Actual Rating: 3.5 stars. 
 I love books that take place in foreign places. In this case, Sicily, Italy. There's something magical about certain settings. I felt that the author did a really good job at describing the scenery and things in general, without overdoing it, which is something that can often happen in books like this. 
 I appreciated the heroine, Rosa, and her love interest, Alessendro. Both of them were interesting characters. The romance between the two was okay, I suppose. They had good chemistry, but their was nothing about their relationship that really popped. 
 The summary of Arcadia Awakens combined with the creepy cover made me really anxious to read it. Mafia stories always intrigue me. The story was good, but I wasn't reallly into it until towards the end. In other words, it was very easily putdownable. 
 So overall, this book was good and I liked it, and I'll pick up the sequel, but it just wasn't as special as I wanted it to be.