Janet Maslin, reviewing "Devil May Care" for the "International Herald Tribune", remarked that Faulks did not "tinker with the series' surefire recipe for success", which resulted in "a serviceable madeleine for Bond nostalgists and a decent replica of past Bond escapades". Patrick Anderson, writing in "The Washington Post", admitted that he "was never a great fan of the Bond books" and considered that ""Devil May Care" has its amusing and entertaining moments, but there were other moments when I thought it would never end".