Review: I Almost Gave It Only Three Stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2013
I will begin by saying there will be some "spoilers" in this review.  I almost gave it a 3 getting stumped on this whole Nico and Bianca "Circle" of the order deal.  I don't get the justifications of the need for sex coupled with protection.  It was a total turnoff.  There were times in the book his behavior was being justified, but that part of the plot seemed so far fetched that I almost got hung up on it.  During the first encounter from the initial call, I found myself searching through other books online cause I stopped reading the book!  I surprised myself that I was that disgusted and I agree with some of the other reviewers that I teetered on wondering if I was going to continue reading the series.But Guiseppe, Allie, and the love between Alfonzo and Selange helped me to eventually enjoy the book.  Guiseppe's behavior you can understand, and his antics were not far fetched. Except he almost got me angry when he felt he wanted to punish Shonda, but Alfonzo put him in his place on that issue. At first Shonda's attitude started changing my thoughts of liking her character, but in the end when you understood why she acted the way she did and saw how she handled Guiseppe in the end, she stays on my list of enjoyable characters. All in all, I gave it 4 stars, subtracting one star because of the Nico infidelity/reasoning under the Circle of Protectors deal that almost made me give up the Alfonzo addiction. I can now say I look forward to reading the next installment.