This book had everything; romance, emotion, angst, and humor. It was everything I've come to expect from this incredibly talented author. I love getting snippets of some of my favorite characters from previous books. And of course I love the way she's able to weave the Ravenels and the Wallflowers together. Weston...what a dreamboat. He was such a hardworking, smart man - audacious, approachable, humorous, disarmingly charming, swoonworthy and utterly endearing. I laughed so much about his sense of humor, the way he treated Phoebe's children like little people with their own personalities. I adored him. And when it got too dark in his mind I hurt for him - it was the reason he didn't allow himself to be happy Must I explain?” she asked very softly. “This gentleman does not enjoy being poked and pried like an oyster at Billingsgate Market while he tries to have his dinner. Kindly keep your hands to yourself.” West is intelligent, has great knowledge about the estate and has the ability to see how farming will benefit from new ideas/equipment. Phoebe, Lady Clare was a phenomenal heroine. She has a sweet and caring disposition, but beneath all that is one incredibly strong woman. Ever since she was a little girl, she knew that she'd marry Henry. Even knowing that their time together would be short, it was worth it. After losing her beloved husband to his illness, Phoebe is left to their slowly crumbling estate with their two children.

You w-wanted Miss Bowman because she is an heiress,” Evangeline said. “And you need to marry someone with money.” As we come to meet him, we see that Sebastian is not the hero that one might have expected him to be. Being that he is a rake, the people regard him with a lot of disdain, which, as it turns out, isn’t uncalled for.No voy a negar que tuvo partes muy lindas y bonitas entre ellos y sobre todo las escenas de West con los niños eran de los más tiernas.

First impression of West: well, his boarding school bullying of Henry (Phoebe’s first husband) did not endear him to me. Como protagonista Phoebe me gustó mucho, yo pensé que por su historia de amor tan perfecta e idealizada con Henry su amigo desde la niñez ella iba a estar más reacia a amar y no fue así. Ella era una mujer bastante realista porque a pesar de haber amado profundamente a su marido no lo idealizó estaba consciente de sus virtudes y defectos. I read other books in this series a long, long time ago. Apparently West was a character in previous books but I’m actually very happy that I don’t remember him in those stories. It sounds like he was pretty much a waste of a human being and I probably would have had a much harder time falling in love with him in this book if I had that negative opinion of him going in. Both West and Phoebe grow in this book, but West’s ability to forgive his past behavior and accept how great he is today was a pretty difficult climb for him. Phoebe is everything I hoped she would be and more, and the perfect match for West. She's a young widow with two little boys who is just starting to heal and move on, two years after her husband passed away. The last thing she's interested in is falling in love, most especially with the childhood bully who tormented her husband at boarding school. She knows that it's old history, but she can't help but feel an immediate dislike towards him. I liked the fact that she was never mean or harsh when speaking to him at first, she simply tried to keep her distance. She was no match for his droll sense of humor and sensitivity towards her sons, and it didn't take her long to realize the man he had become was someone worthy of her respect. El argumento de "Devil's Daughter" es muy parecido, por no decir idéntico, al de "Donde empiezan los sueños". West es una réplica más tierna y romántica de Zachary Bronson, y Phoebe es viuda como Holly e igual que en "Donde empiezan los sueños", su niño mayor es listo como Rose. La única y gran diferencia entre las dos novelas (que obviamente son de la misma autora) es el papel de Sebastian: Sebastian, el protagonista de "El diablo en invierno", es el padre de Phoebe y la señora Kleypas, consciente del furor que causa este personaje entre sus lectoras (yo incluida), le da un papel muy importante en "Devil's Daughter". Es decir; Sebastian sale mucho y te hace caer la baba. A mí me ha recordado a un relato de Kleypas en el que salía Derek como padre de la protagonista (en inglés se titula "Someone to watch over me" y está dentro de una recopilación llamada "Where's my hero?").On that thought…how dare Sebastian and Evie get older. It makes me feel older because I recognise Sebastian’s silver at the temples on my hubby, and the slight crinkles around my eyes probably look very similar to Evie’s. So, the fact that we get to catch up with Sebastian and Evie AND see history repeating itself (not really, but kind of) brought a goofy smile to my face. Overall, quite decent action and romance between the charming, well meaning H and the warm heroine, but it never attains the quality and depth that the Hathaway or the Wallflower series maintains. I needed more about the constraints with the heroine and her MIL, more between the h and H, and more interaction with the OM. BORING. Barely any plot. The tension between the MCs is based on so LITTLE! His hell-raising past, including bullying the h's deceased husband. Her resentment towards him even before they met bc he bullied her invalid husband when the man was in Eton a DECADE ago. Todo esto lo agita y le sale una novela con una historia muy bonita, de las que a mí me encantan pero... solo le quito esa ultima estrella porque al final me ha dejado a cuadros... ¿Y el resto? Interspersed with the romance is some boring information about the old vs new ways of farming and managing estates, keeping an estate's financial records, stuff about pig excrement, an enraged bull, lots of descriptions of clothing, food, buildings, and interior decor. There's a token nod to agency for women in that Phoebe must learn to take over control of her son's estate rather than relying on a man. That one got very much watered down by the fact that she ends up relying on West rather than herself. Oh, and I mustn't forget the adorableness factor: the heroine's two young boys and a cat named Galoshes.

West was this amazing combination of vulnerability with a side of broken. This is a man that continues to struggle with the demons of his past and it takes a strong woman to get him to see beyond what he thinks he deserves. And some meddling from her well-meaning father doesn't hurt either. Throughout the novel we see both main characters as they grow and develop and eventually, one could even go so far as to say, they might be good for one another. It all depends on whether Sebastian can reform his ways and disregard the faculty of vice. Nonetheless, the story is a superb one and exceedingly absorbing as our Devil in Winter book review hopefully shows. Worth a Read PERO este no es su libro es de Phoebe y West y como libro de ellos le falto. Le hizo falta profundidad a los personajes sobre todo a West y desarrollo. Sientí que su enamoramiento fue un instalove, además que por lo que decía la sinopsis yo esperaba un enemies to lovers.You won’t have to wait for long,” came her brittle reply. “I’ve been told he’ll die in a fortnight, perhaps.” Adoré las escenas en que West interactuaba con los hijos de Phoebe y, por supuesto, fue un acierto incluir a varios personajes (y su descendencia) de la serie Wallflowers, a la que le tengo demasiado cariño. Pero fue un absoluto desacierto ese final tan precipitado y sin epílogo. Me siento casi obligada a preparar el puré de verduras de primavera para darle un verdadero cierre al libro. Con él me pasó lo mismo que con Colin Bridgerton que en los libros anteriores a los suyos me gustaron más que en el de ellos. Lisa solo dejó entrever un poco del West divertido, sarcástico, coqueto y seductor que conocimos anteriormente pero la mayor parte estuvimos ante su versión emo, no valgo nada, no merezco nada y shalala y no es que su parte emo fuera mala pero si hubiera habido un equilibro entre las dos sería excelente. THE ONLY COMPLAINT I HAVE ABOUT THIS BOOK IS THAT IT ENDED WITHOUT AN EPILOGUE WHICH I NEEDED SO DAMN BAD!!!! ALSO I WANT A TEASER ABOUT SEVERIN AND CASSANDRAAAA I NEED TO READ THEIR BOOK SO BAD. I'm so intrigued now after knowing more about Severin's character, like bro what made you like this? Why are you so cynical and mechanical? How will your woman make you change? I MUST KNOWWW ALDSKHFJKSDF El primero; al final es demasiado corto. La señora Kleypas se ha marcado un final a lo Laura Lee Gurhke y le faltan páginas (mi teoría, otra, es que se guarda esa escena para el próximo libro o para hacer un relato de la boda).

Still, she was right about something. Sebastian was indeed desperate. As a multitude of creditors would attest, he was a man who liked to dress well, eat well, live well. The stingy monthly allotment he received from the duke was soon to be cut off, and he hadn’t enough funds in his account to last the month. To a man who had no objection to taking the easy way out, this offer was a godsend. If she was truly willing to see it through. Por supuesto que no. Tampoco merezco a mi esposa. Es un hecho injusto de la vida que los peores hombres terminen con las mejores mujeres ". I liked Secrets of a Summer Night too, and I think it had a lot of strengths, but The Devil in Winter is the one I’ve enjoyed most in this series thus far (I have not read Scandal in Spring yet). HOOOLLYYY MOTHER OF OAIWHEKFJSDF SHIT JUST FINISHED. DID Y'ALL HEAR I JUST FINISHED AND IT. WAS. EVERYTHING. As for your description of Kleypas’s recent books, I remember an entry she wrote on Squawk Radio this past year in which she outlined her writing process, and it reminded me of your description, Janine, in that it seemed to be more situationally driven vis a vis the characters and the progression of their relationship.Evie & Sebastian of Wallflower fame have a daughter who lost her husband a few years ago. Well, she didn't lose him. He died. And now she's a widow with two small boys. Sigue siendo tan él, pícaro, sexy, elegante un desvergonzado pero ahora con una madurez y sabiduría que le han dado los año lo ha vuelto más irresistible. Me hubiera gustado menos familia y más pareja, se queda corta en ese sentido y por eso las 4 estrellas