shan198025's review
I got to Chapter 14. After that I had no interest in the characters. I'm sick of hearing for two books now how beautiful Ophelia is. I'm willing to hope it gets better but I just don't feel like reading it anymore.
crystald14's review
3.0
Looked to be a modern retelling of Taming Of The Shrew. And I didnt expect to like Olivia after Book 1, but find Rafe & Olivia's story so much better than Sabrina and Duncan. It was crisp. And her insecurity was brought out well. And Rafe was a likeable sort.
seffra's review against another edition
5.0
5+ stars
Oh man...Johanna Lindset hits it out of the ball park...AGAIN! I really didn't expect to enjoy this story because of the heroine, Ophelia, who was the most nastiest person I've ever read. I stated in my review for The Heir, that I had faith in Ms. Lindsey to do a BELIEVABLE turn around for Ophelia's character. I really loved this book. I loved Raphael since I met him in The Heir and I knew I would love him in his own book. Ophelia and Rafe had some intense chemistry and they were just perfect for each other. I really loved this book and I'm still on this non-stop Johanna Lindsey train with no stop ahead!
Oh man...Johanna Lindset hits it out of the ball park...AGAIN! I really didn't expect to enjoy this story because of the heroine, Ophelia, who was the most nastiest person I've ever read. I stated in my review for The Heir, that I had faith in Ms. Lindsey to do a BELIEVABLE turn around for Ophelia's character. I really loved this book. I loved Raphael since I met him in The Heir and I knew I would love him in his own book. Ophelia and Rafe had some intense chemistry and they were just perfect for each other. I really loved this book and I'm still on this non-stop Johanna Lindsey train with no stop ahead!
brittanyt's review
4.0
This is a book that I would highly recommend reading the first book (The Heir) in the series before reading this one (the second). In The Heir, Ophelia is just an all around horrible person to the heroine. Ophelia is the heroine in The Devil Who Tamed Her, so I was really interested to see how Lindsey would change my opinion about her!
The Devil Who Tamed Her begins with Rafe, Viscount Lynnfield, and Duncan MacTavish (hero from The Heir) making a bet about whether or not Ophelia can change. Rafe believes she can and Duncan believes she will be horrible forever. Rafe decides to kidnap her and take her to a secluded family estate, so he can reform her. What they discover is that Ophelia’s temper often gets the best of her, but engaging in stimulating activities helps her calm down.
I fully recognize there is a lot wrong with this book. That being said, I still loved it! Ophelia is bitter and angry. After hearing her back story, I understood why she was like that, but I still don’t think she needed the big reformation that Rafe was talking about. The underlying kindness was already there, she just needed to take down her defenses that she had built up at the age of eight! Obviously Lindsey was successful in changing my opinion about Ophelia, so every time Rafe would refer to her as a shrew, I wanted to thump him! Also, the bet...I’m a sucker for a bet, so I knew he would have to apologize at some point. Reflecting back, I don’t think he does! He has this way of spinning the bet like he was looking out for her best interest! Anyway, I did enjoy this book, I have lots of feelings about this book, and I love Johanna Lindsey (don’t we all)!
The Devil Who Tamed Her begins with Rafe, Viscount Lynnfield, and Duncan MacTavish (hero from The Heir) making a bet about whether or not Ophelia can change. Rafe believes she can and Duncan believes she will be horrible forever. Rafe decides to kidnap her and take her to a secluded family estate, so he can reform her. What they discover is that Ophelia’s temper often gets the best of her, but engaging in stimulating activities helps her calm down.
I fully recognize there is a lot wrong with this book. That being said, I still loved it! Ophelia is bitter and angry. After hearing her back story, I understood why she was like that, but I still don’t think she needed the big reformation that Rafe was talking about. The underlying kindness was already there, she just needed to take down her defenses that she had built up at the age of eight! Obviously Lindsey was successful in changing my opinion about Ophelia, so every time Rafe would refer to her as a shrew, I wanted to thump him! Also, the bet...I’m a sucker for a bet, so I knew he would have to apologize at some point. Reflecting back, I don’t think he does! He has this way of spinning the bet like he was looking out for her best interest! Anyway, I did enjoy this book, I have lots of feelings about this book, and I love Johanna Lindsey (don’t we all)!
jj7twin's review
3.0
It was hard to get through this because the main reason our couple was able to bond was forced self improvement and frankly I wasn't interested in that. I liked their verbal sparring matches and the reactions from others when Rafe or Ophelia talked about the other but not that one element of the story.
xeniapavlidou1991's review against another edition
5.0
❤️ Ρούπερτ Σεντ Τζον & Οφηλία Ράιντ ❤️
⭐ ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΑ ΡΑΪΝΤ ⭐
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⭐ ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΑ ΡΑΪΝΤ ⭐
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rlward66's review
4.0
This story is the second in the Reid Family series by Johanna Lindsey. She continues the characters from the first book and focuses on Ophilia the Ice princes who is the most beautiful young lady of the ton, however she is so rude and nasty that it is hard to overlook these flaws. Raphael decides on a bit of a dare that he can change Ophilia's nasty ways. The story takes many twists and turns along the path to see if Raphael will change Ophilia and win her heart. This is a cute story that throuhhs a few curves at you time keep you guessing. If you enjoy this genre I recommend this story. I am off to read the third book in this series A Rogue of my Own - Reid Family Series #3.
redhickory's review
3.0
I enjoyed this. The dialogue isn’t as witty as the Shakespeare it is based on but there is as much passion and tension. I liked how the romance played out and the setting/time period gave some interesting moments.
I thought Ophelia wasn’t particularly Shrew like, so perhaps I should have read “The Heir” first, to give me the background to her reputation. Some of the reasons Ophelia gave for her behaviour were fairly weak but I could go along with it. The transformation was a bit far fetched too and not a little sexist but it was still entertaining, so I could go along with that as well – this is a romance after all.
The most annoying aspect for me was the “most beautiful women in England” stuff – this was laboured.
Romantic that I am, I thoroughly enjoyed having the epilogue, so we could see a glimpse of where their lives ended up.
I thought Ophelia wasn’t particularly Shrew like, so perhaps I should have read “The Heir” first, to give me the background to her reputation. Some of the reasons Ophelia gave for her behaviour were fairly weak but I could go along with it. The transformation was a bit far fetched too and not a little sexist but it was still entertaining, so I could go along with that as well – this is a romance after all.
The most annoying aspect for me was the “most beautiful women in England” stuff – this was laboured.
Romantic that I am, I thoroughly enjoyed having the epilogue, so we could see a glimpse of where their lives ended up.