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ashleekraus's review
2.0
It was trying to be Outlander (with even a cringe-worthy reference to the much beloved series) and fell apart terribly toward the end. The last few chapters felt as though they were storyboard ideas, with weeks and months of the character's lives missing in between. It was a good nonsense read, but if you have a list of "need to reads" a mile long, skip this.
sadie_rae's review
4.0
This book had almost everything that one could hope for, there was time travel, romance, castles and murderous plots! More than enough to keep one interested, I was rather upset with myself for not reading it sooner (this is one that I saw in stores years ago!). Though in all fairness I must confess to a great deal of confusion when Beth went back in time. This transition was confusing and well... confusing. It took a great deal of re-reading and then pushing forward, though in the end everything worked out. I laughed a little bit, I cried a great deal and I might have even cursed a character or two. 4 stars for great entertainment!
pussreboots's review
2.0
I picked up a copy of A Man in a Kilt at one of last year's BookCrossing meetings. The ghost in a kilt part of the story intrigued me. It sounded a bit like an updated version of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. The first third lived up to my expectations but then it changed from a paranormal romance to a historical romance with the aid of some unsatisfactorily explained time travel.
Beth Pudding goes from being an unhappy Manhanttanite fish-out-of-water to finding happiness and belonging 600 years in the past. Her new and improved self reminded me too much of Angie from Gordon R. Dickson's Dragon-Knight series.
As with so many time travel stories, it ends on a paradox. The last of the line becomes the beginning of the line. But in A Man in the Kilt this ending is too predictable and paved with too many cliches to make it a satisfactory conclusion. To see this sort of romantic paradox done better, watch Red Dwarf.
Beth Pudding goes from being an unhappy Manhanttanite fish-out-of-water to finding happiness and belonging 600 years in the past. Her new and improved self reminded me too much of Angie from Gordon R. Dickson's Dragon-Knight series.
As with so many time travel stories, it ends on a paradox. The last of the line becomes the beginning of the line. But in A Man in the Kilt this ending is too predictable and paved with too many cliches to make it a satisfactory conclusion. To see this sort of romantic paradox done better, watch Red Dwarf.
atunah's review
4.0
I always have had a soft spot for time travel romances. I can't explain it, I just love them. So I am always glad to find another good one. This is a good one. The characters are likable and although the plot itself isn't unique, it is well done and romantic.
One of the hardest things for me in time travel romances is usually the heroine. If a modern heroine goes back in time and she acts like a shrew, it ruins the whole book for me. So really many times it rests on her head basically.
The heroine here is likable and although she has some quirks she brings with her from modern times, they aren't over the top and annoying. Now we are being a bit clunked over the head with how plain the heroine is. Poor thing, the hero as ghost calls her plain as porridge and when she goes back and of course the hero doesn't know anything about her or the future where he was a ghost, he still calls her plain as porridge. :). So, she's plain in case you didn't get that the first 10 times.
The hero is a great hero also. He starts as a ghost in modern times, prowling his castle after being cursed back in his day. The curse plot line is pretty much dropped so no clue why or who cursed him. So that was a bit confusing, but since the early ghost bits in modern time are so short anyway, it didn't really bother me.
So the heroine goes back in time to 1408 in this one.
I am definitely going to read the others in this series by Sandy Blair.
One of the hardest things for me in time travel romances is usually the heroine. If a modern heroine goes back in time and she acts like a shrew, it ruins the whole book for me. So really many times it rests on her head basically.
The heroine here is likable and although she has some quirks she brings with her from modern times, they aren't over the top and annoying. Now we are being a bit clunked over the head with how plain the heroine is. Poor thing, the hero as ghost calls her plain as porridge and when she goes back and of course the hero doesn't know anything about her or the future where he was a ghost, he still calls her plain as porridge. :). So, she's plain in case you didn't get that the first 10 times.
The hero is a great hero also. He starts as a ghost in modern times, prowling his castle after being cursed back in his day. The curse plot line is pretty much dropped so no clue why or who cursed him. So that was a bit confusing, but since the early ghost bits in modern time are so short anyway, it didn't really bother me.
So the heroine goes back in time to 1408 in this one.
I am definitely going to read the others in this series by Sandy Blair.
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