King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
Roman goes home from Atlanta to his small town in Virginia after his father gets hit by a car. Upon arrival he finds his brother might be the cause of the accident because he owes a lot of money to the local drug gang. When Roman goes to work out a deal, things go poorly and now Roman is responsible for more money. At the center of this is the family mortuary that there father devoted his life to and Roman and Dante's sister Neveah now runs. They are still suffering from their mother disappearance years ago.
Lots of threads to pull. I wasn't completely enamored by this because there are no good guys in this story. Roman is ready to do all sorts of bad things to get extricated from the gang. Dante is an addict pulling everyone down. Neveah doesn't have much to do except yell at her brother's for not telling her what is going on. Also her name should be spelled Nevaeh which is heaven backwards. You got Dante in hell and you have girl called Heaven or should be.
I need someone to root for in my books and this book doesn't have it. You could think of it along the lines of The Godfather or Scarface updated for modern times, but it's not as good as those tales
Roman goes home from Atlanta to his small town in Virginia after his father gets hit by a car. Upon arrival he finds his brother might be the cause of the accident because he owes a lot of money to the local drug gang. When Roman goes to work out a deal, things go poorly and now Roman is responsible for more money. At the center of this is the family mortuary that there father devoted his life to and Roman and Dante's sister Neveah now runs. They are still suffering from their mother disappearance years ago.
Lots of threads to pull. I wasn't completely enamored by this because there are no good guys in this story. Roman is ready to do all sorts of bad things to get extricated from the gang. Dante is an addict pulling everyone down. Neveah doesn't have much to do except yell at her brother's for not telling her what is going on. Also her name should be spelled Nevaeh which is heaven backwards. You got Dante in hell and you have girl called Heaven or should be.
I need someone to root for in my books and this book doesn't have it. You could think of it along the lines of The Godfather or Scarface updated for modern times, but it's not as good as those tales
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm