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meerkatdash's review
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Not so much a romance as a murder mystery. The characters don't spend much time pining, they get together about halfway through the book without much fanfare, probably because they're busy trying to figure out who the murderer is. Despite being set in medieval Scotland, the characters say "okay" among other unexpected modern speech artifacts, which threw me off, but I didn't expect an accurate historical novel here. A fairly well written mystery story - well paced, just enough red herrings to throw you off, and the solve didn't come out of left field. There's a bad sex scene - not written badly, bad as in awkward! - which was funny and unexpected.
The heroine is kind of clueless, but not in an annoying way, and has other positive character traits to balance it out. The hero is affectionate and not overbearing, and his negotiation of consent both in and out of the bedroom is well done.
I definitely enjoyed the descriptions of the day to day running of the keep because I'm a huge nerd like that.
The heroine is kind of clueless, but not in an annoying way, and has other positive character traits to balance it out. The hero is affectionate and not overbearing, and his negotiation of consent both in and out of the bedroom is well done.
I definitely enjoyed the descriptions of the day to day running of the keep because I'm a huge nerd like that.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit
Sexual assault and related warnings do not happen to major characters; almost all mentions are within one scene near the end of the book. To skip:
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