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The Heir

By: Sophie Lark
Narrated by: Chloe Ryan, Michael Gallagher, Gregory Salinas
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Number one best seller

I’d go anywhere for her....

Even to Kingmakers, the most brutal college in the world. Where mafia heirs are trained to control, dominate, infiltrate, and kill.

I followed Anna because she’s my best friend. I’ve always been right by her side.

She needs me to protect her. Especially from Dean Yenin, a Bratva heir with a lethal grudge.

He plans to take everything from me. Starting with Anna....

The Heir is the first book in the epic dark mafia Kingmakers series. It’s a forbidden friends-to-lovers romance filled with mystery, suspense, and sizzling-hot bedroom scenes that take place everywhere but the bedroom.

©2021 Sophie Lark (P)2022 Sophie Lark

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kingmakers ❤️

this was my first audiobook in so so long, and i was scared I wouldn’t be able to keep up. it was amazing and so well narrated! I couldn’t take my airpods out.

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5/5 ⭐️’s for The Heir !

LEO + ANNA ARE A PERFECT MATCH !

I’m not normally a fan of friends to lovers but this book captured my heart right away . Leo + Anna are “cousins” but only in name . When their first year away at college tests them with many new challenges, the biggest is their feelings for one another . (and a pissed off family member who needs to get a life but that’s besides the point)

This book has such great world building . You truly feel like you’re on the island right along with the worlds most dangerous criminals . This book has such a different pace and vibe from the first series and I absolutely love it !

I can’t tell you how thrilled I was to learn that this series was a spin-off of The Brutal Birthright Series ! A new generation of mafia heirs to start a whole new generation of hatred . This book did not disappoint and I can’t wait to finish the series !

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Good Character Development

The Heir is the first in the Kingmakers series, which is a new adult mafia friends to lovers romance. This is a love triangle. I am okay with a love triangle if the love interests are balanced. Dean and Leo weren’t here, because Anna had always loved Leo. Also, I feel like Dean needs some serious amount of therapy. Leo was awfully self-centered in the beginning, very sad in the middle, and grew to be interesting be the ending. The pacing was a little off, as it dragged a little bit in the middle, but I enjoyed how the narrative played out.

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Glad I didn't give up.

The beginning was a struggle, such much lead just to get to the actual story. so glad I didn't give up. Really enjoyed it once the story began and the ending. Turned out great. Narration was good.

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A great start to the Kingmakers series! Friends to lovers, mafia romance!

The Heir is the first book in Sophie Lark’s Kingmakers series and I was so excited to get to this series after binging her Brutal Birthright series. Kingmakers is a spin-off/2nd gen series from the couples of Brutal Birthright. Kingmakers Academy is a private college for children of mafia families from around the globe. It’s situated on an isolated island in the Adriatic Sea and once there the students are categorized into 4 houses so to speak: heirs, accountants, spies, and enforcers.

That was really all I knew jumping into this series so I was super surprised to find out we get 3 POVs in the story! It totally threw me off, but also intrigued me. We follow Leo Gallo (son of Yelena & Sebastian), Dean Yenin (Adrian’s son—Adrian’s twin sister is Yelena/massive beef between these 2 since Yelena’s book), and Anna Wilk (daughter of Miko and Nessa). The story starts with Leo being accepted into Kingmakers Academy and granted automatic admission to the Heirs division (since he’s the undisputed heir to the Gallo empire). Dean, also an heir who has been raised to hate Leo and his family, and Anna are all set to attend as well and things get interesting from there!

Dean and Leo get into a fight right away, like on the boat ride to the school, and there is definitely a rivalry between them from the start! Poor Dean, he makes bad choices for sure but it’s all he’s ever known and he’s young and just wants love. He’s jealous and envious of how easy Leo’s life is and all the things he gets, including Anna. So Dean sets out to take Anna for his own, since Leo has overlooked her for years as just his best friend.

I loved that this was a childhood friends to lovers romance, that added history between the characters made it so good! We learn so much about the school and the other students there. I always love a 2nd gen story because I love seeing the couples of previous books become parents (seeing Seb, Yelena, Miko and Nessa as parents was so fun…especially Miko 😆)! I loved Anna’s relationship with her parents, she loves her mother but is definitely more her father’s daughter and is not afraid of violence, she’s ready for whatever it takes to be a boss like her dad. While spending time with Dean at first (because who isn’t going to turn down someone so into them right from the start), Anna starts to realize Dean’s intense energy for revenge, obsession with one-upping Leo, and the way he pushes/pressures her just isn’t it. Her and Leo spend less time together during this time and they both feel lonely and lost without one another. I loved seeing Leo and Anna both start to realize there is something more between them and give into that. Can’t wait to continue the series!

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Love this!

Love love loved this book. Sophie Lark is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. She knows how to write a steamy romance, that you can’t put down.

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Could not put it down

Absolutely addicting! Brutal birthright and Kingmakers proves again and again that I don’t need sleep, I need answers! Lol

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Love it!

Oh I love this book! I can’t wait to listen to more of this series. Chloe, Michael and Gregory did an amazing job at narrating

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Can’t wait for more!

I read the kingmakers books before they came out on audio. I LOVE them! I know we are going to get the rest of the series soon on audible and I can’t wait! If you haven’t heard of the series before this one (Brutal Birthright) you don’t need to read/listen to them before this but I suggest it. All of the little tiny details will make sense.

Now this book on audible was good, Dean voice was a little annoying at times but it’s not something that completely kept me from wanting to here more.

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The Heir

The Heir is the first book in the Kingmakers series. This book is told from multiple points of view from Leo, Dean and Anna. Leo and Anna are best friends. Their considered cousins. Dean and Leo are real-life cousins (their parents are twins), but something happened to the parents that tore them apart, so Dean and Leo's families are against each other.

Anna wants to go to this prestigious school that is known to take gang leaders' children and train them to rule. Leo decides to go with her. They learn that Dean is there as well. Leo and Anna have had feelings for each other for a while now, but haven't done anything about it. Dean sees Anna and will do anything to break Leo down, and one of those things is stealing Anna out from under him.

When Leo gets the head of the freshman in a challenge each grade level does, Dean will do whatever he can to sabotage him. When Anna starts to fall for Dean, Leo gets shoved to the sidelines.

Can Leo fight for Anna and prove to her he didn't mean what happened between them. Can Anna forgive Leo for what he did to her? Can they work as a team for the Freshman to win the school challenge? What happens when Anna finds out what Dean did? Will Leo and Anna get their happy ending? What will their parents say when they find out they like each other?

I really enjoyed this book, and am excited to see what happens next. I also can't wait for Dean's book. I did not like his character in this book, but hoping in the one he's in we can see more of a glimpse of his past and how come he is the way he is today.

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