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terriaminute's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
5.0
This is a historical romance, a war romance, an age gap romance, a social difference romance, a slow burn romance, 3/4 episodes during the Napoleonic war and 1/4 epistolary in the form of letters, and it is very well edited. I found a single awkward sentence. (!) I read it slowly, for me, but it isn't slow, which I appreciated. Too many writers make historical novels unbearably wordy, but this one is just right. I loved the MC and his love interest without exception. It ends exactly where it needed to, in my opinion, since I don't have a mind for economics, either. In the Author's Note, she admits to mucking about with the history a bit. Well, it is fiction. :) Anyway, I'm really glad I gave this one a try.
iphigenie72's review
4.0
First story of the daily dose delivery 2015 and we started with a very good one!
I would have been surprised not to like this because I love pretty much all m/m regency as long as it's well written and the characters are emotionally real.
I quite like Will as a narrator, the story starts when he is only a kid at his first posting in the army, meeting Duncan for the first time then it jumps an we get different moments in their friendship. Even though the narrative is episodic, it was cohesive and didn't feel like we were losing the plot even when years went by; that in itself is an achievement, too often an episodic story just alienates the reader because it is hard to connect with the characters... maybe the fact that this was a longer short helped in this. The last part of the story felt a little long though probably because the couple was truly separated... not sure.
I really liked the way it was written, the characters were engaging and it was kind of sweet.
I'm a little tired to write a review... so sorry it this was repetitive, but I found that when I really like something, I better write something right away or I just go to the next read.
I would have been surprised not to like this because I love pretty much all m/m regency as long as it's well written and the characters are emotionally real.
I quite like Will as a narrator, the story starts when he is only a kid at his first posting in the army, meeting Duncan for the first time then it jumps an we get different moments in their friendship. Even though the narrative is episodic, it was cohesive and didn't feel like we were losing the plot even when years went by; that in itself is an achievement, too often an episodic story just alienates the reader because it is hard to connect with the characters... maybe the fact that this was a longer short helped in this. The last part of the story felt a little long though probably because the couple was truly separated... not sure.
I really liked the way it was written, the characters were engaging and it was kind of sweet.
I'm a little tired to write a review... so sorry it this was repetitive, but I found that when I really like something, I better write something right away or I just go to the next read.
walford's review
4.0
Reread 9/20: Why oh why haven't you written any more historicals Ms Douglas?
Original review: Yeah, this is a big story in a little book. Very satisfying. Good period: only a few anachronisms. Always delighted to find someone who does historical m/m well. Smile.
Original review: Yeah, this is a big story in a little book. Very satisfying. Good period: only a few anachronisms. Always delighted to find someone who does historical m/m well. Smile.
yolandekleinn's review
5.0
This story is beautifully written, and I adored these characters. Two men so strong and stubborn that you can't help but root for them, and a historical setting that rings vividly true. I'm always impressed when an author manages to weave in actual historical events without fucking up the pacing of the story, and it's a feat well managed here. Gorgeous all around.
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