A review by faithful_books
The Rose and the Thistle by Laura Frantz

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

 Wheest!  The Rose and the The Thistle is such a guid story!  Laura Frantz has such a way with words, her stories are such that I canna wait to read them!  They regularly make their way to my favorites shelf and if you haven't read any of her novels, and you love Historical fiction, I highly recommend that you do! Her writing is top-notch and I know when I pick up her novel I will be transported to another time and place and taken on an epic adventure that will touch my heart and satisfy my story loving soul.

Set during the Jacobite Rebellion, the political tempest is the perfect complement for this enemies to lovers trope.  As the tensions kindle and burst to flame, so does the romance in this beautifully written story between a sassenach and a laird who was "seeking a Scots lass, NOT an Englishwoman."  Whit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye! (What's meant to happen will happen). I had a smidge of trouble getting into the story at the beginning, more my fault than the author, but once Blythe and Everard's worlds joined I was all in and felt like I never wanted this one to end!  In addition to the story of Everard and Blythe, I enjoyed learning about the history of Scotland during this time period.  A great deal of the novel is based on Laura Frantz's own family history!  How cool is that!  I also have a Scottish ancestry, maybe my family lived next door to the Humes!?  I'm going to pretend that they did.  I adore everything Laura Frantz has written, but especially her novels set in Scotland.  I hope there are many, many more to come!

The Rose and the Thistle will be available from your local or online book retailer January 3, 2022.

Thank you Laura Frantz, Revell Books and Net Galley for the free DRC of this book.  The opinions expressed here are my own.