A review by willow_garden_3697
Highlander's Heart by Mariah Stone

2.0

I wanted to like this book, it had promise, but it was a struggle for me to read; it took forever. Part of it was, the writing was not my style. The description and pacing were not the best….. clunky and choppy at times, there were a few scene-cuts that seemed disjointed and took me out of the story. It was almost as if the author didn’t have a clear idea of what was happening and just threw ideas and cliches together.

There just seemed to be something missing……

I was not convinced of the romance between Ian and Kate; I could believe the lust, but the romantic connection was lost to me.

The characters keep flip-flopping between “I’ve found my soulmate we need to be attached at the hip” and “this person I’m attracted to is a complete stranger and I don’t know or understand them, do they even like me back?” It’s whiplash-inducing.

Kate seemed to have no problem adjusting to the time-shift?? She adapted perfectly to the lack of modern amenities??? The difference in culture??? And apparently the magic that transported her to the past also magically allowed her to understand the local speech but maintain her modern lingo???


Why is it that the only other female we really meet in the past is Crazy Mary’s sister???






I’m sorry for being harsh, I respect the author for putting their work out into the world; but this was painful to read.