Was Promises and Pomegranates my favorite dark, mafia romance of all time? No. Was it still a fun, smutty, gory time? Yes. I picked it up because my IRL bestie has been begging me to for years. Add it to the list of Hades and Persephone retellings that I'll recommend. I liked how chaotic it was; it wasn't the most believable but I still enjoyed it. 

Elena is an interesting FMC because she's both innocent (read: virgin-ish 🙄) and violent (read: kicks ass too). She doesn't want to marry her fiancé but she also doesn't want to be whisked away from her family with her new husband Kal. She's stuck. I think these FMCs are my favorite in mafia romances because they are truly up creek without a paddle. Kal is the kind of morally black, murdering, tragic past I've come to expect from mafia as well. Overall, their romance was hot and heartfelt-ish.

Read this is you like bookish MCs, morally black MMCs, knives (🥵), MMCs who k*ll anyone who harms the FMC, Hades and Persephone retellings, kink exploration, and FMCs who realize just how much of a badass they really are!