Comments on: REVIEW: To Desire a Devil by Elizabeth Hoyt

By: Jennifer M.

Jennifer M. — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:22:32 +0000

I loved Hoyt’s Princes Trilogy, my favorite being The Leopard Prince and I read the first 3 Soldiers books. TDAD is definitely her weakest book to date, from plotline to characterization it just fell flat – it was not how I envisioned the wrap up of such an intense 4 book series but Hoyt did tie up all the loose ends, so overall I graded the book a
B-. I think a subpar Hoyt is still alot better than most of the mediocrity out there in romanceland. Hoyt will remain a must buy on release date for me. I am anxiously awaiting her next series, MAIDEN LANE, I hope TDAD was just a blip…it’s tough to top oneself!

By: RenneHenry

RenneHenry — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:17:51 +0000

Thank goodness – a review that makes me feel like a sane & intrepid reader! I agree entirely – nothing grabbed me about the characters or story. It was, well, rather bad all ’round. I felt this way about ‘to seduce a sinner’ – I also never finished ‘leopard prince’ but, all of her other titles I enjoyed very much. I think she is truly the only hit & miss author I read – some are always fantastic, other always ho-hum but I read them anyways (jeffries & Carlyle, for me) – but, with Hoyt I’m either in love myself or, not irked, annoyed or anything extreme, just bored.
I admit I have never read the beginning fairy tales in ANY of her books. Not interested.

By: RenneHenry

RenneHenry — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:15:22 +0000

Thank goodness – I review that makes me feel like a sane & intrepid reader! I agree entirely – nothing grabbed me about the characters or story. It was, well, rather bad all ’round. I felt this way about ‘to seduce a sinner’ – I also never finishe ‘leopard prince’ but, all of her other titles I enjoyed very much. I think she is truly the only hit & miss author I read – some are always fantastic, other always ho-hum but I read them anyways (jeffries & Carlyle, for me) – but, with Hoyt I’m either in love myself or not irked, annoyed or anything extreme, just bored.
I admit I have never read the beginning fairy tales in ANY of her books. Not interested.

By: mdegraffen

mdegraffen — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:08:14 +0000

C-? Really. I would give it a B-.

By: Lusty Reader

Lusty Reader — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:03:59 +0000

i read the first three in this series since i got them for free from a friend. i also thought the fairy tales distracting and found that i was spending more time trying to relate the fairy tale snippet characters to the H/H in the book than really paying attention to the story.
i really liked the premise for To Desire A Devil, i just ADORE the back-from-the-dead (not literally) hero, like in McNaught’s Something Wonderful, but ive read some other opinions similar to yours. thanks for the detailed review, i think this will be a library book for me!