The Devious Husband by Catharina Maura

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The Devious Husband by Catharina Maura

I looked forward to Sierra and Xavier’s story since the first book for this series (Wrong Bride) and the main characters thenselves have mostly lived up to my expectations – the love and dedication that was veiled by hatred shone through beautifully in this book. I loved the backstory of how Xavier fell in love with Sierra, how long he’s been waiting for her to feel the same. The banter between the characters was what I came to expect after reading about them through all the books. Their love was intense and going well for the first half of the book…….but then it kinda fell a bit flat for me….

The timeline seems to move extremely fast – weeks go by at a time and there would be no resolution to the intense feelings… all those shifts in emotions are only punctuated by traumatic experiences in between. How does Xavier go from shutting Sierra out completely for months, deciding that she is better off without him, to borderline harrassing her to accept him back into her life again after a life changing event?? His self-destructive thoughts haven’t been resolved so how is he able to shift so easily to deciding that he needs to be there for her after rejecting her for so long?….. and how could Sierra pull the same thing on him after suffering the cold shoulder from him without a discussion of how she felt?….She didn’t have to forgive him but she didn’t lay her thoughts and feelings out for him either…. kinda hypocritical, in my opinion.

The interactions between Sierra and her in-laws seems “forced”. They seem to have developed a bond in an unbelievably fast rate, given how much time they had with each other… at least it was not well described of how they became so close in the book. Some of the actions they decided to take feels almost cruel towards Xavier in favor of Sierra and I find it to be a bit unsettling. It’s one thing to love your daughter in-law but it’s another thing to leave your own son out in the cold, literally, when he’s trying so hard.

✅ Genre: Romance Contemporary Romance Contemporary Adult.

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