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Oct 30, 2008 Danielle The Book Huntress rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Sebastian is one of the sexiest heroes ever written. Gosh the man just makes me melt. Out of all the Wallflowers, Evie is my favorite, hands-down. I thought she was an interesting character and I wanted to know more about her, although she didn't seem to say much. But what she did and didn't say sparked my curiosity about her. I knew I was eager to read her book. I was overjoyed that Ms. Kleypas paired her with Sebastian. I saw a possibility there between them, don't ask me why. Literally, I sai Sebastian is one of the sexiest heroes ever written. Gosh the man just makes me melt. Out of all the Wallflowers, Evie is my favorite, hands-down. I thought she was an interesting character and I wanted to know more about her, although she didn't seem to say much. But what she did and didn't say sparked my curiosity about her. I knew I was eager to read her book. I was overjoyed that Ms. Kleypas paired her with Sebastian. I saw a possibility there between them, don't ask me why. Literally, I said, "Yes!" when I read the excerpt for this book and saw that they would be paired together. I loved how at first Sebastian kind of didn't see Evangeline, but when he saw her, he really saw her. He is the most considerate, divine husband for such a former rake. He is crazy about Evie and can't seem to keep his hands off of her. He sees to her every need and is very honest about his shortcomings. I was glad that Evangeline didn't just give herself away lightly to Sebastian. She treated herself with worth and that was what Sebastian needed from a woman, for a rake who could have any women he wanted (except for Lillian, a lesson he learned well in Autumn).

This book has a very wonderful transition in character. Sebastian doesn't all of a sudden become a golden boy. He'll always be acerbic, and devious. But he puts those traits to excellent use. I believe that he had the ability to be a decent person deep
inside, but he just needed purpose. St. Vincent found that purpose in marrying Evie and taking over her father's gambling establishment. And it was great to see that incredible mind of his, and his energy, and creativeness go to work. His keen eye sees the opportunities in things, and good comes of it. One of the reason that Lisa Kleypas is one of my favorite authors is the way that she can write such wonderful heroes. They are not just dukes and earls, and even if they are peers, they still have an industrious core and the desire to be about something. They have depth and integrity and a core of strength that I find very attractive. Another reason is her divine touch with romance. This woman understands the power of a love story. Both traits of hers are clearly evident in this story. We also see Evie grow and become more self-confident. She went from being the shy type with a stutter (although she had to have a lion-heart to approach the worst rake in London and proposition him into marriage. Go Evie). We see how she has supported her friends and been there when they needed her. It's great to see her get something for herself and be cared for in return. Evie sees something in St. Vincent, and isn't afraid to work toward bringing that out. Watching this relationship unfold between these two very unlikely people was a divine pleasure for me. If there was any shortcoming with this book, I wish it had more love scenes (the passion is fiery between Evie and St. Vincent, I wanted more of those scenes), but otherwise this is a wonderful book and my favorite in the series.

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Aug 06, 2010 Juliana Philippa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Read for the fourth time now [make that fifth]. One of those classics I love to return to, because it has my favorite romance ingredients: wallflower/ignored girl, man-slut rake rogue, he falls madly for her. ::sigh:: :-)

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Jun 28, 2011 Holly rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Really liked this but I have to tell all the St. Vincent fangirls that I think Cam stole the show. :D

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Mar 18, 2011 Jen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Evie and St. Vincent

Just as good as the first two times.

Read- March 2011
Audio- Oct 2014

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Dec 30, 2008 Lady Darcie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Truely amazing book. This has got to be my favortie wallflower story so far. Evie and Sebastian are the most interesting couple i have ever read. it's so sweet the way Sebastian trys and hides the fact that he is a good guy underneath and how Evie sees this when no one else would. ...more

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Jul 16, 2011 NatalyaVqs rated it really liked it · review of another edition

very endearing story

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Oct 16, 2011 RogueHireling rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I'm glad it was these two characters for this book. Fully enjoyed the sillyness of the whole thing. ...more

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Jun 09, 2009 Netanella rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Wicked lovely. Sebastian is wicked lovely. Evie is awesome, too, just not in a wicked way. I liked this book so much I had to go back and downgrade Lillian Bowman's story, due to the slight annoyance factor. I love the way these two found each other, and clung on as if their lives depended on it. Sebastian is not nice, and the life that he and Evie lives, in a gambling hall, is not exactly pretty. But this is a beautiful love story and I understand now why Kleypas has such a great reputation for ...more

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