Book Review: Georgette Heyer’s Devil’s Cub

Posted March 1, 2011 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews

Source: my own shelves
in a paperback edition that was published by Arrow

Second in the Alistair series, Devil’s Cub takes place some 24 years later after These Old Shades with Dominic, the Marquis de Vidal — Justin and Leonie’s son who is following in Dad’s libertine footsteps. Vidal is concerned only with his own pleasures even when tricked by the staid sister of a young and gorgeous bourgeoisie into eloping with her. Mary had thought to save her flighty sister believing Vidal would be so disgusted, he’d let her go. Ooops. Our “hero” does not like being thwarted.

Heyer creates characters one can’t help but love and wickedly incorporates humor into her dialog. Excellent representation of the time period.