Anne E ♡ emo + OTT Hs's Reviews > The Silver Devil

**SPOILERS under Sexual History**

The GOOD:
#1. captivating writing
Evoked a here-and-now experience (i.e., sword-fighting scene with Hero and another Duke towards the end). Advanced in its theme/content since reads like a currently-written dark romance with a cruel but obsessed anti-Hero and virginal heroine with quiet strength and smarts.

#2. good char and character development
Liked how h started speaking up more and fighting for what she wanted instead of being passive. Also liked how it was obvious to everyone that indiscriminate manho H became solely focused on h and spurned potential lovers (both men & women), even when he thought h was dead.

#3. H groveled
Liked that H humbled himself and showed his vulnerability to h @ the end, when he confessed his love for her and how much she meant to him.

MEH or the BAD
#1. H’s grovel @ the end seemed so sudden.
Wished there was more of a lead-in or bridge between H being demanding and distant towards h and H groveling to h @ the end.

#2. Good-enough emo with some angst.
Wished there were more details/explanation given on what it was about h he fell for @ 1st sight and why he became so obsessed/in love with her when it's only been about sex with all others. These skipped details would've strengthened the emotional involvement in this book.

Sexual History:
18yo sheltered h was a virgin in everything with 29yo new-Duke H (i.e., kiss, boob-touching, sex). She was kissed and boob-groped by the crazy Duke who won her @ a chess game with H towards the end, with H being forced to watch them. But H was able to stop him from smexxing h.

29yo H was an indiscriminate manwhore who had sex with men and women, no matter what age or social status. He impregnated his 1st stepmother’s serving girl and had sex with this stepmother at a church altar, after she told him she’d been secretly desiring him. He mostly had sex with time with someone. But he had some return lovers, including 1 of h’s maidservants. Since he 1st smexxed h, he’d only been with h.