A review by kjcharles
Captured Shadows by Richard Rider
I really enjoyed this. Terrific atmosphere, lovely setting, great historical detail and sense of place and time. Lovely and sweet and sexy, with a constant tension about the illegality of their love that became nerve-jangling at times.
I would say, the plot was a bit picaresque - a series of events, more than a tightly spun sequence of X leading inexorably to Y - but then that's life and it's a very lifelike book in some ways. And I'd have liked more growth in the romance. It was lovely, but the challenges were basically anger and forgiveness, repeated; we didn't see a huge amount of growth and which for me would have really lifted the book. But nevertheless a hugely enjoyable and extremely well written book with lovely MCs. I hope the author does a lot more historicals because I'm in like Flynn.
I would say, the plot was a bit picaresque - a series of events, more than a tightly spun sequence of X leading inexorably to Y - but then that's life and it's a very lifelike book in some ways. And I'd have liked more growth in the romance. It was lovely, but the challenges were basically anger and forgiveness, repeated; we didn't see a huge amount of growth and which for me would have really lifted the book. But nevertheless a hugely enjoyable and extremely well written book with lovely MCs. I hope the author does a lot more historicals because I'm in like Flynn.