of times, too. It was an emotional rollercoaster to be sure.
I’m pretty sure this was the longest book in the series so far, too. And the sisters split it into three parts, which according to their TikToks was done so they could slip in some of their patented gut wrenching cliff hangers. Thankfully we got to just keep reading, though, as opposed to the agonizing waiting we have to do for all their ongoing series.
A few of the books before this one were my favorite during their time, but now I can honestly say this one was my favorite. They’re all amazing in their own ways. Each book is it’s own beautiful work of art. But damn, these sisters are a breed of wordsmith unparalleled by any other.
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