Review: The Wedding Pact by Katee Robert (The O'Malleys #2)
Note: This ARC was provided by Grand Central Publishing (Forever) in exchange for an honest review.
The Wedding Pact is the second novel in the contemporary mafia romance by bestselling author Katee Robert entitled The O'Malleys. It was pretty clear from how prominently they were a part of the series starter, The Wedding Contract, that Carrigan O'Malley and James Halloran were going to get their story told next. The tension between them was palpable and the events that led to their paths crossing and then everything imploding the way it did guaranteed that theirs would be a book to watch out for. Here, they're stuck in a position that neither one wants to be in but fate and family have left them with no other alternative except to toe a wavering line. But maybe the alternative they need does exist...in one another.
There are three underground families in Boston: the O'Malleys, the Hallorans, and the Sheridans. There's been an uneasy peace that existed among the three but all it takes is the actions of one family member to create a ripple effect that threatens to drown everyone else. The unraveling may begin with one death and leads to another, but in between, there's an unexpected love that blossoms between Carrigan and James, just like love blossomed for Carrigan's brother, Teague, and Callista Sheridan. But can love last between an O'Malley and a Halloran, considering it was James's father who had a hand in the death of Carrigan's youngest O'Malley sibling, Devlin? Will family ties and loyalty tear them apart or will they stand together?
This sequel had a Romeo and Juliet feel to it, but with an underground family rivalry touch to it, and it stood quite well on its own. Carrigan and James's love story is more complicated than Teague and Callista's before it. Do you choose to be with the man whose family caused your own so much grief or do you take the opportunity for love and freedom and run with it even if it means being shunned by the only people you've cared about? Put in Carrigan's shoes, I would feel absolutely wretched, but the heart wants what it wants and sometimes you need to make a choice for yourself and hope that as time goes by and tempers cool, there'll be more acceptance and understanding. The Wedding Pact gets 4.5 stars out of five. ♥
Date Read: 01 May 2016
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