Mob Queen by Erin Bledsoe (Bibliolifestyle Book Tour)

 

Title:  Mob Queen

Author:  Erin Bledsoe

Narrated by:  Brittany Pressley

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Length: Approximately 12 hours and 3 minutes

Source: Thank you, Partner @bibliolifestyle @blackstonepublishing for the review copy of physical book copy of Mob Queen by Erin Bledsoe.  Thank-you to NetGalley for the audiobook and e-book review copies.

Are you addicted to a particular genre, or you read all sort of genres?  I read all sorts of genre, but historical fiction is my addiction.

Virginia Hill is struggling to make ends meet in 1930s Chicago.  She has recently divorced her husband and is looking for her missing friend, Madeline.  Madeline disappeared into the Mafia.  Virginia is recruited into the Mafia but has her own secret mission to find Madeline.  As she climbs the ranks, she finds the type of power she never realized she wanted.

My thoughts on this novel:

·       I loved how the intriguing man she met at the beginning of the novel, Ben, turned out to be Bugsy Siegel.  I had heard the name Bugsy Siegel before, but I didn’t know anything about him.

·       The reality of what the mafia actually did (horrific murders, kidnapping girls from the country into prostitution, etc.) was hard for Virginia to deal with.

·       Brittany Pressley was a great audiobook narrator.  She was Virginia to me.

·       Virgina was very sassy and had great comebacks.

·       Now I want to watch the movie Bugsy.  Virginia Hill is known for being Bugsy’s girlfriend, but she had a fascinating history of her own. 

·       There was intense chemistry between Virginia and Ben.  They seemed to go from desire to hate to desire to hate throughout their entire relationship.

·       A brief author’s note about the real Virginia Hill was interesting.

·       The book had a nice epilogue.

Overall, Mob Queen by Erin Bledsoe was a fascinating look at one powerful woman as she made her way in the man’s world of the mob.