elvenavari's review
4.0
I am quickly growing to enjoy Howell's writing style. Her characters are easily likeable or easy to hate. The accents in this book were not near as hard to read as the previous book by her that I read. Howell's book are quick and fun to read.
jenwacasey's review against another edition
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
ciannait76's review against another edition
3.0
I was looking at the reviews and realized that a lot of people liked this book. I did too in a way, but it is not as entertaining as I thought. The story was ok, but it was a bit dull.
s_books's review against another edition
3.0
This novel starts off better than the previous two in this series but it flounders once the two main characters are married. Sometimes the female protagonist, Bethia, is so naive you want to shake her. It takes her forever to realize the faults with her parents. Also, she is too easily tricked so that there are actually too many times in the book where she could have been killed despite the predictable happy ending of the book. Plus, the reasoning behind her dislike of Eric, the male protagonist, going off to fight for his land is drawn out, repetitive, and yet not fully explained. There were several moments in the book that felt like repeats and thus could have been done away with.
laurla's review against another edition
"i dinnae say that just to sooth your poor wee pride."
"a mon's pride isnae a poor wee thing, lass."
-this book irritated me because not once, not twice, but THREE times the idiot girl left the safety of the castle to go out frolicking, even KNOWING the man who was trying to kill her was out there. and guess what, THREE times the man was there! and tried to kill her each time. i mean truly, how stupid do you have to be.
-and also, the newly wed and supposedly besotted husband has to ride off to meet his relatives and prove his claim. which he does. then they insist he stay a couple more WEEKS to meet everyone. which he does. even though a man is trying to kill his new wife that he left back home. i can see staying a few days, but two weeks? with so many other pressing matters to attend to? sure, *rolls eyes*.
-i've enjoyed her other books, so i'll keep reading. but this one wasnt so good.
"a mon's pride isnae a poor wee thing, lass."
-this book irritated me because not once, not twice, but THREE times the idiot girl left the safety of the castle to go out frolicking, even KNOWING the man who was trying to kill her was out there. and guess what, THREE times the man was there! and tried to kill her each time. i mean truly, how stupid do you have to be.
-and also, the newly wed and supposedly besotted husband has to ride off to meet his relatives and prove his claim. which he does. then they insist he stay a couple more WEEKS to meet everyone. which he does. even though a man is trying to kill his new wife that he left back home. i can see staying a few days, but two weeks? with so many other pressing matters to attend to? sure, *rolls eyes*.
-i've enjoyed her other books, so i'll keep reading. but this one wasnt so good.
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