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A review by dobbsthedog
Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas
4.0
I was thinking that I wanted to read some more histroms, as I haven't read many het histroms, and a friend suggested I try some Lisa Kleypas. This one was also a contender in Alexandra Vasti's Historical Romance Sex Scene Battle, so I decided to give it a go!
So, overall, I enjoyed this one! I wasn't sure about jumping into the middle of a series, but on the whole, I felt like it stood it's ground and I wasn't really missing anything from not having read the others in the series first. Though I am definitely going to go back and read the others in the series.
Phoebe (who is named after a North American bird, it actually specifies, so my little birder heart was so happy!) is a young widow with two small kids who meets West at a family wedding. West used to bully Phoebe's now-dead husband while they were at school together, and then went on to become quite the scoundrel. He's now reformed and is working managing the land for his family's estate. At the wedding Phoebe and West get to know each other, and the sparks start flying almost immediately. Truly, this is a fairly cookie-cutter romance, imo, but it's a very well done cookie-cutter romance. Very low angst (which I always appreciate), fairly low drama, everything is quite neatly wrapped up at the end. I don't always love single parent romances, but this one worked for me.
So, overall, I enjoyed this one! I wasn't sure about jumping into the middle of a series, but on the whole, I felt like it stood it's ground and I wasn't really missing anything from not having read the others in the series first. Though I am definitely going to go back and read the others in the series.
Phoebe (who is named after a North American bird, it actually specifies, so my little birder heart was so happy!) is a young widow with two small kids who meets West at a family wedding. West used to bully Phoebe's now-dead husband while they were at school together, and then went on to become quite the scoundrel. He's now reformed and is working managing the land for his family's estate. At the wedding Phoebe and West get to know each other, and the sparks start flying almost immediately. Truly, this is a fairly cookie-cutter romance, imo, but it's a very well done cookie-cutter romance. Very low angst (which I always appreciate), fairly low drama, everything is quite neatly wrapped up at the end. I don't always love single parent romances, but this one worked for me.