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Then Came You (Gamblers, #1)
by Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author)
by Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author)
Sababa's review
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Oct 21, 11
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Read from October 18 to 19, 2011
And here I thought I had read Lisa Kleypas' best romance novel!! I loved Devil in Winter and Sugar Daddy, still do, but Then Came You, is altogether a different standard of romance. It is superbly written, with a heroine I won't ever forget! Lily is absolutely all the things women in those times lacked - wit, courage, beauty and the ability to be by her own.
When I read Derek's story I was a bit disappointed in him. But Then Came You brings out the best of Derek Craven! I literally howled reading when Derek pushes Lily away from him. I have never felt this bad for a secondary character before. This is actually tempting me to read Derek's story all over again.
I have no complains about Alex, he is a great hero, but paired with Lily, I felt he faded into the background. For me, I was too engrossed in Lily to form an impression of Alex! I would have liked to read a bit more after Nicole was found. I mean all three of them together, but unfortunately the novel ended!!
After Gone With The Wind, this is one of the few novels which gave me such a strong a woman character.
When I read Derek's story I was a bit disappointed in him. But Then Came You brings out the best of Derek Craven! I literally howled reading when Derek pushes Lily away from him. I have never felt this bad for a secondary character before. This is actually tempting me to read Derek's story all over again.
I have no complains about Alex, he is a great hero, but paired with Lily, I felt he faded into the background. For me, I was too engrossed in Lily to form an impression of Alex! I would have liked to read a bit more after Nicole was found. I mean all three of them together, but unfortunately the novel ended!!
After Gone With The Wind, this is one of the few novels which gave me such a strong a woman character.
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Quotes Sababa Liked
“Only someone who had experienced such bitter despair would be able to recognize it in another.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Then Came You
― Lisa Kleypas, Then Came You
“Sooner or later everyone was driven to love someone they could never have.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Then Came You
― Lisa Kleypas, Then Came You
“I don't agree with you, Derek. I've had my ... I mean, I've done . . .that . . . and it wasn't at all what I expected. And Giuseppe was known everywhere as Italy's greatest lover. Everyone said so."
Derek's bright green eyes filled with mockery. "Sure 'e did it right?"
"Since I conceived a child from the act, he must have done something right," Lily retorted.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Then Came You
Derek's bright green eyes filled with mockery. "Sure 'e did it right?"
"Since I conceived a child from the act, he must have done something right," Lily retorted.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Then Came You
“Dearest Lily." Penelope took her hand and pressed it between her own. "Since I was a little girl, I've always thought of you as the most beautiful, most courageous, most everything. But not practical. Never practical.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Then Came You
― Lisa Kleypas, Then Came You
“I'm sorry for being such a scapegrace," Lily said. "Perhaps if I'd been a son, we might have found some way to get along together. Instead I've been rebellious and foolish, and I've made such mistakes . . . oh, if you only knew, you'd be even more ashamed of me than you already are. But you should be sorry, too, Papa. You've been little more than a stranger to me. Since I was a child I've had to forge my own way. You were never there. You never punished or scolded me, or did anything to show you were aware of my existence. At least Mother bothered to cry." She raked her hands through her hair and sighed.
"All the times I needed someone to turn to ... I should have been able to rely on you. But you kept to your books and your philosophical treatises. Such a fine, scholarly mind you have, Papa."
George glanced at her then, his eyes filled with protest and rebuke. Lily smiled sadly. "I just wanted to tell you that in spite of everything . . . I still care about you. I wish ... I wish you could say you felt the same.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Then Came You
"All the times I needed someone to turn to ... I should have been able to rely on you. But you kept to your books and your philosophical treatises. Such a fine, scholarly mind you have, Papa."
George glanced at her then, his eyes filled with protest and rebuke. Lily smiled sadly. "I just wanted to tell you that in spite of everything . . . I still care about you. I wish ... I wish you could say you felt the same.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Then Came You
