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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was referred to me by one of my dearest friends and she told to expect everything and it was everything! Everything that was good and everything that was trigger warning! I loved it though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I'm guiltily adding this book to my list...reading these romance novels is my secret reading vice. Beatrice Small is great but in recent years her books have gotten less and less plausible and more irritating as she hits you over the head with characters who are basically 21st century people dressed up in funny clothes with none of the silly religious beliefs and attitudes of their Elizabethan/Jacobean contemporaries.
What an intricate family saga story. I actually read book 4 this heart of mine first a few years back and I decided to listen to the beginning of Skyes saga on audio. Pretty intense that I don't know if I can continue! Bertrice seems to follow the same vein of plot throughout the others in the series. Multiple husband's/partners and captured by a desert prince harem. I need to look at a family tree to keep my head on straight lol
Incest. Rape. Rape of children. And graphic descriptions of each. Unnecessary
3 stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Grief, Alcohol
This is a classic in a specific genre of bodice-ripper historical romance. The heroine, Skye O'Malley, is impossibly beautiful, intelligent, cunning, capable, and in all ways far too perfect for her own good. She ends up having all manner of adventures, and very little of it is in any was realistic. That is the allure.
Skye is an impossible protagonist who is just incredibly fun to follow on her many adventures (not all of them good, but she does always end up on the winning side of any situation). I first read this book in the mid-eighties and have kept it in my collection since then, and I do actually re-read it now and then. Most romance novels are disposable and forgettable, just a bit of fun and brain candy, and I've read hundreds of them (maybe thousands, it's hard to say), but this is one that has always stuck with me.
This book is well-written and compelling, but only if you like a classic bodice ripper and can overlook the absurdities of a larger than life heroine having wildly improbable adventures. Personally, I do like that sort of thing, and as bodice rippers go, this is definitely one of the best you'll find, which is why I gave it a high rating. If you're not a fan of the classic bodice ripper, definitely look elsewhere, because you are not going to like this book.
Skye is an impossible protagonist who is just incredibly fun to follow on her many adventures (not all of them good, but she does always end up on the winning side of any situation). I first read this book in the mid-eighties and have kept it in my collection since then, and I do actually re-read it now and then. Most romance novels are disposable and forgettable, just a bit of fun and brain candy, and I've read hundreds of them (maybe thousands, it's hard to say), but this is one that has always stuck with me.
This book is well-written and compelling, but only if you like a classic bodice ripper and can overlook the absurdities of a larger than life heroine having wildly improbable adventures. Personally, I do like that sort of thing, and as bodice rippers go, this is definitely one of the best you'll find, which is why I gave it a high rating. If you're not a fan of the classic bodice ripper, definitely look elsewhere, because you are not going to like this book.