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Hearts Aflame by Johanna Lindsey
4.0
An outspoken Viking maiden and her clansmen are taken prisoner after a botched raid. She is drawn to the Saxon lord who has enslaved her, and makes no secret of wanting to marry him. He's adamant they'll never wed, but the more time they spend together, the more he's determined to never let her go.
Kristen was such a fun heroine. She wasn't afraid to speak her mind, found humor in situations that would make most people scream, and literally and figuratively kicked a bunch of ass throughout the story. I loved how she flummoxed Royce, the Saxon lord, from the instant they met. At first, Kristen and the Vikings try to hide her gender from the Saxons for her protection, but Royce completely misinterprets why they're protecting her. After figuring out her gender, he continues to be stumped by how to handle her, and it was entertaining to see him cycling through infatuation, frustration and humor. However, this pattern got a smidge repetitive by the end of the book. I also didn't like not having an obvious moment where he realized he was truly in love with her and decided to marry her. It either happened "off-screen" or was so gradual he didn't realize it had happened, which is realistic but somewhat anti-climactic.
This book is second in a series but works fine as a standalone.
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Kristen was such a fun heroine. She wasn't afraid to speak her mind, found humor in situations that would make most people scream, and literally and figuratively kicked a bunch of ass throughout the story. I loved how she flummoxed Royce, the Saxon lord, from the instant they met. At first, Kristen and the Vikings try to hide her gender from the Saxons for her protection, but Royce completely misinterprets why they're protecting her. After figuring out her gender, he continues to be stumped by how to handle her, and it was entertaining to see him cycling through infatuation, frustration and humor. However, this pattern got a smidge repetitive by the end of the book. I also didn't like not having an obvious moment where he realized he was truly in love with her and decided to marry her. It either happened "off-screen" or was so gradual he didn't realize it had happened, which is realistic but somewhat anti-climactic.
This book is second in a series but works fine as a standalone.
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