The Devil You Know

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Unfortunately, The Devil You Know is (so far) my least favorite book of the The Devils series. There's much less humor in this one, and there's a lot more screwing with each other in not so nice ways. My main beef is with the main couple — Gemma and Ben both had some serious baggage that kept rearing its ugly head throughout the entire book. I understand jaded characters, characters who struggle with trust, etc. But when the entire book is about it, well, it just...gets old quickly.

As someone who isn't particularly career ambitious, reading about what Gemma is doing with her life was just sort of depressing. Gemma is a lawyer at a hot-shot law office. She's been there six years, and is doing everything in her power to make partner. She hates it there, but stays because she's got a ~plan~. She lives in a blank-slate apartment with minimal furniture and no decorations. She works all week — including the weekends. She never took a break, and was seemingly very proud of it. It was...well it was almost boring, honestly.

I really wanted to like Ben more than I did. He really helped Drew out in her book, but in his own, well. He comes across as a kind-of creepy, almost stalkery kinda guy. Admittedly, Gemma could be described that way too, but that's probably another reason that I wasn't a fan of this one. That's not to say that the writing itself took a nosedive or anything. It's still top-notch, not overly long or anything. I just didn't mesh with the characters. Probably just a me thing, but who knows! Not every book is for every person, so onwards and upwards, my friends!