Merciless Devil: A Mafia Romance (Sons of Valentino Book 2)

The 2nd book in the 4 series Sons of Valentino makes for a good read. Four brothers & four women who rule over their hearts & are equally adorable. Mind you each brother has a different personality. The elder one is serious & grumpy, and the 2nd one is the funny one & the twins are the joker of the family, always up to something and testing the patience of their parents & brother.It is the story of 2nd born son Matteo John Valentino aka Tao & his b/f turned wife Savannah Marie St.James aka Savvy. It makes for a good read as the two navigate from being b/f to spouses. Love the witty bantering between the two, the patience of Matteo in making savvy understand what they share is just more than friendship, family love brothers & parents (unlike other mafia stories where the parent is a pain in the ....), adorable Matteo's mother.A definite download, read and enjoy the book.p s:- parents (Theo & Holly) & their aunt n uncle have their own love story which I definitely recommend reading as that too is great & gives you an understanding of family dynamics.

One thing I love about Kylie Kent’s books is the time overlap. This book takes place at the same time as Relentless Devil and answers so many questions that were left unanswered in Theo and Maddie’s book. It’s another great mafia romance with a best friends to lovers and Vegas wedding trope.Since I read this series in order I already knew Matteo and Savvy went and got married in Vegas. But it was fun to see the tension between them and their mutual pining was pretty epic. They had both been in love with each other since they were 6 and even lost their virginity together at 15, but Savvy was afraid to really let herself love Matteo. I loved how hard Matteo fought to keep Savvy. I loved that he was a criminal defense attorney, and thought the idea of that was hilarious.The one thing I struggled with when reading this book was Savvy. She admits time and time again, to herself, that Matteo is her soulmate and the only man she’ll love and the reason they’re not together is on her. But the way she treated Matteo really rubbed me the wrong way. To continually ask for divorce papers you don’t want and tell your best friend, now husband, you don’t love him, I honestly don’t know how Matteo withstood the hurt that caused. I understand she was protecting her future self, but the way Matteo endured her lies made me love him even more.Overall I liked this book. There was a lot of tension between Savvy and Matteo and I loved their banter. Despite my feelings about how she acted I did end up liking Savvy and thought she made the perfect match for Matteo in the end.

I liked this book and I highly recommend reading book 1 first to know about Maddie and Theo story. Could you read this book first ...yes. But I think you need to know the deeper understanding of their story to get tao and savvy story. It's. It as action packed as book one . But story line is still impressive .

I just really love Matteo. I really liked him in all the other books so I was really looking forward to his story and it did not disappoint. It has all the feels and I love a good, I’ve loved you since I was 5, story.

Second book of the series, didn't think I was going to love this book as much as the first one. But when i really got into it I found it was equally as great.

One of my favourite tropes. I love friends to lovers drunk weddings especially in mafia books. I couldn’t get enough of the push and pull between them. Matteo pushed so hard and I’m glad he didn’t give up. I loved the bits of Romeo and Livvy we got to see. Can’t wait to read their book next.