A review by stevenyenzer
Sharpe's Gold by Bernard Cornwell

2.0

In the world of Sharpe, saving a woman from danger or killing her significant other means she is obligated to have sex with you. The main female character (if she can be called "main") in Sharpe's Gold is somewhat of an exception, although she eventually yields to Sharpe's advances for some reason that is never really explained. Her most notable characteristic is that she "fights like a man," and other than that we don't know much about Teresa, other than, of course, that she is very beautiful.

Sharpe's Gold is a somewhat satisfying caper, but if I don't get a decent female character soon I may have to give up on Sharpe. If Cornwell is unwilling to make women more than prizes for men to fight over, he just shouldn't include them at all.