Both the hero and the heroine are from mafia families. Residing in the same city, both mafia families are pitted against each other for the control of the city's underworld. In the current generation, the rivalry arises to great heights when the heroine accidentally set fire to the library of the hero's family to escape after crashing a party with her siblings. There was retaliation and the war between the families would escalate if dire actions weren't taken. To stave off the situation, the hero and the heroine entered a marriage-of-convenience. Thus begins the romance between the hero and the heroine amidst the mafia world.

This is the first book in the BRUTAL BIRTHRIGHT series by Sophie Lark. It features the enemies-to-lovers romance between an older hero and a younger heroine in the dark world of the mafia underworld. This book is a good beginning to the series, though in my eyes it needed a bit more details to the story. I enjoyed the beautiful extras of the book, including the cover that has significance to the main characters. The book also has a good variety of interesting secondary characters, some of which will have future books in the series. Overall, an enjoyable beginning to this Sophie Lark series and I look forward to reading more books in the future from the author.

** Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the review copy. All opinions and thoughts in the review are my own. ** ( )

I could have loved this book if it weren't for Aida! What a huge, hateful, mean person she was! She stands there watching her brother get his ass kicked because she stole something that's in her pocket! She just has to give it back but won't. I couldn't stand her.....the best part of the book is when she is almost drowned by Cal! Did some skimming over some boring parts. ( )

"And I realized that pretty face disguised the soul of a demon."

This story was great it started out a little slow but really picked up quickly. I basically instantly fell in love with Aida, she is ferocious. I loved how feisty and strong willed she was. She is smarter than any of the males in the story give her credit for and I think that is what I loved best; because she constantly surprises Callum. I think Sophie did an amazing job at showing the tension between the two... they were a very believable enemies to lovers story. She also has amazing banter between the two of them. Not to mention the spice is on point in this one for sure.
Honestly I just wish it had felt more like a mafia story to me. I mean it had some elements for sure, but I felt like the biggest moment wasn't really as intense as it could have been. I think that element of wanting it to be just a bit darker and more mafia like is what kept me from giving it five stars. I really enjoyed the story and fell in love with Aida for sure; and I'm even open to reading more of the stories in the series. I think my favorite part was this one ended super believable and with a slightly cute twist. ( )

Brutal Prince is an Enemies to Lovers Mafia Romance. It follows the story of Aida and Callum. Aida is from an Italian mob family, the youngest child and only daughter. She's a bit wild and unruly. One night, she convinces her brothers to crash the birthday party at the home of a rival mob family, and Irish family. When they got there, Aida causes a bit of a stir, but they all get away before getting caught. Callum, the oldest in the rival family, catches up with Aida and that's when things get problematic for them both. To solve the problems of a possible war between the families, Callum and Aida are forced to marry.

First thing ... Callum and Aida were HILARIOUS. But when they say enemies, they weren't kidding. These two truly hated each other and came pretty close to almost killing each other. But somewhere along the way, all of that hate turned to passion and then to love. And then they soon realized they'd do anything for each other. And then there's this: "You're mine, Aida," Callum growls into my ear. "I'll kill anyone who tries to touch you."

These two were solid by the end and I really ended up liking them. I didn't love Callum so much at first, but he really grew on me. Hopefully I'll enjoy the rest of the series as much. ( )

They're batshit crazy.
The both of them.
And I'm here for it ( )