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A review by cjcharding
The Devil and the Heiress by Harper St. George
3.5
2.5/5🌶️, MF, Historical Romance, road trip romance, standalone, part of a series, single narration, Libby audiobook
There was great promise in this book. It’s about a young American heiress who is finally done with her parents basically selling her hand to marry into the British nobility for professional gains. She decides to run away and is aided by a well known rake. There was some great one bed/we need to pretend we are married trope scenes, caretaking after a carriage accident, “how did I even think she was a quiet wallflower” bits. It was fairly enjoyable, if not a bit generic. I started to get annoyed when the FMC started to act her age, she’s only 19. There were times when the FMC was annoyingly naive and petulant. Then, the dreaded 80% conflict happened and some of my least favourite plot lines happened! There was the break up over a half truth/not fulling disclosing a situation that happened at the beginning of the story and total disregard for all actions that happen in the interim. There was the separation as punishment instead of communicating, and then the FMC withholding information (pregnancy ) from the MMC because she’s mad at him. This separation also lasted longer than the couple was even together - this has to be one of my most hated 80% conflict storyline. While the grand gesture was pretty good, I was still so frustrated with all the dumb things leading up to it that I removed at least .25 stars from my overall rating. The final straw was that the book basically ends as soon as the couple reconciles without an epilogue and I was left feeling let down. The same abrupt ending happened in the first book, so I guess that’s what I can expect from Harper St George’s book.
There was great promise in this book. It’s about a young American heiress who is finally done with her parents basically selling her hand to marry into the British nobility for professional gains. She decides to run away and is aided by a well known rake. There was some great one bed/we need to pretend we are married trope scenes, caretaking after a carriage accident, “how did I even think she was a quiet wallflower” bits. It was fairly enjoyable, if not a bit generic. I started to get annoyed when the FMC started to act her age, she’s only 19. There were times when the FMC was annoyingly naive and petulant. Then, the dreaded 80% conflict happened and some of my least favourite plot lines happened! There was the break up over a half truth/not fulling disclosing a situation that happened at the beginning of the story and total disregard for all actions that happen in the interim. There was the separation as punishment instead of communicating, and then the FMC withholding information (