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A review by jlastlast
Hearts Aflame by Johanna Lindsey
2.0
Well this was off to a promising start, as you can see by my update at around page 130. I'm now at page 200 and I'm DNFing the book.
The first 100 pages or so are decent, like 3 stars. There's a lot of typos, but I was able to look past that for the uniqueness of the book. Let's face it, there just aren't that many viking romances out there, and I thought the author did a good job of setting the scene. I also liked that the female lead was a strong woman.
I don't know what happened after page 130 though. It's like our heroine lost her damn mind and became an infatuated school girl. I can't even count the number of times the author described Kristen as "giggling". Meanwhile, this girl is enslaved, wearing chains that are making her bleed, working long days, and her friends and cousins are also enslaved and doing hard labor. I just don't get it.
She decides to sleep with the leader because she finds him sexy and knows he's "the one". But then this stupid high school back and forth ensues where the heroine is like "nah I don't want to fuck you anymore because you keep me chained up". Like what? Girl, I thought you slept with him because you were falling for him, not because you thought you'd be unchained. Is she supposed to be manipulating him for her freedom? Or is she supposed to be in love with him? The way the book is written really puts these motives at odds and it's frustrating as hell to read.
By page 175, I was just bored. There's been a few back to back sex scenes, which is fine and all, but I kind of want a plot too and I'm just not getting it. It's basically just Kristen being enslaved and fucking Royce at night zzzzzzzzzzzzz. I can only read so many pages of them faux fighting and banging uglies.
So 2 stars because the first 1/3rd of the book was decent, but the middle sucked and I can't see the rest of it being any better. What a disappointing book.
The first 100 pages or so are decent, like 3 stars. There's a lot of typos, but I was able to look past that for the uniqueness of the book. Let's face it, there just aren't that many viking romances out there, and I thought the author did a good job of setting the scene. I also liked that the female lead was a strong woman.
I don't know what happened after page 130 though. It's like our heroine lost her damn mind and became an infatuated school girl. I can't even count the number of times the author described Kristen as "giggling". Meanwhile, this girl is enslaved, wearing chains that are making her bleed, working long days, and her friends and cousins are also enslaved and doing hard labor. I just don't get it.
She decides to sleep with the leader because she finds him sexy and knows he's "the one". But then this stupid high school back and forth ensues where the heroine is like "nah I don't want to fuck you anymore because you keep me chained up". Like what? Girl, I thought you slept with him because you were falling for him, not because you thought you'd be unchained. Is she supposed to be manipulating him for her freedom? Or is she supposed to be in love with him? The way the book is written really puts these motives at odds and it's frustrating as hell to read.
By page 175, I was just bored. There's been a few back to back sex scenes, which is fine and all, but I kind of want a plot too and I'm just not getting it. It's basically just Kristen being enslaved and fucking Royce at night zzzzzzzzzzzzz. I can only read so many pages of them faux fighting and banging uglies.
So 2 stars because the first 1/3rd of the book was decent, but the middle sucked and I can't see the rest of it being any better. What a disappointing book.