Hated

by C. Fournier

Antonio the son of a high ranking Mafia member hates how his life has turned out but has lost all motivation to change it. He has nothing left of himself. He just does whatever his father tells him to do without complaint.
Stephanie used to be a normal girl with a normal family and a normal life. But everything changed one day when her parents never came home from work. The only thing that they left behind was a book of weird symbols and a locked box with no key.
Antonio and Stephanie's fates are intertwined long before they ever meet. However can they survive long enough to find the answers that they are both looking for or will they they wind up just like their parents...dead...

246 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 29, 2013

Reviews

[Daryl Ball · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun mafia-centred romance. The son, Antonio, of a mafia head and Stephanie, the daughter of parents killed by them, meet by happenstance one day as teenagers. From there we get alternating chapters giving us insights into each of their lives and their growing feelings for each other while also furthering the plot of Stephanie and her remaining family trying to take the mafia down. Throughout the book we also get additional information about the two sides and with some violence thrown in for good measure. Due to some of the characters names, I had to double check a few times that I wasn't confusing people with each other. This was relatively minor though and didn't detract at all from my overall enjoyment of the story.

[Lexi Wings · Rating 3 out of 5]

Let me start by saying that the ending of this story make me smile. The life of Stephanie Wilson and Antonio Caine are more entwine than they believe. Both of them in their own matter has to do with the mafia, either by family or by circumstances. But even if the past begins to surface again with a cryptic music box and a expected key. The feelings between each other start's to grow. As well truths are discovered and find the closure and the opportunity to have a happy life together.
The story is filled with action in every corner. I would had liked a more swift transition in the end and the start of every chapter to not feel so lost. But what really make me change my mind to rate this book to three stars was the ending. It was cute and the last scene being from Antonio was really sweet. So I share with you a little fragment, "There are some things, some small ones and some ones that you want to cover your ears and wait until they're done. But each ones is beautiful in its own way."
I'm glad I finished this book and gave it a chance. Hope you can too.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an interesting story. I grabbed it because it had mafia elements. This is about the son of high ranking mafia and a girl who is indebted to them. It does get confusing at times. There are different gang references and different level mafia references. Then the debt is mentioned being owed a couple times but then not again. The family is beat up often due to Gang rivals and a multitude of other things i didn’t understand. I just let some of that go and tried to concentrate on the main story.

I listened to this on audio. Maryalice Multari Is the narrator. She did have a number of times that she reread the same passage. But for the most she did fine.

[Lindsay · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sorry, massive pile of crap.

I had to persevere through it to see how it ended, but it was a chore. The way it kept switching between past and present tenses (and I don't actually think it was supposed to...).
Some of it made no kind of sense at all.

It's a shame because I LOVE books that are set in a mafia/biker/organisation setting, but no.
Just no.

If it was a paperback, I would have sent it to a charity shop it as soon as I'd turned the last page.

[Ruby McDemon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this story. There were bits that had the feel of Romeo and Juliet in it, but much easier to understand and updated for the times. I really enjoyed getting to know Antonio and Stephanie. There were parts that sucked for these two and many sweet moments between them also. I loved the sound of Maryalice reading, but there were some parts that repeated and some that skipped. I also wasn't a fan of the background white-noise that never seemed to go away too.

[Jenny Miller · Rating 1 out of 5]

could not finish this book - got to the 32% point, though. Writing was very stilted and did not draw me in. I can pretty much guess how the book will end, and it doesn't leave me wanting to read more. Just not my style, and a LOT of books are my style. I'll read almost anything, but this just couldn't keep my attention.

[Lindsey]

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