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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
[4.25] what a setup! i went in completely blind and somehow convinced myself that the love interest was someone else, so imagine my surprise when Murdo Balfour appeared again. and again. and again.
oh.
who was i holding out for all this time???
I'M DUM DUM
oh.
who was i holding out for all this time???
I'M DUM DUM
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Rounded up though it is really too graphic for my taste, but I found Davy to be a really sympathetic character even though I was turned off by his feeling of guilt for his desires for other men.
David has overcome his tenant farm childhood and is trying to make his way as a lawyer. However, his sympathy for radicals incited to unrest by government agents, then hanged or transported. The brother of one of the transported men is determined to find the agent and David unwittingly helps him find him. It just happens to be a relative of a man that Davy has been unable to keep at arms length.
David has overcome his tenant farm childhood and is trying to make his way as a lawyer. However, his sympathy for radicals incited to unrest by government agents, then hanged or transported. The brother of one of the transported men is determined to find the agent and David unwittingly helps him find him. It just happens to be a relative of a man that Davy has been unable to keep at arms length.
Unas 3 estrellas para el primer libro de la serie.
Aunque la novela está maravillosamente narrada, la historia no me pareció nada del otro mundo, pero voy a seguir leyendo la triología, necesito mucho más de Lord Murdo Balfour y David Lauriston!!
Aunque la novela está maravillosamente narrada, la historia no me pareció nada del otro mundo, pero voy a seguir leyendo la triología, necesito mucho más de Lord Murdo Balfour y David Lauriston!!
This was really good, but I did not realize going in that it's book 1 of a trilogy in the sense that the story for these two characters is not resolved (even a little bit) in this book! *wailing, gnashing teeth*
Nothing particularly special but quite hot in the few sex moments there are
3.5 stars?
This made me incredibly sad. Just sad. All of it. Euan and his family suffering. David and his just...acceptance at never being happy and being alone and the self-loathing and the shitty way everyone was at that time and how he just couldn't ...be happy. So I liked it, but yeah... :(
This made me incredibly sad. Just sad. All of it. Euan and his family suffering. David and his just...acceptance at never being happy and being alone and the self-loathing and the shitty way everyone was at that time and how he just couldn't ...be happy. So I liked it, but yeah... :(
Loved this even more on the reread. ❤️❤️❤️
***
Original review:
Had such fun reading with my girl Els again...it had been too long. ❤️❤️
I'm torn a bit on this one and hovered over 4 stars for most of the book. While the relationship and chemistry of our dear David and Balfour are off the charts hot and passionate it is the political story taking place as well that pulled this down. I found myself wanting to skip ahead just to get back to them.
Then that end...my heavens. Yeah I could bump it up to 4.5 but I'll refrain. It's beautifully written and absolutely heartbreaking. The thought of living during this time is painful. Sad. Sad. Sad.
Thank the lords that I knew about more books with them as this does not end in a HEA or a HFN. But I am certain it is to come and I eagerly await seeing this unfold. Phew.
Status Updates:
8%
“Before the landlady came in, I was about to ask you something,” Balfour said as he added a little water to his own glass, diluting the spirit.
“Oh yes? What was that?”
Balfour smiled, as relaxed as though he were proposing a game of cards. His dark gaze grew languid and inviting. “Do you really need to ask?”
Oh my.
36%
"I was brought up to believe it’s a sin. Not to mention a crime. It’s not something I’m proud of. Are you?”
Balfour laughed. “Proud of it? I don’t even think about it in those terms. I don’t think the fact I want to stick my cock in the occasional arse is any business of God, the King or anyone else. I’m not harming anyone when I bugger a pretty boy—assuming the pretty boy is of age and willing. And I’m not going to flagellate myself with regret over something that brings me a great deal of pleasure. Does that answer your question?”
"Perfectly."
57%
Lust didn’t make you forget all the reasons you shouldn’t do something. It just made you not care. It made you not care, even knowing you would regret your actions later. And so it was that when Balfour leaned in a fraction of an inch closer and brushed David’s lips with his own, David did nothing to stop him. And when the man shifted his whole body closer, when he took hold of David’s face between his gloved hands and slid his sleek tongue into David’s mouth in a devouring kiss, David groaned and gripped the edges of Balfour’s cloak for dear life.
64%
Oh David...it is time you came out of this box. :-(
You are killing me here.
88%
“Christ almighty, don’t you want to be happy?"
Oh my heart.
91%
That night—that moment—had been the sweetest of all David’s life. And if thinking that made him wicked and bound for hell, he wasn’t sure he had it in him to repent. But Christ, it was bittersweet. More bitter than sweet, truth to tell. Sweet to know that for once in his life, he’d known such tenderness, but oh so bitter to know it would never come again.
***
Original review:
Had such fun reading with my girl Els again...it had been too long. ❤️❤️
I'm torn a bit on this one and hovered over 4 stars for most of the book. While the relationship and chemistry of our dear David and Balfour are off the charts hot and passionate it is the political story taking place as well that pulled this down. I found myself wanting to skip ahead just to get back to them.
Then that end...my heavens. Yeah I could bump it up to 4.5 but I'll refrain. It's beautifully written and absolutely heartbreaking. The thought of living during this time is painful. Sad. Sad. Sad.
Thank the lords that I knew about more books with them as this does not end in a HEA or a HFN. But I am certain it is to come and I eagerly await seeing this unfold. Phew.
Status Updates:
8%
“Before the landlady came in, I was about to ask you something,” Balfour said as he added a little water to his own glass, diluting the spirit.
“Oh yes? What was that?”
Balfour smiled, as relaxed as though he were proposing a game of cards. His dark gaze grew languid and inviting. “Do you really need to ask?”
Oh my.
36%
"I was brought up to believe it’s a sin. Not to mention a crime. It’s not something I’m proud of. Are you?”
Balfour laughed. “Proud of it? I don’t even think about it in those terms. I don’t think the fact I want to stick my cock in the occasional arse is any business of God, the King or anyone else. I’m not harming anyone when I bugger a pretty boy—assuming the pretty boy is of age and willing. And I’m not going to flagellate myself with regret over something that brings me a great deal of pleasure. Does that answer your question?”
"Perfectly."
57%
Lust didn’t make you forget all the reasons you shouldn’t do something. It just made you not care. It made you not care, even knowing you would regret your actions later. And so it was that when Balfour leaned in a fraction of an inch closer and brushed David’s lips with his own, David did nothing to stop him. And when the man shifted his whole body closer, when he took hold of David’s face between his gloved hands and slid his sleek tongue into David’s mouth in a devouring kiss, David groaned and gripped the edges of Balfour’s cloak for dear life.
64%
Oh David...it is time you came out of this box. :-(
You are killing me here.
88%
“Christ almighty, don’t you want to be happy?"
Oh my heart.
91%
That night—that moment—had been the sweetest of all David’s life. And if thinking that made him wicked and bound for hell, he wasn’t sure he had it in him to repent. But Christ, it was bittersweet. More bitter than sweet, truth to tell. Sweet to know that for once in his life, he’d known such tenderness, but oh so bitter to know it would never come again.
Fast and enjoyable reading. Deeper than most other romances...
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes