Book Review: Bennett Mafia by Tijan

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There were always whispers about my roommate at Hillcrest Academy.

The wealthiest of the wealthy sent their kids to our boarding school, and Brooke Bennett had been at the top, though I never quite knew why. She was fun and outgoing, but she kept quiet about her family. The only things she showed me were photographs of her brothers.

I became fascinated with her second-oldest brother. Kai Bennett.

He was the most of them all. Smoldering. Hypnotic. Alluring.

Kai had eyes that pulled me in and a face that haunted my dreams.

Then I met him.

He came to our school with their father, and that's when I learned what kind of family Brooke came from. They were mafia, and Brooke's oldest brother was dead. Her father said accident, but Brooke said murder.

Three months later, her father died, and Kai became the head of the Bennett Family. Brooke left Hillcrest for good, and that was the last time I saw her.

Fourteen years later, I'm staring at her face on the television. Brooke is missing.

Two days later, Kai Bennett kidnaps me.

Review:

Riley has been kidnapped by Kai Bennett who is searching for his missing sister, Brooke. Riley and Brooke had been roommates at school when they were younger but lost touch over the years. I have to say that I really enjoyed the first part of the story. There was a lot of action and you didn’t know who you could trust, what’s the truth and NOTHING was as it seemed.

My main issue was that Kai and Riley are supposed to have to tense past history but we really didn’t get an in depth view. I would have preferred more of a backstory between the two so I could feel the hate and disdain these characters have for each other. I also felt like their relationship developed very fast as well.

Overall this was a very exciting and action packed read and I really liked a lot of the secondary characters. I hope one day in the future we will get a novella about Brooke, Tanner and Jonah.