The Devil You Know: Special Edition

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His eyes dip to my mouth, and I find words emerging from my throat, words I don’t approve of. “Fine. You. Wouldn’t. Know. What. To—” Elizabeth O'Roark's writing is amazing. I found out about this author by accident, while looking for another one; Destiny was on my side when She put me in the way of this fantastic book and it's stupidly pretty cover. My favorite book in the series and my favorite hero in the series. Honestly, Ben, it should be illegal to be this perfect, Tate made reading this book so much more enjoyable. I wish there was his pov because he would carried the boy obsessed trope perfectly. My breath skitters over my lips while I contemplate repeating it, but I’ve done this before, and it didn’t end well for me. “Nothing.”

A big part of this plot was Gemma's experience as a female attorney in a very male dominated work space. So there is a lot about her personal journey dealing with sexual harassment, being overlooked for promotions, etc. I loved Ben's protectiveness but overall understanding that she can stand on her own two feet.The banter in this book was unmatched. Two hot headed, witty attorneys going at each other (and then eventually really going at each other). There was tension, there was angst, even a little "touch her and I'll kill you" thrown in. There’s a devil on my shoulder, and every Monday morning she announces herself. She’s this delicious flame in my chest, a flurry of whispered suggestions in my ear. Suggestions I ignore…because every single one of them is about Ben Tate. anyways, the devil series started off cute with talia and hayes ( A Deal with the Devil - he gave her 16 orgasms in 1 night... sus but okay), but then dr josh stepped into the scene in book 2 and stole my heart and my POOSAY too 🤰🏽( The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea), but ben and gemma? YOUR HONOR THEY STOLE MY LIFE!!! The Devil You Know is book three in the Devil series and is the enemies to lovers, workplace romance story of Ben and Gemma. I’m sorry I don’t even know if this review is helpful at all? I know I sound like a very shouty unhinged banshee, but I hope I’ve not scared you away from reading the book. JUST PLEASE READ IT and then come into my DMs to scream about it.

This book was so incredible, such an amazing reminder that women can be fierce, strong, cruel, brutal, speak their mind, fight for themselves, express their sexual desires and own every aspect of their lives without ever having to apologize for it. Separation: Very small They are separated very shortly (a day?), but there was no mention or suggestion of other partners during this time. The plot wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be, but it was okay. There was some subplot about a case they were working on together, a rivalry to become a partner at the company they worked for and some short chapters about her ex partner which was a total douchebag. Wow! This book was really good. Honestly, I enjoyed it so much. I listened to this audio book so fast and I really enjoyed the talents of the narrator.Brief Summary of the Storyline: This is Gemma and Ben’s story. They are work colleagues and have a kind-of a nemesis relationship after Ben took one of Gemma’s clients when he started years prior. They enjoy fighting and riling each other up with jabs, but they have to play nice when they are both assigned to a big case. The tension comes to a head one night and they end up crossing the line and sleeping together. There is some work drama, some heavy baggage they have to work through, and some sweet and sexy times…and they get a HFN ending. Elizabeth O'Roark knows how to perfectly execute enemies to friends to lovers trope and she has done it again with this book. Individually, Ben and Gemma are amazing characters that have so much depth. Ben is arrogant, but charming all in the same and is a hopeless romantic. We don't get his POV in this book, but you can see the good man that he is through Gemma's POV and how much he deeply cares for her.

His mouth is against my ear. “Do you have any idea how many times the memory of you on my desk has made me come?” Ben is one of the most swoon worthy MMC's I've read lately...to live inside his brain. The way he pays attention, the way he cares for Gemma and the term actions speak louder than words is quintessential Ben. I loved their banter so much. It had me smiling throughout the whole book. The tension was so delicious and I couldn’t wait for them to finally act on their attraction 🤭. When they finally did, it was AMAZING 😮‍💨.I absolutely loved this story and the audiobook performed by Samantha Brentmoor took it to another level. Solo Samantha is a whole vibe and I'm here for it 👏👏 she voiced every character and I would happily listen to this one over and over again. after they kinda got together that's when my opinion did 180 and i couldn't stand Gemma. Jesus her indecisiveness, jumping to conclusions and assuming things annoyed me so much. She acted like an ungrateful brat always misundertanding stuff and doing stupid shit instead of just talking it out with Ben. I really liked her tough, no bullshit personality in the first half and i actually didn't like Ben that much bc he acted like a douche canoe. There was a strong feminist message that I loved, all through the book. Between fighting privileges and misogyny at her workplace, and helping women in family court trials, Gemma sure has a lot to say about women’s place in the world. But as you’ll see, she also knows that individually, people can be good or bad, no matter their gender. I loved how Elizabeth O’Roark flipped the script with the role of the devil here. This time around, it’s the heroine who is the “devil”. Gemma owns my soul. I loved love love guarded characters who don’t let anyone in. Most of her trust issues come from having terrible experiences with the men in her life. Her father abruptly left her mother for a 24 year old and basically destroying her life in the divorce proceedings. To make matters worse, she unknowingly ends up having an affair with a married man. This not only leaves her heartbroken, but also leaves her without a job. You literally could not blame her for being so stiff. Men can be garbage and these two were real pieces of crap.

Gemma is looking for her happily ever after, only she has this ridiculous idea in her head that she wants a picture-perfect Hallmark movie fairy-tale, to fall in love and be swept off her feet by a small-town guy who will take her away from the rat race of the big city and stressful job and teach her to love the quiet life. The running joke, among pretty much everyone here, is that my vagina has teeth. The Castrator, they call me. In theory because I often represent women in custody disputes, and in truth because I won’t play the game—I don’t bake cupcakes and make cooing noises over pictures of everyone’s kids. If a man doesn’t bake cupcakes and make cooing noises, you know what they call him? Senior Partner."Ben laughs under his breath, and my head jerks toward him. “Don’t you have a single mother you can evict somewhere?” Overall Opinion: This was just a little less than alright for me. I appreciated the h’s smarts and strength but her insistence on man hating really bugged. She was judgmental and assumed a lot. She also was super stubborn, which to me, is a horrible combination of traits! I just couldn’t get completely on her side tbh. The H was great up until he was keeping secrets and just needed to freaking communicate! Otherwise, this would’ve been better for sure! I liked the overall premise (even though I feel like it’s been done before) and I liked the previous book in this series The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, so it could just be a me thing again 🤷🏻‍♀️ Now potential spoilers, but I just have to write more about this man. I apologize in advance as this review will mainly focus on him.