Review: Alright Alright Alright!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 1, 2012
Sooo, I finished Alfonzo yesterday, and Ascension today, starting on Anarchy tonight, and all I can say is d@mn! As I stated in my review for Alfonzo, I stumbled upon these books on a humble, and almost gave up on the first book, but I'm so glad I didn't. This time around, the reader got a glimpse of Alfonzo, as a vulnerable, flawed, at times insecure, man, torn between his family and his duty. For me, the strength of this series lies in the author's ability to show the humanity of Alfonzo (jealousy, insecurity, body damage) in juxtaposition with his inherited penchant for violence and power. How does one man juggle the responsibility of the expectations placed on him by his father with those placed on him by his wife, and still satisfy his own needs? Additionally, the author doesn't couch the mafia life in pure elegance and glamour, painting it as a desired world of opulence. Instead she places the gritty and bloody consequence of such a life upfront for the reader to consume, and come to their own conclusion as to whether or not its all really worth it. I'm loving this series so far, and can't wait to continue on this journey through the rest of the books.