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smartwomenspicybooks's review against another edition
4.0
Hearts Aflame by Johanna Lindsey • Book 2 in the Viking Haardrad Family series
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shms's review against another edition
4.0
Better then the first book in the series though the constant fighting even once the hero gives in gets a little tiresome. This was focused largely on the romance rather than endless adventures and no real separations, so the relationship development was enjoyable.
shmsy's review against another edition
4.0
Better then the first book in the series though the constant fighting even once the hero gives in gets a little tiresome. This was focused largely on the romance rather than endless adventures and no real separations, so the relationship development was enjoyable.
jj7twin's review against another edition
3.0
You read the first one you get how this one is going to go. Fewer problem moments but given the characters they still exist. Most of the problems with this couple are stubbornness on her part and lack of communication. She made alot of assumptions and when proven wrong her pride was hurt. He granted didn't see anything wrong with some of his actions but he was right that she shouldn't have made her assumptions. Okay story over all.
nush2's review against another edition
idk how to rate this. rapey sex scenes aside this was a rlly unique & fun read but i cannot discount the rapey sex scenes bcz they made me extremely uncomfortable.
sarastar's review against another edition
4.0
Not as great as the first, but still an entertaining read!
qwassont's review against another edition
3.0
This is one i would never rec to people in real life because so much questionable shit goes down but I still enjoyed it
calluna_vulgar1s's review against another edition
3.0
I don’t think I really like the old bodice rippers anymore.
The writing quality isn’t bad but if you’re sick of the tropes like me, don’t read it.
I’m not super into the tropes and compared to other reviews it’s putting it lightly. It was a fascinating phase of historical fiction/romance but I’m glad it’s different now
3 stars for not being really awful writing though yeah the rape and such is not so great. (No means no and jfc I’m glad they write the hero with self control these days. Much less creepy)
Oh and Lord Royce casually mentioned “taking” some serfs where they were. It’s the tip of the iceberg with this stuff.
So yeah this book is a relic of the bodice ripper days - you get what you’d expect from these
The writing quality isn’t bad but if you’re sick of the tropes like me, don’t read it.
I’m not super into the tropes and compared to other reviews it’s putting it lightly. It was a fascinating phase of historical fiction/romance but I’m glad it’s different now
3 stars for not being really awful writing though yeah the rape and such is not so great. (No means no and jfc I’m glad they write the hero with self control these days. Much less creepy)
Oh and Lord Royce casually mentioned “taking” some serfs where they were. It’s the tip of the iceberg with this stuff.
So yeah this book is a relic of the bodice ripper days - you get what you’d expect from these