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on Devil In Winter

Devil In Winter by Lisa Kleypas (Grade: A)

Finished reading this morning Lisa Kleypas' Devil In Winter. Grabbed it over the weekend but I have to finish my re-read of Julia Quinn's When He Was Wicked first before I even start on Kleypas. Anyway, this is one of the books that I was waiting for. And I was just ecstatic when I saw that it was already available in Fullybooked. I was thinking that maybe, I'll be able to get the book by April or middle of March the earliest. Lo and behold! It was there underneath the shelves as if someone was trying to hide it. Sorry for her, lucky for me I was able to see it the second time I passed through the shelves. XD

I think this is one of my most favorite Kleypas books ever. And with this she really did earn her right in my top romance authors together with Judith McNaught, Julie Garwood, Julia Quinn and Jill Barnett. Oh, no! Now, I have an L with my J author love! XD

Anyway, one of my weakness in a love story is the bad hero turned good because of the heroine. Or as the case of most romance books, the reformed rake being changed by the girl. And I think that's the main reason why I love this book so much. The book is part of Kleypas' Wallflower series but before reading this one, Evie (the heroine) wasn't really my favorite Wallflower. But after that, she climbed up a notch in my eyes. As for the hero, Sebastian stands as my most favorite hero in her Wallflower series, not in her entire collection though. I've read several thoughts and reviews that St. Vincent was cruel to Evie. Seriously I don't think so. He's crass in his language but it ends there. He may be rough but no he's not cruel. Plus, his taming wouldn't be as sweet as it is if he was already a gentleman from the start.

Now, I can't wait for Kleypas' finisher for the series, Scandal In Spring, which is scheduled for release this August 2006. Dang that's five months wait. Waaahhh! I want it now! I just hope that the last book would be as good as this one. Then after that, Kleypas'll be doing two contemporaries. And then the Cam book. Damn. I was hoping that she do the Cam book first before her contemps. And now, I hope that her contemps would be as great as her historicals.