tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post4200440235375401974..comments2024-01-26T15:00:33.908-06:00Comments on The THRILLIONTH page: Devil in Winter wrap-upCarolyn Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-41886766652210042952009-01-15T12:48:00.000-06:002009-01-15T12:48:00.000-06:00sounds excellent, great review. I do enjoy a good ...sounds excellent, great review. I do enjoy a good historical. I need to read this one.<BR/><A HREF="http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/</A>The Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10217390642323530030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-69724861086446400182009-01-12T10:35:00.000-06:002009-01-12T10:35:00.000-06:00Yes, yes, yes I'm glad you like it!! This is my fa...Yes, yes, yes I'm glad you like it!! This is my favorite of the 4.Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203551997160640352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-19272802790833319232009-01-11T09:37:00.000-06:002009-01-11T09:37:00.000-06:00Great discussion, Carolyn. I've had Kleypas' Wallf...Great discussion, Carolyn. <BR/><BR/>I've had Kleypas' Wallflower books in my TBR for almost two years already. Given that I absolutely LOVE her contemps, you'd think I'd have devoured her historicals by now! What's wrong with me?!? LOL <BR/><BR/>I think I might just read this one for February's TBR Challenge... ;)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00420773211895134710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-39667777001298502922009-01-11T04:16:00.000-06:002009-01-11T04:16:00.000-06:00Hey CK, random but.. I noticed that our feed hasn'...Hey CK, random but.. I noticed that our feed hasn't updated in your blogroll for 3 days! I am doing the rounds and checking everyone's as we are trying to figure out why. Can I ask you to pretty please update the feed with: <BR/><BR/>http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheBookSmugglers<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17051732778079285105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-73277845990278579772009-01-09T11:15:00.000-06:002009-01-09T11:15:00.000-06:00I can't wait to read this book. I'm so afraid it's...I can't wait to read this book. I'm so afraid it's going to bump so many on my TBR pile.Kwanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06428954660974395117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-19975151263901964562009-01-09T11:05:00.000-06:002009-01-09T11:05:00.000-06:00I love how you look at the characters here. I read...I love how you look at the characters here. I read <I>Devil in Winter</I> before Christmas. At first, I thought I would read it without having read the others, but then decided against that. And I'm glad I did. Not because I couldn't have appreciated DIW without them but because I liked them quite a bit and I wouldn't have read them on their own. Sometimes it's good to have this thing with reading series in order, LOL.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, just wanted to say: go and read them. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-58275366524534724432009-01-09T07:18:00.000-06:002009-01-09T07:18:00.000-06:00yay! Glad to see it ended well for you. I think ...yay! Glad to see it ended well for you. I think I'm going to pick this one up again for another reread because you've got me into it again. heh.<BR/><BR/>I agree with the others that you should try the others in the Wallflower series. Very interesting to see Sebastian at his nefarious worst. *g*sulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05470361085886637371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-11281813954644779892009-01-08T22:22:00.000-06:002009-01-08T22:22:00.000-06:00I'm so happy you enjoyed this book! I loved this s...I'm so happy you enjoyed this book! I loved this series. But unlike most, I'm the odd one out. Most people loved Devil In Winter the best, but my absolute favorite is Scandal In Spring. I just loved the hero, Matthew!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-67961692428713883182009-01-08T21:52:00.000-06:002009-01-08T21:52:00.000-06:00I'm so glad you read this one! But, it is really w...I'm so glad you read this one! <I>But</I>, it is really worth reading the others in the series, if only to see how Sebastian got to the point he was at by the beginning of <I>DiW</I>.<BR/><BR/>I think his self-loathing by the opening of this book are very revealing about his actions in this book. And, of course his subsequent redemption is so rewarding to read. :-)Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026384330126049496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-64067913642283566002009-01-08T20:01:00.000-06:002009-01-08T20:01:00.000-06:00le sigh I heart this book soooooo much! great wrap...le sigh I heart this book soooooo much! great wrap up! just fab!sybilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342302708116383329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-63288483007672398572009-01-08T17:42:00.000-06:002009-01-08T17:42:00.000-06:00Tracy: I hope you like it. Sometimes I overgush.KB...Tracy: I hope you like it. Sometimes I overgush.<BR/><BR/>KB: And no barb!<BR/><BR/>Tumperkin: I would love to see you review that! <BR/><BR/>Holly: Thanks. I totally do want to read it for that--I can't imagine Sebastian actually kidnapping Lillian. <BR/><BR/>Liza: Ditto my comment above - I hope you like it and that I didn't overgush it! But it *is* good. I hope you review it, even if you don't like it. I'll be curious.Carolyn Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-38331711391550354992009-01-08T16:38:00.000-06:002009-01-08T16:38:00.000-06:00I'm picking up Devil in Winter tonight from the li...I'm picking up Devil in Winter tonight from the library. I read very few historical romances, but this one sounds so good, I'm going to give it a try.mslizalouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346608035190326136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-46111096383069849072009-01-08T15:49:00.000-06:002009-01-08T15:49:00.000-06:00KB - You're so dirty. LOLCJ - I'm sure you can see...KB - You're so dirty. LOL<BR/><BR/>CJ - I'm sure you can see now why this is such a favorite around here (he's mine ladies, so back off). I think the best part about it is that both Evie and Seb grow. It wasn't that Sebastian was one of those, "I'm a rake with a heart of gold" types. He was shallow and callous and really only considered himself.<BR/><BR/>Which made his falling in love with Evie so much more than the average romance, I think.<BR/><BR/>I heart him.<BR/><BR/>I didn't care for Marcus' book. He was never one I cared much about, though, and Lillian is my least favorite wallflower. I think it should be read, if only to see Sebastian at his lowest, but I didn't think it was nearly as well done as this one.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182390014214738550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-89202936184074214132009-01-08T15:21:00.000-06:002009-01-08T15:21:00.000-06:00I love that quote about the fractures in two souls...I love that quote about the fractures in two souls being the thing that holds them together. <BR/><BR/>I've even got a soft spot for stories where some pretty serious flaw in one of the characters attracts the other. I have a much cherished category from 1979 featuring what would be viewed by many readers as a distinctly unhealthy relationship but I just feel that they are these two screwed up people who have found their perfect match.Joanna Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008683032460114886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-82739175031129158402009-01-08T14:56:00.001-06:002009-01-08T14:56:00.001-06:00CJ: yup, he got screwed pretty well.LOLOLOLOLOLCJ: yup, he got screwed pretty well.<BR/>LOLOLOLOLOLKT Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15958121742156171756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-53677072711200508242009-01-08T14:56:00.000-06:002009-01-08T14:56:00.000-06:00Great post CJ. I will be getting this very soon a...Great post CJ. I will be getting this very soon as your gushing has made me more than mildly curious.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320961506471746567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-91860569844096452622009-01-08T14:55:00.000-06:002009-01-08T14:55:00.000-06:00So THAT'S the scene you meant!! I loved that too,...So THAT'S the scene you meant!! I loved that too, and how reluctant he was to screw up the bet. But, er...not THAT reluctant.Carolyn Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-27623659063301721442009-01-08T14:53:00.000-06:002009-01-08T14:53:00.000-06:00Marcus should have punched Sebastian just for the ...Marcus should have punched Sebastian just for the hell of it because of what he did to Lillian.<BR/>But got to love the scene when Evie takes charge in bed as Sebastian is lying there.KT Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15958121742156171756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-86587193250211829172009-01-08T14:49:00.000-06:002009-01-08T14:49:00.000-06:00Ana: Right, I have been wondering about your Simon...Ana: Right, I have been wondering about your Simon's behavior back there. <BR/><BR/>Serena: Me too!<BR/><BR/>Kati:No, I didn't. Must read. You hoyden! LOL. Let's start using it. <BR/><BR/>Lori: Huge gossips! LOL. Yeah.<BR/><BR/>Marg: I want to read ALL of them now!!Carolyn Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-83008706510550292462009-01-08T14:08:00.000-06:002009-01-08T14:08:00.000-06:00Another big fan of this book here! Your review has...Another big fan of this book here! <BR/><BR/>Your review has made me want to reread this book!Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-11487967079011489492009-01-08T13:45:00.000-06:002009-01-08T13:45:00.000-06:00Yup - I loved this entry, for all the reasons you ...Yup - I loved this entry, for all the reasons you mention. I also love men's friendships, and I think it's not done enough. Men are such huge gossips and have wonderful friendships, and when an author does it right, it's a terrific addition to a book. And I loved seeing Evie come out of her shell in this one.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250972350798310498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-60569272068059343642009-01-08T13:18:00.000-06:002009-01-08T13:18:00.000-06:00CJ - You read Westcliff's book, didn't you? Becaus...CJ - You read Westcliff's book, didn't you? Because as Ana said, he's fantabulous. I adore Marcus, such a mantle of power and so serious. And he marries Lillian, who is an utter hoyden. [Aside: I love the word hoyden. How come we don't use it anymore?!]<BR/><BR/>If you haven't read it, you should. It's the Autumn entry in the Wallflowers quartet. I can't remember the exact title.<BR/><BR/>I'm so glad you enjoyed Devil in Winter! It one of my favorites by Lisa.Katihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178354927628992485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-58232068996318099092009-01-08T12:40:00.000-06:002009-01-08T12:40:00.000-06:00I love the scoundrels as well.I love the scoundrels as well.Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745809545249574387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414093212095906246.post-24083726027190737452009-01-08T11:53:00.000-06:002009-01-08T11:53:00.000-06:00Oh CJ, thanks for the wonderful comments on this m...Oh CJ, thanks for the wonderful comments on this most amazing book and characters.I couldn't agree more. <BR/><BR/>You should probably read Marcus' book as well, it is my second favorite in the series and then you get to see Sebastian being a vilain and his transformation will become even more amazing.Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17051732778079285105noreply@blogger.com