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Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas
4.25
Update: West fucks and I now have an emotional attachment to him so I’ll round up this time. Most of my OG words still stand this book wasnt my fav and that’s sad to me
Original review:
✨Fiduciary sounds like a dirty word.✨
I liked the beginning because the premise of late husband’s childhood bully seemed to set up a great enemies to lovers situation. However, it took like two conversations for Phoebe to absolve him of his schoolboy sins. I just wanted there to be more “umph” and tension in the plot. It was a bit meandering, a tad chaotic, and tried to make up for it at the end. I did like the structure of the plot but I still feel like it was missing it’s final act or maybe just another middle one. It was good but not memorable.
Edward is such a dick bouquet. The worst kind of man who is so patronizing and conniving and sooooo hell bent on being proprietous (and annoying). What a fucking fuckwit. He deserves a trip to the farm where all dogs “retire” to. Maybe not a permanent trip but a nice, long, invigorating stay. The conversation Phoebe and Edward have at the end strung my patience out so thin I hated hearing his slimy, gaslighting words. If only West was there to just stare at the cockroach until he wet himself and then made a timely show of sublimation.
Also Henry is on my shit list too. I don’t care where his heart was but he tried to set his wife up with said fuckwit. He’s semi-redeemable but he’s still related to fuckwit so Henry is, alas, fuckwit-adjacent.
The steam was steamy and there were multiple explicit sex scenes. They showed good character depth but also certain other ~depths.~ I wasn’t completely sold on the idea of the two as a couple for some reason. I liked them but never fully connected to either of them on an individual level. My eyes were stuck in an endless eye roll because there was absolutely no reason for West to believe he couldn’t be with Phoebe—it just got so tedious.
This was my first Lisa Kleypas book and I can see the appeal. Her writing is smart and sexy and at times refreshingly cheeky. I have many other books of hers on my Libby shelf and my own bookshelf so I’m excited to see where my journey goes. I know this won’t be my favorite LK but it gave me a nice taste of what to expect.
Oh, I like the Sebastian, Duke of Kingston (I think that’s his name?) I’m assuming he’s the Devil in Devil’s Daughter? He’s a real G.
Oh oh, looking at the reviews it seems like people are very smitten with this book. Maybe I’d be more than lukewarm if I’d devoured the paperback in a night? Maybe if I’d read the others in the series? I dunno but I still think if a book speaks to me, it’ll speak to me no matter the format or series. *shrugs*
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
Original review:
✨Fiduciary sounds like a dirty word.✨
I liked the beginning because the premise of late husband’s childhood bully seemed to set up a great enemies to lovers situation. However, it took like two conversations for Phoebe to absolve him of his schoolboy sins. I just wanted there to be more “umph” and tension in the plot. It was a bit meandering, a tad chaotic, and tried to make up for it at the end. I did like the structure of the plot but I still feel like it was missing it’s final act or maybe just another middle one. It was good but not memorable.
Edward is such a dick bouquet. The worst kind of man who is so patronizing and conniving and sooooo hell bent on being proprietous (and annoying). What a fucking fuckwit. He deserves a trip to the farm where all dogs “retire” to. Maybe not a permanent trip but a nice, long, invigorating stay. The conversation Phoebe and Edward have at the end strung my patience out so thin I hated hearing his slimy, gaslighting words. If only West was there to just stare at the cockroach until he wet himself and then made a timely show of sublimation.
Also Henry is on my shit list too. I don’t care where his heart was but he tried to set his wife up with said fuckwit. He’s semi-redeemable but he’s still related to fuckwit so Henry is, alas, fuckwit-adjacent.
The steam was steamy and there were multiple explicit sex scenes. They showed good character depth but also certain other ~depths.~ I wasn’t completely sold on the idea of the two as a couple for some reason. I liked them but never fully connected to either of them on an individual level. My eyes were stuck in an endless eye roll because there was absolutely no reason for West to believe he couldn’t be with Phoebe—it just got so tedious.
This was my first Lisa Kleypas book and I can see the appeal. Her writing is smart and sexy and at times refreshingly cheeky. I have many other books of hers on my Libby shelf and my own bookshelf so I’m excited to see where my journey goes. I know this won’t be my favorite LK but it gave me a nice taste of what to expect.
Oh, I like the Sebastian, Duke of Kingston (I think that’s his name?) I’m assuming he’s the Devil in Devil’s Daughter? He’s a real G.
Oh oh, looking at the reviews it seems like people are very smitten with this book. Maybe I’d be more than lukewarm if I’d devoured the paperback in a night? Maybe if I’d read the others in the series? I dunno but I still think if a book speaks to me, it’ll speak to me no matter the format or series. *shrugs*
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5