Book Review: “Ruthless Devotion” by Rebecca F. Kenney
First of all, I wanted to thank the author and her publisher for allowing me access to this book before its publication via NetGalley. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to read the book early and share my honest opinions. They’re going to be included directly below.
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This book follows our FMC, Cathy Earnshaw, who is a banshee keeping this information secret from everyone in the small town of Wicklow, South Carolina. She lives with a physically and verbally abusive father and hopes desperately for escape.
This all comes to a head when she meets Heathcliff Lockwood when he makes a delivery to her aunt's shop, where Cathy works. As she falls in love with him, she discovers that things in her small town may not be quite what they seem.
“You are a daughter of Fate herself, and I command you, in the name of the Morrigan, to fight.”
OMG, this book was so much better than I was expecting! This was my first experience reading a book by Rebecca and I'm not disappointed. However, I will say that I should have read the other two books in this series before this one.
I feel like I was missing something for most of this book toward the end of it but that's just me. I'll admit that it's my fault since I read this book first. I tend to read books in a series out of order from time to time. It's not intentional, though, I promise. lol
Bear in mind, I haven’t read Wuthering Heights either so I wasn’t sure what to expect when it comes to the plot of this book. I was very well pleased with how the book ended up. I wanted more when I finished the book, which is always a good thing.
I had been feeling the urge to read this book while trying to finish the ARC I was reading before this one and I'm glad I picked this book up when I did. I want to read the first two books in this series and if there's another book after this one, I'll be requesting the ARC for it when I find it. We'll see.
I love me a book with good smut and this book didn't disappoint in this area either. I find sometimes that the smut can draw me out of the story but it didn't in this instance. Thank goodness for that. Life is sometimes about the small mercies. lmao
Knowing me, I'm going to more than likely being purchasing this book when it comes out so I can have a copy of it. I won't be able to help myself. lol Yes, if it isn't obvious at this point, I'd definitely recommend this book as well.
I'm normally not into retellings of other books but I feel like this one hit the mark. I haven't read the other two books in this series yet but I know I will be now, even though there wasn't any question in my mind before reading this one. I can't wait!
** edit ** I found out that Rebecca, the author, will be in the area I live in as part of the book tour for this book’s release so I’ll be getting my physical copy of the book then as a form of support for Rebecca.
