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A review by brandypainter
The Taming of Ryder Cavanaugh by Stephanie Laurens
4.0
Yeah. I'm giving this 4 stars.
After years of thinking I had moved on from my college/mid 20s obsessions with this series, I found out that three books were just released about Devil and Honoria's kids. I decided I was here for that but should probably finish out the previous generation's books first. Anyone who reads these regularly knows what to typically expect. The love scenes are too long and use the most ridiculous language. The hero are all "I am the commander of all I survey and love will not rule me-oops yes it does oh noes what now". Every. Time.
But Ryder was different enough that I goggled. I liked Ryder (who didn't need taming; this is a dumb title). He decides Mary Cynster is the girl he wants as his wife before the book even starts. Why? Because she gets family and she is bossy and will make a great matriarch. He's a guy who yearns for a family of closeness like the Cynsters have. He actually wants a wife and kids. He isn't even really all that rakish. And that was kind of fun.
So yeah. Despite the stuff that makes me role my eyes when I read a book by Laurens, I liked this well enough that I'm actually excited about the new ones. (I also went back and read some of the early ones and remembered why I was so obsessed with the series to begin with. And that I did really like the Bastion Club books too.)
After years of thinking I had moved on from my college/mid 20s obsessions with this series, I found out that three books were just released about Devil and Honoria's kids. I decided I was here for that but should probably finish out the previous generation's books first. Anyone who reads these regularly knows what to typically expect. The love scenes are too long and use the most ridiculous language. The hero are all "I am the commander of all I survey and love will not rule me-oops yes it does oh noes what now". Every. Time.
But Ryder was different enough that I goggled. I liked Ryder (who didn't need taming; this is a dumb title). He decides Mary Cynster is the girl he wants as his wife before the book even starts. Why? Because she gets family and she is bossy and will make a great matriarch. He's a guy who yearns for a family of closeness like the Cynsters have. He actually wants a wife and kids. He isn't even really all that rakish. And that was kind of fun.
So yeah. Despite the stuff that makes me role my eyes when I read a book by Laurens, I liked this well enough that I'm actually excited about the new ones. (I also went back and read some of the early ones and remembered why I was so obsessed with the series to begin with. And that I did really like the Bastion Club books too.)