{Review} His Virgin Queen by Mink

Title: His Virgin Queen
Author: Mink
Release Date: January 13, 2020
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Mafia Romance, Novella

I knew I was going to be sold by my father. A bride offered to forge an alliance or seal a deal. Even so, I still held onto the hope of living free of the families. But when I’m given to Antonio Tuscani, I realize my thin dreams of escaping this life were just that—dreams. Giving up, I accept my fate … Until a fierce-eyed boss, Nick DaVinci, shows up on my wedding day to exact lethal vengeance.

I came for Tuscani blood, and I took it. The doe-eyed bride in her white dress and veil of innocence doesn’t bat an eyelash when I do what I was born to do. I’m the head of the most powerful mafia family in the city, and I didn’t get here by sparing enemies. But Sophia’s demeanor intrigues me, and soon I realize she is far more than a mafia princess. She is a queen, and I will stop at nothing to keep her by my side.

Mink's Note: Curl up with your fave feline for this safe, sweet, steamy, a lil dark, and a lot dreamy HEA.

**CW/TW: murder; violence; guns; blood; explicit sex**

What We Liked

♥ Mafia. Families. Rivalries. Weddings (yes, plural). Romance.

♥ Virgin mafia princess who mustn't be underestimated.

♥ The kinship and close-knit bond the h (Sophia) has with her younger brother, Marco, despite the kind of family they grew up and were raised in.

♥ Two weddings in the same day. The first one was a mistake so a re-do with a new, upgraded, better husband was needed.

♥ The ribbing the H's (Nick) men does toward Nick was pretty funny and surprising to see it not end in punishment or worse from the mafia king.

♥ Dirty talk and shower sex.

♥ A good ol' action-packed mafia war. Expect lots of bodies dropping, blood, and a big ass machine gun that mowed the other family and their soldiers down in 10 seconds.

♥ This is probably not your average mob story. Things are run a little differently in the Davinci family/household, and believe us that's for the better.

What We Didn't

• It wasn't long or fleshed out enough! We want more! More war, more mafia business, more bloodshed, more sex, more Nick, more character growth for Sophia, more babies, more brother/sister moments. Just... More.
• Not enough female characters.

The Ladies

Sophia // Daughter of the Scalingi mafia family. Fierce and devoted, protective older sister. Mafia princess turned queen. Despite growing up under the thumb of her father and grandfather, she has a good head on her shoulders, strength in the face of adversity, fierce, protective and headstrong.

Carlotta // Nick's housemaid/cook/house caretaker/mother-figure, who can go from cooking one minute to cocking a big ass gun the next.

The Guys

Nick // The head and king of the Davinci family. Can kill without hesitation (at a wedding, no less) but has a soft spot only for Sophia. He has a strong hunger for Sophia that confused him at first but he goes with it because he knows what he wants and he goes after it. He'll lay down his life for Sophia. He was an alpha without being overwhelming, overdone, OTT or raising orange/red flags, which after the last few reads, was absolutely refreshing. Might be our first book boyfriend of 2020. Well done with Nick, Mink.

Gio + Dante // Nick's most trusted and loyal men, who has his back and fights alongside him as well as rib at Nick while they're not killing with/for him. Their dynamic seemed to be of friendship as much as associates.

Marco // Sophia's younger brother. Fiercely devoted and equally protective of his big sister, Sophia. He's got tact, courage, and we can see a future mob boss in him once he become more well-rounded as he gets older and wiser.

Lust Factor