[arc review]

i’m just–idk, disappointed? but this isn’t a 1⭐️. let me explain.

the plot was good! i could see where this was going. obviously, luciana is a mafia princess who has left home to skate her heart out so this was her plan to break the pattern of succeeding her mother now that she’s old enough to. but the blurb lead me to believe i’d see more of her internal conflict of keeping her real identity a secret from the people she met and i hardly saw that.

rafael, jasper, and niko were just okay. i didn’t find them to be anyone special. luciana is pretty badass, i’ll give her that.

my real issue though, is with the major plot hole involving the gang. luciana wants to push them out of hobbs creek, which is understandable because she left a life of violence and didn’t want to be around that kind of activity any more. but how does she come to the conclusion that they’re the ones leaving her the “gruesome gifts” mentioned in the blurb? where was that thought process? did i somehow miss it? because she keeps reiterating how the gang is made up of a bunch of idiots that don’t know what’s good for them, so by that logic, how would they know luciana is the one trying to push them out of town? and when she really pissed them off, they’re terrorizing the town asking “where is she” because they don’t know it’s luciana and all the information they have is that a woman fucked with their shit. THIS IS THE WHOLE GANG PLOT. i’m actually so confused.

will i read the following book? maybe. we’ll see how intrigued i am when it releases.