Hey everyone, this is our first post and I’m super excited. After a long perusal, I decided to go the mafia with an hint of romance route. I present to you ‘A Bloody Kingdom’ by JJ McAvoy, a Nigerian-Canadian writer.
Before we start I recommend you read the first three books in the Ruthless People series although this book can be read as standalone.
Meet Melody Callahan. “At eighteen, I became the first ever female Boss of the Italian Mafia and to this day I can still remember, the shock, the horror, the disgust on their faces. How dare a woman try to lead them? It was not possible. It was not plausible and in their eyes, it was a sin. I did not know my place. So one by one, they sent men after me, or brought men to replace me and one by one, I tore them down. I spared no one. No mercy. No fear. Just death. Not just to them, or the ones that sent them, but their families, their neighbors, and even their mailmen. I didn’t just kill them, I wiped them off of the face of the goddamn earth as a lesson to the next motherfucker who thought he could stand against me. It was a lesson learned very quickly.
By twenty-four, I was married to the next Boss, the Ceann na Conairte, of the Irish Mob, Liam Alec Callahan. The Italians and the Irish were like water and oil. Our families had been at war with each other since their grumpy asses came off of the boat in the 1850s. To say our first meeting was anything but love at first sight would be an understand statement. I shot him. I’ve shot him a couple times in our marriage, to be honest. I’ve bruised ribs, broken fingers, and spit blood from my lips in my battles with him. He was just like the rest of them. He saw my breasts and for some reason thought that meant I wasn’t capable. But he too learned.
Now at 33, I stand as the most powerful woman in the goddamn state.”
Melody is the original badass heroine. Whether she was with her family or running a state, you can still see the Melody we started out with in Ruthless People. As for Liam Callahan Ceann na Conairte, of the Irish Mob, this says it all-
” She has the best gift of all: me. Just look at this face.” We still get our cocky sexy Liam that we all fell in love with only this time we see Liam and Melody raising a family of their own ( I absolutely adored Dona and Ethan )along with the usual facing off with the villain. The ending killed me but I understood where the author was coming from.
My Rating
5 bloody stars!!!
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