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A review by aisforawkward
Conor's Way by Laura Lee Guhrke
3.0
Quick review! This was a historical romance set post civil war in the south with a pretty straightforward romance type plot. Hero is emotionally broken Irish boxer (and former rebel), who keeps running to keep ahead of his demons, and has no interest in God, love, land, or family. Naturally the hero ends up recovering from an assault under the care of a proper christian woman (who amusingly talks to God out loud all the time) who loves her land, and is raising the daughters of her deceased best friend. Eventually people find out he has been staying with them and they are forced to marry for appearances sake. Meanwhile the farm is under assault by an obsessed neighbor who wants to buy the land to put in a railroad.
The general plot was a touch too predictable, the backstory for the hero a bit too disjointed, and the romance a bit forced (which is odd because the plot covers months so there was plenty of time to explore the growing relationship between the two), and while the actual relationship exposure and forced marriage part of the plot sounded great in theory, the actual execution just didn't work for me.
This one had the ingredients to be a really great romance, but it never put them together quite right, possibly at least partly because of a disconnect between the portrayed era and modern sensibilities, in addition to the problems with inconsistent execution. (Problems I have found with this author's books in the past).
Overall I enjoyed this book as simple escapism, and I give it an extra star because adorable scenes between hero and the youngest daughter.
The general plot was a touch too predictable, the backstory for the hero a bit too disjointed, and the romance a bit forced (which is odd because the plot covers months so there was plenty of time to explore the growing relationship between the two), and while the actual relationship exposure and forced marriage part of the plot sounded great in theory, the actual execution just didn't work for me.
This one had the ingredients to be a really great romance, but it never put them together quite right, possibly at least partly because of a disconnect between the portrayed era and modern sensibilities, in addition to the problems with inconsistent execution. (Problems I have found with this author's books in the past).
Overall I enjoyed this book as simple escapism, and I give it an extra star because adorable scenes between hero and the youngest daughter.