"The New York Times bestselling author of Radiant Sin delivers a smoking hot series about the O'Malley family - wealthy, powerful, dangerous and seething with scandal. Teague O'Malley hates everything associated with his family's name. And when his father orders him to marry Callista Sheridan to create a "business" alliance, Teague's ready to cut ties once and for all. But then Teague actually meets Callista, sees the bruises on her neck and the trauma in her eyes and vows he will do everything in his power to avenge her. Everyone knows the O'Malleys are dangerous. But Callie wasn't prepared for his brand of lethal grace and coiled power. His slightest touch scorches through her. But the closer they get, the more trouble they're in. Because Callie's keeping a dark secret—and what Teague doesn't know could get him killed." (Description of Dark Succession by Katee Robert taken from Hachette Book Group’s website).
Dark Succession is a dark, mafia romance featuring the enemies to lovers and arranged marriage tropes. I would recommend it to fans of darker or suspenseful romances like Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score, My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey, The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L Jensen, Scandalized by Ivy Owens, A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L Armentrout, or Redeemed by Lauren Asher. Dark Succession deals with themes/ topics like quest for power, family, loneliness, desire to escape, death, love and sacrifice, manipulation, oppression, war, crime, and good versus evil. Trigger warnings include kidnapping, abuse, shootings, and mention of rape. Overall, I didn’t feel like Dark Succession lived up to my high expectations; I was expecting big things after reading and enjoying Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert last year. At the beginning of the novel, I often found myself confused as to which characters belonged to which crime family and where they ranked within the hierarchy. Similarly, since the book is told from a few different perspectives, it would have been helpful if Robert had included a heading letting readers know when the perspective was being switched to avoid confusion. Lastly, I wasn’t a fan of some of the darker elements that Robert’s included such as the physical abuse and mention of rape. On the upside, even though the book was initially hard for me to get into, once the story got started, I found that the plot was interesting and fast-paced. Furthermore, I enjoyed the mystery and suspense elements as well as Teague and Callie’s spicy enemies to lovers romance (it almost gave me a bit of a Romeo and Juliet vibe). I’m hopeful that the rest of The O’Malleys series will be republished; I’m especially excited about book 2 (originally titled The Marriage Pact) as the main characters in this book, Carrigan and James, are introduced in book 1 and have a sizzling chemistry! If you enjoy spicy mafia romance, you should definitely pick-up a copy of Dark Succession when it releases on May 9th!
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