Bound by Honor (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles Book 1) Kindle Edition

I really enjoyed Aria and Luca's story. Aria was a relatable and pretty sane MFC. Luca was a not so over the top mafia boss which I liked. The dialogue was good, and there was enough character development for a short fun read. I liked the side characters and am looking forward to their individual stories. If you like arranged marriage, light mafia with a hero who will die for his woman, this book is for you.

I’m glad I finished because it was a good light mafia read overall. I gave it 4 stars because the story flowed, character and relationship development, and steam balanced. The world created will be interesting I’m sure. However, I’m not a fan of the main characters at all. I won’t give spoilers, but am surprised they came to a HEA.

I'm a fan of this series!!! I have read this treasure for 7 times!These books about mafia and arranged marriages, alfa men, and unfair treatment towards women in their world may be twisted, and I don't know if something is wrong with me, cause I want to re-read after reading the last word in this books. Like always!! And I'm sure I'm going to read this again, I'm obsessed with it!While in real life I don't and will never accept the arranged marriages, in this series I love it, I love this books in general, and especially in mafia books, but this series are the best!!It shows mafia men, but each of them different and similar in some way, same for the women. and their lives and marriages together and how they fight them!Aria and Luca are the heroes of this book. Two totally different and at the same time so similar characters. Like the book's name says, Luca is the honorable man of this series. And Aria is the innocent girl! Well yeah how can Made Men be honorable, right? I mean they are but we are talking about moral honor and not their oaths, and while yes all women in these books are virgins, so innocent, but Aria is the one, really. She is the one that hates this life, but she doesn't see herself anywhere else, she's so hopeful, and kind, young, but so strong! Fights for everyone and everything she loves. They are our original couple.While they have this twisted mentalities, it's interesting, I'm not saying right, but it's interesting to see the contrast between them, everyone is a murderer, but in their houses, some of them are fathers, some bosses and others monsters. It's interesting and disgusting, their lives, of course I'm not saying that's they rule a right life, but it's an interesting one none less. While ruling the world but not having a real chance in their lives.There are no innocents, even the just born kids in this circle are sinners! There is no out, if you are in, if you want to be part of that, it's till the end, when you are born in, then it's worse cause you didn't have a choice, and there is no out ESPECIALLY for you!I don't know why but I loved how Aria was scared of him, flinched from his touch cause it showed how much he didn't want her to see him as a monster, and that he didn't want a coward but his equal in this marriage. I just love their couple!!! It was nice to follow his protectiveness and possessiveness, also his human - as husband- side as well, not only as Vice.But it was right to show that he was insecure too. That not only girls can have that in them but boys too, and possessive alfas like him! It was fun to see him shocked that someone could really love him! They have everything and nothing in this life! and few are really lucky! One of the things that I loved in Aria is that she didn't want to die in her sadness that she is part of this life but embrace and enjoy the little treats that it gives her. And she found her happiness, her love, the life that she wanted!And what I love in this books, that it's an erotica, but the erotic part don't suffocate you, actually there are not many of it, it's more tells about there developments as characters, their lives, it's not this fairytalish thing, no, it shows difficulties and all, it shows reality in so many ways. And I think each of us can find ourselves in one of these characters. I see part of me in all of them actually, and maybe that's why I love these books that much!

It was an ok read. It was really hard to like any of the characters in the book. Gianni was a loud mouthed little girl who needed to learn to read the room and learn when to keep her mouth shut. She was all big and bad until she realized she'd be marrying Matteo. Aria was whiney, and although she grew up in the Mafia, she knew absolutely nothing. She was a child, and it showed. 70% of the book was her and Luca pleasuring themselves orally. Boring. I get she wasn't ready to have sex, but she wanted to give everything and change while she did nothing. I don't condone cheating, but I was hoping she'd let him take a mistress, so she'd be less annoying. Luca was alright. He never lied about who or what he was. He was honest with her, but he had the patience of a saint when it came to Aria and her fickle behavior. There are some grammatical errors that sometimes made it harder to understand what the author was trying to convey. There was hardly any real character development and no real chemistry between Luca and Aria. I love me a good mafia story, but this one missed the mark.

Great story and one of my favorite tropes. It has it all the plot, romance and plenty of spice. Highly recommend.