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A review by icanreadish
The Devil She Knows by Alexandria Bellefleur
3.75
alexandria bellefleur is not a 'must read' for me, but i was immediately drawn into this by the cover art and the obvious bedazzled influences (bellefleur uses several direct dialogue quotes from the fraser-hurley film in the beginning). i love the idea of a corporate-y demon running around, so there was some promise that i would enjoy this one over other sapphic rom coms.
it didn't disappoint - the devil she knows is a very accessible, fun candy-coated read. i wouldn't actually purchase it due to the genre, but it's a lighthearted winner i wouldn't be upset about if i picked it up from my local library. and since rom coms are in vogue, i could see this being a winner for several of my patrons.
there are a few shortcomings - as other readers have pointed out, it's hard to see sam and hannah's connect in a way that would make sam spend 5 of 6 precious wishes on. hannah isn't portrayed as particularly nice or loving at any point in their relationship, or in any of her scenes in general, so while sam explains her attachment towards the end of the novel, her 'love' doesn't quite hit. and because sam spends so much time wishing and pining for hannah's attentions, we don't get a lot of focus on sam and daphne's development until the latter fourth of the novel, in which their story becomes more instalove than anything. (and ... honestly quite boring for it to involve a demon and a human but daphne is cute and i do like sam as a character)
it's perfectly palatable story. i imagine if you like bellefleur's other works then you'll like this one.
thanks to netgalley and berkely publishing for an arc in exchange for an honest review.
it didn't disappoint - the devil she knows is a very accessible, fun candy-coated read. i wouldn't actually purchase it due to the genre, but it's a lighthearted winner i wouldn't be upset about if i picked it up from my local library. and since rom coms are in vogue, i could see this being a winner for several of my patrons.
there are a few shortcomings - as other readers have pointed out, it's hard to see sam and hannah's connect in a way that would make sam spend 5 of 6 precious wishes on. hannah isn't portrayed as particularly nice or loving at any point in their relationship, or in any of her scenes in general, so while sam explains her attachment towards the end of the novel, her 'love' doesn't quite hit. and because sam spends so much time wishing and pining for hannah's attentions, we don't get a lot of focus on sam and daphne's development until the latter fourth of the novel, in which their story becomes more instalove than anything. (and ... honestly quite boring for it to involve a demon and a human but daphne is cute and i do like sam as a character)
it's perfectly palatable story. i imagine if you like bellefleur's other works then you'll like this one.
thanks to netgalley and berkely publishing for an arc in exchange for an honest review.