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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
I do love a good romance, and I mean a romance novel. Illuminations of the Heart is clean enough for teens to read, unlike a lot of the romance novels I've read lately where I've had to skim over paragraphs and pages of raunchy sex scenes. What makes it even better is that it is a romance novel which, in my opinion, is the best kind.
Set in medieval France, this book by Joyce DiPastena is fun to read with knights and highway robbers and lecherous villains and all those things that make romances set in the period so fun. Sure you may be learning things along the way, such as what an "illuminator" is, [to decorate (as a manuscript) with gold or silver or brilliant colors or with often elaborate designs or miniature pictures (Merriam-Webster Online dictionary):] and details about castles but it is done in a way that you don't really notice that you are learning because the story is so interesting.
Lady Siriol de Calendri was born and raised in Italy but after her husband and brother die she has no family left in Italy to protect her and ladies at that time did not live alone. Her brother asks a friend in France where her father was raised, to be Siri's guardian. Triston turns out to be young, handsome, and mourning the death of his wife, Clothilde. Siri, who is very beautiful looks astoundingly like Clothilde which makes things very difficult for Triston. He can barely look at her at times. However, Triston's son Perrin forms an attachment to Siri which is a good thing since he is inexplicably afraid of his father. Triton's cousin Acelet also seems fond of Siri and endeavors to spend time with her instead of practicing his sword fighting in preparation to becoming a knight. Triston is determined to find someone quickly to marry Siri in order to give him relief from her presence which is such a painful reminder of Clothilde. Siri is just as determined that she can support herself as an illuminator.
Through many twists and turns and thrilling chase scenes and, of course, romantic scenes, the book ends in an exciting and unexpected way. Appropriate for adults and teens, I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good romantic novel!
Set in medieval France, this book by Joyce DiPastena is fun to read with knights and highway robbers and lecherous villains and all those things that make romances set in the period so fun. Sure you may be learning things along the way, such as what an "illuminator" is, [to decorate (as a manuscript) with gold or silver or brilliant colors or with often elaborate designs or miniature pictures (Merriam-Webster Online dictionary):] and details about castles but it is done in a way that you don't really notice that you are learning because the story is so interesting.
Lady Siriol de Calendri was born and raised in Italy but after her husband and brother die she has no family left in Italy to protect her and ladies at that time did not live alone. Her brother asks a friend in France where her father was raised, to be Siri's guardian. Triston turns out to be young, handsome, and mourning the death of his wife, Clothilde. Siri, who is very beautiful looks astoundingly like Clothilde which makes things very difficult for Triston. He can barely look at her at times. However, Triston's son Perrin forms an attachment to Siri which is a good thing since he is inexplicably afraid of his father. Triton's cousin Acelet also seems fond of Siri and endeavors to spend time with her instead of practicing his sword fighting in preparation to becoming a knight. Triston is determined to find someone quickly to marry Siri in order to give him relief from her presence which is such a painful reminder of Clothilde. Siri is just as determined that she can support herself as an illuminator.
Through many twists and turns and thrilling chase scenes and, of course, romantic scenes, the book ends in an exciting and unexpected way. Appropriate for adults and teens, I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good romantic novel!
I tried, since I read the first book, but just couldn't get into this one. All of the ancient political stuff I just couldn't follow along with, and their hate/kiss relationship didn't work for me either.
I really, really like this book. It's set back in the day when people still lived in castles and knights were the coveted profession of the day. Siri's husband and brother both die in Venice and her brother's will sends her to his friend in their father's home town of Poitou, France. When she gets there people start having a very strange reaction to her and she comes to find out she is the spitting image of her caretakers dead wife. Of course this brings out the best and the worst in everyone who loved Clothilde as she had a tragic death.
Siri immediately falls in love with her caretaker Triston but is it possible for Triston to fall in love with her? And what about all the other suitors vying for Siri's hand? One of the suitors in particular is so suave I actually fell in love with him myself.
Twists and turns and more twists and turns. Illuminations is a really exciting read. Just when you think you've got things figured out you get pulled in another exciting direction. All of it plausible and a whole lot of fun.
I highly recommend Illuminations of the Heart by Joyce DiPastena. A really fun read.
Siri immediately falls in love with her caretaker Triston but is it possible for Triston to fall in love with her? And what about all the other suitors vying for Siri's hand? One of the suitors in particular is so suave I actually fell in love with him myself.
Twists and turns and more twists and turns. Illuminations is a really exciting read. Just when you think you've got things figured out you get pulled in another exciting direction. All of it plausible and a whole lot of fun.
I highly recommend Illuminations of the Heart by Joyce DiPastena. A really fun read.
I love all the details in this medieval time setting -- it's obvious the author has done a lot of research. Great characters too (I only wish the main characters from Loyalty's Web would have made an appearance).