Revenge Wears Prada

The Devil Returns

By: Lauren Weisberger

Narrated by: Megan Hilty

Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

The sequel you’ve been waiting for: the follow-up to the sensational number-one best seller The Devil Wears Prada.

Eight years have passed since Andrea "Andy" Sachs quit the job "a million girls would die for" working for Miranda Priestly at Runway magazine - a dream that turned out to be a nightmare. Now Andy’s on the top of the world: She’s writing and reporting to her heart’s content; running The Plunge, her wildly successful high-fashion bridal magazine with Miranda’s other ex-assistant, Emily; and most importantly, getting married to the scion of a storied media family and the love of her life.

But the night before her wedding, Andy can’t sleep. As happy as she is - as happy as she should be - she’s still haunted by the specter of her former boss. Maybe it’s survivor syndrome? Or maybe it’s justifiable, self-inflicted, paranoia. From the start, Andy and Emily have felt entitled to use their rolodex of contacts - Miranda’s contacts - from Runway as they make their way in the magazine world. As The Plunge succeeds, Andy and Emily realize they’ll soon come face to face with their former tormenter at industry functions, award ceremonies, and even weddings. Still, Andy can hardly anticipate the horrifying reality that’s approaching - a reversal so profound that she will be squarely in Miranda’s crosshairs once more.

Karma’s a bitch. And Andy’s efforts to build a bright new life have led her directly to the one she fled - and into the path of the Devil herself.

©2013 Lauren Weisberger (P)2013 Simon & Schuster

I expected more!

(Spoilers)**** I get the character development but sooo much baby talk left me wanting too much more from Andy and Emily, as well as the other characters. Starting off it gave me so many questions but the author quickly answered them, but soon the baby consumed the whole novel and I feel like so many other ppl who wanted Miranda and heavier conflict. It was mostly Andy getting over her PTSD from working for the devil but the whole time I thought it was a plat to destroy Andy and the end let me down in a way. Granted it was still a nice twist, I still wanted more from THE DEVIL HERSELF, because what's better than a woman scorn our for revenge. I still would recommend it, but I'll reserve my full thoughts for the next book, maybe Andy will somehow give us a glimpse into how Miranda became who she is and how easy it is to slip into those hot red Prada's.

Meh.

I found it predictable and slow moving. But still read until the end so there’s that.

Disappointment

I really enjoyed The Devil Wears Prada with its edgy storyline and characters so I was hoping (despite the reviews) that Revenge Wears Prada would continue along a similar path. It was a disappointment that it did not. If it hadn’t been for me wanting to know what happened in the end (although it was quite predictable), I would have stopped listening.

I found it hard to like Andy or Emily anywhere near as much as in the first book. Although Miranda was the “Devil” and treated her employees horribly, Andy and Emily were strong women in the first book. In Revenge, there seems to be a lack of strength, too much whining, endless descriptions of how much Andy loves Clem (I’m a parent, but this was way over the top), and no business savvy for two supposedly very capable women. And what happened to Miranda?! (Very little story involvement)

As for the narration, Bernadette Dunn did a fabulous job with Devil especially with the Miranda character whereas Megan Hilty was okay in Revenge, but didn’t bring much in the way of differences between character voices.

On a side note, I’d have to say, I listened to When Life Gives You Lululemons before either of these books and really liked the story and the narration.

Great escape

I love to escape in Lauren’s books. This one made me laugh out loud quite a few times !

Andy sounds a little dramatic but good ending!

As expected, this book shows Andy being successful, but she lets her feelings get in the way of more success, even when she was correct by trusting her guts... The ending was really cute tho. For me, this is a good book to read just to catch up with what happened to Andy after Runway days

I'm a fan...so I'm biased...lol!

Im a devil wears prada fan...so Im biased. gives a not to a famous expression..If it seems...well. Just Listen 😉

loved it!

the second book sure did finish in a way I always wanted !!! the twist and turns of this one was way better than the first book where Andy's smoking habit urked me because it drove my work ethics crazy. this book was WAY better. hoping for a movie soon.

Separating from The Devil in Prada

I read the reviews for this book and decided to read it anyway despite what other people said. I enjoyed it. But I can understand why some people might be disappointed.

If you are expecting that this sequel is exactly like the Devil Wears Prada, it's not. This book is really interesting to me because it is Andy's story post-Runway. In the book and the subsequent movie, Andy walks off and is seemingly living this happily ever after fairy-tale. But the consequences of that are actually much different and I respect Weisberger for attempting to realistically portray what happens to her character.

What happens to Andy isn't so unusual. Right after Runway she goes through a series of huge changes. Her relationship with Alex ends, her best friend moves away, and her career isn't what she thought it would be. So when she meets Emily again, she tries to cling to the familiar and bond with Emily by sharing this anti-Miranda thing they each have because it bonds them.

And like in the first book, Andy gets swept up in a Runway life again. Last time it was the clothes and this time it was creating a magazine similiar to Runway complete with a gorgeous husband. Last time, Andy was trying to get her foot in the door for her career and this time she attempted to reinvent herself after some of the most important people of her life leave her.

She succeeds to a point by using Miranda's contacts and her experiences at Runway. But from the very start of the book, she begins to experience unease, I think because she is not the Andy Sachs she's supposed to be.

Yes the book is slow and I really don't know if her marriage was even necessary. But it was a good story. And Andy does make decisions, just not ones we agree with. But she does at the end.

I think the only real problem with this book is that it isn't framed in the best way. Had it not started with her marriage and started with something like the early days of The Plunge, it might have been better suited.

fun distraction

this was a great follow-up to the devil wears prada. It kept my attention and was a fun distraction on my long commute!

Devilishly Good but leaves you hanging

10 years post Runway & Miranda. With multiple jumps back to fill in story details, the book is not shy about playing connect the dots for you to get the whole picture. Some feelings of contrition are present, but overall everything makes sense, though it does get drawn out too much often enough that you'll want to throw your hands up showing WHY?!?!?! The ending leaves Much to be desired... as in... please, go back and write more about Andrea. Overall,a good listen. Could be a great movie too if they didn't mangle the first one so horribly.