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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
Deaf heroine (author's husband is Deaf), sex is good but sparse.
What’s really to say?
Cheesy romance? ✔️
Lovable and down to earth protagonists? ✔️
Well written historical setting? ✔️
All in all the romantic in me loved this book and I kind of wish I hadn’t read it so I could experience it for the first time again!
Cheesy romance? ✔️
Lovable and down to earth protagonists? ✔️
Well written historical setting? ✔️
All in all the romantic in me loved this book and I kind of wish I hadn’t read it so I could experience it for the first time again!
Just an overall fun read with real depth from the characters. I liked that everything wasn’t easily fixed and that Eveline had some sense of self-preservation. I’m excited to read the next book.
I absolutely loved this book. I loved everything about it. It was such a fun, fast read and I adored the twist with Eveline! I cannot wait for the next book. The only thing I did not like, is that I have to wait so long to read book two!
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
5 wonderful stars! This book was so tender and beautiful. The love between Graeme & Eveline was so special. Graeme & Eveline come from feuding clans and have an arranged marriage to sign a blood oath between the 2 clans. Eveline is believed to be “touched” however turns out she just cannot hear! The tenderness that Graeme shows her is just everything!! I loved this book with my whole being and it is a new historical romance favorite!!
I loved this so much it was heartwarming and cute and I enjoyed the whole thing.
Overall enjoyed the book. I gave it 4 stars. I loved the heroine and hero.
My annoyances with the book were:
I felt like it had a lot of unnecessary details. I’m sure some of it is to build up the other characters if they are in a future book, but I felt like there was a lot of nonsense stuff that really took me out of the moment (like during the first intimate scene where it starts talking about Graeme losing his virginity and how his clan feels about giving oral sex...I was like, why is this HERE? Or in here at all?? Lol.) The beginning was especially hard for me. My attention was wavering at page 30 and I literally said to myself “Get it together!” 🤣 And again at page 66. But after they reached the Montgomery hold and the dialogue picked up I liked the flow a lot more.
I hated how the heroine was this amazingly fierce, genuine, proud character that turns into some meek, downtrodden housemaid when she goes to take over the lairds wife duties. I get that maybe she didn’t know exactly how to run a keep but I highly down she thought her own mother scrubbed the floors by hand and washed the pots. Even if I got past that, she knew something was wrong. She literally ripped a sword off the wall to threaten a woman the previous day but now was working until her hands literally bled and didn’t say boo? But after those scenes involving that I felt like she perked back up to what I thought she was.
I loved Evaline (other than above mentioned) i loved that she went to Graeme wholeheartedly and gave herself to him. I love that Graeme fell in love and didn’t fight it. I LOVED that. I thought they were very sweet together. I loved that he just adored her and was so protective and never doubted her loyalty to him. I think they are a good match for each other. I am left sooo content that they are happy together after the story ends even though there was no epilogue.
I’d like to say that while I liked cover, I wish the heroine would have been dressed in one of the Scottish tunics described. I know this dress wasn’t in her clothing trunk 😂 Graeme can stay shirtless 🤣
My annoyances with the book were:
I felt like it had a lot of unnecessary details. I’m sure some of it is to build up the other characters if they are in a future book, but I felt like there was a lot of nonsense stuff that really took me out of the moment (like during the first intimate scene where it starts talking about Graeme losing his virginity and how his clan feels about giving oral sex...I was like, why is this HERE? Or in here at all?? Lol.) The beginning was especially hard for me. My attention was wavering at page 30 and I literally said to myself “Get it together!” 🤣 And again at page 66. But after they reached the Montgomery hold and the dialogue picked up I liked the flow a lot more.
I hated how the heroine was this amazingly fierce, genuine, proud character that turns into some meek, downtrodden housemaid when she goes to take over the lairds wife duties. I get that maybe she didn’t know exactly how to run a keep but I highly down she thought her own mother scrubbed the floors by hand and washed the pots. Even if I got past that, she knew something was wrong. She literally ripped a sword off the wall to threaten a woman the previous day but now was working until her hands literally bled and didn’t say boo? But after those scenes involving that I felt like she perked back up to what I thought she was.
I loved Evaline (other than above mentioned) i loved that she went to Graeme wholeheartedly and gave herself to him. I love that Graeme fell in love and didn’t fight it. I LOVED that. I thought they were very sweet together. I loved that he just adored her and was so protective and never doubted her loyalty to him. I think they are a good match for each other. I am left sooo content that they are happy together after the story ends even though there was no epilogue.
I’d like to say that while I liked cover, I wish the heroine would have been dressed in one of the Scottish tunics described. I know this dress wasn’t in her clothing trunk 😂 Graeme can stay shirtless 🤣
I read this book when it was first released (2012) but the details were very fuzzy for me. I remembered loving it, but I wouldn't have been able to tell you why. As I read, I remembered why. Eveline, the heroine was wonderful. I loved her strength and fortitude. I also loved Graeme and his determination to make her happy. I'm so glad I reread this.