Joycee’s Reviews > The Devil You Know > Status Update

This was who he wanted to be, the man who earned the right to shelter her.

And, at last, her secret is out. I suspected only a little before it was revealed. It breaks my heart.

I guess not. He's not really Sam Easterbrook. Unless he is, and he's not really Jesse Snow.

Will Sam Easterbrook get his own book?

A Shaker tune named "Simple Gifts" ... I know that one. I've sung that one.

I don't think Willa came to her marriage bed a virgin. Now I'm just waiting for her to find the right time for her to confirm to Israel that that is the case. And the circumstances behind her deflowering.

"For all kinds of reason, Wilhelmina Pancake, I need to be your husband."

Awwwww...

I was brought to tears(the sappy/good kind) earlier when they had their first kiss.

I'm enjoying this book!

Oh, Lord, no. Please don't tell me that Annalea was the product of an unwise coupling between Eli Barber and Willa Pancake, and the reason why Willa was sent east for school ... does the timing work?

"After asking him to pass the bread plate three times, Happy demanded to know if he was taking a train of thought back to Chicago."

I like that turn of phrase.

So he's 33. I think she's 24.

"...he closed his eyes and listened. He heard water trickling over stones and the snuffling of the horses. A breeze soughed through the pines. The branches stirred; needles fell. It astonished him that he could actually hear the needles as they brushed the ground."

I can't imagine it ever being that quiet.