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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
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
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
a very good ending to the knight family adventures, I know that the cousins are on the way, but for now, Jack is the perfect final piece of the puzzle.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Knight series is pretty predictably an enjoyable read. Maybe not my favorite books but always worth the time. In this book, second son Jack meets his match. He fled the English society that treated him different for being a bastard child. When he went to confront his biological father, that man also rejected him. While mourning the fact that no one seems to love him, Jack was shang-haied which he says in the book is probably the best thing that ever happened to him. It allowed him to move up in the world becoming a wealthy shipowner. Now his company ships any items by all over the world.
When he's in South America, he is entranced by a red-haired beauty sitting in a tree. After being invited to tea at Eden's house, he is further intrigued. She seems to be an incredibly capable lady, like no one he's ever known. But he refuses when she asks him to take her to England.
Eden is desperate to get away from the jungle. After her mother died, her father ran away to hide, taking her with him. Now Eden is twenty-three and wants to experience life. She's afraid of her father's partner, Connor, who seems to think that he owns Eden. So, she sneaks off and stows away on Jack's ship.
She isn't discovered for almost a week, but when she is, Jack realizes that he is going to fall in love. But he needs to keep her safe while he finishes one last job...
When he's in South America, he is entranced by a red-haired beauty sitting in a tree. After being invited to tea at Eden's house, he is further intrigued. She seems to be an incredibly capable lady, like no one he's ever known. But he refuses when she asks him to take her to England.
Eden is desperate to get away from the jungle. After her mother died, her father ran away to hide, taking her with him. Now Eden is twenty-three and wants to experience life. She's afraid of her father's partner, Connor, who seems to think that he owns Eden. So, she sneaks off and stows away on Jack's ship.
She isn't discovered for almost a week, but when she is, Jack realizes that he is going to fall in love. But he needs to keep her safe while he finishes one last job...
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So Eden is getting dragged into the Amazon by her scholar dad in the pursuit of ~science~, but she decides she's tired of the jungle and she wants to be in London where the dandies and rakehells roam. Same, girl.
Unfortunately she has to hitch a ride with Jack Knight, another man in the long line of historical romance bastards who has Damage Due to His Parents Not Being Married. Jack and Eden fall in love on the boat ride (I can hear some men grinding their teeth as I type this. "It's called a ship!" they curse under their breath.), but things turn sour when they get to London.
Jack is all like, "Eden, my darling jungle lass. London has changed you! I cannot abide this Town, as I am a bastard ." and Eden is all like "Jack please respect me as a person and use your words when you are upset." Conflict!
I feel like I could be more eloquent on why their fights bothered me but I truly did not understand what was happening. They'd be kissing and then yelling and then kissing again. Is it still a happy ending if I feel like they might kill each other in 3 years?
Unfortunately she has to hitch a ride with Jack Knight, another man in the long line of historical romance bastards who has Damage Due to His Parents Not Being Married. Jack and Eden fall in love on the boat ride (I can hear some men grinding their teeth as I type this. "It's called a ship!" they curse under their breath.), but things turn sour when they get to London.
Jack is all like, "Eden, my darling jungle lass. London has changed you! I cannot abide this Town, as I am a bastard ." and Eden is all like "Jack please respect me as a person and use your words when you are upset." Conflict!
I feel like I could be more eloquent on why their fights bothered me but I truly did not understand what was happening. They'd be kissing and then yelling and then kissing again. Is it still a happy ending if I feel like they might kill each other in 3 years?
Okay but could be better.
I am not impressed with the characters' development. Eden is very inconsistent as a heroine in my opinion. There are time when she is quite smart and likeable but there are also times when she is annoyingly naïve and silly. I rolled my eyes over her actions few times. Jack is your usual alpha man with tortured past. I think I like him slightly more than Eden, but he is not a hero to remember.
The plot could be improved. The main idea is pretty fine and I like that half of the book is set on a sailing ship – refreshing variation. But the whole story is somewhat pointless. Look at Eden, she goes to London to find a patron for her father’s expeditions (at least officially) but when she is there, she does nothing like that. And I absolutely hated that strange drama between her and Jack in the second part of the story. What is that for? It’s weak and bizarre idea, just for the sake of adding more drama to the story.
I generally don’t mind the romance part in this story. There is no suspense part, but there is some action element. This one is rather okay, but could be more developed to produce some input instead of this strange situation between Eden and Jack in the second part of the book.
This is certainly not the best book I’ve ever read, but I did worse. I’m giving quite weak 3 stars.
I liked this one almost as much as the previous (I read them both today) but I had a hard time picturing where Jack fit into the family. Jack doesn't seem like a Knight sibling, his entire existence is so far removed from his sister and brothers' comfortable life in Society and in previous books when he's mentioned all they do is give each other looks, but I guess that's to be expected since he left home for twenty years.