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A review by goodeyreads
A Deal With The Devil by Elizabeth O'Roark
3.75
AN INTERESTING HOT MESS.
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I feel conflicted by this book (which is how I felt about book two in this series before coming back to this one).
One on side, we have a SUPER sweet grump x sunshine; boss x assistant; slow burn romance. I really liked the chemistry between Hayes and Tali. Fantastic banter and soooo many sub tropes in romances that I flat out adore. The protective alpha vibes totally worked for me and every time Hayes opened up more I was a puddle. Great hero.
Aaaaand the other side was this weird amalgamation of plot things that felt like it was trying too hard. Each side character had to have some intense thing happening in their lives, & I HATED how the Mom thing with Tali was handled. There’s quite a few off-color jokes that did not land well whatsoever and made me cringe. The addition of book stuff from what Tali was writing? And just stuff like that?
Hayes truly carries this entire book and is the only reason it held its four star status. I’m undecided on reading book three at this point as the wild plot seems to be a theme.
Overall audience notes:
- Contemporary Romance
- Language: strong
- Romance: multiple open; med-high explicit + medium innuendo
- Violence: low
- Trigger/Content Warnings: cheating recounted, parent with alcoholism, suicide mentioned, death of a parent recounted
BLOG || INSTAGRAM
I feel conflicted by this book (which is how I felt about book two in this series before coming back to this one).
One on side, we have a SUPER sweet grump x sunshine; boss x assistant; slow burn romance. I really liked the chemistry between Hayes and Tali. Fantastic banter and soooo many sub tropes in romances that I flat out adore. The protective alpha vibes totally worked for me and every time Hayes opened up more I was a puddle. Great hero.
Aaaaand the other side was this weird amalgamation of plot things that felt like it was trying too hard. Each side character had to have some intense thing happening in their lives, & I HATED how the Mom thing with Tali was handled. There’s quite a few off-color jokes that did not land well whatsoever and made me cringe. The addition of book stuff from what Tali was writing? And just stuff like that?
Hayes truly carries this entire book and is the only reason it held its four star status. I’m undecided on reading book three at this point as the wild plot seems to be a theme.
Overall audience notes:
- Contemporary Romance
- Language: strong
- Romance: multiple open; med-high explicit + medium innuendo
- Violence: low
- Trigger/Content Warnings: cheating recounted, parent with alcoholism, suicide mentioned, death of a parent recounted