Though I’m a big fan of billionaire and dark romances, I typically don’t do mafia romances. BookTok, however, really lured me into picking up The Sweetest Oblivion by Danielle Lori. I think it was equal measures good and not good, ergo three stars.
The mafia portions were incredibly boring. I didn’t care about the business or the side characters (except for Christian whom I am in LOVE with, more than Nico.) The instant love between the main characters was also too rushed. Elena loves her sister, has a mysterious past, grew up in the mafia, but is scared of Nico Russo. Scared and attracted to him, her sister’s fiance. But she also couldn’t understand why people would think poorly on her and it is like girl, please. Nico is attracted to Elena instantly and knows he wants her from the start.
All of that said, I did still love the yearning angst of wanting to be together and teasing each other but not crossing that line because he is engaged to her sister. The possessiveness and brutal action of Nico was also pretty hot.
The Sweetest Oblivion by Danielle Lori, yes I think I would recommend it if you want to read a quick mafia romance, just don’t go into it expecting anything deep. Not sure if I’ll continue the series, despite Christian’s book being next and him being my favorite (I’m meh on the FMC for that series.)
