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A review by tsukikomew
Tempted by Her Innocent Kiss by Maya Banks
3.0
This review was posted at Tsuki’s Book Blog on Wednesday May 8, 2013.
I love Maya Banks' Harlequin Desire books a lot. I'll admit I keep checking to see if she'll write more but so far nope. This is actually the third book in the series but I read it second because book one was checked out from the library when I went looking. I seem to be breaking all the rules now.
This book follows Devon and Ashley's romance though it's very turbulent and intense marriage. Devon wants Ashley's father to cut a deal with him but the father's condition is for Devon to marry Ashley. Ashley falls in love with Devon before finding out it was a business deal on her wedding night. At that point she starts to change herself to be the perfect wife for Devon but once her pregnancy is discovered her outlook on life changes drastically.
Ashley was an interesting character. She started out being sweet and bubbly. She would call Devon to tell him she loved him in the middle of the day. Her family treated her like she was some exotic flower that needed to be protected and coddled but she seemed relatively happy with them anyway. She stupidly tried to change herself which I've found to be a common theme in HP. Unfortunately I hate that story usually because the hero is a true asshat.
Devon is the definition of asshat in this book. He sees nothing wrong with marrying her for a deal. He sees nothing wrong in telling her she's childish and needs to grow up. He sees nothing wrong in belittling her job because it's only charity work. So I sort of wished he got kicked in the nuts at least once. Unfortunately he isn't aware enough to actually realize he was in love with Ashley as she was until two people point it out to him at the convenient moment when it was necessary.
It was a cute story to read and I enjoyed the time I spent reading it. The problem with it was the analysis value. When I looked back at the books I found myself disappointed in the characters. Ashley was too much of a doormat when her personality in the beginning seemed too strong to allow herself to be lost. Devon never really grew as a person until the book decreed he had to...as in the last twenty pages.
It's a fun story but I have higher hopes for the other ones in the quartet. To be honest, I'm really excited for Cam's book but it's the last one...
3 Stars
Published by Harlequin--Desire
193 Pages
March 1, 2012
Provided by--the Library
I love Maya Banks' Harlequin Desire books a lot. I'll admit I keep checking to see if she'll write more but so far nope. This is actually the third book in the series but I read it second because book one was checked out from the library when I went looking. I seem to be breaking all the rules now.
This book follows Devon and Ashley's romance though it's very turbulent and intense marriage. Devon wants Ashley's father to cut a deal with him but the father's condition is for Devon to marry Ashley. Ashley falls in love with Devon before finding out it was a business deal on her wedding night. At that point she starts to change herself to be the perfect wife for Devon but once her pregnancy is discovered her outlook on life changes drastically.
Ashley was an interesting character. She started out being sweet and bubbly. She would call Devon to tell him she loved him in the middle of the day. Her family treated her like she was some exotic flower that needed to be protected and coddled but she seemed relatively happy with them anyway. She stupidly tried to change herself which I've found to be a common theme in HP. Unfortunately I hate that story usually because the hero is a true asshat.
Devon is the definition of asshat in this book. He sees nothing wrong with marrying her for a deal. He sees nothing wrong in telling her she's childish and needs to grow up. He sees nothing wrong in belittling her job because it's only charity work. So I sort of wished he got kicked in the nuts at least once. Unfortunately he isn't aware enough to actually realize he was in love with Ashley as she was until two people point it out to him at the convenient moment when it was necessary.
It was a cute story to read and I enjoyed the time I spent reading it. The problem with it was the analysis value. When I looked back at the books I found myself disappointed in the characters. Ashley was too much of a doormat when her personality in the beginning seemed too strong to allow herself to be lost. Devon never really grew as a person until the book decreed he had to...as in the last twenty pages.
It's a fun story but I have higher hopes for the other ones in the quartet. To be honest, I'm really excited for Cam's book but it's the last one...
3 Stars
Published by Harlequin--Desire
193 Pages
March 1, 2012
Provided by--the Library