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A review by roxnn2000
Always by Lynsay Sands
3.0
Gave this audiobook version 3 stars
I don't know if it was the way that the story was read or if was just the story itself, but there were moments that I felt really bored.
Rosamunde is the the king's bastard daughter, raised in a convent and ready to take the veil and become a nun. That was until her father declared she would marry Aric and she found herself promising to love, honor and obey. Rosamunde's education didn't include what would happen the wedding night, but Aric is all too willing to teach his new bride everything she could ever want to know. Although they were pushed together under incredible circumstances they can't help but fall for the other.
When I read the summary of this story I felt like this would be full of laughs as Rosamunde fights with her husband at every turn and there are a lot of crazy misunderstandings between them, especially with the gaps in her education. At first that was exactly what I got and was pulled in easily as they spend their first night together. However, that lead me into several chapters of slow moving events and boring conversations.
There were moments when the danger the King was worried about would pop up and those were interesting, but only slightly. Within seconds of the first incident happening, I was able to figure out who was trying to hurt the main characters, even with all the red herrings floating about. This pulled me away from the story and I just wanted to get to the end.
While I expected Rosamunde to be strong-willed and defiant against her unwanted husband, I instead got an obedient wife. There were moments when she would show that defiance, but it was few and far-between. I was expecting her to be one way and she ended up another, which pulled me out of the story a bit.
Aric was kind of annoying as well. I can understand being wary of women after his last relationship ended with his girl cheating on him, but he automatically assumes that Rosamunde will be the same and continuously keeps comparing the two of them and punishing Rosamunde for the other woman's mistake. It went on for way too long in my opinion as I figured at some point he would realize that she wasn't the same without basically having to be told that, as he was several times.
Overall, I liked parts of the story, but found that I just didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. I was able to figure out what the threat was pretty quickly and felt disconnected the longer the story went on. Don't think that I will listen to this story again, but I might pick it up and give it an actual read to see if maybe it improves the story. It will be a bit though.
I don't know if it was the way that the story was read or if was just the story itself, but there were moments that I felt really bored.
Rosamunde is the the king's bastard daughter, raised in a convent and ready to take the veil and become a nun. That was until her father declared she would marry Aric and she found herself promising to love, honor and obey. Rosamunde's education didn't include what would happen the wedding night, but Aric is all too willing to teach his new bride everything she could ever want to know. Although they were pushed together under incredible circumstances they can't help but fall for the other.
When I read the summary of this story I felt like this would be full of laughs as Rosamunde fights with her husband at every turn and there are a lot of crazy misunderstandings between them, especially with the gaps in her education. At first that was exactly what I got and was pulled in easily as they spend their first night together. However, that lead me into several chapters of slow moving events and boring conversations.
There were moments when the danger the King was worried about would pop up and those were interesting, but only slightly. Within seconds of the first incident happening, I was able to figure out who was trying to hurt the main characters, even with all the red herrings floating about. This pulled me away from the story and I just wanted to get to the end.
While I expected Rosamunde to be strong-willed and defiant against her unwanted husband, I instead got an obedient wife. There were moments when she would show that defiance, but it was few and far-between. I was expecting her to be one way and she ended up another, which pulled me out of the story a bit.
Aric was kind of annoying as well. I can understand being wary of women after his last relationship ended with his girl cheating on him, but he automatically assumes that Rosamunde will be the same and continuously keeps comparing the two of them and punishing Rosamunde for the other woman's mistake. It went on for way too long in my opinion as I figured at some point he would realize that she wasn't the same without basically having to be told that, as he was several times.
Overall, I liked parts of the story, but found that I just didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. I was able to figure out what the threat was pretty quickly and felt disconnected the longer the story went on. Don't think that I will listen to this story again, but I might pick it up and give it an actual read to see if maybe it improves the story. It will be a bit though.