A review by lucy_qhuay
The Devil to Pay by Liz Carlyle

2.0

One of the things that most makes me sad is when a book doesn't live up to its potential and The Devil To Pay was one perfect example of this situation.

Sidonie Saint-Godard is a polite, charming, elegant young widow who makes her living teaching the daughters of London's nouveau riche.
But Sidonie has a secret. She is the infamous Black Angel, a Robin Hoodesque figure who stalks the night, preying on the men who exploit the weak, taking what she can from them and then giving everything to those who were exploited.
She is so called because of a scandalous tattoo of a black angel placed on a most improper place, which she shows her prey, so that they know who attacked them. No one knows her true identity, for she is a true chameleon, constantly changing her appearance and vanishing in the shadows.

From this, you would think the story would be really intense and exciting, but I found myself really disappointed.

I didn't, for one moment, felt more than a passing curiosity. Not one "OMG!" moment or a simply "What now?".

It was all very mild, which is truly awful. I prefer to hate a book than this, because, if I hate it, at least I know the book made me feel something more and that is precisely what I look fo. I want a book to make me feel more.

I didn't even feel something more intense when Aleric, or Lord Devellyn, our hero, got obsessed with our ilusive Black Angel and promised to hunt her down and make her pay for his humiliation, while, at the same moment, he started wanting something more from our Sidonie.

What a pity!