Mahina: A Hawaiian Mafia Romance: Book One

Book Title: Mahina (A Hawaiian Mafia Romance #1)

Author: Nalani Titcombs

Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈:

🩵 Mafia Romance

🩵 Second Chances

🩵 Best Friends to Lovers

I was so excited to read this book and yes I mainly wanted to read it because it was a Hawaiian mafia story. The book was written in third person and it threw me for a loop considering I don’t really like reading books written in third person but I put my issue with that aside and went for it. I won’t lie after going through 64% of the book I considered DNFing, not because the story wasn’t good but because there was no mention of r@pe when I first looked into the book thankfully I kept reading and realized that it was attempted but never actually went through with it for obvious reasons that you will have to read to find out (hehehehehe). I cannot for the life of me stand Mahina (at times), this woman doesn’t listen and she makes excuse after excuse as to why she can’t leave her husband, blaming herself as if she were the reason the marriage wasn’t working out. Like, miss girl should’ve gotten rid of him from the moment he was introduced. As you could tell, I absolutely hated her husband, he was a good for nothing liar and drunk and I didn’t doubt for a second that he was cheating on that woman and the nerve he had to insult her and claim the house and everything in it as his own when she was the breadwinner pissed me off but then again she didn’t want anything to do with that man or the house. As far as favorite characters in this book goes, obviously the MMC is number one followed by the FMC’s son Benjamin, he was just the sweetest and it was nice to see how close he was with his mother even if she did irk my soul most of the time. Although it was written in third person I cannot wait for the second book though because the ending, it definitely wasn’t IT for me.

𝑻𝑾: FMC’s husband attempts to r@pe her when she went to the house to get her and her child’s clothing, Domestic Violence, Mention of alcohol and drug use. Mention of human trafficking (not done by the MMC).

𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑳𝑨𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑹: As always, although this is an E-ARC, my thoughts are my own and this is my honest review. Thank you to Nalani Titcomb and Book Sirens for the ARC opportunity.