Review: MADE MAN
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 28, 2014
This is the authors debut, and what a debut it is. I could not put this down. Elle attends high school Legacy High. To say that Elle is bullied is an understatement, because it's really bad, and at times it's really hard to read. She sticks close to her best friend Chloe, who is also a victim. Chloe is scarred but we never find out how that happened perhaps in a future book we'll get to know.Elle works in a seedy diner, one night something happens, but Elle knows how to keep quiet she's an expert at keeping her mouth shut.Nero is the son of the local mafia boss, he is also a senior at Legacy High where Elle attends. Nero's father assigns him to find out what Elle knows. Elle cannot figure out why Nero is taking a sudden interest in her, he's ignored her for the past three and a half years.It's difficult to review this book without giving the story away, but I will say this is not always an easy read. There's lots of violence and plenty of drama. Nero's character was very complex, I did not like him at all at first, and to be honest I wasn't too sure how I felt about him at the end. He's not your usual romance hero, his main ambition in life is to join the family business to become a made man. Elle was a loyal and honest girl I really liked her. Her friend Chloe doesn't have much to say so it's hard to form an opinion of her, she obviously has her own secrets. As for Elle's parents I had little time for them, how they didn't notice what was was going on right under their noses was hard to believe. I liked the other characters Nero's team in particular, Vincent, Amo and Leo. Nero's older brother was really hot and sexy, I hope he gets his own story.  One thing I will say it's difficult to believe that most of the characters are eighteen years old, they seemed way older. I have no idea when the next book is out, but I'm definitely reading it. Although this is the first book in this series there's no cliffhanger.