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sarahanne8382's review
3.0
The Warrior Maids of Rivenloch experience their worst invasion ever ... men ... who want to marry them. In order to save her younger sister from the horrors of marriage, the heroine tries to kill the groom, only to be caught by the poor man's best friend Super Warrior. Somehow the heroine manages to change the tables and kidnaps Super Warrior in the hopes of preventing the marriage. Of course, things don't go quite as she plans, and she spends a little longer than is believable thinking that marriage exists simply so men can control women and create heirs, before finally repenting of her man-hating ways and marrying Super Warrior shortly after discovering that he's impregnated her.
girl_with_the_pearl_earring's review against another edition
3.0
The characters in this installment seem too similar to the ones in the first book. As with the first, there are glaring historical inaccuracies. The plot was okay. The biggest positive for this book is that it does pull at your emotions. It makes you laugh. It makes you angry. It makes you glad of its perfect little happy ending.
yojkd's review against another edition
1.0
Cuz sometimes when you're pregnant and doing your masters, on public transit and broke, you need to reads some free mindless shit from Kobo
marie123's review
3.0
Well, it's not the most innovated romance books, or even the most accurate...but I liked it and went ahead and read it in one day. I might try reading the other books, but it might be awhile, it's not a series that makes me want to run out and grab the next one immediately.
mrsbooknerd's review
2.0
I do tend to shy away from Medieval Romances because I have found that they can be too brutal to find romantic. Heroes are often too quick to issue a slap to bend the will of their heroine, or to use rough sex as a control technique. Not my cup of tea.
I found 'Captive Heart' to a be an enjoyable afternoon read. A well-developed romance, witty banter and a lot of passion diluted any of the violent elements that there were. The hero never even considered using his fists to ensure that Helena toed the line, so I approved. My rating dropped because I felt that the plot was too repetitive and, at times, unsubstantiated.
I liked Colin as a hero; equal parts chivalrous and dominating, he was charming and fairly logical. Helena was not logical and I felt that her characterisation let her down. She was supposed to be 'headstrong' at best and 'stubborn' at worst, but she bordered on illogical and immature. Tantrums came too easily to her and the obstacles that were created based on these traits felt undeveloped and often ridiculous.
The romance between Colin and Helena was well-developed and felt realistic. Hate and distrust turned to begrudging friendship and admiration and then gradually into love. There wasn't the notion that insta-attraction was insta-love.
I suppose I felt that the obstacles in their path were self-imposed. Stubbornly adhered to, the mantras and misunderstandings were a key part of the plot, but there was no explanation for them. Why was Helena so against marriage? Had her father dominated their mother? Had she friends who had been beaten by their husbands? There was no evidence to support her book-long hatred of matrimony. Instead, it just felt that she didn't like the idea because it wasn't her idea.
At least when Colin suspected Helena of cuckolding him with Pagan, he had seen them disappear together, other people were influencing his thoughts and Helena herself was telling Colin that she was intent on seducing Pagan.
Aside from the plot, I really enjoyed the overall writing style and I found myself smiling at the banter and the general telling.
Overall, it was a solid afternoon read that kept me entertained but perhaps just lacked some depth and substantial evidence for later obstacles in the plot.
I found 'Captive Heart' to a be an enjoyable afternoon read. A well-developed romance, witty banter and a lot of passion diluted any of the violent elements that there were. The hero never even considered using his fists to ensure that Helena toed the line, so I approved. My rating dropped because I felt that the plot was too repetitive and, at times, unsubstantiated.
I liked Colin as a hero; equal parts chivalrous and dominating, he was charming and fairly logical. Helena was not logical and I felt that her characterisation let her down. She was supposed to be 'headstrong' at best and 'stubborn' at worst, but she bordered on illogical and immature. Tantrums came too easily to her and the obstacles that were created based on these traits felt undeveloped and often ridiculous.
The romance between Colin and Helena was well-developed and felt realistic. Hate and distrust turned to begrudging friendship and admiration and then gradually into love. There wasn't the notion that insta-attraction was insta-love.
I suppose I felt that the obstacles in their path were self-imposed. Stubbornly adhered to, the mantras and misunderstandings were a key part of the plot, but there was no explanation for them. Why was Helena so against marriage? Had her father dominated their mother? Had she friends who had been beaten by their husbands? There was no evidence to support her book-long hatred of matrimony. Instead, it just felt that she didn't like the idea because it wasn't her idea.
At least when Colin suspected Helena of cuckolding him with Pagan, he had seen them disappear together, other people were influencing his thoughts and Helena herself was telling Colin that she was intent on seducing Pagan.
Aside from the plot, I really enjoyed the overall writing style and I found myself smiling at the banter and the general telling.
Overall, it was a solid afternoon read that kept me entertained but perhaps just lacked some depth and substantial evidence for later obstacles in the plot.
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