Some Like It Wicked Book

Some Like It Wicked is the first book I've read by Teresa Medeiros and I really liked it. I bought The Devil Wears Plaid a whole ago but never got around to reading it. Then I saw that Laurie had this and it sounded good, so I figured I'd give it a go. Plus, it would give me a little bit of feel for Medeiros' writing before I read The Devil Wears Plaid since this was one of her earlier works. At this point, I really want to jump right into reading the next book, Some Like It Wild, because I absolutely loved this one. I loved the characters, the plot, and the way that Medeiros brought the plot about. Many authors could have tried to write this storyline and come out with crap, but I felt this was very nicely written.

I knew I was going to love this book from the beginning because it had me laughing hysterically five pages in. At one point I was laughing so hard that I had a coughing fit and my mom had to ask me what the hell was so funny! So yeah, when a book makes me laugh, smile, giggle, whatever from the get-go, it's definitely a winner.

Like I said, the characters were absolutely enthralling. I loved Simon Wescott and seeing him come to realize that he needed to open his heart and let Catriona in. It was great to see him go from a shameless rake to a man who can only imagine having one woman in his life forever; to see him think badly of himself, that he was the villain of his story to realizing that he had the potential to be the hero but he had to want to be the hero. Catriona was just fantastic. I loved her. It was great to see her grow, too. To see her go from a girl with dreams not based too much in reality to a woman who could grab those dreams by the reins and ride forward with them into reality, putting them into action. And I loved Simon and Catriona together. They were perfect. It was funny, though, because while I was reading, I couldn't help but notice that they reminded me of Evie and St. Vincent (Devil in Winter) at times and at other times, they reminded me of Callie and Lord Ralston (Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake), two of my favorite literary couples.

The mystery shrouding Connor Kincaid is probably one of the biggest reasons I want to read Some Like It Wild right now. I mean, hell, the book ended with a letter from him saying he's going to be hanged! What the hell! How can you resist something like that?

One thing that I would have liked to see in the book was Simon calling Catriona "Kitty." After he asks her if he can call her that and she rejects the idea, he only calls her that once. It would have been cute to see him call her that to irritate her or as an endearment or whatever. But that wasn't a big deal.

There was one part that broke my heart (and there will be a little bit of spoilers here for those of you who don't want them). It was at the ball after Simon and her clansmen professed their lifelong fealty to Catriona and Simon asked her for another chance, and she rejects him! I almost started crying! How could she? The man was giving her everything she ever wanted! How dare she not trust that he was entirely sincere? How could she do it? But, I suppose I can see, logically, why she turned him down. My heart still screams out at the impudence, despite them now being together and having bairns.

All in all, I loved this book and I thank my lovely Laurie for letting me borrow it.