The Devil in Winter

"⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 (This review will contain #spoilers) I truly do not understand why this is the highest rated Wallflowers book (on Goodreads). St. Vincent is a horrible human - and is wholly undeserving of sweet Evie. He often refers to her as “child”, calls her a bitch, tells her to go to hell, and is overall a petulant ass to her - bUt hE mAdE sUrE hEr FeEt wErE wArM??? I am convinced that he only loves Evie because of how she makes him feel. And, no, there was hardly any change in St. Vincent’s character from Lillian’s book to the end of this book. I am shocked at how people swoon over Sebastian’s “rakish charm”, because I was either reading a different book or people are sorely overlooking his flaws. The whole threatening to rape Lillian, and at one point, Evie, thing was incredibly glossed over. Just because he then gave the impression that he wouldn’t do it doesn’t make him a decent person. Overall, any scene with Sebastian gave me the ick. Pure, undiluted, *gag*, ick. The book’s sole redeeming quality for me was seeing Evie become more comfortable with herself and finally free herself from her abusive family. I did not care for the way Kleypas wrote Cam’s character; a lot of it felt like internalized racism with how heavy she leaned into some stereotypes. Overall, I wish Kleypas gave Evie a better love story - one that she DESERVED and didn’t have to convince us happened. For god’s sake, Evie had to persuade Stinky Sebastian to tell her he loved her! Like, prying a love confession out of your husband isn’t romantic, I’m sorry. A major gripe of mine is that as the series has progressed, we see less and less of the Wallflowers together on page. Kleypas has really strayed from the original “let’s team up to find a husband” idea that inspired their friendship. I want more girl time & diabolical plotting with the ladies! I don’t have high hopes for Daisy’s book since I heard the romance between her and Cam has promptly been scrapped, but onward we march."

"It’s my favorite "

"This is my favorite in the whole series. It also mentions characters from Dreaming About You."

"👍"

"Highly rec starting at the beginning (this is book 3 in the series)"

"Sebastian 😍🤤"

"I read it so many years ago I can’t remember specifics🤪! But it’s one I would read over and over!! I think I’ll read it again and get back to you 😉. Any book by Lisa Kleypas never disappoints!🥰"

"Love, love, love this book!! I love this author and all of her books are worth reading!"

"This is my all time favorite romance novel. Two people distinctly different from each other but no could be better matched, and when they collide you better be sitting by fan. Those Flames burn hot to the very last page. "

"Great chemistry and amazing heroine!"