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An English Bride in Scotland by Lynsay Sands

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hadasvampira's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted 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

3.25

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squirrel66's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

Ich lese sonst nichts in der Richtung und habe via Hörbuch bei Spotify das Buch ausprobiert.

Das Buch mir leider gar nicht gefallen. Die Figuren sind sehr stereotypisch und von vornherein entweder total liebenswürdig oder unsympathisch. Keine wirkliche Entwicklung. Wirkt auf mich sehr flach.

Die Handlung ebenso. Richtigen Konflikt gibt es generell nur zwischen den Guten und den Bösen. Die Geschichte plätschert größtenteils recht reibungslos vor sich dahin. Die Angriffe zwischendurch haben für mich keinen nennenswerten Spannungsbogen aufgebaut. Ich habe irgendwann überlegt abzubrechen, da mir das aber sehr widerstrebt habe ich einen größeren Teil übersprungen um zu hören, um die Auflösung so ist wie erwartet. Und ich wurde nicht unbedingt überrascht.

Es gibt auch einige erotische Szenen. Brauche ich nicht so sehr, mir wurde es etwas häufig und ausführlich. Ich kann "zeitgemäße" Formulierungen (immer "sein Stab") auch nicht ganz ernst nehmen. Teils für meinen Geschmack zu explizit, teils vllt. auch nicht mein Genre.

Ja, bei dem Genre ist klar dass die Geschlechterrollen entsprechend antiquiert sind. Ich fand es leider aber doch etwas doll und plump. Ross ist der große, starke Beschützer und Annabel die arme kleine Frau, die in Gefahr ist und beschützt werfen muss. Geschenkt. Aber auch wenn sie im Kloster aufgewachsen ist, hätte man sie nicht zu einem derart naiven Dummerchen machen müssen, das dauernd über seine großen Brüste stolpert. Und dass Ross einvernehmlicher Sex wichtig ist, ist zwar leider nicht selbstverständlich, aber so oft wie das ganz explizit betont wurde kam es mir zu sehr wie eine Lobpreisung vor.
Den Fokus auf Annabels Brüste fand ich schon ziemlich plump. Dass ihre Kurven und nettes Gemüt dann noch so deutlich der dünnen, verlogenen Schwester gegenüber gestellt wurde fand ich ebenso ziemlich überholt (und bin mir nicht so sicher, ob das mit dem damaligen Schönheitsideal konform ist?). Bodyshaming ist in alle Richtungen blöd. Wäre schön gewesen, wenn wenigstens 'die Guten' über sowas erhaben gewesen wären.

Insgesamt - ich mag mit dem Genre meine Probleme haben, doch ich glaube (hoffe), auch in dem Genre gibt es bessere und originellere Geschichten. Wenn man einfach nur was Leichtes durchblättern will und einen anderen Grschmack hat, mag das dafür passen.

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carbs666's review

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emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

This was kind of a nothing-burger of a book. It was fine! There were some sexy moments and some heartwarming moments but it's kind of more or less exactly like every other medieval romance where the FMC marries a Scot so after a while it felt a bit boring. I also felt like the villain and their motivations was a little bit out of left field? Idk if you just want to turn your brain off and turn the pages this is fine.

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lizzie_b99's review

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emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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imskylow's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Fun story but points off for almost dubious consent. Getting her drunk to help her nerves for married consummation is not the move. Thankfully she passed out and he had the good sense not to try anything without her being conscious. Beside that glaringly gigantic red flag, he was very charming.
(Yes I understand consent was not a concept in those days but this was written for modern enjoyment)

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yuna's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

CW: body shaming, minor description of self harm

Very fast-paced, compulsively readable. The characters are probably a bit relaxed on period-correct behavior and speech, but I'm here for it. This is my kind of historical romance. I quite enjoyed it and will definitely continue with the series.

There are some silly moments that border on ridiculous--like Annabel running around with a dress tangled around her head--but the characters poke fun at themselves a lot and that helped me suspend my disbelief. Annabel's parents and the villain of the story are laughably, un-complicatedly Bad People. The villain is a flat, 2-D clown villain. Their obsession with Annabel kind of comes out of nowhere and felt forced into the story.

Loved the friendships with Sionag and Giorsal. Found myself wishing for a little more physical and setting descriptions.

Was not a fan of the rampant body shaming that went on in this book. There's a lot of fat shaming toward Annabel, and while some of it is critiqued or combated on the page, the book's #1 defensive strategy is to skinny and/or appearance shame right back. So...there's work to be done here.

Re: some of the content warnings: there's brief description of Annabel being forced to self harm, mostly because of anti-fatness. For the rest: Spoilers!

there are a few conversations between Annabel and Kate where most of the content warnings occur. Kate is a gaslighting, toxic, fat shaming bitch. If vicious sister relationships aren't your bag...either skip this book or leave off once she shows up (it's not for a while). It's a romance, you know how this ends. Also, Kate arguably kills her lover? It's an accident...but is it? Not sure if this counts for the murder tag.

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unsuccessfulbookclub's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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

4.0

Choppy writing but really adorable characters and a fabulous listen vs. read. Very steamy! Alas, for a Lynsay Sands - NO POISONINGS! 😂

FMC (Annabel) has trained to be a nun and is very worried about “bedding” but the MMC (Ross) is such a sweet delight of a man, determined to woo her and convince her that bedding can be enjoyable. Lots of shenanigans mainly surrounding a strange person who keeps knocking Annabel unconscious and trying to kidnap her. Being knocked out is a main theme for this book - I think the final tally on KOs was 10, three of which were incurred by Annabel in the space of a week. 🤕

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