Review: ==MAJOR SPOILER ALERT==
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2014
==MAJOR SPOILER ALERT==Reading this book was kind of hard for me.  I've never been in this position or known anyone in this position but man!  There is something call common decency!!  It really rubbed me the wrong way even though it is what made this book.Alessandra  find out that her biological father was someone who she has never met and his wish was her to come and meet the family.  She actually went against her mother's wishes and just went not even caring how her actions could affect so many lives!  I couldn't believe audacity of this girl!  She seems like a nice girl in thought but i still thought what she did was not right.  She shows up at the reading of the will where her father's LEGAL family learns of her existence.  How could someone be so cruel to a grieving family??  To have proof that the man they knew as a  husband and a father had a hidden illegitimate child showing up during a reading of the will... Wow! just Wow!  I think at that moment I hated her for being so cruel!  I know a child cannot help being born and no nothing is their fault BUT to come so brazenly to the reading of a will in the presence of his legal wife and children and hurt them like that.. yeah! I blame her!! Because even though she saw how her presence upset the mother she STILL DIDN'T LEAVE THAT HOUSE!! She sees them upset and think to her self "awe I feel so bad for them" but still doesn't leave! She isn't part of that family no matter the fact that she carries her fathers blood.  See that's what I never understood about this kind of situation.. it's like saying oh! since you live next door and are my neighbor I have total rights to just barge into you life even though you don't want me there! Because we live next door!!.. There is no connection unless the other party wants it and at that time they didn't. The decent thing to do would be to leave.  If anyone in the family was interested in meeting you then they would be able to contact you later.  She actually did think of this (way too late in my opinion) but easily got persuaded to stay ( by someone NOT in the family).  Eventually some of the family member do come to somewhat accept her.  Also I can't get over the fact that her mother comes to the families house (thankfully not inside) where her half siblings mother might see her.  I mean it's kind of crass since basically her mother was the other woman.  On the other hand it was her child she was worried about.  It just seems like neither of them cared what the legal wife felt or if she got hurt from their actions.  Cause well the legal wife didn't seem like the forgiving type of person and it must feel like acid sitting in your stomach having this stuff right up in your face.  I feel somewhat silly because I had such a dislike for the girl (because it is what this whole story is written on) but it just kills me that she would dare to even sit at the same table as the legal wife even though she know the other woman hates her and wants her throw out of the house and family.  For her siblings to just accept her was a bit mindblowing for me also.  I could never do that to my mother (and she is my stepmother!).  To hurt the person who loved and raised you for an outsider is unthinkable in my circles.  That they would shame their mother in public by accepting her is like a slap in the face.  If their mother accepted her then I could see them accepting her but to do so otherwise is wrong.  Unless they hated their mother??  Perhaps it's because I am of Asian descent and can't imagine where siding against the family for and outsider.  I have been in a similar situation not with a blood relative but when someone who was a close family friend wasn't in favor with my father.. yeah I cut them out of my life.. easily for the family.  Sorry, I am projecting my strong thought against this book...  The book was pretty good if you don't mind these kinds of things.  It didn't seem to be really heavy on the mafia side and stronger on the romance side.  The chemistry between the couple was good although at times I did think the dialogue for Marc was a bit flat sometimes.  When you find out who actually killed the father in end was a nice twist but could of been elaborated on in further detail.  Then ending seemed to just cut off.. is this a series?  It wasn't a total cliffhanger.  It just left you with the feeling the story should of gone on more.  If you are reading this review then sorry for going off the rails a bit in this review.. I just can't figure out if my strong feelings towards the girl's actions is a sign that the book is good since it provoked such strong feelings or not!!??  It's very puzzling!