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A review by rjordan19
Hell Hath No Fury by Annabelle Anders
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Overall: 3.5 rounded ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥
Humor: Yes, a bit
Perspective: third person from both hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? more plot
How did the speed of the story feel? medium
When mains are first on page together: Pretty soon in - the beginning of chapter 2 (about 6% in)
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: Yes, maybe about a year later
Format: listened to the audiobook from the library (Hoopla)
Should I read in order?
This is the first in Anders’ Devilish Debutantes series.
Basic plot:
Cecily realizes her husband just married her for her dowry so she hatches a plan to have an affair to get him to divorce her.
Give this a try if you want:
- Regency (my assumption)
- London setting
- taboo/forbidden vibes – the heroine is married to the hero’s cousin
- affair
- heroine in danger – multiple attempts on heroine’s life
- a bit of a bonkers soap opera feel!
- medium steam – 3 scenes
Ages:
- Hero is around 29. I didn’t catch heroine but would guess early 20s?
First line:
If it’s the last thing I do, I will free myself of that scoundrel.
My thoughts:
This is my first Annabelle Anders and I had a roller coaster of feelings about this book. Definitely going to try more from her!
So this one gets a bit crazy. It actually has a lot of things I generally don’t love in romance (the heroine being in a relationship with someone else the whole book, lots of attempted murders of the heroine and a pregnancy that she hides from the father for a time
But, there was something about it I was rather fascinated by. I was very into the first half of the book – I liked that the mains spent a lot of time together and I did love the taboo vibes of having an affair with your husband’s cousin haha. The ending got pretty crazy. This isn’t one I would reread, but it was definitely memorable.
I mean, this is the first book I’ve read that the cheater literally gets his balls chopped off. So if you are here for that type of revenge, definitely pick this one up!
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- mention of hero (Earl’s brother) being in India, having relationships
- multiple attempts on heroine’s life, including pushing her into the road, poisoning, snakes put in her bed
- feelings of infidelity – the heroine is married (to not the hero) and he cheats on her multiple times, has a mistress and is cruel – she begins a campaign to get him to divorce her, including sex with his cousin while still married
- childbirth death of a parent
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
Safe sex: No – the hero blows it in her while she’s married to his cousin and they have been separate since the wedding
Hows the consent? It’s implied/explicit. They talk about acts and both are definitely consenting
34% - kiss
44% - kiss
57% - 🔥 kisses, oral for her, followed by a bit of talking and then missionary
One thought pulled into his mind and took up residence. She is mine. She stared down her body at him with a very heavy lidded gaze. “You wicked, wicked man,” she said teasingly, whereupon he caught his breath.
75% - 🔥 kisses, missionary
”I don’t need romance today, Stephen,” she said a bit breathlessly, “as long as I have you.”
He was in awe, painfully aroused, but in awe nonetheless.
“Then have me you shall.”
86% - 🔥 oral for her
“I can make love to you without penetration. I can take a great deal of satisfaction without it.”
“Oh, you can, can you?” She dared him.
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥
Humor: Yes, a bit
Perspective: third person from both hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? more plot
How did the speed of the story feel? medium
When mains are first on page together: Pretty soon in - the beginning of chapter 2 (about 6% in)
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: Yes, maybe about a year later
Format: listened to the audiobook from the library (Hoopla)
Should I read in order?
This is the first in Anders’ Devilish Debutantes series.
Basic plot:
Cecily realizes her husband just married her for her dowry so she hatches a plan to have an affair to get him to divorce her.
Give this a try if you want:
- Regency (my assumption)
- London setting
- taboo/forbidden vibes – the heroine is married to the hero’s cousin
- affair
- heroine in danger – multiple attempts on heroine’s life
- a bit of a bonkers soap opera feel!
- medium steam – 3 scenes
Ages:
- Hero is around 29. I didn’t catch heroine but would guess early 20s?
First line:
If it’s the last thing I do, I will free myself of that scoundrel.
My thoughts:
This is my first Annabelle Anders and I had a roller coaster of feelings about this book. Definitely going to try more from her!
So this one gets a bit crazy. It actually has a lot of things I generally don’t love in romance (the heroine being in a relationship with someone else the whole book, lots of attempted murders of the heroine and
But, there was something about it I was rather fascinated by. I was very into the first half of the book – I liked that the mains spent a lot of time together and I did love the taboo vibes of having an affair with your husband’s cousin haha. The ending got pretty crazy. This isn’t one I would reread, but it was definitely memorable.
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- mention of hero (Earl’s brother) being in India, having relationships
- multiple attempts on heroine’s life, including pushing her into the road, poisoning, snakes put in her bed
- feelings of infidelity – the heroine is married (to not the hero) and he cheats on her multiple times, has a mistress and is cruel – she begins a campaign to get him to divorce her, including sex with his cousin while still married
- childbirth death of a parent
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
Safe sex:
Hows the consent?
34% - kiss
44% - kiss
57% - 🔥 kisses, oral for her, followed by a bit of talking and then missionary
One thought pulled into his mind and took up residence. She is mine. She stared down her body at him with a very heavy lidded gaze. “You wicked, wicked man,” she said teasingly, whereupon he caught his breath.
75% - 🔥 kisses, missionary
”I don’t need romance today, Stephen,” she said a bit breathlessly, “as long as I have you.”
He was in awe, painfully aroused, but in awe nonetheless.
“Then have me you shall.”
86% - 🔥 oral for her
“I can make love to you without penetration. I can take a great deal of satisfaction without it.”
“Oh, you can, can you?” She dared him.