What do you think?
Rate this book
Brothers, Boyfriends & Other Criminal Minds
Brooklyn 1977. April Lundquist lives in Dyker Heights, a neighborhood populated by the Mafia. Three hit men live on her
Francesco "Frankie the Crunch' Consiglione, Vincent "Gorgeous Vinny" Persico, and Salvatore "Soft Sal" Luciano. When Soft Sal approaches April and her best friend, Brandi Rinaldi, for a favor, well . . . the girls can't refuse.
But does the favor, along with the crisp hundred-dollar bills that turn up in their schoolbooks, mean that April and Brandi are now in with the Mob? Will April be able to get "protection" for her older brother, Matt, when he makes the big mistake of falling for the daughter of a big crime boss? And will April's connection to Soft Sal bring her closer to Dominick DeMao, bad-boy rocker and heartbreaker?
Soft Sal, Matt, Dom . . . in April's neighborhood the guys stir up all the trouble, but April wouldn't have it any other way.
Francesco "Frankie the Crunch' Consiglione, Vincent "Gorgeous Vinny" Persico, and Salvatore "Soft Sal" Luciano. When Soft Sal approaches April and her best friend, Brandi Rinaldi, for a favor, well . . . the girls can't refuse.
But does the favor, along with the crisp hundred-dollar bills that turn up in their schoolbooks, mean that April and Brandi are now in with the Mob? Will April be able to get "protection" for her older brother, Matt, when he makes the big mistake of falling for the daughter of a big crime boss? And will April's connection to Soft Sal bring her closer to Dominick DeMao, bad-boy rocker and heartbreaker?
Soft Sal, Matt, Dom . . . in April's neighborhood the guys stir up all the trouble, but April wouldn't have it any other way.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published June 12, 2007
13 people are currently reading
418 people want to read
About the author
April Lurie
5 books74 followersI have the best job in the world - I write books for teens. I'm a former nurse, a native New Yorker, a wife, and a mother of four. I live near Austin, Texas, with my family, and I'm currently working on my next novel.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 76 reviews
October 28, 2009
I LOVED this book!! Every chapter created a vivid image in my head. I think the author did an amazing job with this book. Just to warn you it does end in a cliffhanger.
The main character (April) is telling the story from her point of view.
"I awoke with a start and realized my mother was in Matt's room screaming at the top of her lungs."
The fact that the author and the main character have the same name was actually an accident. She used her name to get in touch with her inner fourteen year old. But when the author came up with the idea that her older brother (Matt) would call her names she decided to keep it.
"Instead he was dead on the floor-shot right through the heart, blood spattered over his tights and all the mobsters in the audiance were standing and cheering." this is one of my favorite quotes in the book.
I can't tell you much of what happens but I can tell you this: April Lundquist(protagonist) lives on a block with three murderers. She's had a crush on the same boy since third grade but he doesn't know she exsists. She's constently tormented by her older brother Matt.He refers to her as Ape, Chimp, Monk, and even Monkey. She thinks she hates her older brother with all her heart, but she doesn't know she'll have to save his life soon enough! Matt's strong, athletic, and an amazing actor, but will his heart get him in trouble?
The main character (April) is telling the story from her point of view.
"I awoke with a start and realized my mother was in Matt's room screaming at the top of her lungs."
The fact that the author and the main character have the same name was actually an accident. She used her name to get in touch with her inner fourteen year old. But when the author came up with the idea that her older brother (Matt) would call her names she decided to keep it.
"Instead he was dead on the floor-shot right through the heart, blood spattered over his tights and all the mobsters in the audiance were standing and cheering." this is one of my favorite quotes in the book.
I can't tell you much of what happens but I can tell you this: April Lundquist(protagonist) lives on a block with three murderers. She's had a crush on the same boy since third grade but he doesn't know she exsists. She's constently tormented by her older brother Matt.He refers to her as Ape, Chimp, Monk, and even Monkey. She thinks she hates her older brother with all her heart, but she doesn't know she'll have to save his life soon enough! Matt's strong, athletic, and an amazing actor, but will his heart get him in trouble?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 7, 2011
Brothers, boyfriends and other criminal minds is about a girl named April, unfortunatly she has a cuple of serious prblems going on right now. April ( ape, monk or chimp how her old brother calls her) is totally in love with Dominick a bad boy, but her best frien Brandi sets her up with a dude named Bert that she has never seen in her life. And also a man who's in with the mob (they are neighiboor) he asks for a favor, if Brandi and April could walk he's son Larry to school and back; you know to keep an eye on him and all. Larry is obsesed with drumming and sence Dominkck is in a band he asks Larry to join them and also notices April for the first time, Dominick asks her to go out or well sort of, he kissed her first and didn't really make it official, but they were sure together. Now the best friend of Matt (April's old brother) Little Joe is starting to have feelings for her too and has been a little overprotective when she is around Dominick or Bert. Matt is also in love with someone but it's with one of the mob's doughters and he is getting seriously hurt and can't see each other anymore just like Romeo and Juliet but he won't give up and starts sneaking out to see her. I love the ending, sence April is not seeing Dominick or Bert anymore she gets tickets for a concert and she is running up the street calling Little Joe... wonder what that could mean???
December 9, 2011
April, is a sassy freshman who is the family "misfit" in Dyker Heights, a.k.a. Mobster Central, but lucky for her she has a good head on her shoulders and avoids situations that might get her "whacked." Her brother, however, isn't that bright. He is in love with Bettina Bocceli, daughter of "Bobby the Bull" who doesn't take kindly to outsiders, and he's not smart enough to quit the relationship. As if this weren't complicated enough, April is suddenly faced with her own dilemma. Who to date? Not two, but three guys are interested, and April has eyes for the rebel she knows her parents will hate. When I first started the novel I wasn't sure I'd like it. After the second chapter I found myself laughing out loud in a room by myself looking like a lunatic. Think you won't like it? fuhgeddaboudit....this book keeps you on edge and keeps you ROLFing.
June 13, 2012
BROTHERS, BOYFRIENDS, AND OTHER CRIMINAL MINDS is April Lurie's semi-autobiographical tale of growing up in a Brooklyn neighborhood populated by made men and falling in love with a Dominick. However, she made quite a bit up in order to deliver an interesting and exciting story.
If you're into books about relationships, you should definitely consider finding yourself a copy of BROTHERS, BOYFRIENDS, AND OTHER CRIMINAL MINDS. April Lundquist has a plethora of suitors: Dominick, her brother's friend Little Joe, and her best friend's boyfriend's best friend with whom she was conned into going on a date with, Bert. Then her brother, a good Scandinavian boy, falls in love with Bettina, the daughter of a high-ranked Mafioso.
But romantic relationships aren't the only ones on display. April watches out for her both of her brothers, as well as Soft Sal's odd son Larry. She's close friends with Brandi, even if their friendship takes some hits in the book due to their divergent tastes in men. She also has an odd relationship with her English teacher, who recognizes her potential but dislikes her penchant to snog boys rather than show up to class on time.
The novel works well because these relationships ring true. Even though it is set in the 70s, the family, friend, and significant other dynamics are very familiar. (Although I never had to worry about a sibling getting whacked due to putting moves on the wrong person.) It's quick and funny, much like a Simon Pulse Romantic Comedy. The subject matter could be dramatic and angsty, but April Lurie keeps it light. And the world needs more light comedies involving La Costa Nostra.
I might not have noticed this if it hadn't been pointed out in the Local Authors panel, but I do appreciate the fact that BROTHERS, BOYFRIENDS, AND OTHER CRIMINAL MINDS is clean (no sex scenes or cussing). Lurie does a good job of creating a heroine who is comfortable with her sexuality and not condemning her for having three love interests. April's just a healthy teen girl learning how to maneuver in non-platonic relationships with boys. I love, love, love that Lurie manages this without sex scenes so that I can recommend it to certain girls I know in real life without their mothers showing up at my house with poisoned baked goods, saying "Mangia, mangia."
I don't regret my decision to pick up the cheapest book at the Austin Teen Book Festival. I'm not sure I'll read this one again, but I found it entertaining and think it's a good one to recommend to girls in junior high and high school. (Another great thing? April is brainy and athletic, with fab taste in music.) Despite the hot pink cover, some guys might like it too, given the criminal element.
If you're into books about relationships, you should definitely consider finding yourself a copy of BROTHERS, BOYFRIENDS, AND OTHER CRIMINAL MINDS. April Lundquist has a plethora of suitors: Dominick, her brother's friend Little Joe, and her best friend's boyfriend's best friend with whom she was conned into going on a date with, Bert. Then her brother, a good Scandinavian boy, falls in love with Bettina, the daughter of a high-ranked Mafioso.
But romantic relationships aren't the only ones on display. April watches out for her both of her brothers, as well as Soft Sal's odd son Larry. She's close friends with Brandi, even if their friendship takes some hits in the book due to their divergent tastes in men. She also has an odd relationship with her English teacher, who recognizes her potential but dislikes her penchant to snog boys rather than show up to class on time.
The novel works well because these relationships ring true. Even though it is set in the 70s, the family, friend, and significant other dynamics are very familiar. (Although I never had to worry about a sibling getting whacked due to putting moves on the wrong person.) It's quick and funny, much like a Simon Pulse Romantic Comedy. The subject matter could be dramatic and angsty, but April Lurie keeps it light. And the world needs more light comedies involving La Costa Nostra.
I might not have noticed this if it hadn't been pointed out in the Local Authors panel, but I do appreciate the fact that BROTHERS, BOYFRIENDS, AND OTHER CRIMINAL MINDS is clean (no sex scenes or cussing). Lurie does a good job of creating a heroine who is comfortable with her sexuality and not condemning her for having three love interests. April's just a healthy teen girl learning how to maneuver in non-platonic relationships with boys. I love, love, love that Lurie manages this without sex scenes so that I can recommend it to certain girls I know in real life without their mothers showing up at my house with poisoned baked goods, saying "Mangia, mangia."
I don't regret my decision to pick up the cheapest book at the Austin Teen Book Festival. I'm not sure I'll read this one again, but I found it entertaining and think it's a good one to recommend to girls in junior high and high school. (Another great thing? April is brainy and athletic, with fab taste in music.) Despite the hot pink cover, some guys might like it too, given the criminal element.
March 26, 2008
It’s 1977, and April Lundquist lives on the same block as three murderers. Not the scary, mask-wearing movie murderers, but three Mafia hit men. When Soft Sal Luciano, the hit man across the street, asks April and her best friend Brandi to do him a favor, April knows she can’t refuse. But does this mean that she and Brandi are working for the Mob? It’s just a favor, but then, why are crisp hundred dollar bills appearing between the pages of her books?
April’s not sure, but she knows one thing for sure—she wants to keep on Soft Sal’s good side. If not for her own sake, for her big brother Matt’s—who has made the dangerous mistake of falling for the daughter of a Mafia capo. Meanwhile, April’s relationship with Soft Sal brings her closer to Dominick, the bad boy she has had a crush on since forever. But is Dominick the right guy for April? Can Matt keep dating Bettina and stay in one piece? And what about those mysterious hundred dollar bills?
This book is like The Godfather for teens. It’s funny and zingy, and even though April feels safe in her Mafia-controlled neighborhood, she’s often looking over her shoulders for murders. Her family is convincing and wonderful—they’re far from perfect, but they do love each other, even when they tease each other (a lot.)
This book is kind of like The Wednesday Wars, only less good. I don’t mean that as an insult—rather, as a compliment. It’s not quite at the level of genius that book shares, but it reminds me of it in many ways.
April’s not sure, but she knows one thing for sure—she wants to keep on Soft Sal’s good side. If not for her own sake, for her big brother Matt’s—who has made the dangerous mistake of falling for the daughter of a Mafia capo. Meanwhile, April’s relationship with Soft Sal brings her closer to Dominick, the bad boy she has had a crush on since forever. But is Dominick the right guy for April? Can Matt keep dating Bettina and stay in one piece? And what about those mysterious hundred dollar bills?
This book is like The Godfather for teens. It’s funny and zingy, and even though April feels safe in her Mafia-controlled neighborhood, she’s often looking over her shoulders for murders. Her family is convincing and wonderful—they’re far from perfect, but they do love each other, even when they tease each other (a lot.)
This book is kind of like The Wednesday Wars, only less good. I don’t mean that as an insult—rather, as a compliment. It’s not quite at the level of genius that book shares, but it reminds me of it in many ways.
October 13, 2016
Brothers, Boyfriends, and other criminal minds is a really good book. It's about a girl named April and she has a pretty crazy life going on. She lives in a neighborhood supposedly where there are 3 murders (no one knows for sure). April and her best friend one day run into a Mob and he wants them to walk his son everyday to school to keep an eye on him, and of course April and her best friend do it because they want to stay on his good side, but Aprils snobby brother starts to like the Mobs daughter and the Mob doesn't want her to date anyone, so he gets on his bad side. April suddenly realizes that she is a lot different from the rest of her family, she realizes that she has a bit of a dark side and that she likes to be a crime solver.
April 11, 2008
Set in Brooklyn, 1977, April Lundquist lives on a street of mobsters. She's trying to figure out who she is and who is the right guy. I believe that April Lurie wrote what she knows! (gin rummy, Welcome Back, Kotter and tennis).
June 25, 2023
i read this a million times in sixth grade. my taste in books was not great. AND ALSO the main character is 14 WHAT I'm older than her i could've sworn she was 17
April 22, 2020
I read this book in middle-school, around 10-11 years ago. So, reading this brought back a bit of nostalgia for me.
I'm not sure I would call it a classic or call it a revelation though.
It's just a regular slice of life book.
I'm not sure I would call it a classic or call it a revelation though.
It's just a regular slice of life book.
June 2, 2013
Fourteen-year-old April Lundquist lives in a nice Brooklyn neighborhood that is home to a number of well know mobsters. Three hit men live on her street alone although you’d never know they were dangerous. They go to work each day in Armani suits and Gucci loafers.
April has a taste for horror. She spends most of her summer reading books by Edgar Alan Poe, Stephen King and Alfred Hitchcock. Ninth grade gets off to a dubious beginning when Soft Sol, their neighbor across the street, requests a favor. He wants April and her friend Brandi to walk his son Larry, who is mentally handicapped, to school. They can’t say no and wouldn’t want to. They grew up with Larry and are used to looking out for him.
Meanwhile April’s brother falls in love with a mafia princess which April is afraid will end up getting him whacked. Italian crime bosses are very protective of their daughters and Matt is neither Catholic or Italian. To protect him April must has a favor of her own. Will Soft Sal come through for her?
Matt and his friends give her own boyfriends a hard time every chance they get. April falls for a bad boy musician whose long hair and Grateful Dead T-shirts put him on her parents’ “no dating list.”
This funny coming-of-age story set in the seventies is full of colorful characters, tricky choices and ever changing friendships. I was hooked from the first line.
April has a taste for horror. She spends most of her summer reading books by Edgar Alan Poe, Stephen King and Alfred Hitchcock. Ninth grade gets off to a dubious beginning when Soft Sol, their neighbor across the street, requests a favor. He wants April and her friend Brandi to walk his son Larry, who is mentally handicapped, to school. They can’t say no and wouldn’t want to. They grew up with Larry and are used to looking out for him.
Meanwhile April’s brother falls in love with a mafia princess which April is afraid will end up getting him whacked. Italian crime bosses are very protective of their daughters and Matt is neither Catholic or Italian. To protect him April must has a favor of her own. Will Soft Sal come through for her?
Matt and his friends give her own boyfriends a hard time every chance they get. April falls for a bad boy musician whose long hair and Grateful Dead T-shirts put him on her parents’ “no dating list.”
This funny coming-of-age story set in the seventies is full of colorful characters, tricky choices and ever changing friendships. I was hooked from the first line.
September 23, 2017
It was pretty good. It starts off kind of boring, and I almost wasn't going to keep reading it, but I'm glad I ultimately did. The plot was a cool concept, and I liked how it took place in the late 70s but not in like a try-hard way where the author had to keep throwing it in your face what decade it was. I liked the characters too, and the writing style kept things feeling like it really was a story in the POV of a 14 year old girl. The book as a whole was interesting and entertaining, and it was nice to read about the development of a brother-sister bond.
But, this book ended really weirdly and abruptly, and without tying a lot of the loose ends. I wasn't feeling it. And whatever happened to Why did it have to end like that? Oh why? It wasn't even fair. And what about the whole mysterious money situation? Who was giving it to them? And was Matt elbowed in the eye at baseball practice or not?
Ugh. But this book was still good. It had its flaws, (like how they kept calling Larry "retarded". I didn't like that, but I guess it was the 70s and things were different), and was pretty predictable at times, but it was a nice quick little read. But just a warning, this isn't a romance book at all if that's what you're looking for.
But, this book ended really weirdly and abruptly, and without tying a lot of the loose ends. I wasn't feeling it. And whatever happened to Why did it have to end like that? Oh why? It wasn't even fair. And what about the whole mysterious money situation? Who was giving it to them? And was Matt elbowed in the eye at baseball practice or not?
Ugh. But this book was still good. It had its flaws, (like how they kept calling Larry "retarded". I didn't like that, but I guess it was the 70s and things were different), and was pretty predictable at times, but it was a nice quick little read. But just a warning, this isn't a romance book at all if that's what you're looking for.
February 16, 2013
I just re-read Brothers, Boyfriends & other Criminal Minds and had forgotten how much I loved this book the first time. This book is all about relationships, the relationship between April and her best friend Brandi, the relationship between April and her brothers Matt and Sammy (love, love, love Sammy), the relationship between April and Larry there are so many more but you get the point. I love it when a book drags you into the middle of a story where all these relationships are already established but the author is talented enough to make you care about how each link is connected and how these people are going to turn out. The story takes place in the 70’s and is about 14 year old April Lundquist. For any Janet Evanovich fans the neighborhood reads the same as the burg. You see all the trouble that April is heading towards and like any adult that has already hit many of those brick walls at full speed you want to reach into the book and stop it from happening and yet you keep reading because the story is just that good.
March 20, 2016
This is a YA book about April, a 14 year old blond, Scandinavian girl who lives in the middle of an Italian mafia's neighborhood. She has an older brother, Matt, and a younger brother, Sammy who she often babysits. Her best friend, Brandi, lives next door. Matt is in love with a girl who is a mob head's daughter, which gets him into ALOT of trouble. April is in love with a rocker who has a ponytail, does drugs, and skips class named Dominick. Brandi asks her to go on a double date with her with a guy she's never met named Bert, who is significantly shorter than April, but who ends up having a huge crush on her. Little Joe, Matt's best friend, starts to fall in love with April as well. When Dominick finally notices her, Little Joe is dangerously upset. Without giving away the whole story, it was fun to see how April handled everything with all 3 guys. The only thing stopping it from being 5 stars, is the ending. It left me asking "what just happened?" I was very surprised when I got to the last page....and that was it. I wanted more answers!
March 10, 2011
I know it seems weird that i finished this book the same day that i finished the clique but i did.
This book was really good but it was more advanced tan some other books that i have read. I loved every page of this dramatic romance and the mob addition was a real hit to me. I would recommend this to any girl in 5th or 6th grade. It is about this girl, April, who's brother is dating a girl that has a father that works in the mob and doesn't want his daughter dating April's brother. Her brother keeps on getting beat up by his girlfriends dad and his friends. April also has many problems 1) her brother's best friend likes her 2) she's fake dating someone so her friend will be happy 3) the boy that she is really dating starts dating someone else and doesn't tell her and 4) her parents think that she is weird. Read this to find out more on April's story and what happens.
This book was really good but it was more advanced tan some other books that i have read. I loved every page of this dramatic romance and the mob addition was a real hit to me. I would recommend this to any girl in 5th or 6th grade. It is about this girl, April, who's brother is dating a girl that has a father that works in the mob and doesn't want his daughter dating April's brother. Her brother keeps on getting beat up by his girlfriends dad and his friends. April also has many problems 1) her brother's best friend likes her 2) she's fake dating someone so her friend will be happy 3) the boy that she is really dating starts dating someone else and doesn't tell her and 4) her parents think that she is weird. Read this to find out more on April's story and what happens.
August 18, 2009
cute story about growing up in brooklyn in the 70s. april lundquist, though tall, blond, and scandanavian, lives in an italian neighborhood with a handful of mobsters. when she starts walking larry luciano, son of soft sal luciano, to school, she starts finding enormous bills in her school books. is she doing business with the mob? meanwhile her older brother matt is dating the daughter of another mobster, and gets a mysterious black eye. is matt on their blacklist? april also explores her hobbies and talents and goes on a few dates.
this clean story (which makes mobsters out to be adorably cuddly) would work well for a middle school audience, and might make a fun companion book to "al capone does my shirts."
this clean story (which makes mobsters out to be adorably cuddly) would work well for a middle school audience, and might make a fun companion book to "al capone does my shirts."
November 2, 2009
It's actually really funny~ I've met the author and sort of got a mini-bio of her life... which included the time when she got caught reading "The Exorcist" in class, just like her character April Lundquist, and she also wrote "Babysitting Games", and she got great feedback from her peers.
But on to the book. It was probably the funniest, saddest, scariest, and most romantic book I have ever read, and it is now my No. 1 favorite. April Lurie, I am so glad and so fortunate to have met you when you came to my last school, and I definitely can't wait to read the rest of your books.April Lurie
But on to the book. It was probably the funniest, saddest, scariest, and most romantic book I have ever read, and it is now my No. 1 favorite. April Lurie, I am so glad and so fortunate to have met you when you came to my last school, and I definitely can't wait to read the rest of your books.April Lurie
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 13, 2008
This book was awesome! It was really funny, and kpet you on the edge of your seat. It's about a girl named April who lives in a neighborhood with several mafia men. When Soft Sal Luciano asks April and Brandi to walk Lari to school they just think it as a favor. But when $100 bills start showing up in their books, they get a little worried. To make matters even worse, her older brother Matt is dating a very strict mafia man's daughter. They hear noises in the trunks of cars, and really start to worry when Matt comes home with a black eyes and bruises!
January 1, 2008
This book was really good. It's about this girl named April who lives in a neighborhood populated by the Mafia in the summer of 1977. She and her friend Brandi take a responsibility in helping a son of a crime boss, Soft Sal, get to school everyday. After that, they mysteriously find hundred dollar bills in their textbooks and April's brother Matt being beaten by the Mafia for dating a mobster's daughter.
October 31, 2011
This book was amazing. I loved it so much, but I really didn't like Dominick, he just seemed bad, especially after what he did to April. I think Little Joe is so much better than Dominick, even after the beach. Soft Sal surprised me, he was very different from my image of what I expected a mobster to be, and he was so good to Matt. Frankie the crunch and "Georgous Vinny" were more of classic mobsters.
February 25, 2013
I couldn't help but thinking that this is Historical Fiction! And I am the same age as the main character in this book! I didn't grow up in Brooklyn, but I did have access to the media, so yes, I understood all of the pop culture references that the author painstakingly provides. Welcome Back Kotter, anyone?
This is a harmless little tome, hoping to appeal to young fans of The Sopranos, if that hasn't fallen off the pop culture radar by now.
This is a harmless little tome, hoping to appeal to young fans of The Sopranos, if that hasn't fallen off the pop culture radar by now.
June 4, 2008
It was okay, then it got better, then it was just okay. I didn't like the constant references to all things 70's like John Travolta, disco, The Who, etc. Lurie hits us over the head with these: totally not necessary. This bookis billed as a romance but anything romantic is so mild it comes across as dull. Very, very tame.
July 12, 2009
Loved this one. The relationship between brother and sister was touching--after my sister took me to see The Shining when I was 10 years old, my brother was there for me to sleep in his room every night for the next year. But I digress--I also thought it was very clever to have them perform Romeo and Juliet.
July 30, 2009
hmm, I read this because I had just finished another book, and that one was really intense, so I picked up this one thinking it would be an easy read, you know a teenager book no big deal. But i got sucked into it. It was really good. Of course, it was a teenager book and an easy read, but it made me so happy. And nothing can beat a book that sucks you in.
July 19, 2011
This one was another great coming of age story, complete with mobsters, 70s music and fashion, and that groovy Brooklyn setting. I place it only slightly behind Dylan Fontaine, and that's probably just because this one's told in first person from a girl's point of view so I don't relate quite as well (having never been a teenage girl the way I was a teenage boy!)
May 22, 2010
This book was loaned to me by a friend's cousin, who i'm friends too, who got it from the library... Read it over the summer and it couldn't have been a better fit for the season. A good laugh is what I needed for a lonely while my friends were occupied with weddings and other family stuff... I got it.
March 22, 2012
Brothers Boyfriends and Other Criminal Minds was a great book about 16 year old April and her bf Brandi falling in and out of love. April falls in love with 2 people and has a few guys crushing on her. She lives with the mob and her brother gets mixed up with a few mobsters and their daughters. I would recamend this book to a adult addiance.
September 26, 2012
This book was very interesting and entertaining...but there were a couple things I wasn't crazy about,like for example I wish April would have set Dom straight and confronted him instead of just hide from him but I guess some girl act different that others. And also the ending didn't quite feel like an ending to me.But overall I enjoyed this book and it brought a smile to my face.
January 23, 2017
Very quick and simple easy read. I really enjoyed reading about the time frame since it was a subject I've never touched before. Also liked how I got to read about a girls POV that's my age, since I always go for the high school ages. Really hoping there's a sequel because I need some answers ASAP!
August 5, 2008
Interesting premise and setting (i.e girl who deals with the Mob in the 1970s) which adds some flair. But its fairly predictable and the characters are pretty standard. Reviewed for the Dolly Gray Award.
October 11, 2008
kinda weird but you can relate to some parts... i recommend it to nikalina cuz its a norwegian girl who complains that she always gets sunburn instead of tans... its pretty funny... lol... but some parts are strange...
Displaying 1 - 30 of 76 reviews