Review: 4 stars - Very good, just not what I was hoping for
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 9, 2014
I have mixed feelings about this book.The writing is great, the story interesting, the characters likable, the love scenes steamy. Everything seems to add up to a solid 5 star book. But it just didn't.Honestly, I can't put my finger on the problem.  I think it is the romance aspect of the story - I didn't see them fall in love. They flirted, they argued, they traded witty barbs - but they didn't really convince me they were in love. It just went from tolerating one another to lust in record time.Maybe I was expecting too much. We got glimpses of Anna and Devlin in the first book Scandalously Yours and I was excited to read this book.  Devlin is a rake with no desire to change. Maybe that was part of my problem. The blurb lead me to believe that he was not what he seemed - but he was. He was at the house party "working" but he was trolling for a dalliance and drinking like a fish - I was hoping that he wasn't really a rake - but he was.It might seem like I didn't like the book - but I really did. I enjoyed the story and thought it flowed well - I just was expecting something different. That does not make this bad - it just didn't live up to my expectationsI am looking forward to Caro's story Passionately Yours due out in March. And thank you for that Ms Elliott - I hate getting invested in a series and getting the first two book within months if each other and then having to wait a year for the final book.