Review: Disappointed
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 6, 2012
Is it possible to rate a book as 4 stars and still title the review "Disappointed"? You bet, and here is why. In the first few books the author spent so much time establishing the characters of Alfonzo and Selange as two individuals whose love was strong and unshakeable. How many times did he tell her that she was his everything? How many times did Selange remind him that he could trust her and that she was down for him forever and through everything? At this point you believe in their love, and their steadfast devotion to each other. SPOILER ALERT!!! Now all of the sudden Selange not only slept with Alfonzo's right hand man, she continued to sleep with him as a part of an affair that she suggested. And Nico, a man who swore a blood oath to Alfonzo's father to protect him, didn't see a problem with sleeping with his wife...because that wouldn't hurt him at all right? Then when all is found out, Selange had the nerve to say she didn't mean it? There are so many inconsistencies here. She clearly professed her love to Nico and her desire to be with him as long as she could whe she was proposing the affair, but once she got busted it was a mistake that she didn't mean to do? Confusing and disappointing.While I have been enjoying this series, and the dramatic depictions of mob life, I would not be honest if I didn't say that the author's decision to completely go against the nature of these characters, has been a huge disappointment for me. I know some will say this can be viewed as the exploration of character flaws, and perhaps with different characters I might agree. But it comes off as completely contrary to the nature of these specific characters because of the amount of time spent establishing them as something else, and for that I cry foul.