Blood and Beauty

Owned by the Don, Book 1

By: Callie Vincent

Narrated by: Allyson Voller

“You’re mine, Esmeralda.”

His amber eyes track me as I move away from him slowly. He’s a predator in the wild and I am his next meal. His scent and presence are so overpowering that it makes my knees tremble in anticipation.

Never have I been this attracted to a man, especially a man that I should hate. Especially from a man who’s taken everything from me.

Esmeralda is just one semester away from graduating college and on her way to opening the restaurant of her dreams. Dante is a ruthless mafia monster that walks in the daylight. Neither of them would've ever crossed paths - until Esmeralda's mother makes a dire mistake that leaves them both at the mercy of the cartel and the whims of its captivating leader.

Blood and Beauty is a dark, modern-day, mafia spin on Beauty and the Beast. This is the first book in the new Owned by the Don trilogy from author Callie Vincent.

©2021 Callie Vincent (P)2022 Callie Vincent

What a waste

The female main character is the most obnoxious, stupidest character I have ever read. I could not even finish the book. How in one room of a house a character can hate someone and but the time she goes to her room she is Gavin’s sexual fantasies about him when there is no obvious chemistry depicted by the characters. There is no flow to the book.
I hope the author develops her writing style and creates better characters. I wonder if the author even read her own book while or after she wrote it.
Very disappointing

Disappointing

Honestly over all it was very disappointing. The characters didn’t have actual chemistry even though they talked like they should have. If that makes sense.
It was very hard to finish but I did. I feel like it needs a read over by the author and before publishing a new one maybe to add to this one, it needs to be reread.