A review by readwithpitties
Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas

5.0

Oh Hardy, Hardy, Hardy. we got to know Hardy in the first book and im sure like many i was quick to fall in love with his next door bad boy but savior type always being there for liberty when she needed him most. and During that book i diffidently had conflict on the ending and who liberty chose loving Gage and Hardy almost the same (Gage coming in first, and hardy coming in at a close second) so i was glad to see Hardy get his own story! But with the first of the series telling us alot of Hardy back ground and who he was as a person, flaws in all.
The real star of this book was the only sister of the Travis family, Haven Marie Travis. Havens story will forever go down as my favorite story in a long long time. We see Haven enter a very toxic abusive relationship in the beginning of this book, we see her get so low to a place that it almost makes you sick. The way lisa Klepas wrote these first few chapters are so good, and detailed that its so easy to put your self as Haven, and really feel the truth of what it is to like to live in an abusive marriage.
the way that Haven puts her self back together after that shows how strong she is but also shows so well how all that abuse can effect her even after the abuser is long gone. i thought she wrote about PTSD The low confidence the not wanting anyone to touch her and how easy it was to let other abusers in when you knocked down so low.
I love that Hardy can relate to her story and helps her get to a healthy place in her life, i like that she helps him see that he has finally made it in life and that what he needs is a women to love. this book will forever be one of my favorites and i will be looking for a physical copy to live forever on my book shelf!